El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-18

arising over the probable cost Of
lOldiuE the election
Limits Talks TO Ten Minutes.
The committee organized with the
appointment by chairman J- j. kas-
ter or i. s. Caprou as chairman. other
members present being Frank judi
] lllus, Charles DeGrOff. sam Carr. Dan
Carr, ID. Baca and Myron Henley. 1t
| was decided at the outset to limit
each person addressing the commit
I tee 10 ten minutes
When the matter Of drawing lots
Tor places on the ticket came up.
Judge Ballard ColdwelI announced
II 10 here on behalf Of AR Hudspeth
Z and so FAR as he is concerned. it's i'm
material which place he has on the
! ticket II anyone here represents
I Mr. Cobb, he may select the place"
{ chairman Raster insisted on drawing
I or lots and judge Coldweu drew with
! O. IA Bowen, representing Ir. Cobb,
] VINO secured the first place
All Democrats There.
! "On behalf Of the ticket I'm on, we
propose that one selection of places
! ne made TO apply TO all contested Of
Ices, announced judge W T.. Brady,
OF the courthouse ticket. you
haven't heard the other side yet"
judge i e. Sweeney retorted. where
Z upon the chairman admOnished him
llal. mere are no two sides here,
judge: we are all Democrats"
VIII H. Pelnhrev. sweeney can
didate for county attorney. then an
uOuuccd that Eve won't accept the
proposition Lots were then drawn
Tor all places.
Clint Man Left Off.
Due to a technical error in his ap-
pIcatiOn, the name of Francisco VII
lalabos, Clint candidate for justice
OF the peace. viii not appear on the
ticket it was decided Justice a. j.
BAN, courthouse candidate for jus
tce Of the peace, narrowly missed
similar fate The matter came up by
chairman Raster announcing thar
one applicant hac failed to have his
application acknowledged before
notary public, while another had
failed TO designate exactly what pO-
sil0n he sought. The board. with
out knowing the identity of the men,
voted 70 reject both, and lIr. Raster
said then that the uuacku0wledgcG
application was that Of Nr Eillala-
hos, while the other applicant in
question was Justice Hall
NcGlects to Write Acknowledgement.
A. S. Thurmoud, who was present, /
said he had received Mr.. Nillalab0s's
application and had personally neg
lected to write Own the acknowledE-
menL A motion bv committeeman
Judkins that the candidate be allowed
20 amend his application was lost.
in the case OF Justice Hall, il ap-
peared that the original application
was filled out properly. but the car
bon copy was not Chairman Raster
inadvertently had returned the origi-
nal TO judge Hail. keeping the inn
properly filled carbon for his record [
Tt was decided by the board that JUS
uce Hail had made proper appIca- I
ton
Cost Causes Friction.
The real friction OF the meeting
came up when the question Of assess
ing costs on candidates was pre-
seuted- Chairman Raster had esti-
mated that the total cost would be
about 5000, and that each candidate I
would have TO pay six per cent Of one ]
years emolumeut Of the office ne
sought This varied from $50 fin the
case Of county surveyor 20 $500 in
the case OF sheriff State and district I
candidates pay only ST. as required Z
by state law. The committee adopted /
this suggestion unanimously
Pelphrey Thinks Cost High.
-I think you are assessing too I
much and I want TO say so frankly.
and add that I cannot run for county I
attorney because 7 haven't the $500" /
said VIII H Pelphrey. Ar Thurmond /
and others thought the estimate too
high. but the committee assured all