El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-27

details of the attempt Of the Water
Users association through its attorney
n r Burgess. to have federal legisIatiou
passed allowing the water users 10 con-
trol the power generated by these n-O-
lects- He said that if il had NOT beep
Ior the opposition which developed to
me acceptance of this law the Water
Users association, the water users of
the Il Paso valley would be buiIdinsr
ana ana owning the valley interurban line
81 Is - easy 70 attack man upon mat
SSr OF winch ne Is grossly ignorant"
MT Burgess continued. That is what
owen had done last night. All thai
came TO him tonight was bought anu
COIQuitt and Ell PasO.
Inc reason that we are for Colquitt
Ior governor is because when il looked
IKE we might have trouble with Mexico
ana the decomposed jellyfish in the
secretary OF states office (apDlarse)
uiQ not give US assistance, we did what
al true Democrats believe is right TO
40, We appealed TO the state govern
Ineht 1or protection. We found that
me governor courage was 20 times as
big as his body. There has not been a
Gay IN the past four months that the
SLate militia was not ready to come to
Ell Paso and there stands on the tracks
IN Dallas train loaded with cannon
re&oy 70 come when your governor
SINeS the word Continued applause).
DeleEe that this government will look
a1ter Its citizens better after March
fourth Colquitt knows EI Paso and
viii WI u see that it is not shot off the map
with foreign bullets He has rho
courage Of his convictions and ours
we IKE him for it. 1 hope that FL Paso
VIII roll up the biggest majority for
MN mat any Texas governor ever got
The Ramsey Meeting.
Where are our adversaries2 Down
n n the plaza holding Ramsey meeting.
ramsey is pledged to statutory pro-
MP Let them come out on your
SIDE OF the fence. Why did they not
PACK up Zach Cobb in the joint debate
WIN me II they had had the courage
OF thelr convictions they would have
packed him and we would have had it
out he spoke in the county conveu-
uon Tor them He spoke for them at
lOGSton- When he comes home and
4 til that the issue is not popular with
the people they fail to back him he
who fights and runs away, will live to
IlShI the ring two years from now.
The Water Question,
I hoped that the water comDanv
question was dead when the city
bought it. Many of the city officials
dld not want to purchase it The same
men who are talking against it now
Hiaoe speeches demanding that the
pointed by judge 7. S. Maxey, fixed the
FaIue. as special master in chancery,
at Sy65,l2S, but the city got it for
SSz 1000. The International Water
company could not buy the Highland
= ARK water company plant and indi-
Hldual stockholders bought it. When
the city bought the water company,
II got this plant free.
Val Verde's Arrest
Dan jackson said that ranger Web
Ster, under orders of sheriff Edwards.
would go to Canutillo and arrest Vic
tor Val Verde to keep him from work
ing for them tomorrow. Webster saws
he has not been arrested yet. but if
ne Is not he is going to be. That man,
on the last election day, with a booze
bottle IN one hand and a six shooter
IN the other, entered the voting place
at CanutllIo and ran away the vot-
ers. Since then he has been a fugi-
tive with the red flag army Both
tasks are equally congenial, the sup
porting of the anti-ring ticket and
lighting with the red flaggers IN
Mexico Mr.. Edwards is going to have
him arrested. We do not propose to
have any of the high handed methods
he used. Victor Val Verde will find
Texas laws in the hands of a native
Texan are different from warfare on
the other side. We will take the
credit for that"
Refers to Dan jackson.
Referring to Dan Jackson as his
friend, Mr.. Burgess said that Dan had
said that If he is elected district
Judge the courts will open on time
and would not have to wait for the
sheriff TO hunt up drunken lawyers
Like every other class of men. IN
fortunately. some lawyers do get
drunk" Er. Burgess SAYS But they
are not on our ticket" That is not