El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-11

The ring ticket IS ali Tlgul. LdcA
Cobb has placed the official o. K on the
organization" ticket-Zack called 1t
Organization ticket" rather than ring
ticket" Therefore the personnel Is be-
vOnd doubt the best, etc, etc, that the
county has had. As the ticket Is exactly
the same with the single exception OF
Joe Eseaieda. who has been substituted
for Ike Alderete), against which rs
same little Napoleon Of The island has
fought long and laboriOuslY, his flop to
the ring side seat" is a bit surprising
to those not intimately acquainted with
lack politically
The official branding of the organiza-
ton selections for the county election
handicap was done with neatness and
dispatch at a meeting Of the faithful 90,
including OfficehOlders, WOuld-be office
holders Cobb, some declare, classlTes
here). hangersOn, city employees, county
employees and jim CoRklin. The meeting
was held in the dingY county court
room TUESDAY evening. Numerous con-
ferences. .seances and cOHfabs were held
between mavOr c. +. Kelly, the ring
master. Judge A. S. j. Eylar, his political
second; Park Pitman, Joe Escaleda and
the other leaders, near leaders and wheel
horses. The excuse for the meeting
was to hear the reports of the precinct
chairman regarding the payment OF poll
"Judge" lack Cobb.
lack Cobb appeared on the scene soon
after 8. BY no ones especial consent he
mounted the platform from which Judge
Eylar dispenses Justice and
proceeded 10 preside IN his most judicial
manner. He was in the exact attitude
of the druggist trying his new dope on
the dog, for lacks presence IN the coun-
els of the ring Is for the one and ex'
~ TTrrIrrn-
ship sOner or later-prObably lateT-lf
the dope of the wise ones IS correct.
lacks official endorsement of the or
panizatiOn ticket came after senator
Claude B. Hudspeth had made an I'M
passiOned appeal to the boys to get the
Democratic poll taxes paid. the Repub-
licans being IN the minority and not
voting at the primary, no time was lost
lack Has "a Word"
"f YOU viii permit me WO1d, lack
said impassiOnately, after he had been
talking all evening, repeating the re-
Dorts Of the precinct chairman, going
over the motions as made by p. Pit
man and Others, and generally monoP--
Olizinp the conversation. The thought
Of permitting lack Cobb "a word" even
made Judge Evlar smile. The Humane
society would rise up and protest against
such an inhuman act as TO limit
Nap to a single word or even bale o.
1T YOU VIII permit the chair The be
inc the chair e. word, I VIII suggest toa5
you get out the great population north
Of the tracks TO pay their poll taxes
The organization ticket viii get a ma
iOritv of the votes and it does not matter
how many poll taxes are paid, the or
ganization viii get the votes
'sThe Good People" Applauded.
"The people m there gesture toward
Tack own abOdel realize that me or
vanizatiOn has always put uD good men
fsee CObb's former speeches against the
RING candidatesl. The good people are
going to record themselves IN favor OF
the organization loud applause led by
J. ID. Ponder in the rear OF the room-l
eI never played poker. but If L was
going to start to play 1t 1 would not
nick lFp the other fellows discard to beat
him" This referred to the report that.
Ike AIderete IS to be taken over on an
opposition ticket.
The meeting started eff with Cobb
rafting around in the chair usually filled
bv iudge Evfar In hearing juvenile cases,
thereby adding a touch of appropriate
ness to the presence Of the boy orator,
who has reDented and returned TO the
fold Of Kelly's crowd
The Roll Calling.
Pat Murphy. always to be depended
upon to hold the poll books, and seere-
farv whenever J. D. POnder Is absent
and seeretarying Is permitted him, called
the roll of the precincts with much
eclet. Joe Escaieda reported for does
trik number Done. TOGO. three. foOor and
seek" BY the way, Joe was the only
native son present. native sons being
mostly lined up with the opposition
candidacy of the Alderetes at the pres
ent time Frank Alderete was on the
outer steps with his amigos, but he was
not permitted to enter the sacred pOr-
tails of the county court.
Cobb officially @. KID the reports as
they were read, as he o. KID the ticket
in his brilliant aerial flight later. Joe
Dunno, @mayor Of East FL PasC, and his
brother" according to Escaleda, was re-
ported as doing some good work Out
there IN the mesquite country.
Dynamite Suggested.
Bill Bulger, Santa Fe railroad repre-.
sentative, suggested placing a stick OF
dynamite under the voters in the first
precinct. Chairbov Cobb said there was
no Jaw against dynamiting voters into
paying pol taxes-a rather grewsome,