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’RICE 6creCarries Three Of FourCounties;■mtil»iiimAll; His Majority 2 76mmmI PER TWO:FSPhilip Kazen’s majority over William T. Neblett in| four counties of the 49th judicial district in the raoif district attorney was 871. .'-AtelJudge John A. Vails, running for re-election as distnt judge, received a majority of 2761 over W. R. Quilliam.Kazen carried three of the four counties of the trict, Vails all of them.Total votes for Kazen in Webb, Jim Hogg, Dimmit-.! Zapata counties was 4788 to 4417 for Neblett, Judge ‘Vat® total in the four counties was 6911 to Quilliam’s 3210. :; : ~Thus in black ar.C white is writ-dm-VP)- W. Lee o orator gov-lave piled up ay’s first Dem-r out the cam-'t gonna be no e song for hislalesman today ive other gub-having 53.5 per Julated by the it which corner cent he re-a unofficial re-245 out of 254 complete, gave jst O. Thomp-les 102,213, Mrs.80,010, Jerry Davis 4018 andtinued to lead r the Railroad Lattimore main* over James P.nly runoff elec-1 be Aug. 24.received here i “immortal 56” blocked S. al resource tax lent in the last ture, 11, includ-jpposition, .were efented and six ,Four districtsing re-election, tors were re-ro who had no re defeated and o runoffs. There lal runoff elec-lere the incum-ten the first upset ever to be suffered at the polls by the Independent Club of Laredo, once powerful political machine. Karen cracked into the machine with such force that it could muster a scant 934 majority for its candidate, Neblett, in Webb County.*Zapata County, which for years was merely a rubber stamp for the now impotent Independent Club machine, rared back and asserted its independence by thumbing its nose at ‘ the Laredo machine. Zapata County gave Kazen a 206 majority over the Independent Club candidate.Jim Hogg County also was con-temptous of further . Independent Club domination allowing Neblett but 231 votes while Kazen was amassing 1056. The trend continued over in Dimmit County which the machine had bragged would “be in the bag” for its candidate. Kazen there got 809 votes while the Independent Club candidate got 535.Sunday was a day of rejoicing all over the district, as news of Kazen’s victory spread. Hundreds of Lare-doans stayed up all night to celebrate and Kazen’s car couldn’t get down the street Sunday as people rushed out to congratulate him. In Hebbronville the demand for his appearance became so strong he was taken down there and given a great demonstration. 'As the campaign stood out in re view, the two largest ‘.boners' among the many pulled by* the In depenedent Club former bosses were being discussed. Narrowed down it was agreed two were tops. One was the address of County Judge M. J Raymond at the Independent Club rally which is known to have alienated several hundred voters. The other was the letter of William Galllgan, city superintendent schools to Kazen a few days before the campaign ended, in which Gal ligan expressed bis love and undy ing affection for the Independent Club. These two mistakes were be lieved to have been the most outstanding.Independent club big-wigs were still surveying the wreckage of their machine Monday, after a day Sun day in which they had contemplated Kazen's victory.KNAGGS W IN EASILY INMaiHAC PAfiftnskfifal*Sis(Special to The Times)CARRIZO SPRINGS, July;‘i®3g Popular Arthur Knaggs remaixwli the saddlf as sheriff of County with an overwhelming ority over his opponent T in the Saturday election, and ; closely contested election for' cOUttw attorney in which there were'on! votes difference, Petrich went inf Melberg. --‘^iKellog running for the office}^ county clerk won a heavy over his opponent White. Heret the tabulations on these contot® county elections:For Sheriff:Knaggs ......lt;Tumlinson .......-..............For County Attorney:Petrich ..........Melberg .................**•♦• *•!/For County Clerk: ,Kellogg i-SrSMWhite ...................In the races for district a' . and dlstri judge, Kazen and' Wfijb had substantial leads over the? ponents. For district judge, J polled 734 votes against 582 fofr'^ liam. In the district attomeyVS Kazen leal with 809 votes OVe^M for Neblett.racesofDR. lACKSr-■ '3Continuing the long linestanding programs given by the*I§|| redo Rotary Club, Rotarian RomeyRf
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Mon, Jul 29, 1940
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