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 | | Although the Republican State Convention, on the recommendation of the Republican Committeeman, R. Creager, had refused to seat the duly elected delegates led by Willard Ferguson of Mission, Ferguson later presented the Citizens Republican slate of candidates to the county clerk, Cam Hill, to be printed on the November ballot. |
 | | Several telegrams stated, "An impartial federal investigation would reveal greater corruption than Teapot Dome."(2) A wire from Assistant United States Attorney John Marshall, in answer to the 2,000 telegrams sent to the President, advised the Hidalgo County citizens that their appeal should be sent to the United States District Attorney, H. Holden, at Houston. |
 | | Kimbrough pointed out that the trend of Texas court decisions had been that, in the absence of fraud, resulting from leaving an envelope unsealed, through an oversight of the election judge, the voters of the district could not be deprived of their votes. |
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