El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-24
RING SEEMS FRIGHTENED
At THE REGENT EXPOSURES
Officials Claim It Is Not Their Duty to Enforce the
Laws, but Merely to Prosecute When Evidence Is
Furnished Joe Folk Would Probably Answer
Differently Trying to Blame the Expos
ure to Republican Politics."

The Republicans OF FL Paso were ac-
cused OF fostering the anu-rlng paL -
in the local political fed, at the meet -
ing OF "the ring in the SaLn QlSll lSl
court room Tuesday night T. a D al
Vey. one time district judge ana lons
affiliated with the ring was the &C
cuser
". ". Bridgers. at present county
attorney and candidate for district al
.torney, charged that The Herald IN us
declarations that the Jaw was oelng
T violated in FL Paso by the saloons anQ
% gaming, had behind its movement
some hidden political purpose
County attorney Bridgers SAID IL el-
feet that IL the citizens want ne 4e ,,
enforced. they must furnish the eNl-
dence and make formal compliant pc
cause n IS not the duty OF OIIlcets 20
do IT, His declaration was secouueu Ds
his law partner, John T. HILL
Judge A. n Walthall earned the ap-
prOVal even Of those who proposed tnst
he should speak when he declined 10 40
SO on the ground that a man occupy llls
q judicial position should not DC lllLAS a
uD in political imbrogliOs and shoutu
refrain from making political speeclles.
Payment Of Poll Taxes Urged
Maury Kemp presiding as clillI Iii - y,
urged the payment Of poll taxes as ne
first move to victory In the July pr
rnarfes. declaring there would be plenty
o. time TO convince the voters Ior Wnolll
they should vote after the pom taxes
had been paid. He then called Tor re-
ports from the precinct chairmen-
Howegr. Ballard COldwel moved tnaJ
the secretary be instructed 70 ldh -
down the reports. on motion OF o
fsrowson. J. ID. POnders office OF secre-
rary of all -the rims meetings Was
restored 10 Kim Kemp declaring -llil
elected while be was protesting Jnal
~ ff5 NOT want the Job. Ponder de-
rTined TO make a speech despite Far :
Pitman suggested that ne snoul9 anu
several others called for him 10 90 SO
Then came the precinct reports " :
ID RuIEer from precinct one reported
eES poll taxes paid and % eNeinp liolls
Manuel Gonzalez followed with re-
port OF $50 Doll taxes ana e eA .-
tons iu precinct two 400 poil tef1a
and II exemptions were reported from
precinct three bv Walter talFey- 90
uolI taxes and 6 exemptions were rs
ported by Manuel Escajeda from pre-
cfuer four Lamar DAVIS repoi -eu
poll taxes and 81 exemptions from pre-
Ia precinct six Vicente Alvarado re-
ported 152 poll taxes and Is exemp-
7fons- Joe Dunno reported 2l3 poll tax
- and six exemptions IN precinct sew
eng u B E1fers reported l6S pom ltASs
and a exemptions in precinct elss-I
r-rafrruan OF precinct nine y. CEo" soA;
chairman OF precinct 10, SAID ne He4
no count Dr. j. d. Brady CHAIRMAN q
precinct II. reported e43 pol taxes anu
~ ereu,Dtfons- Ballard ColdWeu re-
--o-tea eS6 poll taxes and p e1emp-
eso-e for precinct u; and Bob hailloa9
rauorted Zb8 Doll taxes anu -
tons for precinrt 70
The Speaking.
Then Eugene Harris said that ne
.-ouId represent his constituents Wle9
fo went 10 AUSTIN and Wneu ne to---1
that he could not do so ne "ou-U
7rber came Cruz Ortiz who has been
an md ont Of the ring as otten a.
Tea lights on dog BACK an1 - -
or again. marched to the 1aL a. -.
fr0od al attention ortiz was lnNlteu -
~ Judges bench and there IL luof -
dfcial tones said l1eeslei 49,
and gentleman eve CONE one IN whole
10 report that give sept tle $500 y -
democratic ticket known rs llie 81 ul--s
ring Our meester president VINES a.
weeI spik a Few words -.z-.+ ~
Then George Nilegas, pgeslc79Ir -
49, YOUNG Mems Democratic clLD- u
- members which this commtlIee LSY--
reeented- speaking in as good Ehsllsl-
as anyone present SAID alL fS-s
-7.f ~ -enort that last Tuesday we
decided 70 support you Don't LoI5et -
see that everybody pays ms po-1 -
and that the Mexlcans VINO nae ~ ~
raken out their Citizenship papers ~
sees a Deep-Laid Plot.
Oswald s. Parker. partner IN ID y
Of Maury Kemp. SAID ne n - -
Democrat for many years t1e lau r.
.eenrI- come to Fl PasO ana ne l.yt5 ~
.-fre ring" was all right ne sdlu ~
ruhIfc doesn't have 70 vote LO- - -.
body and the rms nus ----rz nos
good bunch or the peop1S S--N
sr-rnort its men 4rlher ne So $50
.-Thev hOWled about rev say ny ~ ~
-f1--75 ~ candidates. When Went -
-be last meeting in the county ~ -
---.--- e-Dected to find few lelllns
-I.e o+Fers how they should vote 4 NJ ;
~ p-qv the afternoon paper put y, I -;
instead / found real olu
T1emocratfc mass meeting
--rbe editorial in this evening ri
Der says that some Rep uollee-ii 49,, -
zoe m the Drfmaries-and some 41---o
+ LII -efuse TO. Now the Demo
cr.ffr P0T Tax club wants the lli-tl-
alive referendum and recaLl l5o-,-,f,-
r--h1fi.an Afternoon paper says ne -
ifcaus VIII 90 into the pllllla- iS - 49,
i understand what they wan ~ -
a-e NOT satisfied they VIII iela- -
.oarfffarez and start all over aselA--
Judge Oswald $. Parker, as e ~ - ~
man called him- though ne oSIte- : .
mad ~ was not a judge, lost stslL y
he fact thar the recall cannon ge1'- T.
operative until man is lnslalleu ~
Then came John 4. Hill he IS a lsW
mariner OF county attorney
B~fdgers AR. Hill SAID am y-ll9 80
Years old he later explained llls 49, 49,
hv saving that was born IN sIlliS -
and had been hepuDlieah ~ "a l-ss-e
Republican party left him slA 49,
aeo bv becoming a plutocratlc parry
Only a Change of Masters.
Then be said. They say the o1
zation dictates to the people y ~
whose fault is it, Surely not lnal u
the organization I am not ana nelt :.
VIII be candidate for any office ca-L7 I
see any difference between an o1u
ring and a new one, but the oppos-
ton wants TO turn down any man ~
has ever been affiliated with the ll-A
and put ln a new ring
i. hall