El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-26
DEMOCRATS ARE
too MUD STAINED
Republicans To Put Out Full
County Ticket; To Nomi-
nate on Saturday.

The Republican county convention
that will meet at the courthouse Sat
urday evening will put out a full coun-
| ty ticket according to a decision
reached Tuesday night by nearly loo
loyal Republicans who gathered in the
41st district courtroom.
! Members of the party have been in
vited to participate in a referendum
vote between now and Saturday, which
vote will be canvassed by a special
( committee of ten The members OF this
J committee will make suggestions to
/ the convention. based on the result Of
the straw vote. which viii in no way
be binding on the delegates.
Want Candidates UnbeSmirched.
Although / don't think we shall be
bile to put a single one of our men into
office, I think that we ought to give
Republicans a ticket to vote for" was
the keynote opinion expressed by J.
4. Smith, one of the leaders of the
movement for a full ticket. The Re-
publicans should be given a ticket that
has not been besmirched from top to
bottom, because to listen to what the
two factions of Democrats have been
saying about each other, they haven't
put out candidate that is fit to be
voted for Let us give the members of
our party candidates that they viii be
proud to support
You know what Sherman said about
war. Well. politics is war Let's get
busy and organize"
Half of City's Vote Republican.
The proposal relative to full ticket
met the apparently unanimous ap-
prevail Of the meeting. II. r. Gamble
declared that the psychological mo-
ment' for a full Republican ticket had
arrived
Nearly half of the vote in the city
of FL PasO is Republican" said Mr..
Gamble. IN 1912 the Republicans and
ProSreSSfves put out one-thlrd OF the
total vote in the county. Many Demo
Gratis who voted in the primaries last
Saturday will vote Republican Let
Us show the other side that the curtain
has not been rung down on the local
campaign, as has been asserted"
The question was presented at the
very opening of the meeting by ". II
Case, who presided The gathering
was called to order by P. A Hazard.
]. C. Rous. jr., was elected secretary.
Militia Officers to Give support.
Mr.. Case Endorsed the project of put
ting out a full ticket. and announced
that he had been promised the support
Of several militia officers from north
ern states who are now stationed In
Ell Paso. He then read the county
offices that had to be filled. in order
that the Republicans might prepare
their referendum ballots accordingly.
"COlOredS Vote Costs Too Much.
THE entire negro vote cannot be
counted on, because it would take so
a head to organize it. and on election
day the Democrats would buy it for
$3.50 a head" said Mr.. Smith during
the discussion Of the movement for q
full ticket. "Of course, this does not
apply to all the negroes, but TO some
of them.
we can't expect 10 get the Mexican
vote, either. for it too must be well
organized"
Bnssett Could BE Elected.
Mr.. Smith expressed the opinion that
If Charles n. Bassett could be induced
to allow his name on the ticket for
county commissioner, he would be
elected.
Suggest Several Candidates.
On the suggestion of Mr.. Case, a
committee composed Of Z. S. Stewart
h B. Stevens and ]. A Smith was
named to call on several Republicans
with a view to persuading them to
run for county treasurer and tax col
iector- Among those named by Mr..
Case as being willing to be led to the
slaughter were Mr.. Gamble and L. L.
Robinson r. 3. Harrison, chairman
of the eighth precinct, announced that
his precinct had instructed for Mr.. Case
as sheriff
Select Referendum Committee.
The committee of ten selected to 60 /