El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-01
The Ring Meeting Saturday
Night Disposes of All
Anti Charges Translated
by One Domingo Montoya.

Baltimore Is not the only city that
can pull a political meeting of the first
water. Never behind in anything, e
Paso can and did make political history
Saturday night the same time that
Champ Clark was speeding from Wash
ingon with orders to put him off at Bal
timore.
Down behind Broadway and in the i'm
mediate rear of the Stanton bar, part Of
the local Democracy, the sOcalled so
called ring as they frequently referred
to themselves, held a meeting. 1t was
some meeting in spite of the environ
ment which was furnished chiefly by the
umbrella trees of an abandoned beer
garden and the odors from the unsani-
tary alley which runs in the rear OF
Broadway.
'The Young Democrats"
1t was the young Democrats meet
ing as per announcement, although there
were a number of the older Demmies
there alongside of the beer barrel and
barbecue. \ rough board beer table was
imprOvised into a speakers platform,
where the Mexican voters were told Of
the wonders of ring rule and the awful
things the ants would do II they were
elected. The old days in political his
tory hereabOuts never put over any bet
ter sample of the ring rule work than
the young Democrats" Saturday night.
Several barrels of beer, a long table
loaded with barbecued meat and lust
half enough dispensers furnished the
stage setting for the talkfest. The beer
and barbecue were in the immediate
rear of an open plumbing toilet, but
this did not hinder the proceedings any
more than the odOr from the Broadway
alley.
The Preliminary Bout.
a long haired Mexican started the
fireworks by, chattering in Spanish
about what the city mas done for the
Mexicans This was the preliminary
bout, the curtain raiser for the big set
piece which was James Murphy. candl-
date for Justice of the peace Murphy
took himself as seriously as the crowd
of MeXicans and ing leaders, aid the
beer and sandwiches.
Domingo NontOya. who mas been sit
inc on the edge of the speakers table
in an attitude of Washington crossing
the Delaware or Napoleon reviewing the
old guard. translated for Murphy and
was forced much against his will, Of
course, to give utteranee to fulsOme
praise of one Domingo MOntOya, who Is
a candidate for constable:
The Principal Speech.
Friends" shouted Murphy.
Amigos" translated Domingo in
booming bass.
Domingo lIontoya is all right. -
Murphy.
Domingo A[ontoya es buevo.'-AIon-
tOva, translator.
And the game of CAB was on in two
languages and an equal number OF
speakers
Murphy praised NIontova for every
thing but fixing the county court house
clock Incidentally, he boosted his own
candidacy bv knocking Charles Owen.
his opponent. who AIOntoya referred to
as "Char-liee Owens in his TRANSACTIONS:
Murphy predicted that the second ward
would 90 dry if Owen was elected JUS
tice of the peace, which was quite a
tribute to Owens power for good. The
old PrOhib. chant was dragged out and
busted Off for the benefit of the Mex
leans who had come to eat and drink
and had stopped to listen.
Graft Charges Mashed Flat.
Murphy put an everlasting fire
cracker on the tail of the CRATER charges
by saying that if the ring had wished
to graft. the friends" of those same
MeXicsns would have been placed in
Jail instead of being turned loose. Just
how the grating process could have been
carried on by such a method, Murphy
failed to elucidate-prObably didn't
think his audience would understand
ANYHOW.
Jimmie took a shot at lack Cobb for