Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-09
INDEPENDENTS
TAKE ACTION
THEY ENDORSE SOCALLED CON-
PROMISE TICKET At MEETING
HELD IN CITY HALL SATURDAY
NIGHT
COMMITTEE NAMED
PARTY NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE FOR COMING YEAR.
WITH r. II. RUSSELL ~ CHAIR
MAN ONE CHANGE ONLY.

Pursuant to call issued by the city
executive committee W the Independent
party. u meeting w the party Was held
III the council chamber NJ the city hall
Saturday night The question ut the
naming uf 4 city ticket was brought up.
and upon motion VI was the opinion WI
the party mcmhrr, that the independent
nartr endorse and support the ticket
hich vas named last week. the SpcIlIcd
compromise ticket
When the proposition came ~ "a vote
thcis' was 4 single objection yolccd. 7 J.
clay M first drmurriug. However. >in,r.
there was no objection other than hi>. hr
decided that g. make The endorsement of
the party unanmoI>. Nv dccidrd that Nv
would vote for the motion
The meeting was not decided upon until
late Saturday afternoon. "a Whi~h time
hc executive committee. composed W n.
\ ~ Russell. chairman: q. NJ. Garza. John
+ ". Holt. 4. II. More and I. CriNcll got
together and issued the call The meet
VI ing was held about go o'clock.
NJ The committee elected follows: 4. II
Y Russell chairman; Leo Wise from the
First ward: r. CriNcll from the Second
ward; ii. NJ. Garza from the Third ward:
aud John W linyt from thc Fourth ward.
The only change made IN the executive
committee was the naming ~ Leo Wise
to succeed &. Ill. More. the latter having
been appointed a presiding judge ~ the
coming election and thus not being cligi
hlc for service.
GREAT HOWL H. RAISED.
Following the announcement Saturday
afternoon uf the naming nf "A So-callcd
compromise ticket. great howl was
raised ~ the city. both among brethren
uf the "Rcd>" and brethren ol the Blues"
aud among several who say they are OIL
the other side of the fence. Many charges
were made One side NJ the proposition
was eliminated Saturday night when the
Reds met al the city hall and endorsed
the ticket.
There were rImUr> on the streets yes
tcrdav aud today that meeting of the
"BlucS" was held Saturday night. but
that was denied today ~ George Cham
piun ~ the Blue club. Mr Champion
said that no meeting had been called for
saturday night. nor tonight. ~ the club.
bat that a meeting probably would hc
held sometime during the week.
For while SATURDAY ID seemed that
there were very good chances instead w
there being one ticket in the field for city
offices ia April there would bc three
A III. sI "A
viii IT, two tickrts. one VI them the 80
called MI mprumi>r ticket and the other
4 Blue or Democratic ticket III the
event that another ticket L. named. 20
liiical >harp> say that the comprumi>e
ticket will become a fusion ticket. and
that the fight will H. carried on that
basis
B,uc> deny that A. \. Browne has con
ScHird a. run "a the head ~ the CON
promise ticket. and others who favor the
ticket aver that Mr. Browne has alrrad,
accepted The nomination. and that b,
will head the ticket regardless. What
actually viii happen IN this matter i,
highly uncertain. SAYS the >harpS. aud i
j. expected that an hands will H. up N
. the AIR NilAtl VT. bFHNftF EflNTN~ ~ lHf
I city. which il H. thought will bc within
The neat week
The way m which the political arrow
H. pointed indirat'~ that there H. going
tn hc "Somc fight this spring on th'
politics proposition. and II has already
begun ~ wax warm. becoming hotter An,
hotter every minute ~ the day
II j. claimed in some quarters that th,
/, compromise ticket which was PM out
and which afterwards was denounced bl
Judge James r. Wells ~ moi being
compromise at An. was only f0rcruHncl
/. tO u proposition that was on foot ~ pa
\ out compromise ticket IN the county
h election this summer.
But many things can happen within
y few days. and there i> every chance tha
7 many things are going tO haPlcn ycrl
: soon.
III the wprds w man who ha'
watched things in Brownsville ~ late
There j. going ~ h. hell - pay il
brownsville politics before the cnd u
reached this spring