Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-19
OTECANVASS
TO FACILITATE
CONTEST PLAN
Action Will Be Filed
h Week; Entire
Weslaco Box Is
Thrown Out

McALLEN. Nov. 1~9.-official can
vass Of the Hidalgo county returns,
IN which the entire Weslaco box.
where approximately l.lO0 votes were
cast, was thrown out, is expected to
facilitate plans for the election con-
test which will be filed this week by
attorneys for the independent candi-
dates.
The staff Of attorneys. headed By
Judge ]. &. Clough of Houston. has
been engaged in assembling and COM
plling the mass o. evidence collect
ed in practically all precincts, and
this work is nearly completed.
Official announcement Of the can
rass and throwing out Of this box, in
which the independent candidates al
lege they received over 500 votes,
was made Monday morning. No in
tiniation of the action of the COM
m~issioRers' court was received here
until Saturday afternoon. and Off
until Monday.
According 20 the order entered on
the records Of the court. 'the court
having considered the evidence show
ing the ~illegality of the election and
returns from the box at Weslaco,
Precinct Ii, and the returns not hav-
Ing been made as required By law.
IT Is the order Of the court that said
election returns from said election
precinct No. IL, be not opened and
estimated, and that the election re-
turns from the other election pre-
cincts in Hidalgo county be opened
n estimated as required by law"
No information has been secured
here relative 10 the "illegality" re-
ferred to in the court record.
Following is the vote Of the Wes-
laco precinct, according to the unof-
fetal report watch does not include
over 1875 ballota alleged to have been
thrown out by election officers:
representative Montgomery, DEM
ocrat, 212; Smith. independent, 65s.
Judge 10th District-Boone. demo-
erat. 223: Dew. independent, 607.
Judge 93rd District-Leslie, demo
erat, SO; Griffin, independent, 6S9.
County Judge-Cameron, democrat
200; Couch. Independent, 736.
County Clerk-Hill, democrat, 203;
Lemburg. independent, 625.
Sheriff-Bsker, democrat, 200;
Handley, independent, 700.
Tax Collector-Jones, democrat,
196; Tarpley. Independent, 69l.
Superinetndent-Hearne, democrat,
2o5; Wright, independent, 693.
According to the ~canvassed returns
Judge J. K. Leslie, democrat. receiv-
ed a majority in the county Of IL
votes over his independent opponent,
Gordon Griffin.
No statement was made at indie
pendent headquarters here relative to
the action Of the commissioner
court other than the announcement
that Gordon Griffin Of McAllen.
who was elected judge Of the 93rd
district pm the face Of the unofficial
returns BY a majority of approxi-
mately 900, would join other inde-
pendent candidates in contesting the
election.
While no definite announcement
has been made il is understood that
contests will be filed on every vot-
ing box with the exception OF Alamo.
and possibly Pharr and San Juan. IN
dependent candidates have expressed
the opinion that the voting and
counting at the Alamo box was in ac-
cordance with law in every respect,
only n ballot, and that a blank. be-
ing thrown out by the election jud-
ges. and the count conceded accu-
rately with the check maintained bv
pickets.