Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-13
7 CANDIDATES
WITHDRAW FROM
RACE TODAY
Saturdays B0mbshelI lnio the Ranks OF
Those Seeking Office Comes 10 Head To-
day and Withdrawals Are Handed Ex-
ecutive Committee.
MEANS CONTEST FOa ALL
OFFICES IN THE FALL.
Indications Are That Every domination at
the Primaries viii Have a Competitor
for the 0fice at Coming hovember
Elections.

Six candidates, practically every one
Of whom are known 10 be- close adher-
ents of 4. 4. Browne in the race for
Iounty offices. handed their Withdrawals
70 the Cameron county Democratic exec
utive committee. which entered the bal
lot arranging session i'm the office Of
County Chairman James Il. Wells about
: o'clock this afternoon.
Those who filled their Withdrawals
and will secure the return Of their en-
trance fees. are:
A. A. Browne, candidate for county
chairman.
j. NJ. Brecn, candidate for tax collect
or.
Augustine CeIaya. candidate for coun-
~ superintendent Of schools
X. NJ. DalzeII. candidate for county
treasurer.
Captain John X. Hughes. candidate
f1r sheriff
James A. Browne. candidate for com
missioner. Precinct No >
The seventh withdrawal was that Of
w. T. Nann. candidate for sheriff. How
ever. Mr.. Vann's withdrawal was not on
account Of the same reason AZ the other
which are announced this
afternoon il Is stated there were other
factors IN NJ. Nann's decision to with
draw from the race.
Five Of the six candidates mentioned
filed into the offirc Of the democratic
county chairman i'm line. determined.
according 10 the statement of one ~
ihcnL 10 withdraw definitely from the
race
IL j. stated ON good authority today
that n representative Of the men who
from the race have been en-
dcavoring for weeks to have a confer
cnce with Judge Wells over the coming
primaries. and that Judge Wells indicat.
eel ne would confer with them. However.
they state Judge Wells failed ID show
for the conference, and they therefore de-
termined they would stay out of the race
for nominations before the July primar-
les.
The acti0n Of the six candidates i'm
from the race j. believed
the first act in a political fight i'm Cam
eron county than which there has never
been greater. ii j. now definitely Ger.
tain that there will be an independent
ticket in the November elections. with
perhaps some. if not all Of the men who
withdrew today, i'm the race.
As is well known. what have been
termed the reactionary Democrats of
Cameron county and the independents
are almost equally divided in their fol
lowings through the county. and with the
additional strength of the Browne influ
ence il has been predicted that the ~
dependents will have the best oppor-
ity to put over their candidates In the
November elections
Notwithstanding the Withdrawals of
today there are still some Offices being
competed for which will make the com
ing race quite interesting. These include
the race for county assessor Of taxes. for
which j. Stanley Ford and George Cham.
pion are running; the race for county
treasurer between Edgar l.. Hicks. the
incumbent. and Dr. :. X. HaIIam. and
the race for sheriff which has bccu Gull
cd down 10 where there are now four
candidates. including G. T. RYAN. Frank
Carr, Frank Hill and JEFF Srrivner.