El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-08
CITY ELECTION
IS IN PROGRESS
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on the round trip.
PnIllns Places Not ROped OFF.

reversed his machine and started back
on the round trip.
Polling Places Not ROped Off.
Promised ropes, marking of the dis
lance for the voters and the point TO
which politician or an outsider might
approach. were not IN evidence at this
voter cast his ballot here was located
in the Central fire station where the
auto fire trucks and OF the company
are kept Judges, clerks and superVIS-
ors sat around the tables in this place
there were no booths IN evidence
and the voter marched up to the table.
on the opposite side Of the street sew
eraI automobiles contained city detec-
tfves. other detectives stood near the
curbing. police were in the streets The
lire OF voters extended almost TO the
center of the street one ring man
seated in an automobile jumped out OF
it and ran up to a voter in line. he
said something to him, and the man
nodded his head
Mayor Kelly and James A DICK. op-
posing candidates for mayor, drove
about the city in their automobiles,
visiting first one polling place and
then another during the day. Both
seemed confident. The mayor wore the
usual Kelly smile.
At Citizens Headquarters.
In the Citizens headquarters r B.
Stuart, campaign manager, was seated
AT the phone. Assistant campaign man
= ger VIII Hord was busy giving In
structions and about noon was LOOKING
after the lunches for the CITIZENS su-
narvfsore in the different polling places.
n v-as here that it was reported that
the greatest vote that had ever Deen
polled north Of the tracks Woulo pc
east in the city election IL Is IN tIls
district that the Citizens nope 10 cllncn
their victory The continual ringing
Of the phone and the yelling OF instruc-
lions to those who hurried IN the neS0-
quarters, gave every appearance OF
At Ring Headquarters
In the basement Of the ring mead
quarters on san Antonio street. az
campaign manager. He was smoking
a cigar, smiling, and answering Jne
nhone CoIdweu appeared confident
and stated that the ring uckeL Woulu
Win nv a three to one majority Inside
81 the rOpes with COldweu when a
Herald man called. was seated Eu6ene
Harris. Outside was Joe Nealon- Ill,
Torfuht THE city clerk otIlce WIN
he kent open to receive the boxes from
the different precincts G. ". raSsells;
cftv clerk, viii supervise TINS enc OF
the work. 1t is probable that the OF
flee will be filled with the Opposing
candidates and some OF their ITlenuS;
THE first box of ballots is not eGpecIeu
at the city hall until late tong NJ. II
is not believed that any DEFINITE results
can be had until Wednesday morning
Splitting the Tickets
Tuesday morning It was eyldenL tIls-t
many voters were splitting the Ilchels.
y-orf1e- Tor some Of the candidates on
both tickets, but II IS thought InaI IIle
majority were voting stralghC LlChe1'
either FOR the ring or the Citizens can
didstes. II many voters split their
tickets. this viii tend to retard the
counting and thereby delay the an
77oT7nceneut Of the final result
The total number Of poll taxes paid
last wear was 6459; the number this
wear was 484S. Last year 23OO MeXlcans
1sf5 their poIl taxes; this year. 1881.
1The number paid last year By negroes
was 475 Only 10 Of these paid this
wear The total decrease OF MeXicans
and negroes this year as compared 70
last, is 1924.