El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-21
VOWEL To RUN
AGAINST FRYER
Kicks Over Traces of Demo
cratic Club; Says County
Ticket a "Dicker."

Charlie Vowel has kicked over the
traces of the County and City Demo-
cratic club and is going to run for
county attorney against W H Fryer,
Independently. alone and by himself.
Vowel led the losing end Of the fight
Tuesday night to take the nominating
power away from the executive com
mittee and leave il to "a good old
fashioned democratic nominating meet
ing, where every man is for himself and
the devil gets the hindmOst" Vowel
was opposed in this by members of the
club, including mayor Tom Lea, who
urged that the nominations. as pre-
pared by the executive committee, be
acted upon by the club without an
other meeting being called Now
Vowel has issued a statement in which
he declares that the administration
mas been the most tyrannical we have
had in this city"
t'WaS n DECKER,
4 am going to run for the office OF
county attorney because ! think that
the executive committee Of the County
and city Democratic club had no au-
tnority from the club 10 make nomina
tons or present a ticket" said Mr..
vowel 4 do not think the ticket was
fairly made up. 1t was a dicSer and
a trade from beginning to end and is
composed Of the henchmen and
prOteges of the executive committee.
Had J. NJ. Wyatt told the truth at the
beginning Of the meeting. as he did
at the end, as to how the committee
goaded people coming before it seek
ing appointment. the club would have
repudiated the committee and the tick
ct / think the committee, by its ac-
ton got away from basic principles
and 1 am going to see if 1 can't re-
pudlate that action 7 am going to run
for this office because I am fitted
for II and I believe the people viii
elect me. I am against rings. both
administration and anti-ring- The ad-
ministration has been the most tyranni-
cal We have ever had in the city
Running for Office
Vowel has been running for office
for many years. nearly ever since ne
came here He was a candidate for
district attorney against Billy Bridgers
when Billy beat him. He was offered
the position Of assistant city attOr-
ney by the present administration but
announced that he could not take the
office as he considered it a young
mans job and one for a lawyer need
ing experience" However, c. ". Mar
shall consented to take the position al
though he has been practicing at the
bar as long, or longer than Vowel
II is understood that Vowel was Off
cred a place on the present county anti
ring ticket as district judge but de-
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ficiently large, local politicians de-
clare
On Independent Ticket.
Vowel will make the race on the
socalled independent ticket. many Of
whom are former ring" candidates.
One Of these is E 3. McCiintOck. cOun-
ty- clerk. elected by the old Kelly
ring" and. before that. justice Of the
peace by the same token. He was
switched from the place Of county
Judge on the ticket to county clerk
to make room for Adrian Pool and
has now announced himself for the
place Of county judge against Paul
Thomas, the nominee Of the Democratic
club.
Other Candidates
Other candidates announced on the
independent" ticket include Sheriff
p J. Edwards. who is a candidate for
a third term as sheriff; J. D. Ponder.
who is now serving his second term
as county treasurer, for which he asks
denomination. John T. Cain for county
clerk and VIII l. Watson. the present
county collector, elected on the ring
ticket.
EOvveII's @MiStake."
In discussing Vowells action. one OF
the shrewdest political observers in the
anti-ring faction. had this TO say:
Vowel made a serious political
blunder in announcing his candidacy AT
this time. when the events Of last Tues
day nights ratification meeting are
so fresh in the minds of the members