El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05
POLITICS WARM
UP IN COUNTY
CONTINUED From Page One.)

] ,-,fSa-9ce Of Dolitical activity. Pool, be-
/ ing the protege of the poSS Of the
LIIts, az civ. 'Ole Reliable" Park is
80 - advisor. Pool approached
park He wanted to Whisper, but ap-
/ Darentlv he was agltaIeQ, Tor ms voice
1 vent higher than a whispering tone
. eve want YOU want you Pool said
! to Park 'Wiu you conner The last
o PsTI- Vent, So did Joe Escajeda, dis
/ +ric+ attorney W. W. Bridgers, c. W
I Groom indge James J. Murphy, J. D
/ Ponder and John T Cain, of the Cen
/ dOrsine- kids" to the Brewery gar
/ dens Where the first consultation of the
ring for the coming campaign was
| held Wednesday at noon.
! Emil Anti TicEzet-Maybe.
/ The advent of Harris into the poIit-
( ical fight as an anti ring candidate
/ IS merely the forerunner of others it is
/ declared. There is now talk that SEN
! ator- Claude B. Hudspeth will have
Judge J. NJ GOggin as an opponent, and
! the chances are that a tuI anti ring
/ ticket may be in the field. The ants
! are talking of W. D. Howe for district
/ attorney against Billie Bridgers. Tom
Lea himself may enter the race for one
/ Of the offices. The rlng. people have
| heard this and are jumping sideways
Charlie Kline is said to be at outs
! with the ring, after training for years
! with them, because, after he had been
I promised endorsement as county clerk
mayor forces the organization to put on
! Pool for county judge and give Ed Nc
! ClintOck the clerkship. Now Jack Daw-
son, Kinne's closest friend, is said to
have taken out his little hatchet for use
! on ring scalps.
Barnum Versus BridGers.
Roy Barnum, county auditor. is said
I to have declared war on Billie Bridgers
! who made war on him in his race for
exalted ruler of the ElkS. Howe is a
close friend of Barnum's and it is said
that Barnum would support Howe if he
decided to run against Bridgers. Other
, ring men are said to have promised
support to Howe if he would make the
race.
II. D. Camp, of Fabens. is said to be
in q. receptive mood for the nomination
/ for county assessor against George
Huffman Camp is a young man down
| the valley who has been running a store
at Fabens and has made his friends
among the valley people. He is also a
company and a relative of Dr. s. T
| Turner who was elected on the board
of governors for the Water Users assO-
citation against George Huffman. who
was an active candidate for the board
from his district down the valley. Camp
I has not come out Of the brush, but his
friends are taking care of his candi-
dacy and he will run, it is said, if
there is an organization of Independents
. to support him.
Picking the Weak Spots.
Weak spots are being picked in the
organizations tentative ticket for cOun-
ty offices and at least one or more can
didates will be announced soon to reD-
resent the Independent Democratic
ticket. The ants point to the record
established by judge Dan NJ. Jackson,
as district judge to show what an in
dependent officer can do in a county
that is ring controlled. Arguing
from this record of Judge Jackson's,
the active Independents are urging that
a few strong candidates be selected to
run against the weak members Of the
ring office holding bund instead of fill
ing up a complete ticket with a number
of Indifferent men to oppose the organ
izatiOn's entTenched office holders
Woman for Clerk.
shreWd bit Of political wisdom is
being used in an effort to have Mrs.
Laura J. Bond oppose Jose A. Escajed
as district clerk. Mrs Bond has been
a legal stenOgrapher for a number Of
years. understands court procedure and
the filing of official papers perfectly,
and is considered as especially fitted
for the place by her long experience in
local law offices as StenOgrapher and
confidential clerk. Mrs. Bond is being
urged by her friends to make the race
and they say that she could beat Es-
cajeda without difficulty.
The ring last year put over a trick on
the ants by selecting a woman for SUI
perintendent Of public instruction ana
the ants see no reason for not bring
ing out a woman for one of the offices
this year
J. f KfIburn is being mentioned as a
candidate for county clerk on the indie
pendent ticket against Ed i. McClin-
took, but the ants are not anxious ia
back anyone against Ed" for two Tea-
sons. One is that they consider him "a
good fellow" capable of filling the job,
and another is that he is popular and
has not held office in his own right
very long. and never a lucrative one.
GOgPfm Strongly Backed.
State senator HU0gnptb7g- Tnu0T11fna-
ton seems assured. unless some candi-
date announces soon Judge GOggin is
being urged to make the race. He has
the endorsement Of the entire western
district of Texas for the position Of
United States district Judge. if the new
district is created. But this is not GER
tain and in the meantime judge Cog
gins friends say that he could do Ell
PasO and the senatorial district much
real good in the upper house of the
legislature. Judge GOggin has always
been aligned with the independent
ticket in previous campaigns. but has
never consented to stand for an office.
His friends declare that he could de-
feat Hudspeth and could make such a
record in the legislature that he would
reflect credit upon himself and upon
the entire independent movement here
Ring Men for Harris.
It is openly stated that Eugene Har-
ris is receiving pledges of support from
many ring men, some of them Candi-
dates themselves. Genial, jolly Gene is
taking things easy and is confident Of
election eff you run as well as I do.
you will keep the minutes of my court"
said Harris to Ed McClintock, 5ocu-
larry. ooh, I'm going to win" Harris
continued. Coming down the county
road the other day I passed Pool in
his automobile and I ran ahead of him
all the way in-made him take my dust
all the time. just wanted to get him
accustomed to it: that was all" Harris
is a member of the Young Mems Demo-
cratic club and is very popular with
this organization Of city and county
employees, sons of city and county en-
Uloyes, and relatives or employees of
citv and county employees. and 1t is
SAID that he is receiving pledges of
support from many of the endorsing
kids" regardless Of the fact that they
have already endorsed Adrian Pool for
the judgeship.