El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-19

| sky high; for the holdover checks OF
the favOriteS of the ring held over for
I 90 days at the water office; for allow
| ing employees Of the water company to
put their hands into the tills and
drawers; for the way contracts for pub
lie works are let; for the cOmblnat ton
between the city and county OFFICES; Tor
the young mems Democratic club, So
! called, organized for the express pur-
pose of perpetuaung themselves in
office; for a mayor who has the
temerity 10 dictate to the national ad-
ministratiOn as to what it shall and
shall not do; for putting the tag OF
disapprOval upon Walter ID. Howe be-
cause he would not do their bidding;
for trying TO dominate the judicial
positions; for discharging Ed Bryant
for telling the truth under oath; Tor
telling the saloon men that vote TOT
the ring is a vote against prohibition;
for temerity in appealing to church
people and denizens of the red light
district for support and help; Tor rails
ing the assessed valuation OF property
whenever they want to issue BONDS;
for never making accounting Of re-
ceipts and disbursements.
From this limited list determine
their worth or worthlessness- Neither
| by their artifice, nor by the Times, nor
by the orators Of the ring are we TO be
driven away from the main issue which
is the people against the ring
ABE Reuf looted San Francisco,
LOrimer the blond boss has been ousted.
I do not say that the present city or
county officers are defaulters. I don't
Z believe they are. Neither did the
people think that former city collector
was, but he was short $4,000.
put Them All Out"
Some of the candidates say that they
! nave not held once quarter OF a
century and should be reelected. 1t is
not the individuals that count. It is the
battle of the people If you. want to
this is questioned by the combine The
price of liberty is duty and vigilance.
The issue is shall the people rule TO be
ruIed%"
Chairman Ware made another appeal
to the people after judge Clark's
speech, to attend the final meeting next
| Thursday night. You have made FL
PasO- Kelly, Pitman and Huffman have
not made FL PasO-El Paso made them"
he shouted.
Herald Forces Gambling Probe.
c. L. Vowel. candidate for district
attorney, made the closing speech,
Jackson after Mr.. Vowel had closed.
Because The Herald made so much
hubbub about gambling going on here,
an investigation was held and Ed
Bryant was brought as a witness. Ed
Bryant told the truth" Vowel said
Kelly said. Don't do that any more
Billy Bridgers did not prosecute a
single one of these cases. Like he did
about the red light removal. he said
that was a city affair. If I am elected,
1 will be energetic. impartial and won't
ask Henry Kelly or Henry anybody
else what I shall do, I could beat Billy
Bridgers If I get a fair and square race.
They say that we will become a ring.
If it does. fire US out Get the habit
Edwards and Howe.
whenever Pate Edwards comes
around doing the baby act about the
one term thing ask him what they did
to Walter Howe, who had only one
term.
Judge Eylar can't appoint a county
If we succeed on the 9th, next spring
viii be nothing but a skirmish. Kelly,
Pitman and Huffman are fighting for
the city election next spring. I know
that If Ike Alderete is elected, the
Mexican vote cannot be run away from
him. I have found that the MexicanS
whom he has helped in time of need
are going to vote for him. They say
he viii not get vote north Of the
tracks. As these NIeXicans are going
to help US beat the ring, I want the
citizens above the tracks to vote for
him to defeat the ring"
Politics in Police Department.
The speaker read the letter mayor
Kelly wrote Bryant asking for his
the reason that he had introduced
politics into the police department"
Amt that awful?" Vowel drawled
and a laugh resulted.
Henry says he wants the police and
schools free from politics" Vowel said
You tell the truth, Ed. and you are a
good OFFICER but you nave Deen intro
ducing politics into the police depart
ment Kelly had no use for any man
whom he could not control. Two years
ago, there was an officer at the depot.
The Right of Free Speech.
Exercising the right of free speech
and thought he decided to vote against
the ring George Huffman told that
man-sO he says, and George has never
denied it-and the man was VIII
Hord that if he did not vote the ring
ticket and dared to support old man
Hall. he would lose his job. He voted
for old man Hall and lost his job. Yet
Henry says he can't have politics in
the police department. Seven or eight
others lost their jobs for voting against
the ring. Has it come to the point
that we must bury our right of free
speech and become tool to the whims
of Henry Kelly2
Is There Politics in Police Department.
ASK Ben Jenkins if there is politics
IN the police department, and ask