El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-11
LANE WILL TAKE
CONGRESSIONAL
FIGHT To COURT
Contest Matter to Be Reop.
ened in State Conven-
ton Wednesday.

The McLemOre-Lane contest for con-
gresham at large VIII be fought out in
the courts. Worth Ray. representing W
p. Lane, served notice on the committee
Monday afternoon that there would he a
contest and that it would be carried into
the courts. Lane planned to leave Non
day night for Austin to prepare the con-
test papers and these will be submitted
to the committee and il will be taken
up In the legal way before the courts.
The declaring OF NcLemore nominated
by a majority Of 159 was declared by
the Lane men to be another steam
roller" act They cited the fact that
seven counties had filed no returns with
the committee and that these counties
would give Lane a majority OF 40
over McLemOre, they claimed The
counties which made no returns are
Reagan, Reeves, san Saba, Dimmitt
Menard. Montague and oldham Accord
ing to the unofficial returns from these
counties as read by the Lane men, Lane
received 1923 votes and McLemore 524-
This would give Lane a majority in
McLemOre's majority was given as 159
by the committees figures and this IN
official count would give Lane a ma
jority Of 40 votes over McLemore.
A telegram was read by the Lane
representatives from Pecos, Reeves
=
there would be in Wednesday E. C.
Gaines, of Austin, asked that the final
action OF the committee be deferred IN
til the returns could be obtained
Sustains McLemOre's Claim
A motion to adopt the report Of the
committee, which gave McLemore ma
jOrity, was made and carried by 19 to
8. F. c. Gaines, who represented Lane
before the committee stated in his talk
that MCLemore could not afford to take
the place under such a shadow as the
contest had placed over il.
The committee on finances reported
that the accounts OF the secretary and
chairman Of the committee were correct
final report until the bills could all be
received and audited.
To Reopen the Contest.
The contest for cOngressman-at-la
has been reOpened and will be heard
again Wednesday morning at o'clock
The executive committee met in ad-
journed session Tuesday morning TO re-
consider the action OF the committee,
which was taken Monday afternoon
when the report OF the subcommittee
on returns was adopted by the COM
mittee. thus declaring McLemore nom
mated. Some of the members Of the
committee urged reopentng of the
case and a motion was passed at the
Tuesday morning session to reconsider
the matter and il was again referred to
the subcommittee on returns.
This committe will r eet at 4 o'clock
this afternoon to go over the returns
and to make an effort to get the re-
turns from the seven missing counties. !
As Lane left Monday night for Aus
in to prepare his contest papers, the
contest promises to go to the courts un-
ess the committee decides to count the I
rOtes in the seven missing counties and I
leclare Lane the winner.
Only Congressman Here.
Congressman oscar Galloway, Of Co. /
uanche. Comanche county, Texas.
which is in the 18th congressional dis
riot is the only Congressman in at /
enhance at the convention. He has
'erved two terms in the national law /
making body and at the recent primar- 1
es was nominated for a third tern, 1
lie stands with former senator Bailey /
n his opposition to woman's suffrage. /
Galloway was a school
nate of C. ". Marshall and Harris |
VaIthau. OF FL Paso.
Among the prominent visitors to the 1
is ]. J. Pastoriza, Of Hous- |