El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-28
A LITTLE TALK
With the Mayor OF Fl pdso, Texas,
On Divers and Sundry Matters
OF interest To the People OF Said
Town.

A Herald reporter. while making
the rounds drifted into Mayor Magof-
fms Office in the city hall.
The mayor wasn't very busy just
then and as he is always ready TO
talk about the affairs of h munich
pality of which he is the chief ruler,
it vas no trouble to hold a conversa-
ton with him.
Il see by one of the papers, said
the mayor. hat the railroad men are
going to organize for the spring cam
paign. Well let EN- organize. There
is nobody hat car make them vote
the way they don't want to. L nder-
stand they got pretty sore because I
appointed Ten Eyck as night captain,
instead of Winkler. l did only what l
thought vas best. The police got to
fighting among themselves for the job
and l had to appoint a man not a
member of the force Anyhow h
business men wanted Ten Eyck and
| can't please everybody. I believe he
is just the man for the place. Why.
that fellow could hold down most any
kind of n job; he's one of the best
young men in town and | am expect
ing great things of him.. l think he
is just h kind of man to have at
the lee of the night force to keep
order after dark and to see that his
men attend strictly to business.
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Il see one of the papers is talking
about the decen people governing the
town and putting out a ticket. / think
it was The Herald. Something vas
said about law and order. too. Well,
let EN- put out a ticket. l hope they
will put a good man at the ead of it,"
Il suppose you will be a candidate
for reelection" ventured the reporter.
We'll. l haven't said vet whether
I'm going to run or not"
But you haven ( said you were not
going to rum"
The mayor laughed one of those
Santa Klaus laughs OF his, that's told
of in nursery rhymes. H shook
when he laughed like a bowl full of
jelly"
I'm thinking about running on the
railroad mems ticket said he.
The church people of the town."
said the mayor. ARE getting pretty
strong. This is getting to be quite a
city. anyhow. and its only a question
of time until the good people of the
town will hav full control. But some
of these paper are always jumping
on me to correct certain evils. What
can l DO? l have instructed the po-
Z W Stc that eNClS III ia II city,
day and night, is quiet and orderly.
| can't drive out the tough element.
Anyhow those ONE down there in
the reservation pay a large sum ev-
erymonth in the shape of fines. when
most cities do not tax them anything.
All cities AVE got these things to con-
tend with. San Francisco and every
other place. They can't get rid of
them.
There's one thing certain, though,
something ought to be done with the
inmates of the little houses on the
northern end of the reservation. The
people there are getting too bold. A
person can pass there day or night
with impunity. The other day L
made a mistake and drove up that
street and the sights in front
of those little houses were shock
ing. | hav instructed the police to
make those people behave themselves.
$50
Il am glad to see so many citizens
putting in sidewalks. 1t will prove
an incentive to others. The streets of
San Francisco are paved with asphalt
um clean across and they are SO slip
perry when sprinkled that the fire