El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-01

A Rhyme of Days.
It's-oh, that .'twere May-Day
| A gay day
A play day
And l were in youths hey-day
And living like a Turk.
Now life is all gray day
A pray day
a pay day,
And baby's saying ''day-day,"
And I'm off to work.
Esther Powell.
One of the defeated candidates for
scavenger says he got just what he ex-
peoted, but he did not know the city
council would rub it in.
George Wallace has been appointed
city attorney-NIT.
repu blican pebble left on the demo-
cratic beach.
The mayors proclamation: Fellow
servants-Please segregate the office
| of street and sewer commissioner and
| let the city engineer attend to sewers
and advance his pay for same. L want
my friend McGlennon to remain as
street commissioner at his present
salary. L favor retrenchment.
Mayor Magoffin to the Payne faction:
| a dear frend'' has requested me to
keep the mayor in office and l cannot
give the job to Mr.. Stacey. However,
If Mr.. Stacey wants a job on the police
force he can have it.
Mayor Magoffin to the drifting rail-
road voter: 81 hereby appoint Frank
Winkler as-er-as-er-in place of John
ClemmOpS.
Mayor Magoffin to the Mexican vote:
L recognize your ability as voters by
appointing Juan Franco city iailor.
Mayor Magoffin to Bob Ross: Your
appointment as chief is hung up. Toe
Gem gang are kicking and they are
sore any how over the defeat of Look.
To the county machine push: H. p.
Davis is good man, but the city clerk
ship persimmon was out of his reach.
He can get on the police force if he
wants the job. Kick if you dare at the
penalty of your own heads. [ want no
more head from you, sabe.
MORE HEAD,
Chief Headsman.
To Ed. Wales: You shall be made
chief purveyor of beer to his majestic
ighnesS the mayor and the police
force.
To Ike Alderete: We pleaded with
tears in our eyes as big as door knobs
them
it was useless. Go back to Ysleta.
The eople there are stray n from the
fold. We will need you a year from
next fall again. Keep the faithful in
line and we will make you constable Of
that beat By order of
CHAIRMAN OF THE PUSH.
Machine Boss to the city council
You are hereby instructed to give the
not zone there will be some way of
causing a void in the ranks of the coun
Gil. We are the king of bosses and our
mandates must BE- obeyed.
The joint Office holding law firm is
this day dissolved by the voc of one
McGotfin.
This is May Day, but there is no talk
of May dance in democratic circles.
Somebody has stolen the May pole.
Once two lovers quarreled-
Lovers do, you know
Wounding words they uttered
In the sunset glow.
But they kissed forgiveness
In the early morn,
And a wild rose blossomed
On stem of thorn. Paine.
There is Il great upheaval in demo-
cratic circles over the appointing of
the new chief of police. Some say the
appointment of Con Lockhart will bust
the machine. While the Gem gang
says that if Bob Ross is appOinted chief
they will vote for populist at the next
election. If the democrats want good
man for the position why don't they
appoint Jim White?
1t is like running Il raSp over a raw
sore to ia k to democrat about the |
machine keeping Major McGlennon in !
office. There is roar going up that |
will soon split Mt. Franklin wide open.
The river is still rising and the in
dication5 are that it will cover the |
lower laUS by nlgnG. Inc water Is re- |
ported to have already left the banks
on the Mexican side. Higder water is |
still reported from above.
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The arrangement committee of the |
fire department will meet tomorrow |
afternoon and perfect the program for
the entertainment of the state fremen
All mem bers of the com nittee are re- |
quested to be present.
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Hose No. , have got out their var
nished cart and loaded it with hose and
say they will show the No. Is how they |
can get to q fire hereafter. They pro-
pose 10 be in the lead all the time
They say "he who laughs last will |
laugh longe ST."
She was going away for tie summer
as she always does, to fly over the beat
en- track a broad and come back in the
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