El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-11
There is no danger of the paid fire.

neIp along d guod anu worthy cause. }
There is no danger of the paid fire
men taking any more money Tor attenu'
Ing fires unIesS 1t CONES tnrOug Al
The department" said al eA-otflcer u
tile ire department to Round Aboul
ILLS morning. Tue matter Ot keLe =.
sen anu Deg etau's $50 Was settled last
Mig Ut IN the department, not BECAUSE
the volunteers favored tnelr action, oil
~ was uone simply to Keep down
trouble and rows Ia the department.
Their acLlon in receiving Tie muney
Was not endorsed, out the mJLlon To
compel tuem 10 pay Inc money oack To
.ne department Vas tauled ae .he Des,
way 20 settle al at Luat savuteI badly
70 the volunteer nrvmen.'
81 see the 'lick-skillet' democrats
have side tracked ali lie republican,
candidates for may.r, and now lntenu
no run Jugde Mag Utfia wlLhout oLpos4-
tlUn," said Iepub Icdn this morning
"Iney have threaLeueu 70 ATTACK Char
ley Olack's store II he runs; Lhey have
Alderman Stewart to busy running
caJlle and herdlug sheep " allow MIN
10 run, and tuey say that w. II. Long
Is tou independents " suit The repu blI-
cans. Judge Magotfin IL the on'y en-
.erprislng man IN town That the lick
sklIiets' Will allow 10 run for mayo.
Or course there Is no scheme, or axes
u grind IN insisting SO SIRE nuJusly tor
Judge MagUlfin. The Ilck-sk. i cts
started out by announcing that tney
wanted u progressive properly owner
ana taA-payer' for mayor, and they
re,te1 when they Conferred on Judge
Magutfin, who while a good man person.
ally. is the least progressive man III
town. Why 1t Was Juuge Masoflin anu
his friends who killed of the noel
move that was on last year, simple
because they would not contribute To-
warus its erection unless tue land Was
purchased from them, or the hotel was
built al AGENT 10 their property Juuge
MagUtfiu'S party have fought all enle.-
prlseS On South Ell taso sJl eet or any
that were contemplated near the plaza
and have thrown all their Influence
towards San Antonio street, where
they have property: their property on
that street is not even improved and
much of it is adobe and iron clad
building, and while it brings IN good
rents because of its locations, is a
draw back and eye sere to the city.
w bile Judge Magoffin is not alone res
ponsiole for this conditions OF affairs,
his business partners and the men who
ara forcing him forward are respoL-
sible. This is the kind of man the
"ilck-skillets' call a progressive pro-
perty owner, and yet they say they
have no axes to grind in folsting such
man Cd the people for mayor. The
In ain reason they want him is because
he has bari and they will need it
before he is elected"
The city hall republicans are OPP
posed to the republicaes holding a city
convention this spring." said re-
publican this morning. 81 suppose the
city hall republicans want to pay the
ring democrat man back for the favor
they showed them two years ago IN
giving them part of the Off 'es. This
will show up bad for the city hall re-
publicanS boss who is now in Washing
ton seeking Office under a republican
admi nistration. But it matters not what
the ring repu blicans think about the
matter there will be a republican con-
vention, evep if the chairpan. OF, the
city repub!icau eascVtIuu cowa!ttee is