El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-16
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that sena-
tor Charles A. Culberson has re-

IT HE ANNOUNCEAENl UnaC sena-
tor Charles A. Culberson has re-
u covered from spell OF sickness,
and Is now back in Washington, carries
rejoicing to the people OF Texas
Incidentally, 1t may be remarked that
any announcements Of candidacy for the
senator's seat are premature.
Senator CulbersOn is one of the great
men of the senate. His record Is mag
nificent. The people Of Texas are proud
Of him.
The senator will succeed himself, if he
so desires.
Friends of Hon. James E. Ferguson,
one Of the candidates for governor, have
called a public meeting in his interest at
the court house tonight. In the true
Ell Paso spirit Of fair play. wish them
a well attended and representative meet
In the election of a governor, per
sOnalities must give way before the
consideration of great principles. III my
opinion the greatest principle. involved
from an FL PasO point Of view, Is the
question of purifying our elections.
We cannot expect the best of public
officers unless they obtain Their offices
in a clean way. Without the necessity
of going into details, every well in
formed FL PasOan knows. and regrets,
the large dirty. purchasable. and too
frequently purchased, vote in this city.
Every good citizen regards the in
fluence of this corrupt mass of votes
as disgrace. Every taxpayer would
rather see the men who spend his tax
money elected by decent citizens, with
out the aid Of purchased votes. Every
thoughtful man should prefer to have
public officers feel a responsibility to
good citizens. rather than TO have any
public official feel a security. with the
consequent lack of feeling Of response
bility, in the power Of controlling this
purchasable vote.
To cure this existing condition, Mr..
Boehmer. a representative from county
similar to ours. introduced a bill in the
present legislature. Our two representa-
tives. Richard T. Burgess and Eugene
Harris both voted for it, let 1t be said
10 their credit.
That bill passed, and would have be-
come the law, and we would have been
governor Colquitt vetoed 1t.
Col. Ball has taken a satisfactory pO-
sition upon this question In his Green
vile speech he said:
More stringent laws should Be passed
to prevent any vote being east unless
a voter can either mark his own ballot
OF call the names OF every candidate for
whom he desires to vote, and the office
to be voted Tor. before the officers Of
election and watchers"
This declaration of Col Ball sounds
good to FL PasO. He stands solid upon
the one question that Is OF the greatest
political Importance TO our people.
When the friends OF Mr.. Ferguson meet
tonight. when they present his candidacy
To the good people OF FL Paso, l re-
spectfully request them to show our
good people where Mr.. Ferguson stands
upon this vital question.
Messrs. Burgess and Harris voted for
similar relief in the BOehmer bill. Mr.
Burgess will probably 90 back to the
It Is to be supposed that ne
viii vote the same way.
judge Evlar will probably 90 TO the
also. 1t Is the common under
that he favors such a bill. he
has been so quoted by friencs-
The legislature NAV be expected to
pass a bill giving this relief. Both Of
our representatives will be expected TO
vote for it.
We may expect that it viii become
law, and relieve our people, provided the
new governor signs 1t.
Col Balls statement, above quoted, Is
VIII Mr. Ferguson make a similar |
If he does. it will remove
hat issue. VIII his friends, in their |
meeting tonight, ask Mr.. Ferguson to |
declare for this REFORM
VIII the meeting tonight endorse the |
-otes of Messrs. Burgess and Harris on /