El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-03
COMPROMISE ON.
ELECTION JUDGES
Chairman Ware Suggests a
Method Of Appointment;
Both Sides Accept.

Ring and anti-ring men have patched
up their differences so Iar as concerns
appointment of judges for the coming
primaries They have agreed upon q
compromise suggested by county chair
man w. ,. Ware.
Chairman Wares proposition was
submitted on Saturday to the ring IN
a letter addressed to T. A. Falvey and
Maury Kemp. as follows:
Il do not want either side to win in
the election by the use Of Unfair means
and dishonest methods and feel GER
tain that you are Of the same mind A
failure by the executive committee to
agree upon the election judges might
result in much bitterness and engender
much strife, for which / am not willing
to be in any measure responsible
Il feel that If the election can be con-
Quoted by judges in each precinct rep
resentinE each side. that all persons
viii be assured Of fair treatment and,
Believing that you will agree with me.
I make the following proposition
victor Q. Moore, c W. Marshall and
J. B. DOnahue viii represent what IS
known as the anti-ring faction, and you
two and one OLner TO be elected Dy you
viii represent what is known as the
ring faction. You viii meet at some
place to be agreed upon, and determine
by lot lby tossing a coin or otherwise
which SIDE shall have first choice IN
naming the judges. The side which wins
shall then name the presiding judge IN
precinct No ], and the other side shall
name the presiding judge in precinct
No. =, and so on alternately until pre-
siding judges are named in each pre-
cinct in the county. Then the losing
side shall name the associate Judge in
precinct No. and the winning side
shall name the associate judge in pre-
cinct No 2, and so on alternately until
the associate judges are named in each
precinct in the county.
You viii then agree upon an equal
number Of clerks representing each side
to serve on the election board in each
precinct in the county two clerks TO
he selected IN precincts Of less than
100 voters and four clerks TO be selected
IN precincts OF more than 100 votes.
After you have agreed upon the judges
and clerks in the manner above pro-
Tided, q list Of the same is to be handed
TO me and the persons so agreed upon
10 ne appointed on June 18th TO serve
as judges and clerks Of the election to
be held on the 27th Of July.
BY this means each side will have a
judge and an equal number Of clerks in
each precinct In addition to this, each
side may, If it desires, have supervis-
Ors in each precinct as provided by the
Terrell election law
ssThe Ring Accepts.
The reply of Messrs. FaIvey and
Kemp, which accepts this proposition,
follows
we are instructed by each and every
candidate on what you are pleased to
call the ring ticket to reply to you
that the method proposed by you for
selecting the election officers judges
and clerks, for the primary to be held
July p, 1872 is entirely satisfactory
TO them, and l. N Turner has been Sc
lected by them TO act with US in select
ing the judges and clerks as proposed
by YOU in your letter of the 1st.
we propose that those named by
you and Mr.. Turner and ourselves meet
in the county court room. FL Paso, at
10 a m, Friday, June Z, to make such
selections.
I'm this connection we call your at
tentiOn to the fact that you propose no
plan Of substitution should any judge
or clerk elected be unable to act on
the day Of election
Your proposition is accepted upon
the condition hereby expressly de-
clared. that should any such judge or
clerk be one named to represent the
side you designate the 'anti-ring,' you
shall fiji the vacancy; should he be
chosen to represent the side you desig-
nate the ring the vacancy shall be
flied by one named by us"
Differences Brushed Away.
Mr. Ware accepted the suggestion
relative to the substitution Of judges.
Replying to Messrs. Falvey and Kemp
he said:
The offer made by you is accepted
and the judges and clerks viii be
appointed in accordance with your
agreement and with the provision OF
substitution as proposed by you"