El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
IKE lLDERETE MAKES FIRST SPEECH
IN ENGLISH AND RECEIVES An OVATION

tricians for himself and the rest Of
the ticket
w H. Fryer, candidate for county
attorney. had something to say about
w. W. Bridgers being the pawn of the
ring the ring being headed by Kelly,
and how taxation ought to be equal
lied. He referred to the city requir-
ing a $4,000 bond from the cOntrac-
tors who erected the sewage disposal
plant at a cost OF 100000 as a great
bIunder on the part of the present city
officials.
Won remember the time Of the
strike on the c. H." said the speaker
ssTVeU both the county and the city
furnished guards to the company Or.
thatcher about this time brought a
suit against the railroad company for
damage the water had zone 20 ms
rroDertv by reason Of the building OF
a culvert The railroad company made
the city 4 party to the suit, because
if was really the city Whlch punt the
culvert. The city ottlclals went 70 lHS
railroad officials and told them tnat A
4bev did this they would pull, of an
tba guards and the result was the
company dismissed the SUIT as 10 the
citv. L know. 1 was there
- know these commissioners 1hey
90 down the valley and secure options
on some land at $40 an acre; men
fIlav come hack. and suddenly they DIS
cover they need a road IN that EIcll-
ifv TN the valley or down the valley IL
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to Fabens and stopped t at AeIy ,
ranch. Why, the commissioners sle = :
Cd to change the Fort Bliss road, AFTER
peoDIe had bought property alon5
there, and counted on tne L 10. pJedv
built that way, just because II. D1aIS >
n ring man, had just bought SOME
DroDeTtv in Manhattan heights, and
wanted the road to go by II
Why AIbro Fights the Ring.
~The reason why I am fighting the
ring" said a, ), Albro, canoloaIe ~
county surveyor. lis, because OF tEe
7nfair things / have seen done IN the
surveyors office. There was J. E
Rainer. county school superintendent
When the ring was making up luS
ticket il decided they would not puE
him on il again. The only thing the
| ring had against him was, that re
was not in his office often enough
The law requires that the sup u
tendent spend four days out OF 'HS
week in visiting different schools IN
the county. When Rainer found the
ring had left him off the ticker ne
came down to EUbank's offlce ana Hdu
a heart to heart talk with him. ~
/ bank told him in my hearing Il4L
Kelly was running things, anu IL
him TO 90 over and see him. and ten
him he would be good, and stay IN MS
office more. Rainer went over 20 sec
A, Kelly, but he did not have any 4ucA'
II make this statement because
| Rridgers got up the other night anu
1 said there was no connection between
the county ring and the CITY
Two years ago there was man
named Kinney, who ran a store Al
Clint" the speaker continued hln-
new had the audacity to announce 1of
| commissioner. The ring went TO MIN
and asked him to withdraw, DuI hll-
new remained firm His friends backed
/ him up. Well, we were buAolhS
road down that way, and every man
I that was on the payroll was N
structed not to trade at kinney s
! Store The road was run up to within
100 feet of Kinney'S store and there II
was stopped. The ring broke kinney.
! Broke him financially, and TINS IS What
| il intended TO do when he would mol
| draw down If I am elected TO the
/ office there will be no boycott ru1
/ on anyone"
| p. V. Bowden. candidate for county
| Judge on the anti-ring ticket, said tn2i
he had been fighting the ring Tor IouI
| wears. and that it had done everything
I to him that it had to W B. ware
/ chairman of the Democratic executive
committee, but put him IN jail. Iney
had Ware up to the door OF the jan
the speaker said In one election, the
! speaker said, in going to one OF
/ the voting polls on Overland street
he passed nine siE-ShOOUerS- he as
sured them that the election this year
would be safe, and every man Wou!u
/ know that when he cast his vote II
would go the way he intended II
should
Calls Brfdgers Talking DOLL
Billy Bridgers said something about
Dan Jackson lacking the ability 70
fill the office he is running for, said
I Mr.. Bowden Now, Billy BridSers Is
only the talking doll for the ring.
| They Just wind him up, and Billy
saws for the bosses just what he IS
told to say. They have to wind him