El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24
DOrbandt Is
Against Music
ByBOOtIeggerS

aIf am elected sheriff. no bootleg
gers viii be serenadiug me- was lle
answer OF Robert I. Dorbandt, cancl-
date for sheriff. TO sheriff Seth 3
Orndorffs admission that he nad al
lowed certain negro prisoners 70 ie4-fe
the Jail on serenading trips.
The exchange Of courtesles oc-
CURED Friday night in Cleveland
square at the Orndorff rally.
The sheriff. in a brief talk. stated
that ne had a kindly heart and had
never locked up but a few prisoners
without feeling a pang for having 70
do IL. He said he had kindly Ieel-
ing for Blue" Wilson, who was IN
jail for something about hkker, be-
cause blue" had been head waiter
at his mothers hotel at one time He
said he enjoyed the singing Of Blue"
and his friends, and then called for
them 70 come up out OF the audience
and sing. Blue" and three other
negroes sang a couple or numbers,
one Of them winding Up with the
declaration that there wouldn't be
any Dorbandt after election day. The
audience liked it immensely
Who Are the Real Estate Menu
During the course OF his speech. the
sheriff admitted that he had made a
trusty of Fred Delgado while Del
gado was IN jail serving sentence
He was formerly one Of my depu-
ties said the sheriff, and was singled
out by the federal authorities for
prosecution because he owned a house
that was being used for immoral pur-
poses. when the majority Of real
estate men in FL PasO have property
that has been used for the same pur-
pose I made him trusty and he
was a good one"
Delgado was in the audience.
Mr. Dorbandt spoke but briefly, but
was heckled frequently by the Orn-
dorff supporters in the audience. He
presented his claims to the office and
previous public statements
TO the allegations that Del
gado while a trusty had the keys TO
the female ward Of the Jail.
Other speakers included ". H
Fryer, congressman G. B. Hudspeth
and Mrs Julia A sharp.
Fryer Changes Views.
Fryer said It was not the duty OF
the sheriff, but OF the federal Off
Gals 70 prosecute road houses and
gave the road house pruprietors a
clean bill OF health by asserting that
people took LIQUOR there and drank
Il. and said: They are liable to DO
the same thing in your own back
yard"
Friends OF Fryer who remembered
his past declarations regarding the
righteousness OF their operators could
not recognize his position OF Friday
night with his previous attitude.
Neither could they reconcile the glory
ne claimed for sending some Of the
former road house operators TO the
Denitentiary while himself county at
-orney and his present declaration
that It is the business Of federal Of
-iclals to handle the situation.
He said there was a serious uues-
lion as 70 the legality Of the state
aW, since the federal law had become
operative, but neglected to say that
ne federal law enjoins ALL peace Of
-lcers Of the law the duty OF enforc-
ng its provisions
Hudspeth Keeps Promise.
Hudspeth told his fellow Dino
rats" that two years ago he promised
Seth Orndorff to come home from
W Washington ana help him II he need
- II, and he was here. He made II
pam that he was talking only to
Dlmocrats" and said others couli get
heir inspiration from other Sources
han from him
Mrs sharp denied that the local
League Of Women Voters had en-
iorsed either Orndorff or Dorbanat Or
nat the league had condemned either
candidate She did not believe II was
necessary for Mr.. Dorbandt to have
'uperFisors at the polls, she said. A
nan who was supervisor two wears
80 az a polling place where she was
clerks got drunk and went to sleeu.
ne declared 1nasmuch as all the
i.erAs or election are women. she said
she thought It a Reelection on -
Fomlanhood Of FL Paso for Mr.. Dor
7andt 10 demand supervisors.
F Burgess.