El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-01
FIGURES vs.. ASSERTIONS.
The Difference i'll Making Statements
and Looking Over Books.

Recorder Chas. Is. Patterson NAV
not be constitutional lawyer, but he
has made gOou record as ty record
er. During his term OF Office he has
tr- ed 900 cases. When he was induct-
ed into office the monthly cash receipts
OF the city from police sources run be-
tween four and tive hundred dollars
from police sources run over S11OO per
mOuth.-A Morning Paper.
some papers, Tor political purposes
make glarlng statements, or in other
words throws sand in the eyes of
their few readers so that some psf can
hold pOlitica! job. The above assertion
is one OF ttas KIND and the books and
facts slow that the assertion Is founded
on fiction, not on figures.
The above assertion is not worthy of
notice only for the fact that Chas. Is.
Patterson Is out as candidate for re-
election and has already announced
him sell, and is already laying the wires
that will give him tie democratic nom-
lnat!On next spring.
During the month of June, outside
of gam bIers and prostitutes. there were
40 arrests by the police on which fines
amountir G 10 $500 were assess ID: 81
cases Were dismissed ana II cases were
transferred to the county co rts.
Now foe tne balance of he fines col
lected by the city. I here are eight
gambling houses licensed in the city.
Three OF them pay SO per month in
fines: two pay 500 auu three pay $50 per
month. These fines, amounting to $40
are paid in the form of a license and
there is no trial in these cases, bat the
collector calls On the houses monthly
and collects the amount due. Then
there are three dance halls that pay
So per month, Or SE5 in all. There
are 81 prostitutes on the list that pay
the ordinance III e or license of SO each,
or 500 per month TO carry on business.
This makes the ordinance fines or
virtually license, amount to S1.01U.
These cases are never tried, nor do the
parties appear in court, but the co..
rector calls on them and gets his mon-
ey, aud with these cases the recorder
has nothing to do as the ordinance
fixes the amounts and special cole L
or is appointed 10 collect the license
So that really in place of the recOrGer
bringing SllOO per moath into the city,
he really brings IN S235. 80 as against
$500 or $500 by former recorders.
These so called ordinance fines are
dOcketed as matter of form, lat they
never appear On the docket until all
the license are paid and the money
turned in.
Here is another case to chaw Or
The prostitutes who are occupants OF
the houses on the reservat on have to
pay SO per month to live
and carry on their licensed business,
while The prostitutes who frequent the
dance halls and amuse the boys, play
the role of chippies and are only fnel
So per month. Can it be that the dance
halls have stronger political pull
and carry more weight with the pow
ers that be: Is it possible that a pros
titute living off the reservation ha.
more rig hts than those living in a des
ignated spot:
Another question: In looking over
the records hnd the name OF u bunco
ma, Steerer, rOunder or tin horn
gambler against whom a fine has been
entered. This is given ia the way of "a
puzzle a1d it Is nut that viii be hard
to crack.
TIE whole fact OF the business is that
the recorders court for over year has
not beea run in laver Of the city, but
in tie Interest of one Charlie Pdtter-
son VINO i already before the people
to get another two years pull at the
public pap bag. VIII he get it? Well,
hardly.
The pious neighbolhood OF Pleasant