El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-18


. oommitte consisted Of Robert Holiday,
! n Il Wshan and Joe Sweeney.
] Claude Hudspeth did his free and
/ unframmeled" speech stunt while the
J committee was out and then when the
/ order Of business" was read, the meet
ing got down to business, the first or
der being the nomination of r. F. Hig-
/ Gins for associate justice OF the eighth
| court of civil appeals, merely a per-
] functory affair and arousing little in
terest. Ballard Coldwell made the nom
! nation
For the Legislature.
W. Moran nominated j. W. Ramage,
| q carpenter. for the legislature, and it
/ went through without q hitch.
David Muicahy, a young man recently
out of the high school, in a childlike
I voice accepted nomination which
/ came Just as freely, for the legislature,
but said he didn't know why they did
il, as he didn't have a seven passenger
automobile nor belong to the Toltec or
( Country club. but he once drove a
! grocery wagon, and he never voted
for prohibition in another county and
then moved to FL Paso after prohibition
! had carried. He did not explain what
/ his remarks were apropos of.
Judges Are Named.
J. f. Quad, recently from Lampasas,
nominated Ballard Coldwell for reelece
! ton as Judge of the 65th district court
! and the fire whistle blew and George
! Wallace seconded the nomination. In
| cidentally. Wallace pulled down a lit
| tie advertisement for himself as a first
rate jOrneyman lawyer by asserting
that he tried twice as many cases be-
| fore the bar as any other lawyer in FL
Paso.
p. r Price escaped with his nomi-
nation for judge OF the 41st district
!, court without having to make a speech
and then came the job they were afraid
of-judge Of the Sfth district court,
presided over by Dan N. Jackson.
Afraid to Nominate.
As fOrecasted in The Herald, IL was
the intention Of the bosses not to OPP
pose Dan. because they couldn't find
anybody except J. A. Buckler willing 20
try conclusions with him. i. F. Weeks,
partner Of Charlie Vowel. Immediately
moved the endorsement Of judge Jack
son for the Job. asserting that he
thought FL Paso had three Of the best
judges I'm the state and that all should
be kept in office. The audience
wouldn't have It that way. however,
and when the noes had il on the en-
dorsement proposition, somebody up
front where Bob Holiday, Teddy Bart
lett. Domingo Montoya, Roy BarnUm,
Claude Hudspeth. Joe Sweeney. John
and Jim Harper, George Wallace and
w J. Moran were all rather prominent,
moved hastily that the matter "be left
to the executive committee. which
was done. While a ring meeting does
not mind sidestepping the nomination
Of an officer when they know there is
no chance to elect him, they do hate
to endorse another man who has de-
feated them without making them learn
to like II.
Admits Seeking Anti Nomination.
Ed McClintock got the nomination
for county judge-his name was pro-
mounting the platform in his shirt
sleeves, he said he had sought the Of
flee at the hands Of two different
rings" and hadn't received the nomina-
Of untrammeled Democrats had seen 1T
to endorse his candidacy
Ed was before the antis for endorse
ment last winter and failed 10 land;
two years ago he tried to get his pres
ent ring supporters to endorse him for
Judge but they sIdetracked him into
the county clerks office for Adrian
Ponder and voweII
Ed KneezeII who didn't get to draw
the plans for the county courthouse Tor
the anti-ring crowd, nominated Jim
Ponder for county treasurer.
Charlie Vowel was placed in nomi-
nation for county attorney by Joe
Sweeney. and VIII watson Tor county
collector by Jim Harper. After the
Nominations woven talked. but Watson
didn't. although his deputies had been
busy all evening passing out feathers
of various colors bearing the printed
declaration that he wanted the job.
"Bill" Bulger, yardmaster Tor the
Santa Fe, was nominated for county
clerk and didn't make speech. L. A.
Sherman nominated him.
Then they came down 20 sheriff and
district clerk. and after the sullivan
enthusiasm had suhsided and while the
ballot for sheriff was being counted
this was the first time it had been
necessary to even make show OIL
counting ballots, and the result was
just the same, for the man slated for
the nomination got it-Teddy Bartlett,
OF the Bricklayers' union, nominated
Ike alderete for district clerk.
The AIderetes Nominated.
Ballard COldWell, asserting that no.
body could ever say Ike had not made
a good district clerk and adding that
Il say II is their due that the Spanish
speaking voters should have some
representation" placed Frank Alderete
in nomination.
Then c. S. T. Folsom nominated J. n.
Phillips. present deputy district clerk,
and. seeing the danger Of splitting up
the Spanish vote in the hall and desir-
ing to keep it in the family, Ike got up
and withdrew, after he had told the
audience that his father was once a
United states soldier and his son was
being educated in a military school.
Alderete Almost Irish.
Alderete said his name was almost
Irish and would be wholly so IL spelled
Algarity. Frank was the man sched-
uled for the job, anyhow. Whether
Ikes nomination was a play or was
made by mistake was not explained,
but Frank was the man selected by
those who made up the ticket and sent
IL down to the courthouse for the meet
ing TO nominate" and Frank was the
man nominated by the free ana un-
trammeled."
The chair thought the thing might