El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-03
BOND ISSUE DISCUSSION
CREATES TEAPOT TEMPEST
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! issue bonds. AS Tor the audit, my ban
| is willing to subscribe for an audit of
| the city's books. Don't confuse the two
| questions. They are separate and should
not be confused
CIaquers Get Busy.
Business of much applause led by J..
j. Murphy, inspector of saloon licenses,
| standing in the center of the outer cir
| Gle and following Mr.. Wyatt's hano
! elapping cue with much effect. Deep
! and gloomy silence in the vicinity of
| the chair and DR.. Edgar's corner
Mr.. Prudential agreed with the
! speaker that the present administration
was not alone responsible and said he
knew that there has been a deficit for
] six or eight years
The Bowwows Aroused.
| This gave W. H Austin, former
mayor, his chance, and he TOOK it to
make a strong speech for the bond is
sue, warning the citizens, politicians,
office holders and ants present that
the city's scrip would be discounted 40
percent and the city would go to the
everlasting bowwows. a phrase that
was made much of by a later speaker
He was Hamilton Rayner who asked
10 know what assurances there Wero
that If the bonds were issued there
would not be a deficit of $500, 900. He
said that when the city scrip was SELL
ing for so cents as Mr.. Austin had said.
the town did not go to the bowwows
he SAID there were very few taxpayers
present but many officers on the Job
He said he favored auditing the cfty's
books and of getting a committee from
Chicago to do IT. IF there is anything
wrong let them show it up" he said.
III there is not, why should they OBJ
ject to it?" Much tittering in the
trenches to the rear followed by
rumble OF discomfort. but no applause.
Bankers Querfed.
DR.. Edgar believing that a soft an
swer turneth away wrath spoke so
softly that there were loud and stri-
dent calls of louder" He drew a men
tai picture Of a business man going to
a bank with the proposition that If it
would lend him money. he might allow
his books to be audited but only after
the loan " as made. There is something
peculiar about this. for there are more
bankers here than taxpayers
u s. Stewart, president OF the Ma
t1onal bank: Don't the bankers nav
taxes? No answer from the doctor.
Jim Conklin. of the inner political
circles: How much taxes do You nav 2's
DR.. Edgar. spitefully: II pay as much
as you do
w H Austin: with foot on chair)
I believe that there is a majority OF
the taxpayers here tonight"
This was the spark that touched off
the grand setpiece of the evenings
display. Maury Kemp. with as much
elaboration as a bunch of regulators
about to hang horse thief, arose
from his seat next to md adjoining
mayor Kelly, asked for attention and
said that he thought that the time
had come for an expression Of opin-
ION IN the form Of a resolution and
he made motion that a resolution
be prepared endorsing the bond issue.
This precipitated things with rush.
Office Holders, No Vote.
Prudential: IF those who hold
office will vote declare the motion
out Of order"
Kemp: II appeal from the ruling of
the chair"
Freudenthal:, you know that this
meeting has been packed"
Scenes Of widest disorder second
only to the first annual meeting of
a suffragette club. cries of Question.
what is this meeting for etc, etc,
from the organization organizers.
Kemp: Il know nothing 1t speaks
well for the officers that they have
come here and say that they are will
Ing to have an audit of the city's
books. I appeal to you and ask YOU
whether the motion is out of ORDER
Question, question. question, ques-
ton" j. J. Murphy ct al
Won't Be BuIIied.
Freudenthal: we who are opposed
II the officers retire. We will not be
bullied"
Mayor Kelly. much excited and red
OF face: Il will make you this propo-
s1t1on. Let every man who is opposed
TO the bond issue stand in one corner
and L Will stand in the other and I
viii represent more taxes than the
whole shooting match Of you"
Climax Of applause from the bunch
VINO were having the time Of their
Alderman Clayton: you make the
charge that the office holders have
packed this meeting. I want to show
you post card that I received invit-
ing me to attend"
DR.. J. w. Yard: "I too. received a
post card to attend. Am I requested
to retire?''
John Wyatt: "This is public meet
ing and 1 am willing to eliminate the
Office holders and let the taxpayers
vote" More applause from the rear
where the machine is working smooth
~.
Mayor Kelly: Not as mayor, but as
a citizen Of FL Paso, want to saw
that not a man in FL Paso wants the
cfty's books audited as badly as I do.
We have cut down every department
and expect to live within the budget
Of every department"
At this point Mr.. Kemp apologies
for any apparent discourtesy to the
chair personally. which is accepted
by Mr.. Prudential
Plea for Peace.
George Pence then expressed an
opinion that he did not see why Ell
PasO could not get together in peace
and he was promptly informed by the
chair that that was exactly what was
being done there at the meeting Loud
outlaws from the back
Leon Gemoets. coatless and with
much mock courtesy arose and
apologized TO the chair for coming to