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

tary Of states office" had refused to
protect them
But it was when dealing with Charles
owen, candidate for the legislature,
against his brother, R. F. Burgess, that
Mr.. Burgess was at his best He reviewed
the speech Owen had made the previous
night and his criticism of this address
and of Owens attack upon his brother
and other candidates was severe Al
though Mr. Burgess did not know It,
Owens was in the crowd, near the
speakers stand. and when Mr. Burges
said: Il ask you Observation-Disclosures
if he believes as you do?' Mr. owen
answered: Il do. VIII. and you know it.
No, I don't" Mr.. Burgess shouted at
the speaker. I have only the name
OF the man who should know and he
said you were a prohibitionist-"
This was the big minute of the meet
ing The crowd rubbered TO see who
had interrupted. and when it was seen
that it was the opposition candidate to
whom Mr.. Burgess referred, the men on
the platform and the crowd shouted
Give it to him, WILL and VIII pro-
ceeded to give it to him"
The meeting lasted until after II
o'clock and, although a number left
early a large part Of the crowd re-
manned until the finish.
Park Pitman acted as chairman Of
the meeting and delivered the keynote
speech of the evening. He said that
this was one of the most remarkable
political campaigns that ever molested
FL Paso and FL PasO county for the
fact that the faction opposing the ring
stood for nothing. He said that the
ring" faction stood for FL PaSO. anti
prohibition. and for Colquitt for re-
election, the first governor who found
is headed by Dan Jackson for district
judge, has no candidate for governor
and is put out by political pirates with
no head and mighty lot Of tail he
says.
He then introduced Joseph NJ. Nealon.
candidate for district judge against
Dan Jackson
Applause For Cobb.
AS Nealon started to speak. the
applause from the Cobb meeting in
the speakers stand. Nealon referred to
the anti-ring as the 'Alderete" ticket
throughout his speech and said that the
campaign against the ring" had been
carried on by bunch of criminal law
yers adopting the methods usually used
in defence of guilty men. He said that
they had promised much but nothing
definite. He said that the speakers
had made light of judge Eylar's name
and the speaker criticised this as IN
patriotic. He said that they had criti-
cised judge Eylar for building so miles
of road in the valley This road had
been built straight through the valley,
I he said, for which the county judge
( had been criticised because he did not
build a crooked road past a Socorro
saloon. The county judge had been
criticised. he said. for lowering the
county tax rate This, he took to mean
that they would raise the taxes. They
had also criticised judge Eylar for
building bridges. This Nealon said,
meant to him that they would build no
I bridges.
Defends Pitman and Kelly.
Nealon referred to Park Pitman as
his friend and neighbor. who had
lived in FL Paso for 20 years and had
been endorsed eight times in the cleo
tions. He went into the details of the
| indeXing matter saying that the best
attorneys. including Bates Mcfarland
and W. W. Turney had declared, after
examination of the law, that the trans
action was legal. He said that the
anti-rins had dared to infer that the
mayor, who was working himself to