El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-12
IKE ALDERETE
and RING At
VARIANCE
Splits Off and Defies the
Powers That Be to Head
Him Off.
SEEKS RECRUITS IN
CAMP OF THE ENEMY

Political pantaloOn gowns are the
newest things In winter wear for the
select few who are members Of the Sc
lect society known to the vulgar and
unWashed world as the ring
The pantaloon gown-for the 1nror-
nation Of the uninfOrmed-i split
badly split. So is the political wearing
apparel Of the people who hold the JOBS
down san Antonio street way Ike
Alderete IS the .splitee" and what ne
has done to the symmetrical lines OF
the ring raiment would require cor
respondence school course in dress
making with charts. diagrams and in
structions to beginners" to explain
Ike Even Boasts of 1t.
Ike has Up and raised the dickens
with the organization which has per
petUated itself in office for 10 these
many years. This is no new plant, for
1t has been known for several setting
suns that the long haired pride Of vs.
leta was due for the tObOggan. Ike
boasts of it. as if it was q matter for
jest, this thing Of defying the powers
that power around the rotunda of the
city hall and the county courthouse.
Ike is using his split with the ring
as his best political asset Which
shows how shreWd a politician Ike is.
He has it dOped out to the general
effect that there are a great many in
been flattened, Self-respe ctfully speak
ing. to the thickness OF a South Ell
PasO street waffle The flattening
process has been done by the municipal
steam roller under the expert manipu-
latiOn Of H Kelly ct al
Is UDhIn Task.
Now Ike is working on the much
ruffled feelings Of those against the
organization and is pleading with them
to forget that he once upon a time
associated with the unWashed and urges
them to affiliate with him. They are
open for urging, being tentative office
Ike the more, but the Kelly crowd the
less.
Associated with Ike and his down
the valley relatives are said to be the
Harpers. three brothers. James R, is
district judge, George is county tax
collector, and John is secretary Of the
school board, all of it, thanks to the
rear room bunch at the Peoples drug
store. Having arrived at the point in
their political cruising when it is nee
esSary to throw out a bit Of ballast in
order to maintain itseif, the inner cir
Gle has decided to offer Ike as the sac
rifice. and the Harper brothers may, It
IS said, choose Ike's company to that
Of the others.
Says TsIeta Is Safe.
Ike says he cRn carry Ysleta by 500
his pocket for a majority OF 200. he
also says BY splitting the Mexican
vote in FL PasO against the ring the
much boosted solid native vote would
be badly frayed around the edges. It
VIII then remain for the north side
folks, the collar a day crowd. TO cast
the deciding vote for the first time in
the history Of local affairs. How the
uptown vote would 20 would be only
predetermined
Dunno for Ike's Successor.
Joe Dunne, who manages things IN
East I'll Paso for the city hall crowd,
mas been proposed for Ike's place. To
TINS Ike replies in his best English:
Let him go to it" Ike believes Joe
would De clnch 10 beat So do others
who profess to know. To cOunteract
this apparent weakness. the ring is al
ready casting about for someone to fiji
the offices now held by the Harper
family. IT is said. The selections must
be sufficiently heavy to give the ticket
added prestige among the growing po-
ulicaI treebOoters who do not care
much for the old fetish of the organ
iIatlOn. but vote once In a while for
the men themselves.
MOrehead money is said to have been
promised the Alderete-HarpeF cOmbina-
ton If it can deliver the goods This
combination viii receive the support OF
a large number. not because it will be
any better than the OrganSzati1 - offer
ing. but because of the belfef in the
political truism that to break a "ring"
Is the surest road to better condition
OF affairs. Ike and the others are con-
sidered as the entering wedge which
viii split the ring and allow the non
machine element to sliD in a candidate.
Once the harmony Of the perfect circle
IS destroyed. 1T will begin to bulge bad
w at the weak points, and a few well
smashes Of socalled good citi-
zenship" may turn the trick for the
outs against the ms
Will be Exciting Time.
The next election is promising to be
a crucial time for the professional poll
ticians. No one realizes that as Keen
" as they, themselves They are able
to maintain themselves only by con-
tinued effort Every day IS election
day in Ell Paso with them That is
the reason they win over the prOnf-
nent cit. who IS patriotic politician
once each two wears
The ring" IS as busily engaged in
fence building as a one-armed. paper I
hanger with the hives. What the har-
vest will be depends uDon the silent
who do not to quote a more
or less prominent politician officehold-
err take their politics like their whis-