Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-21
BOTH PARTIES
SEEK INJUNcT|ONS
DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDTS
BEGIN LEGAL BATTLE
Democrats Would Restrain Independ-
ents from Placing Candidates.
Names on Ballots-Independents
Object to Redistricting of County.

The democratic party Of this coun-
| ty through Judge James B. Wells.
county chairman of the party, last
Friday in Corpus Christi secured a
temporary restraining order through
District Judge w. B. Hopkins grant
ing temporary order restraining
the county clerk of Cameron county
from placing upon the official cleo
tion ballot of the county any names
of candidates of the Independent
party. The Independents in a coun-
ter move Saturday likewise obtained
an injunction forbidding the the
clerk of this county from supplying
election supplies to the precincts and
their presiding officers.
In the petition of the democratic
party praying for temporary restrain
ment it is set out that several pro-
vision of the Terrell election law
were violated in the selection Of can
didates for places on the county in
dependent ticket, rendering their Sc
lection null and void
That the certificate filed by the
county chairman Of the Independent
party with the county clerk shows
that the convention of the party was
not held on the legal primary cleo
tion day as provided by the Terrell
election law, but the third day of
August. is one Of the grounds set out
in the petition for the order.
The only alternative to a county
convention held on a legal primary
election day TO which the independ-
ent party sould have resorted for
nominating their candidates for of
flee, so the petition sets out, would
have been a primary election held
under the provisions of the Terrell
law. on the legal primary election
day. or July 27.
As this was not done, so the petit
tion alleges, the independent party
has failed to comply with either of
the Terrell law provisions. as set
forth above, emitting them to name
candidates whose names would ap-
lpear on the official ballot for the cleo
tion in November.
Saturday, following the presenta-
ton and action on the petition of the
democratic Friday. by Judge Hop
kins, Attorney r. B. Creager of this
7 city and Attorneys Scott, Boone and
Pope of Corpus Christi, representing
the Cameron county independents
appeared vefore the district judge
with a petition praying for an in
junction preventing the clerk OF this
county from supplying election ma
terial to the precincts and their pre-
siding officers.
They set forth in their petition
that the county commissioners in
session here October 8. acted illegal
| ly in resembling the order made on
August 13 by the court, establishing
six new election precincts in the
county and the naming of presiding
Judge for each. Therefore a tempor-
airy restraining order was sought
preventing the supplying of election
materials by County Clerk Webb to
he fourteen precincts which consti-
tute the nmber re-established by the
commissioners Oct 8, until the
validity of such action was estab-
lished.
The injunction asked for by At
torney Creager and his associates
was granted by Judge Hopkins and
the final hearing of the case in which
the facts will be presented by each
side of the controversy was set for
October 2s. the same day upon
which the preceding order obtained
by the democrats will be heard.