Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-07-22

With good weather. and with great
interest being shown in the outcome e
several races IN today's ',emo"ra''
primary. indicatiois this afternoon wer
that Cameron county win register a
very heavy vote.
The ballot is'a long on. AMI 'he
counting when the polls close this even
Is expected to he slow in may of the
pre- incis, particularly in the tNo pr,
cincts each ia San Renito and llarlin-
gen, in both of which boxes the vote
will he heavy. H. view Of this and the
fact that S, me Of the county races are
expected to be very close. election Of
ficials expected today that the results
NAV not be known until late hour.
The campaign came To n close last
night with joint discussion in the dis
tricf courtroom NJ the county court
house last night between Judge Nolnc,
w Taylor. of the Robertson campaign
committee. and Judge W. X. Jones. who
spoke in behalf of the recollection If
Sheriff W. +. Vann. IIarbert Daven-
port was chairman Of the meeting. Tay-
lor spoke for fifty minutes. Jones mn
hour and ten minutes was given the
anti Nann representative for rcjoinder.
The crowd that heard the discussion
was the largest that has ever been seen
In the Cameron county courthouse since
IL was opened for occupancy in 1912.
There are about three hundred seats T.
the courtroom. and they were virtually
filled. and some fifty to seventy per-
sons were standing.
Roth Sheriff Vann and Colonel Sam
Robertson were present during the dis
cussion. and after the close of the de-
bate Colonel Robertson read an address,
IN fnriherance Of his own candidacy.
Judge Taylor's address. like that 81
Judge George M San Benito on the pre-
ceding night, was based on the Rosen-
koeter affidavit. the grand jury report
Of conditions M the county Jail. M al-
legged faulty sc~vice in citation. ard
the various affidaviis taken in the Ma
lie Schroeder murder case. lie attack
ed the Official record of Sheriff Vann.
and declared that his arguments were
supported by the affidavits. which he
exhibited bnt did not read as was done
nj San Relito on Thursday night.
Judge Jones. in his turn. repeated
his denunciation of Thursday night un
the Rosenkoetter affidavit. and while
he declared Thursday light that il could
he disproved on the testimony of three
Brownsville men who served on the
jury with Rosenkoetter. he mentioned
the name of only one ma. last night lie
also threatened Rosenkoeiter with pros
ecuiion after the primary election. lie
took up the Marie Schroeder ease and
declared that onlv one Of the charges
made against Sheriff VAIN in connec-
ton with the securing of an alleged
confession was true.
H. his ten minute rcininder Judge Tay-
Tor exhibited but did lot read alIegen
statements from two Of the jurors in
the Ochna case DENYING certain state
menis alleged to have been attributed 10
them.
a considerable number of men and
women from San Renito were present
at the meeting. including both Robert
son and Nan supporters a group Of
supporters from San Benito of Nann's
candidacy were in one section of the
room and applauded vociferously at va
rious times in behalf of Nann. The
crowd as a whole. however. appeared 10
be a Robertson crowd.