El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-25
SWAT THE RING
At THE POLLS
SATURDAY
Ring Control Means Politics
in Schools, Redlight Dis
trict, High Water Rates.
ANYTHING PLATFORM
CLEAN GOVERNMENT
No more ring rule.
No more Henry KeIlyism.
No more chronic Officeholdjng.

No more chronic Officeholding.
Cessation of the practice of issuing
Illegal polltax receipts to men known
TO be favorable to the organization.
Removal Of the rednght reservation
from the business district where wom-
en- and children are forced to pass
through its noXious atmosphere going
to and from their homes.
No more construction of county
roads by county officials for the i'm
provement Of their upper and lower
valley lands.
No more real estate syndicates with
officeholders as silent partners assist
ing TO put over the scheme for selling
the county and city property in order
10 increase the value of their own
properties.
No more politics in the public schools
and control OF the school board by the
ring who dictate its policies and ap-
pOintments.
A complete auditing of all city and
county books at frequent intervals and
no whitewashing reports covering up
glazing deficiencies.
The operation of public utilities for
the people and not for the ring The
reduction Of water rates for small con-
sumers to a minimum by means of
efficient management of the water
office.
The purchase of the best supplies for
the city and county, not from stores
owned by Officeholders and bosses, but
from the lowest bidders
Elimination Of the gang OF petty
grafters who have been living without
working from the city and county
treasury.
No more corruption funds to buy the
elections and prevent the people from
ruling. No slush funds to control the
Mexican vote. Let the people rule.
No more bossism, no more Abe Reuf-
ism, no more Tanumany hall methods
in county and city affairs as have been
praeticed by the ring and the ring
gang for years
The Peoples Platform.
These are a few Of the platform
principles upon which the anti-ring
CANDIDATES are standing and upon
which they viii be elected. The issue
ring-and the people are rallying
around the standards Of their advo-
Gates and against the ring domination
Of local affairs
Bosses no longer have a place in the
political life Of any community. If
81 Paso expects to take its place
among the well governed cities and
counties of the country the bosses must
be voted down next Saturday, again
next spring and until every one is
eliminated.
Henry Kelly must go. His petty and
personal dictation of the affairs of
both city and county has existed too
long. He has made the mistake of ap-
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which all bosses have found to be
fatal His acts are before the people
and his methods OF boss rule have
been condemned and viii be eliminated
next Saturday when an overwhelming
vote will be cast against him and
against the men he has selected to fill
the offices Of the county Just as he
has selected the officeholders for the
city for years
Park Pitmanism.
Chronic officeholding is economical
" bad for any community This has
been proved true in every large city
in the United States. The chronic
assumes the attitude that the office
was created for him. and not for the
people To have a healthy administra-
ton rotation in office must be prac- /
ticed- Park Pitman has been in office
20 years He owns the office of coun-
ty clerk. Because of this long tenure
of office he has taken money for do
ing work which should have been done
by him as part Of his official duties.
There is one Of the direct results Of
chronic officeholding-
Alleged PoIItax Receipts.
Because the ring believed itself all
powerful and that the offices belonged
to them by right of conquest they dare
to issue Illegal polltax receipts to men
who were known to be right with the
ring. These politax receipts were
issued without the payment Of any
polltaXes and were distributed by the
ring henchmen where they would do
the most good and sometimes two re-
ceipts to same person The anti-ring
condemns this practice, The result Of
long tenure IN office. 1t demands q
law making this ilegality a crime
under the statutes. Positive proofs Of
this practice have been repeatedly sub