Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-18
DEMOCRATS GET
FIRST FALL IN
PRIZE CONTEST
Committee of Members of Independent
Party Present Petition Asking for Va
cancIes on Election Presiding Boards 10
Be Filled.
W0RDY CONTEST OCCURS IN
COUNTY COURT THIS AFTERNOON
County Judge H. L. Yates Takes 0ffense
at Wording of Petition Presented TO
Commissioners C0urt-visiting Com
mttee Leaves Unsatsfied.

There was lively few moments of il IN
the meeting ~ the board "a county com
misSionerS at o'clock this afternoon.
when a committee of probably twenty
members of the independent party. rep
resented by Attorney "A. u. Cole. presented
H. petition 10 the board demanding that
certain vacancies in the lists 81 election
officials tor the November election be
filled and demanding that the independ
ent party be given equal Representations
at "each box as the law directs" Coun-
~ Judge III. J.. Yates informed the mem
bcrs Of the committee that he considered
the petition ~ the nature ~ an insult ~
the court and said that the board would
hll the vacancies when il "saw fit"
4. II. More. prominent member 1T the
independent party. attempted IL take the
floor when Judge Yates ssbcat him Ia IL
by stating that a. the party was repre-
Sented BY an attorney Of the bar no citi
zen had the right to address the court on
the question. IIc also cautioned him on
the contempt Of court laws. Mr. More ad
mltled that the party was -cpresented bv
an attorney and Sat down. bnt y moment
later was pivrr the -flrnr - I-Hrra vntar
Mr. More asked the cour. whether the
vacancies in the election officer lists
should b. filled with legal or illegal Off
GERS. qualified or disqualified officers. and
Judge Yates III reply asked him whether
his bunch Of two years ago stopped 10
consider those questions. Mr. More claim
ed They did. after which there were state
meni~ and dcnial~ by each gentleman. con
cernlng Point Isabel presiding officers and
other.
Louis t0b"lIni. 4 mrmbcr Of the com
mittrc of citizens. who appeared before
the court, asked "whethcr citizen of ne
United States had "A right 10 address the
court and he also was referred by judge
Yates 70 the fact that the committee nre~-
ent wa represented IN an attorney before
the bar Mr. Cobolini sat down. bu,
claimed afterwards there VA. a ..lack of
ln~iice" m the treatment accorded th~
committee.
Judge Yates stated later that there wa
an agreement among the members of the
county cOmmi- ~ioner~ conr4 that NJ ar-
tion on matters ~ importance would ~
taken up unless there wa- n fun mretin~
OF the board present. There was absent
from the court today Commissioner Con-
rad, who has been IN Chicago on business
The past several weeks. and ha~ not ~.
turned. Judge Yates stated also that
there was no need Of the court filling the
vacancies mt this time. a. another meet
ing ~ the board must intervene before tl,.
November elections. and that an vacanei..
could be filled at the same time. lie also
pointed out the fact that in the event ~
vacancies PA election day qualified voter-
may meet ~ the polls and elect their own
presiding oiliccrs.
The petitIonlng committee Of the inda-
pendents left the court room wholly d.
satisfied With the result " rheir trir. ard
apparently feeling that thev hsd -. -e-
cs,red she .-ea.-,en. that sko-ll h.~- .-
-s~9--.d 'ltsr. -.s o-.r.nal .i.--
i.1A ~ sE. H-s sTp5.-tcs IVY tAl loa-a
las elrrsrr Tie vacancies occurred II
result oi some - nc men appoip,es
having become disaralified.
The petiticI 10 which the court took az.