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

! right to come out and present his name
! Tor office; but ] think the men chosen
! by the club should be supported by the
! club. Many have asked me what i pro-
! posed to do. I do not know why they
/ should question my loyalty to this club
! and I took pleasure i'm replying that
! was going 70 support the whole shoot
! ing match from top to bottom.
Resent Attacks.
! The club owes the duty to itself OF
resentinE all attacks that have been
! made upon it, We cannot afford to go
I TO sleep. This election is going to take
work. and hard work. There is moth
ing but hard work i'm q political cam
paign. 1 believe our ticket will be
elected, but also believe that it is go
ing TO be done through strenuous work
and that every man must help"
Herring Endorsed.
BY vote OF lO1 to % the club en-
dprsed the candidacy of Henry Herring
as commissioner from precinct No 2 as
a successor to Seth Orndorff. who is
the clubs nominee at the July prima-
ries for sheriff.
c W Ardoin was nominated by sew
eral members Of the club in opposition
to Herring, but advised the chair that
he would abide by the decision Of the
club. A second nomination which was
unanimous. was the endorsement Of
Homer Wells for justice of the peace
for precinct No. 3.
Clint Petition.
A petition was presented from Clint
showing 20 signatures advocating Her
ring as commissioner. while a number
Of members arose and stated that they
were from other parts Of the district
and ii was the wish Of the majority
that the question Of candidates be de-
cided
When the name Of c. W. Ardoin was
presented by several Of his friends.
Seth OrndOrff got up to express sur
prise and was ruled down Immedi-
ately after the names of Herring and
ATlnfm nlgepn before ha hnffcp
and discussion began, Mr.. Orndorff
said 1T is very much Of a surprise
to me that Mr.. Ardoin has announced
as 1 had has assurance that he would
not We Worked for many weeks at
tempting to find man that would be
acceptable TO the five districts that
make up the third precinct and decided
upon Herring as the best man. Two
days ago ] learned that Mr. Ardoin
who is my friend and neighbor. pro-
posed to run. ] went to him and he
said that he had decided to be a can
didate."
W. B. Ware, the chairman, explained
that Mr.. ArdOin had visited his office
during the day and had said that he
would abide by the decision of the club
and under the circumstances a ballot
vote would be in order
Poll Tax Change.
In opening the meeting, W. =. Ware
that there had been some
remarkable changes in the poll tax list
in FL Paso county this year and in
former years. There are 1900 Mexican
poll taxes less this year than last year (
l want it understood that our organi-
cation did not pay any poll taxes for /
any person.
precincts one, two, three, four and /
five, heretofore the strong Mexican
precincts of the city. show n decrease /
Of 1907 poll taxes. Precincts six. seven /
and eight, mixed in their vote. show a 1
decrease of SEQ votes Precincts six l
and Il are the heaviest in polls, while /
Highland Park shows an increase of /
% during the past year. Last year
The number was 295 and this year il |
IS SAL"
Regular Meetings.
Before opening the meeting the
chairman said that there would be lit
he activity before June I. but that the
regular weekly meetings would be
held. He then invited the candidates
present 10 make brief talks and them