Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-13
TWO OFFICES
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~ transmitted and delivered BY the
presiding judge of the election TO the
county caerk, an the absence from his
office OF the county Judge, but that
the said county Judge and commis
sioners court trauauiently Jailed and
refused to consider said returns.
Exhibit e.: That 46u aliens were
permitted by the judges OF election
TO vote, who had not declared their |
intention Of becoming citizens as re-
CURED by law; mat their votes were
cast tor conteStees and were received
and counted; said illegal votes Tor the !
contestees went into the sum total
found TO have been cast Tor the con
textees went into the sum total
testees. The names of the said aliens
so illegally voting are fully set forth
in the exhibit.
Exhibit u: That % persons who
had not resided IN the state Tor one
year, and IN hidalgo county tor sax
Month preceding Sne election were
permitted to vote and their votes
were east and counted for contestee.
Claim Poll Tax Unpaid
Exhibit r.: That l,ioi persons we're
permitted TO vote in the election who
did not pay their poll taxes Tor the
year 1929, with their own none as
required by law; that their poll taAes
we're paid by other persons, whose
names are unknown, with money not
belonging to the voter and upon false
and aaulen alleged powers OF at
torney, not executed by the voter, and
the poll tax receipts issued thereon
we're not mailed TO the voter directly
from the office Of the tax collector
as required by law. nor within the
time required BY law. That said
voters so illegally receiving poll tax
receipts were permitted by the
judges Of elections TO cast their bal
lots and the same were received and
counted for the contestees and were
so reported by election officials.
Exhibit r: that y0J persons who
could neither read, write nor speak
the English language were permitted
10 vote in said election and that each
Of said voters were assisted by eiec-
ton officials, TO prepare their bal
lots, IN a language other than the
English. language.
Could Not Speak English
Under Exhibit r contestants for
offices further say: Contestants
would show that in Santa Rita voting
precinct the officers OF election, X. g..
hinojosa, presiding judge, Jesus
Bazan, associate judge, A. 4. Munoz,
associate judge and Bernardo Baban,
clerk, Daniel {. Hawkins, clerk, Ne
mecio BaZan, clerk and Lonides Lon
goria, clerk. were each and all unable
to speak, read or write the English
language; that in said voting precinct
there were cast, according to the re-
turns lis votes solidly for the demo
cratic candidates for county and dis
trict offices, save and except for the
office of judge of the y3rd judicial
district court Griffin, independent;
Leslie. democracy that there was no
candidate nominated for such office
and il was thereby necessary for the
votrs TO write the lame Of such per-
son on said ballot, il voted for In
said election for the office of district
judge; that m said voting precinct,
the voters thereof were exclusively
Mexicsns and aliens. neither spak-
ing, reading nor writing the English
language. and that there was no per-
son among the said election officers
capable Of assisting said voters TO
vote for any candidate; yet, notwith-
standing such fact. j. l.. Leslie, re-
ItihG0 a NOAGS " cuf0 OAAiNts lUdl
each Of said votes were fraudulent
and illegal, hat the name of J. h..
Leslie was written therein by some
other person than the voter and the
election officers were unable to write
same. That the returns Of said elec-
ton for said precinct were in English
and are fraudulent; that said fraud
ulent returns of election purport TO
show that laid ballots so fraudulently
voted were received and counted by
the election officials and went into
the stimat and total number Of votes
counted and estimated.
Exhibit q alleges that rs voters,
who cast their votes for contestees,
were not residents OF the precincts In
which they voted and nat their votes
therefore were illegal.
Ballots Thrown Out
Exhibit H-That IN all voting pre-
cincts ballots lawful cast for con-
testants we're unlawfully aud fraud
ulently rejected and were not count
ed for the contestants upon trivial
grounds, such as a hole IN the ballot
made BY srasing Of names: upon the
ground that soms other candiuatsE
name was ~mls-spelled; upon ths
ground that the pencil marking
same slipped into another column,
and upon any pretext by when a
ballot cast for contestants could be
rejected. Contestants would show
the presiding judges End the eisc-
ton officials generally were oppos-
ed 70 contestants election and that
they used the power and influence
Of their office against them and
against ballots cast for them, to
their detriment.
That in all voting precincts, num-
bers Of ballots were rejected, with
out reason or lawful authority, on
the alleged ground that they were
"mutilated": that having no access
to the ballot boxes and having no
supervisors therein, and being re-
fused supervisors, the contestants
have no means Of knowing the exact
number Of said ballots rejected and
are unable to plead the number, but
alleges on information and belief
that the total number of such bal
lots rejected is more than $40;
wherefore contestants pray for an
inspection of all ballots cast and for
a recount thereof.
claim Counting Error
Contestants would further show 10
the court. that there was error in
counting of the ballots in each Of
the several voting precincts, anu
that the counting thereof was fraud
ulent for this: That large numbers
Of ballots we're cast in said election
and not accounted for on the tally
sheets and on the returns, as shown
by Exhibit II hereto attached; that
the entire election machinery for
the holding Of this election was ex-
clusively in the hands Of the parties
opposed to the election Of the con-
%testants; that large numbers Of
votes legally cast for contestants,
by persons lawfully entitled to cast
same. we're not counted; wherefore
contestants pray for a recount OF