El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-11
They Endorse
A Business
Mems Ticket.

That the suggestion of The Heralt
to elect eight business men for alder
men and one business man for mayor
has touched a responsive chord in the
hearts and minds of Ell Paso's leading
citizens is well shown by the following
brief expressions of opinion from citi-
zens approached at random. The citi-
zens interviewed, as will be seen at
once, represent every shade of political
opinion. and their views have been
printed as they gave them. That the
overwhelming mass of the opinions is
in strong approval of such movement
is not the result of discrimination. Il
is a perfect reflex of the opinions of
the people.
1t will do every right minded citizen
good to read these expressions, as they
represent the most hopeful sign for
an innovation in the direction of hon
est and able government that has been
discovered.
NJ. Posener: 1t is a splendid idea.
J. c. Ballard: That suits me all
right.
John Harper: That plan suits me
all right.
R. T. Rogers: That scheme looks
all right to me.
H. R. Wood: There are no bette.
men in the town. l favor all of them.
County Attorney Eylar: There is no |
question about them being first class |
men.
A. j. Schultz: That sounds GOOD.
They are the proper people and favor
all of them.
A w. Spencer: Put in the best
men the city has regardless of politics.
These are good.
C. c. Keifer: They would make Il
good board and every one of them
could be elected
E. c. Pew: That is satisfactory to
me; they are as good men as can be
found in Ell Paso.
H. F. Price: 1 approve the idea |;
heartily. They are good men and are
my choice Tor boaru of aldermen
II. B. Chairman: No, sir. l am not D.,
in favor of that. l am an out and out i
democrat and believe in drawing radi- II
cal party lines.
j. P Deter: / am not in politics J
but will say that if any faction dom:-I {
mates the city council it will not be
well for the public.
\ |
,ould get better set of men together :
@ rthe benefit of the city. They have :
lie interests of Ell Paso at heart.
A H. Richards: / don't care who q,
hey have for aldermen, have my own
business to look after and do not care o
What becomes of the city's affairs
Phil Young: The people who are
most interested in the city's affairs =
hould be in charge. The directors of
he chamber of commerce suit me- =
j. M. Cluxton: We need business S
nen at the head of the city's affairs .
nd no better men could be found than l.
he board of directors of the chamber Is
I commerce. Up
b. 5. Catlin: They are all good first
lass business men and / have no OBJ u
ection to the scheme if they will run. U
hey would give us a fine business ad-
W
w. H. Tuttle: There are no bet m
n business men in town than these tt
hey are old war horses and could be lii
epended upon to look after the inter- er
ITS of the city. eli
aG
Bruck & O'Connor: We nav litt,eI he
tention to politics but will favor lii
lch board as that. They are busi-
ass men and not politicians and that
what the city needs so
its
L. II. He'll: Yes. it is time we wer,. TO
tt1ng business men to manage the op
tvs affairs and all of these are good to
en- L doubt If some of them can be no
ected but they all suit me. in
Fl
b. F. Happold: l am opposed to CHI
iitics in city elections. II we could tn
ect men TOR the men and not for their d.
litical belief even in government Of fol
es the country would be better. pu
,, - of
K. w. Curtis: The election of these oh,
IN would result in the breaking ND ma
the political jack pot now existing of
our city government. I do not be- De
We in mixing politics with city cleo ito
MS the
4. r. Chase: Party politics should Gle
eliminated from the city election bos
We could get such business men as SAD
have on the chamber of commerce an,
our city council would be to the DO,
VS. interest. shr