Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-27
political ADVERTISEMENT

political ADVERTISEMENT
To the Herald and the People Of Cameron
County:
Hon. X. b. Creager, of the independent
party, and chaperon of its candidates, had
printed yesterday the substances of his
speech at San Benito, consisting of an
arraignment of the Democratic party in
general and myself in particular, which,
"a the Democratic nominee for sheriff Of
Cameron county, ! can not allow to 60 un-
answered.
Mr.. Creager gives way to his magma
tion for his facts, and %insinuates that there
was a trade made BY which Sheriff Ryan
should step down and | should step in.
will say that |, a. the supposed beneficiary
Of such a trade, know nothing of such a
deal having been made. No such thing
was done and | was out of the county on
business when Mr.. Ryan resigned and had
no knowledge of his intention to resign.
Mr.. Creager states hat | admitted that
! had violated the civil and criminal sta
tutes in appointing deputies. ] here assert
that | made no such admission. | did adj
NIT, and here now assert, that | have APP
pointed more deputies than the technical
language of the two statutes quoted by
Mr.. Creager permit; but Mr.. Creager fails
to call the attention. of the "dear people"
10 chapter four of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, which gives me the power and
makes it my duty in emergencies, to call
to my assistance every citizen of the
county, if necessary, 10 enforce the laws.
Mr.. Creager in his San Benito speech blows
hot and cold. He calls the attention of
the people to the unprecedented amount
of stealing and crime going on in this
county, and then in the next breath at
tempts to hold me up to public ridicule for
appointing eleven deputies for the entire
county of Cameron, when ] am only tech
nlcally entitled to ten deputies.
This county j. nearly fifty miles wide and
hundred miles of Mexican border. Every
one knows the conditions over in Mexico,
and | here now assert that If | have made
any mistake IN this matter, that the mis-
take IL IN not appointing more deputies,
because, for the past year, there has been
am emergency on account of the condi-
tions on the border, and that emergency
still exists, and | fear will exist until con-
ditions over the river are subjected to "A
radical change.
! have n my deputies both American
and Mexicans, and while | only speak the
English language, every deputy | have
speaks both languages.
| asserted through the papers, upon my
appointment, and when | took the oath of
Office, that inasmuch as there was only
about twenty three days for service Of
my special term, that in that short period
| would not make any changes n to Mr..
Ryan's deputies. ! do not feel that | need
To give any explanation to reasonable men
for this course, but will say that | did this
for two reasons; the first, on account of
the district court coming Immediately on
and the great amount of work that had
to be done In said court, and also in the
county court, and second. on account of
my election being contested. | necessarily
could not be personally in the office ~
closely "a If the election was over. and |
had the time to break in new men Tor said
Offices.