El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-07

selves known to the club The candi-
dates responded in the following or
der: Paul d. Thomas, candidate Tor
county Judge; r. NJ. Dudley, represen-
tative from the 18th district; Den
Rfchev. county tax collector; Seth Orn-
dorff sheriff. George Pendell. commits
sioner from Ysleta; II. D. Camp, tax as
SCISSOR: W. II. Fryer, county attorney
Billy Cassares. constable; A X. Webb'
county treasurer; J. N. beaver, Jusuce
of the peace place No. /; A J. Hail.
justice of the peace place NO. :; Lel6h
Clark. district attorney.
work for All the Ticket.
Paul Thomas insisted that, II the
club did not work for the election OF
the ticket all the way through that II
would be in a measure a defeat and
give the opposition an opportunity TO
develop a nucleus about which to build
and later establish itself There was
no boss influence about it, he said
You yourselves refused the recon-
mendation of the executive committee
in a number of cases and demanded the
men you thought should be on the
ticket We are your candidates and as
your candidates you must support US
Clean Ballot.
p. NJ Dudley said that he thought he
could explain where the 1900 missing
votes were, as he had served on the
grand jury and made discoveries that
much surprised him. Of ] go TO AUS
be to serve YOU. / will only make you
one promise and that is if I do go to
Austin 7 will work for clean ballot
for Ell paso and the state and II L don't
then you can kick me out the next
time. There are some poll taxes TINS
year as Illegal as last year, but. thank
God, it's but one TO the three that then
occurred
Orndorff on Poll Taxes.
Seth Orndorff said that the loss in
city poll taxes this year would be made
up by an increase down the valley and
that where there were 1000 poll taxes
last year there are 1900 this year and
of this number we will poll for the club
from 500 to 1000. He also stated that
a movement had begun in the valley to
fight George Pendell for commissioner
from Ysleta and that Joe Escajeda, who
now got $500 a month is district clerk,
was willing to come out for a SIS job,
not for the job. but to regain prestige
His old crowd don't want him. said
the speaker, and we don't want MIN
either We will defeat Escajeda in San
his own country. while !. NJ.
Walling Will be returned without any
1--WE may have some weak points in
some of our candidates. but wherever
there is A weakness there IS a strength
to make up FOR it and If we work right
4 hitch" sEt2MME
,le-k, said he proposed to make clean
fight and one that would win the ap-
prevail of the club. and that there was !
little difference between him and the |
man running against him, save that
both wanted the job and he wanted It |
the most
Greet and Jackson sick.
". y. Greet, candidate for county |
,lerk. could not be present at the meet 1
ng because of illness and the informa- |
ion was received with regret by the
,ntire club The same report was Of l
cred the club explaining the absence !
# judge Dan NJ. Jackson. candidate !
or reelection as judge Of the saith dis
riot court.
George Pendell, of Ysleta, and candi-
late for commissioner, made a brief /
ak. thanking the club for its endorse
lent of him and his candidacy.
Glllett in the Race.
J. A. Gfllett, who is opposing judge I
Ballard Coldwell as judge for the 65th
district court, stated that he wished to
lail the lie that he would withdraw
fter the primaries and that he was
lot interested in whether he was elect
d or not. Il am Interested he said,
and now that you men have given me
our endorsement, I do not propose 70 !
neet it half heartedly. I am in the
ace and propose to remain in the race |
nd am for the ticket from top to bot
Om."