El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-23

Office holding in Texas must be at
1 tractive, judging from the way it is
sought Saturday the Democrats in
/ the state will vote upon their nomi-
nees and as the nominees of this party
! are always elected, at least so far as
| state officers are concerned, the pri-
| marleS viii settle who will get the
| jobs There will be a lot of disap-
| pointed Democrats when Saturday
| night comes around. In very few in
| stances is there an office where there
| is no contest and in one instance
| congressman at large-where two men
are to be nominated, there are %
| candidates for the two places.
The official ballot for the primaries
! has been printed in FL Paso county and
! is being sent to the different election
! judges, together with the ballot boxes
| and poll lists. 1t is a big one
| The Democrats will vote on candi-
! dates from United States senator down
| to precinct chairman. Only three state
| officers are unoppOsed- They are r.
J NJ. Bradley, of Fannin county, for state
| superintendent of public instruction;
| w. d. Williams, Tarrant county, for
/ railroad commissiOnership Gull
term). and T. J. Brown, of GraysOn
county, for chief justice of the SUI
preme court.
In this district. congressman W. r
Smith has no opposition and in this ap-
pelate judicial district, J. z. Mckenzie,
of Reeves county, and Z. F. Higgins. of
brewster county, nave no opposition
for associate justices of the eighth
court of civil appeals. Both are now
holding the offices to which they will
be renominated.
In FL Paso county, Miss Myra Wink
Ter for county superintendent Of
schools and Eugene Harris for the leg
islature are the only candidates IN
opposed
The largest number of candidates for
any particular office are those running
for congressman at large. Two men
are to be nominated and the voters
will accordingly cast their ballots for
two men. Twenty-three men are run
ming for the two positions.
Four men are running for the
United States senate, four for one of
the railroad cOmmissiOnerships four
for commissioner of agriculture, four
for state treasurer three for attorney
lieutenant governor, two for con-
troller, two for commissioner of the
general land office.
Where There is Opposition.
The offices and the candidates,
where there is opposition, from United
States senator down to precinct chair
man, are as follows:
For United States Senator-Jake
VOTERS, of Harris county; Morris
Sheppard, of Bowie county; c. B. Ran
dell, of Grayson county; Matt Zollner
of Rockwan county.
For Governor-O- B. Colquitt. OF
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johnson county.
For Lieutenant Governor-WiIey N.
Imboden. of Cherokee county; VIII II.
Mayes, of Brown county.
For Controller-Bob Barker, of Bex-
ar county; W. P Lane, of Tarrant /
county.
For Attorney GeneraI-B. F. Looney,
of Hunt county; James d. WalthalL,
of Bexar county; NJ. B. Harris, of Tar
For Treasurer-J M. Edwards. of
Runnels county; W. n. Adams, Of /
Brown county; Frank 3. McCaHmon. |
Of Tarrant county; J. L Aston, OF ]
For CORNERSTONE Of General Land
Office-James T. Robson, of Morris !
county; Charley Geers, of Tarrant |
county.
For Commissioner of Agriculture /
Ed R Kone, of Hayes county; H a. /
Halbert, of Coleman county; Eugene |
Irisin. of Callahan county; H. E. I
Singleton, of Collin county.
For Railroad Commissioner-Plac :.
unexpired term-John L WORKMAN, Of |
Harris county; J. c. Mason. of Lamar |
county; Theodore c. Thomas. of Har-
ris county; Earle B. Mayfield, Of Bell /
county.
Court, term expiring 1916 - Nelson /
Phillips, of Dallas county; John c. I
TONNES, of Travis county; R. A Pleas
ants. of Harris county; Ocie Speer, Of
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county. Term expiring 1914-J. B.
Dibrel, of Guadalupe county; W Z
of Cameron county.
For Judge Of the Court of Criminal
c. Muse, of Dallas county; /
W. B. Green, of Gonzales county; a.
c. Prendergast, of McLennan county.
The biggest List.
For Congressman at Large 1.-TWO 10
be elected)-Jeff McLemore, Of Harris
county; J. K. Street, of Dallas county; I
E W. Bounds, of Falls county; S. Z.
Harris, of Runnels county; James \.
of Potter county; Daniel Z. 1
Garrett, of Harris county; Z. 1. heille,
Of Jasper county; Alexander 5. Garrett, |
Of Parker county: Joe +. Lancaster of |
Hale county; r. z. Yantis. of Hender-
son county; HattOn W Summers, OF |
Dallas county; Method Pazdral, of Nc
Lehman county; G. NJ. Cureton, Of |
Bosque county; W. T. Loudermilk. of
Comanche county; George A. Harmon,
Of Dallas county; Sebe Newman, Of
Ellis county; Frank 7. Roche, of Will
hanson county: Y. W. GrubbS of Hunt !
Frederick Opp, of Llano cOun-
Ly; R r. Smith, of Atascosa county;
Will A. Harris, of Rains county; w. /
B. Featherstone, Of Johnson county;
6. H Harrison, of Kent county.
For Chief Justice of Sth Court Of
Civil Appeals-James r. Harper, of FL
Paso county; Frank G. Morris, Of Ell
Paso county.
For District Judge. 34th District
Joseph NJ. Nealon, of FL Paso county
For District Attorney-C. l. Vowel,
IF Ell Paso county; w. W. Bridgers, Of
81 Paso county
For District Judge. 41st District
leigh Clarke. of FL Paso; A. NJ Walt
hall. Of FL Paso.
For Representative. 18th District
Charles owen, of FL Paso; Richard
?. Burgess, of Ell Paso.
For District Clerk Alderete, Of
81 Paso; J. A. Escajeda. of Ell Paso.
For County Judge-R. V. Bowden,
For sheriff-R E. Bryant, Peyton
7. Edwards.
?. R. Price.
For County Treasurer-N. Lapowski,
7. D. Ponder.
For County Clerk-Harry Turner.
Park W. Pitman.
For County Tax Collector-V. z.
Ware, Will l. Watson.
For County Tax Assessor - T J.
George W. Huffman.
For County Surveyor-A- S. AIbro,
+. w Eubank.
Precinct Officers.
For County Commissioner of Pre-