El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-25
BIC VOTE BEING
POLLED FOR THE
PRIMARYELECTION
Both Sides Express Conf
dence in Outcome; Sub
mission Defeated Here.


cause Of a law which mas Just been put
no erect Withholding the rights OF
CLtl@Snsnlp to any alien who had taken
1 SJt. MS first papers prior to June 80.
11svb; and who had not obtained his
tllIdl naturalization papers Ihis law
I NOUS that such aliens are not entitled
70 vote and il barred a number Of Mex
leans who had previously voted with
the organization.
Polling Heavy Vote.
Both sides were al work early. Eu-
gene Harris passed Adrain Pool at
Z $50 Saturday morning on Oregon
street The rival candidates for county
JuQge were at work that early getting
out the vote Automobiles. carriage
( ana even Mexican express wagons were
! being used by both sides to get the
/ voters TO the polls.
Managers Are Busy.
The ring" organization leaders
SAID that they were getting out a
/ strong vote Saturday morning and that
me voting was believed to have been
! me heaviest in the history Of local pol
I lllcs Both the ring" and anti ring
or g a n zation headquarters were
l crowded saturday with workers and
voters and the two campaign managers.
| BaIlard COldwell for the ring" and
| W. b. Ware for the anti ring were
! BUSY giving directions TO their as
slstants and directing the work Of
getting out the vote.
Conferred With Officials.
~ rlday AFTERNOON county chairman
I Tom Lea had a conference with the
county officials regarding the re-
Z ported Injunction proceedings contem-
plated against election officials. He
was told that no such writ would be
issued until a conference OF the three
district judges had been held and a
majority Of the judges voted for such
an injunction As a result Of this any
fear that an injunction would be is
sued was dispelled by this statement
OF the county officials.
Heavy Vote Cast.
At Has o'clock Saturday morning II
was estimated tnat $500 votes had been
polled IN the city precincts. There
were no figures given for the county
polling places, although il was stated
by several who had visited the voting
towns In the upper and lower valleys
that the valley voters were on hand
at the opening. Of the polls and it is
not expected that many will be left
out al the time the polls close at
o'clock Saturday night.
II is considered that the number
given for the morning voting in the
city indicates that a heavy vote viii
be polled- Of the number OF votes cast
ring men were claiming a two to one
majority As has always been the Gus
were being rushed TO the polls as soon
as they were opened The Ting sees
to il that not a voter supporting the
ticket is left out.
"RIng8 Is Confident.
The election is over" was the decla-
ration Of Adrian Pool, ring" candidate
for county Judge, at 1885 o'clock sat
urday morning. From what I can
learn I am running way ahead OF
course. that is only what I hear. The
election is over" said Pool again.
smiling broadly.
II was just about noon Saturday
when Ballard COldwell, ring cam
paign manager. claimed that the day
was won His smile was as broad
as that OF Pools.
King politicians gave out the state
ment at noon Saturday that Pool. to-
gether with the entire ring" ticket,
was carrying the boxes north OF the
tracks They predicted a landslide for
the ring in the voting precincts
south Of the tracks.
No Disturbances.
Sheriff Peyton ]. Edwards was out l
early in his automobile Saturday morn
ing making the trip 10 the lower val |
ley towns. He visited SocOrrO, Fa- |
bens, the island, San ElizariO and vs. |
leta- On the road from SOcorrO to |
in the mud and he had to get a wagon I
and team to pull the machine out
Sheriff Edwards brought back the re- |
pert at 1920 o'clock Saturday morn
towns were proceeding with all regard /
to the laws. There were no disturb
ances or disorders OF any kind, sheriff I
Edwards reported.
Red Pencils Put Out.
The Altura PARK school house, corner I
OF Mobile and Division streets. is in T,
precinct No. IS. precinct credited /
with having strong anti sentiments ]
During the early voting Of Saturday |
morning the charge is made that /
number OF red pencils were distributed !
IN the voting booths OF that precinct /
While no authorities were found Sat !
urday morning there Is a legal opinion /
TO the effect that marking the ballot !,
-.-aT e 4
That opinion Is rendered on the ground I
that the ballot is supposed to be secret 4
If marked with a red pencil the ballot 4
could be distinguished from the others. |
hence the opinion for holding 1t void. ,
Temptation Plentiful.
As in previous years when elections /
were held there was no occasion for !
a voter to walk 10 the polling place. |
An automobile was at his command. If 4
a machine was not 10 be had tmme- /
diately a rent machine was secured /
and the voter 10Y rided" TO the polls 1
From the time Of the opening OF the
polls there was a continuous string 4
Of automobiles, each loaded with i
voters, making their way through the
city streets to voting places north and /
south Of the tracks. The automobiles
Of every ring" and anti" owner was
pressed into this service.
Up TO 1880 o'clock Saturday morning /
II is believed precinct No 3 with l4z
votes was leading all the other city
precincts At that time there were
205 votes cast in precinct No. g.
II was just about this time that the
report was current among the ring"
men to the effect that Pool was run
ming ahead Of Harris in his own pre-
cinct No u.
Worker Reported Arrested.
The report was out Saturday morn !
Ing that the "antis" lost their most
valuable worker. Pomposo Duran. who
was looked TO to deliver the goods" /
1t Canutillo. At $50 o'clock Saturday
the report was, Duran was
In Pools automobile and the machine
eft CanutiIIo headed for FL Paso.
Friends Of Duran at Canutillo tele-
ohoned local officers and wanted to
know IL he had been arrested. There
was no record to show that he had
been. Anyhow, up to 1850 o'clock Sat
Irdsy morning Duran had not been
located.
The saloons and banks closed as a
result Of the election being a legal |
holiday.