El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-26
SOME THINGS EXPLAINED.

Ex-Mayor Campbell has a ready
mouth piece in the morning paper. 1t
ia always prompt in resenting any al
fusion to the fact that Mr.. Campbell is
likely to be turned down in his aspira-
tions for the collectorship. This is
consistent upon the part of the paper.
A more virulent aud uncompromising
democratic sheet in national matters is
not publishe d in the state. 1t is the
willing ally 10 local politics OF the dem
ocratic boss, G. r. MOrehead, and ex-
Mayor Campbell's nomination and
election to the mayoralty were brought
about by this same democratic boss
because the local democracy had for q
time crawled out from under his lash
aud the better element of that party
was willing to join hands with the
republicans who wished good govern
ment and take up the local issues hich
were then of great Importance and try
to have a city government for the pee
pie instead of for a few parties who had
taxes to grind
Before Mr.. Campbell had in any way
made it known to republicans that he
aspired to the position of mayor many
of the prominent members of the party
had pledged themselves to support a
mixed ticket of candidates pledged to
the enforcement of the law and an
earnest eff )rt to float the water bonds
which had been voted and issued, but
held up by the water company in al
LD1 nd
as highwayman holds up his victim.
It was we'll known that Mr.. Morehead
was assisting the water company in
this fight and Mr.. Campbell's great re-
lance upon Mr.. Morehead's Judgment
placed him outside of the possible list
of candidates with people who wished
to float the water bonds. But this was
not all.
There was a serious issue at stake in
the gambling question. The mayor had
closed up the gambling houses by a
proclamation and the people generally
wished to see them remain closed. II
was feared that if Mr.. Campbell should
become mayor he would allow them to
open again. The power which these
places gave in political contests to the
democratic boss had been curtailed in
one or two instances, but it was known
that he was playing to get it back and it
was thought be was pushing Mr.. Camp
bell out for the sporting gentry to rally
around so that they would forgive him
for the trouble they had bean given to
punish them for not falling in line with
him some time before. Many republ-
cans who did not realize how close Mr.
Campbell stood to Mr.. Morehead, but
who wanted good government, sought
him out and asked him how he stood
upon these vital questions, recei wing
assurances that while he had beeu op-
posed to city owner ship of waterworks
he realized that in the voting of the
bonds the people sd declared in favor
of the city owning its own works and if
elected he should endeavor to carry
expressed. AS to public gam bling he
assured them thai he was not in favor
of same and that there would not be
any relaxation of the restraint upon
this vice that was then in force.
From the time that Mr.. Campbell's
candidacy was assured the sporting ele-
ment that had sought other fields
when the gam bling houses closed be-
gan to return and their work
at the primaries and election
showed that if they had no promise
from Mr.. Campbell that they had from