El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-30
Roundabout own
A Red-Hot Municipal Campaign,
When Morehead Defeated White
Some Recoections of Battle Fought Here IA Years
Ago-Proof That Parades Do Not
Elect Candidates Town Talk.

By G. A. MARTIN.

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u dorff campaign in San Antonio
back in the early nineties. set a number
Of FL Pasoans to discussing the White
&orehead campaign in FL Paso in the
, spring OF 1908.
A party OF US were talking about the
campaign-the most strenuous ever ex-
Terienced in FL Paso unless it was the
time the late \. Krakauer was elected
mayor on Republican ticket and kept
out OF the office by a shotgun com
mittee of DemOcrats-and we fell to
exchanging "reminiscences that brought
I back again the lively old days II was
a great campaign Morehead was
nominated as the Socalled Democratic
candidate. although more of the lead
ing Democrats were backing Capt
James White. then chief Of police under
mayor Hammett. than were behind the
MOrehead ticket Capt. Juan Hart
placed Morehead in nomination AT a
mass convention held in the present
courtroom Of judge Jackson capt
NhIte was nominated by the socalled
Union Labor" party at a convention
held in the old Myar opera house.
which. before it. burned in 1894. stood
on South FL Paso street. below the
corner Of Overland
Some Of those nominated with Cant
" hite were union labor men. but most
of them were just politicians. 1 recall
that the opposition, IN reviewing the
" hite ticket. said of judge W NJ
COldwell. who was nominated for judge
of the corporation court We have been
at a loss TO understand what union
Judge Coldwel represents. but have
finally decided that IL is the walters
union-he has been waiting many
years for a nomination and has re-
ceived one at last"
". H. Eurges. ". W. Turney. Rich
sa~1 49, r.F
still active in politics. were among the
most active supporters Of the White
union labor ticket. o. II. Baum was
the candidate for city assessor and
collector Joe Escajeda, then city clerk
under Hammet. was supporting the
ticket; so was Frank Alderete. but Ike
was supporting the Morehead ticket
and lie and Frank came near to blows
one night on South oregon street over
a political argument
Big mass meetings were held almost
every night and at one OF these, in
behhalf OF the White ticket W 4.
Burn EN- up. Will" the audience was
ShOutinG. and. as he sucked a lemon
on the stage just before going out To
speak. Burgess said TO me. If / make
the sort OF speech they want II WIZ
not help US. but il / don't they viii .
not think 7 am whole hearted in sup
porting the ticket Here goes TO peel +
the hide from old man Aiorehead." AMI J
he stepped forth and peeled" One Of /.
The things Burgess said was that
Morehead would rather be king OF 4 ,
cannibal island than an ordinary citi- I
zen in the finest community on earth I
Other things were Of the same vftrIolic /
character.
The Herald was supporting thu 3
W mite ticket and at one of the More /,
bead rallies. lack Cobb-none other /
than the present customs collector and .
diplomatic representative extraordinary !
81 me president reSarglng an things /
was reporting the meeting and. point
ing to me as I sat beside him, he said:
The Herald is not satisfied with any
thing that bears the mark of Fl Pasa:
l. wants its own way or nothing. L |
has imported this young man from
San Antonio to come out here and wr.ts