Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-04-05
DEMOCRATS EXPRESS II
THEIR INDIGNATION
ALLEGE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
ON A REFORM PLATFORM"
Immense Crowd at Blue Club Last
Night Heard Speakers Denounce
Alleged Irregularities and Out
rageous Tactics" in Fourth Ward.

The members of the Blue Club
met in the clubs quarters last night
for the purpose of expressing their
indignation over the manner in
which they allege Tuesdays election
was conducted
The club was packed to its fullest
Icapacity and President George
Champion informed Herald report
er that he estimated the crowd at
500 people,
The evening was devoted to speech
making both by English and Spanish
orators.
The first to address the crowd in
English was T. A. Kinder, the sue
cessful candidate for city attorney.
Mr. Kinder expressed his thanks for
the support of the club, saying that
If they had had square deal in the
fourth ward. not only three demo-
cratic candidates. but the entire
democratic ticket would have been
elected. The speaker said that, If
the fight were fought again and
fought fairly, the ticket would have,
mot two-thirds of the English speak
ing population with it, but instead
would have nine-tenths as the peo-
pie are disgusted with the so-called
reform party. 1t makes me, as well
as everyone else, feel bad to see an
election stolen on a reform plat
form
DR.. Z. S. Mccain said that he en-
dorsed every word of Mr.. Kinder's
talk and declared, in the language
of John Paul Jones: 1--WE have just
begun to fight"
J. w. Kirk, who was elected alder
man from the third ward, promised
the club that he would represent it
to the best of his ability for the next
| two years Mr.. Kirk carried his
audience into roars of applause when
+, he said: II think it is pretty gen
eraaly understood that / live in the
third ward" Mr. Kirk said that the
Officers in the third ward had per-
| formed their duty and that every
/ one who had presented himself was
permitted to vote. He said that he
regretted that any civilized COM
munity was forced to stand for what
he termed Outrageous tactics" in
1.-THE fourth ward Mr.. Kirk expressed
his appreciation of the loyalty of
the voters in standing in line to vote
for a whole day, when it should have
taken them only thirty minutes.
| Harry Wallace, who officiated as
supervisor in the booth in the fourth
ward, made some very strong asser-
tions against some of the officials in
that voting precinct. The speaker
said that while the election was in
progress he had told them in very,
plain terms what they were doing
but they did not seem to care.
Mr.. Wallace declared, in effect. that
Iif a man wearing a red badge pre-
Isented himself he was voted without
question, while every Blue was chal-
lenged,
Robert Runyon,- the next speaker
said that this was his first election
in Texas, that he came from old
Kentucky, ''Where they say politics
are the d" but that he though
this the "crookedest election" he had
ever seen.
Mr. Runyon said: THAT the mar
who held the voters in the fourth
ward back from voting ought to b
indicted by the grand jury Th'
speaker said that the fight was BY
no means over, as it was the history
Of the party that it never lays dowr
it's arms.
Those who spoke in Spanish were
Justine Lopez, George Champion
Adolfo Pecina, Faustino Rendon, G
Leal and Manuel Saldana.