El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-29


times-maybe five They came in to
get drink of water. People were yot-
ing. Mr.. Burgess came in there. I sent
for him to find out the law. He stayed
there three or four minutes. I don't
recollect how long he stayed People
were voting. A good many negroes
voted there did not ask them wheth-
er they were Republicans or Democrats
That I thought the presiding Judge
ought to do. I don't think he did. I
did not make any inquiry as to that
I got 800 for a months work to help
DR.. Yard as campaign manager.
Il was employed at the head
quarters"
Says One Man Was Impaired.
John Saunders stated: L was pre-
siding judge of precinct 8. I was at
the polls on the morning of the cleo
ton at $50. If there was any whisky
brought in I don't know it. unless ii
was by Albert Gonzales. There was
only one man there that I could say
was impaired from performing his
On cross-eXamination he testified: Il
did not drink a drop. I saw Fred Del
gado. 1 don't know how many times
he came in. / don't remember whether
he was in there or not. I remember he
asked me how the thing was going
That might have been three times he
day. I might have been making out
tickets. I don't know. Delgado came
to the window and asked me through
the window. 1 made out 80 per cent
Of the votes of the nliterate people,
and I was so busy 1 could not tell you
just who came in.
Did Not Question Politics.
81 never asked a man his politics. The
voter, if he was a Mexican, would
either say he wanted to vote for Alder
etc and his companions, or EscaJeda.
negro would say ne wanted to vote
the straight ring ticket, or the straight
anti ring ticket A negro came in and
said he wanted to vote the ring ticket
with the exception of Alderete--
struck out Alderete's and Escajeda's
names. To correct that I wrote on the
margin Ike Alderete's name. That is
the only instance remember. I never
mismarked anybody's ticket intention
ally.
''I did not call off the name of any
candidate to the voter.
&C E. Kelly might have been there
a half dozen times. He was there one
time He was never in the building,
not one time. If Kelly was in that
building I never saw him 1 saw MIN
on the streets. Mr. Kelly never told
me to mark the tickets
Gonzales said to me that as 1 was
presiding judge 1 ought to designate
some one to mark the tickets Tor the
illiterate voters l said II my 1nterpre-
tation of the law was right I would
designate myself.
Z don't know whether Delgado voted
there or not I did not try to keep any
I saw DelgadO nearer than 100 feet,
I saw all the voters less than that L
saw Ed Bryant rubbering around like
Delgado. He might have been across
the street or up in the window. 1
never saw him at the window.
Did Not Talk to DeigadO.
'T gave the instructions to the Off
GERS not to let any enc come in VINO
did not have any business there
did not see Delgado in there. / did not
lose time to keep cases on everybody
I know that if there was any lrregu-
larity I would have called attention to
it I did not say anything TO Del
gado. I don't remember 1 don't think
1 did.
to anybody 1 don't remember Ed
Bryant coming in Kelly was not in
there to be put out
Saws He Was Not Intoxicated
G. S Brook testified: Il was super
wiser in No. 2. I turned over the ink
stand but I was not intoxicated L
had on a stiff cuff. I did not drink
ANYTHING on election day. I did not
drink until Monday and then only three
drinks The witness said that he ate
a hamburger and it made him SICK, ana
he vomited. He stated that he had
weak stomach.
on cross-examination: 81 saw some
whisky on the outside. A Mexican
across the street had a bottle OF
whisky I have been appointed deputy
constable since the election under Mon
toya. I made out a few tickets There
were some men who came in who were
under the influence of something. They
knew what they were doing l did not
see any ballots on the floor.
Policemen, the witness said came in
the polls to get water He said he
brought water out to the police and
did this to keep them from coming in.
He stated that it was not a part of
his duty to carry the water The
witness said that he would carry the
water whenever there was a rush.
He stated that he did not know it
was against the law for the police to
come in: The witness said that he saw
Domingo Monto1ra across the street
Was Asked to Help the Ring.
Lorenzo Miranda testified that he
voted in precinct No. 6 and was assist
ed in the preparation of his ballot. He
said he was asked if he could not help
the ring. This he said was after the
ticket had been made out. The witness
said he saw the ticket, but as he did
not read English he could not tell how
it was made out. He stated that if his
ballot was prepared in favor of the
ring it was not as he had requested
Medina, the man he said prepared his
ticket for the ring. M. Miranda, he said
ticket, his son told him had voted his
was his sons name.
On cross examination the witness
said that he did not hear Medina tell
his son that his ticket had been pre-