El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-21
INTOXICATED VOTERS and CLERKS
At THE POLLS On PRIMARY DAY
Evidence Shows that Many Tally Sheets Were Different
but Clerks Fixed Them AL to Read Alike Whisky
Is Brought Into the Polls on Primary Eec-
ton Day and the Day Following

both, clerks, employed in sope OF the
precincts in keeping the tally sheees'
according to the testimony given Tues
day at the contest Of the election, be
came so incapacitated that they had
to be dismissed and other clerks SUD
stituted.
witnesses, whisky in a sufficient guam
tity was supplied 10 the precincts on
the election day, saturday, ana on sun
dav. when the clerks were total1ng the
number of votes cast One witness teS-
titled that there were 10 or 10 plnIS OF
whisky in his precinct, and that, while
he might not have been so intoxicated
fba+ he was unable to do his work, he
was of the opinion that another clerk
was.
The testimony introduced so far. as
deduced on the part OF both the con-
festees and the contestants, conclusive
" shows that the result as taken from
the tally sheets is not conclusive Not
a witness put on the stand could swear
under oath that the tally sheets would
compare with the number of votes in
the ballot boxes. It was admitted that
there was a doubt as to whetherthe dis
crepancy would work a hardship in the
case of the ring or the anti-ring- The
witnesses stated that some times the
ring clerk would be ahead, and some
times the anti-ring clerk, and in those
cases. those keeping the tally sheets
would mark up the required number
OF votes to make the tally sheets bal
ance. In this way c L vowel, can
didate on the anti-ring ticket for DIS
trict attorney, a witness stated. he
knew lost one vote. This he said. he
was positive of. AS far as the others
were concerned, he said that he was
not certain
Many Intoxicated Voters.
Witnesses also testified Tuesday that
there were a number OF intoxicated per
sons who were admitted to the polls
and allowed to vote. One Chinaman,
who stated that he had only reslded IN
this country two years, was not allowed
to vote and this fact, 1t was said by
T. J. Schilling, who was preSldlnS Judge
Of precinct No. 2, started a discussion
Another Chinaman was compelled to
bring his naturalization papers before
he was allowed to cast his vote.
As far as the local voter was con-
cerned. the state candidates for the
most part suffered for want of votes
It was either the ring or the anti
ring" ticket that the voter wanted TO
vote for. The state officers he was
not concerned with, In most instances,
the witnesses said that the voter would
state that he wanted to vote for "ES-
cajeda and his companions or IKE Al
derete and his companions He was
voted. it was said, either for the ring
or the anti-Ting ticket, according to
the name of the candidate and the tick
ct he was running on
The members of the subcommittee
and the attorneys wanted to see the
federal march in Juarez "Wednesday,
and for that reason adjournment was
taken until $3.50 o'clock Thursday
morning
Police at Precinct .
F J. Schilling, the first witness
called Tuesday afternoon, testified that
he was election judge of precinct NO 2
Witness said: THE police were In
and out. six or eight times during the
daV. At one tin there was more than
one policeman in there At one time
there was a Chinaman who came IN
I asked him how long ne had been IN
this country, and he said two years II
WAS during a discussion between MI
Brooks and myself that the ponce
came in They were not called Mr.
Brooks said that the fact the Ch1naman
had poll tax receipt was prlma 1acle
evidence he was entitled to vote II
seems that when this discussion \ :
on the people on the outside thought
there was going to be fight got
everyone out I asked the policemen
to get out They did
There was a policeman in uniform
stationed at the door throughout the
cay. I know Domingo, Montaya wen
I see him I saw him about the polls
that day. I saw him every time
looked out. He looked like a general
with his army all lined up. He looked
like he was talking He was standing
in the middle Of the street 1t looked
like a small army. about p men;
"I did not see any whisky I smelled
it. I was offered it by one of the
Had to emit Counting.
"On Saturday night We had TO Quit
counting because of the clerks not be
ing able to keep it. It was either in
toXication or worn out Maybe both We
started counting that night about
o'clock
The clerks could not keep the tally
sheets together. There was one time
when there were four votes ahead.
couldn't see how they could get them
wrong. That was the most noticeable
difference. We frequently had dit
ference of one
Saturday night someone spilled a
bottle of ink over the tally sheets.
believe it was Mr. Brooks's boy
There were some destroyed bal
lots did not find this out until Sun
day. I went around and gathered up
as much as could Even small pieces.
I don't know how many ballots were
destroyed
toxicated persons who voted there
Counted 10 Ballots at u Time.
1T was such a long ballot and every
BODY was tired out: we conceived the
time. Then five, then 10 We would
put the tickets on the table and put
a yard stick across the tickets and
saThen on Sunday we tried another
scheme Most of them voted ring or
anti-ring We would get five in one
pile and five in another, and say five
votes for the anti or five for the
I'VE continued to call more than one
ballot for the state ticket and the
executive committee We counted the
others single"
Question by Thurmond: Did you
see anything Irregular
Answer: Some of the men inside Of
the polls, when man came in they