El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-19

filled as early as s. The immense
gathering demonstrated the interest
that the sheriffs race has aroused
/ Friends Of both candidates were there
in force- the heckling came chiefly
from the Orndorff side, but every
thing was good natured and there
I was no disorder
Sheriff Orndorff as a speIlbinder,
aspires to the Bryan class; as a vote
getter, he viii ask for another CLASH
] fication-
Park Pitman. city council man, as
/ sumed neutral role and presided at
: the meeting He explained TO the
] Republicans in the audience that Il
was a Democratic affair that was
about to be staged
1T would be a poor city" said Mr..
fPitman, IF we all thought alike.
/ Whereas once the Democratic party
was In despair our hopes have all
I been revived now by our leader in
I Ohio. And al last some pep has been
Z Injected into the local campaign"
Pleads for Clean Election.
Joseph Z. Sweeney, former mayor,
I told the audience that he was present
primarily in behalf Of his friend, Rob
err i. Dorbandt. but that he was
speaking In behalf OF clean elections
Mr.. Dorbandt was a candidate for
sheriff four years ago" said Mr.
Sweeney. and carried the city by 750
votes, but the Socorro and Yslets re-
turns defeated him. We feel that We
viii carry the county this year by
from 1900 to 1900 for Mr.. DOrbandt
Most OF you have heard OF elections
! being conducted improperly. and We
want TO prevent that, If possible"
Judge Sweeney then told OF how
unfair judges and clerks miscounr
Q and handed to Mexicans who go into
the booths and mark their ballots ac-
cordingly.
Mr.. Dorbandt has asked that in the
selection Of election supervisors he be
given representation TO prevent IN
fairness" Mr.. Sweeney continued. Z
Orndorff Refuses to Sign.
A petition was then produced. by
the speaker which bore the signatures
OF all the Independent candidates and
two Of the organization candidates
asking the executive committee to
give Mr.. Dorbandt representation
Il ask you, 1fr. Orndorff" Mr.
Sweeney said. that you sign this Pc
tition here and now TO show you want
to be fair to Mr.. Dorbandt-"
There were cries Of "Orndorff. Orn-
dorff," Come clean. Orndorff," Don't
sign it"
Mr. orndorff arose, pencil in hand.
and waved for silence He did not
sign, and later, at the close Of -the
meeting, he positively refused to
Nr orndorff challenged the state
meut that election judges were ever
unfair In his favor.
Somebody in the audience yelled:
GO on, Sweeney" but Mr. Sweeney
gave way TO ". Stewart Berkshire.
the next speaker Mr. Berkshire
arose in the face Of yells. Hecklers
shouted; who are you2"
EeeI-fnn- Third Terms
"dr. Orndorff IS seeking a third
term as sheriff" said lIr. Berkshire
There should be some good reason
for giving a public official q third
term We, as friends OF Mr.. Dorbandt.
do not believe any good reason exists
for giving 1Ir. Orndorff & third term
II you are basing your claim to a
third term on your record Mr. Orn-
dorff." land the speaker turned to the
sheriff. what part OF your record
are you basing It on? Are you basing
IL on The fact that there are road
houses down the valley2 What are
these roadhouses2 Nothing but booze
and immoral women. How about open
gambling games in FL Paso, which
ran until last Tuesday night2"
Cries Of What do you know about
themz' and You must have been in
these places to know about them"
came from The audience.
Turning on his hecklers, Mr.. Beriz-
shire shouted, enforcing his shout
with emphatic gestures.
T an appealing to the good people
OF Fl PasO and those only. Mr.. Dor
bandit does not expect and does net
want the votes OF the criminal ele-
ment Of FL Paso. We want a clean
city and we appeal to you to help US
make 1t and keep it clean"
Reading the AffIdnFfts.
That feature OF the meeting which
had been advertised and which &C
counted for most OF the crowd fol-
lowed Mr.. Berkshire's talk. That was
The reading Of affidavits bearing on
conditions in the sheriffs office and
the county jail The affidavfts were
read by II n Winningham, a lawyer.
The affidavits read included those /
% Robert r. HazleWood. Ira Ware, z. l
Womeldor1f and Antonio VfIIalpando
The three principal affidavits follow. /
Affidavit Of r. r. Lakewood.
Before me, the undersigned, on this dsv /
2 ersonally appeared Robert r. Lakewood /
mo being By ne first duly Huorn, uuon i
ais cath ceposes and says.
ny uarna Is Robert p. Lakewood. live 1