El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-28

pointed and the council confirmed
the appointment of the judges to hold
places of the city of Ell PssO- Each
and all of the judges then appointed
were notified in writing of the ap-
pointment and to this date, none has
indicated his intention not to act IN
der such appointments.
Therefore that part of your letter
suggesting that you be allowed 20
designate one judge wherever there
are to be only two. or two judges
wherever there are TO be four. can
not be complied with; first, because,
under the law, the duty Of appointing
these officers deVOlves upon the
mayor and he has Obeyed the law;
second they have already been APP
pointed, and there is no provision
made for vacating the positions to
which they have been appointed; and,
third. at the time the election had to
be called, under the law, and was, in
fact, called, there was no other party
in existence, even If there is now,
from which any of the judges might
have been chosen. only one pOlltl-
IL party had held a primary; only
one had its candidates in the field,
and il was an impOssibility to have
selected from any other party, not
knowing what that party was. who
composed il or who could be selected
from it.
You say that you call attention to
the fact that many accusations have
been made in reference to the con-
Quoting OF elections in the city and
county OF El PasO in the past / call
your attention TO the fact that no
decision OF any court or executive
committee has been had in any cleo
ton contest, casting any doubt upon
the substantial fairness Of any cleo
ton in Fl PasO for more than 20 years.
Accusations against the fairness OF
elections or the conduct Of citizens
can be made and often are made
without ground by reckless, irrespon-'
ST bic persons. Surely, if there have
election
OF this city, the grand jury over which
Mr. Dick presided, found no evidence
of it or il would have done its duty
and indicted those violating the law
/ take it that the failure on the part
of that grand jury to present any one
for violation of the election law may
fairly he accepted by the people OF
FL PasO as assurance that their laws
have been respected.
You say you request that the ar
rangement of the ticket be adjusted
positions or arranging the names OF |
the candidates on the ticket accord !
ing to law by agreement
Certain public officials Of the city I
of Eel PasO are charged by the terms
of the election law with preparing the /
official ballot Nothing is said in the
law ABOUT craving Tor posluons on on
it or arranging 1t by agreement The
ballot will be arranged in strict ac-
cordance with the law by those
charged with that duty.
nominees OF the Democratic primary
viii be arranged under the head OF the /
Democratic ticket in one column; those /
OF the Independent candidates for the /
several offices will be arranged in an (
other column, the candidates for the I
several offices being in parallel lines. /
Under the law, the presiding judge /
IN each precinct appoints the neceS-
sary clerks needed in his precinct / Z
have no information as to whether 1
these hive been appointed or not, 1
have not been and you VIII make ap- I
plicatiOn to the several presiding /
judges for the appointment of clerks, 4
they viii give your application and 1
those suggested by you for the posi- /
lions such consideration as they are /
entitled TO.
You suggest that in the matter of 4
supervisors the names OF same De
turned IN At an early date so that 4
the judges viii be given notice as TO 4
who viii act as supervisors in the /
different precincts
80 of the Terrell election law which !
pr Divides how YOU gentlemen may Sc
cure the appointment OF supervisors
II you desire them feel sure that I
the chairman of the Democratic city 1
executive committee and his asSo-
ciates will take the necessary steps i
10 secC~e the appointment Of Demo- /
cratic IpervisOrs for the election Of /
April s. I feel equally sure that the
Democratic party does not need any /
SUGGESTIONS from us opponents as TO I
whom to appoint or when or how TO /
have them appointed, and have none
to offer.
In closing your letter you say, let 4
US act together and have a fair cleo
tion and one that cannot be criticized,
" hatever the result may be
Il beg leave to assure you that no /
effort will be left unmade BY myself /
or the other members Of the city
council OF the city Of FL Paso or those
candidates with me on the Demo-
cratic ticket, to secure an absolutely
fair and honest election; on the con-
trary, il is our fixed purpose that
such an election shall be held. As
to escaping criticism whatever the
result may be-. our long experience
has taught US that the Democratic
party of FL .PasO has to stand the I
criticism of its unsuccessful OppO- [
nents after each election, without re- I
gard to the methods employed, and
we do not expect any different re-
suits in this instance from those (
smarting under the stings Of defeat
Our duty in the premises is to see (
that there is no Just ground for criti-
cism, and this we shall see to-
Very respectfully,
&C E Kelly. Mayor"