El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-01
MAY0I CUTS OFF
SEvEAL HEADS Of
PlICEMEN
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police officto every 500 souls in the
city.
so mayoKelly decided to begin on
the police fe to reduce expenses"
"Coiission Approved"
Acting cFman Winchester Cooley,
VINO has beat the head of the police
| commissioning the absence of Frank
| Simmons. 8: The commission was in
| consultation or three times after
mayor KelEas appointed regarding
the reductisof the police force to keep
within theldget. We decided to re-
| duce the fe and did it,"
WAS tie anything the matter
with the r's records who were let
O None wtever. They were let out
simply to expenses"
will th.be put on the waiting list
| In. case tie are vacancies or men
added?"
yes. th men will be put on the
waiting II and picked according to
merit. Buhere is not much prospect
of an inc,se again, otherwise we
would not We cut them off"
.Corission Didn't Do IT.
y IT We, another member OF the
| noIica cou,ssion, said: I'VE had moth
i,,e, 40 do ii it. 1t was ali left with
| +bo mavorhe has the right to Put on
~, +aLe q as he wishes. The police
| coroT1ics ionever had any power The
| 81 +r,inohe commission can do Is TO
oxor,ina 10 the merit of the Police
! md recon,end the adding on or taking
off of neI We had nothing to do With
the ramov OF the men. Mayor Kelly
/ e+o+eS ~ ne would have to cut down
On I& order to come within the
amor1+ othe budget. Our police foree
il oroodne and it is not for me TO say
whether lis a good or bad time 10 pun
/ off the rn However, | am lslied
/ that II vi be necessary to nave more
men on te force or at least as many
as were before this cut II Is en-
tjralv VIII the mayor and the CHIEF and
| thew Ia, the responsibility TINS MS
was presred by the chief and never
saw it"
.First Interference"
Franl,Simnnons, chairman OF the po-
! lice couaission, was at Cloudcroft whlie
| the redrtion of the force was nelhs
considerd. He returned Wednesday
| evening but knew nothing OF IT,
was the first time that the mayor nd.
| ever inerfered with the COMMISSION
| he said. Mayor Sweeney and mayor
| Robinson never interfered with our ap
pointmeats or recommendations.
! jenkins Prepared List.
Chief Jenkins, when told that poiic'
| commissioner White had SAID tnal ~
PREPARED the list Of the men 10 be ols
missed, said: Yes. I prepared Il d
did not care to discuss the matter
| Officer Hord said this morning: In
/ chief is my friend"
Tried to Drag Him Into Pohucs.
To Will Hord, day officer al U
union station, the official oecapilaul
IS not a surprise. He has oeen expo
| ing it since the Hall-EdwaroS cOhe
reached the fever heat stage oeioTe
election.
1 According 20 IIord, ne took no act
part in the election, Abiding Oy
regulation relative 10 the conduct o.
Itcss.s---- s-s .-ea1tss polItfcal actIvii
and the decapitation, he says, is as i
coagfuous as the action of a cook W
marked some baked pies IT. NJ" mea
ing ''Tis Mince," and the balance 6
M meaning "Taint Mince."
| Previous to the election, Hord sal
d was approached by Dave Sullivs
! eaployed in the office Of city q
ssSor Behr, and asked to get a line
IN voting proclivities and sentiments
n numerous railroad men at the uni
sttion. He also says Mr.. Sullivan ask
hil TO prepare separate lists of H
an Edwards supporters and make
reprt to Democratic headquarters.
his Hord says he refused to do, st
ingthat he was abiding by the regu
ton prescribing that policemen sho1
: not indulge in political activity.
Shortly after, but also previous to
election. Hord says the second delet
ton of emissaries visited him at
lunion station and endeavored to !
him up with the Edwards continge
The enisssaries were George Huffn
and Park Pitman.
A Threat Unheeded.
On nat occasion, Hord says. HuffH
Informed him that Edwards was go
to be elected and advised him that
would be very embarrassing for !
(Hordj after the election If his vote
not cast for Edwards.
IF vpu mean that for threat, ii
states he said, ''alf,r right Old man 4
has been a good friend to me and
going to vote for him"
The third and last call for Hord
get in the Edwards band wagon
made a few days before the election,
a. H Butler, assistant city health
! ficer, acting as master OF ceremon
according TO Hord.
AS a friend I am telling you to
for Edwards" Hord states DR.. But
informed him, but the warning was
needed.
Hord got his check for August Sc
ices as an officer in FL Paso. Wednes'
morning. following the local custom
paying the last day Of the month. rat
than the first day of the follow
month Hord covered the union stat
beat Wednesday and Wednesday nj
when he reported "off duty" to nj
chief Ten Eyek, he was asked: H
yoH been notified?" thinking 1t
necessary to more specific.
Mo-" replied Hord.
We'll, you've got it." was the nj
chiefs laconic answer, and it was
necessary to ask questions, for Sc
other day officers had got it, and
have 1T"
Seven Years on the Force.
Hord would hare completed Sc
| years service as an FL Paso officer
October. He entered the work I'M
chief Wooten and has a good reco
He has been on tie union station b
| for the past % months and regrets o.
the request that he desert" the POI
| force have been numerous at the un
station offices since the fact '
! learned. His successor has not b.
| announced.
Mounted policeman Ike Stevens,
| of those let out BIZ Wednesdays pol
| house cleaning, says that he didn't v
at all at the recent election, and
couldn't have voted the wrong W
| Stevens is going 10 his soo-ne in Band