El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-11

I this one if IL beats me / promise w,
I I will move that redlight within tbc
] first month of my mcumbency NoT-
! my bread and butter in this Commit,
! is to depend upon my reputation for
/ truth and veracity; I am willing ~
! stake my reputation upon nv Ii2,i7o,
1 up to that promise.
viii the ring, or my opponent. make
/ such a promise with reference to A.
redlight? No. They cannot. '--e
Bosses and RedIights.
DO you remember when judea Ra,
Lindsey of Denver, made an address
/ here a few months ago? On thai 0c
casion judge Lindsey, in no uDcar+oi,
terms, told you the evil of the DoIi+icai
boss BOssism will not tolerate bo1sst
effort that makes for moralitv-boss-
ism and morals are like oil ana vva+a7
! The FL PasO politicians but initiate the
big fellows in our larger cities TIL
New Orleans: One man, Tom Andersen,
owns and controls the redlight +bero
and Tom Anderson was one of the bio
geSt bosses in that city. In C.hft.ae-5,
.Bathhouse' John is another example Of
a leading political light and brotbeI-
owner. In New York. McGurk was an
other den proprietor and politician
and. last but not least FL PasO has
fallen into line. All of which but en-
to corruption and vice, the more sue
ceSsful are political bosses.
"The Quorum of One.,
1.-The anti-ring stands for the abo
litiOn Of the tyranny from which men.
women and children are suffering in
FL PasO tOday-the tyranny of the
minority-the quorum which consists
of one man; that minority which acts
as though it had a first mortgage on
Ell PasO, while the rights of the peO-
pie were merely an unsecured debt
There is no need for me to 20 into
q .
show how many times the real gov
eminent lies in the hands of the boss
protected from the commands of the
voters by his puppets in office and the
power Of patronage Do you know thu
the ring is stranglng in its hands the
hope of FL PasO, the fate of the coming
years, and shame and disgrace will be
yours if in YOUR eye the light of high
dust the golden hopes of these men who
tonight are striving for a civic rebirth
in our city and cOunty?"
"The Bill of ParticuIars.y
Charles owen. candidate for the
legislature, said that the ring at its
first meeting demanded a bill of par
ucuIars, and following that the ants
at the initial meeting in the new head
quarters, had delivered it. After this,
ne said that the ring held an indigna-
ton meeting in the saith district court
room, and there Billy Bridgers made
do any mudslinging. Billy said" Mr..
Owen continued, that they would
sweep aside all sham and subterfuge,
and with that Bill landed with both
teet on the Turkish rugs he said were
in Ike's office.
In giving them our bill of particu-
lars, the speaker went on, 1--WE sang
the funeral requiem Of the ring crowd,
and told them d few things that they
thought the people had forgotten. We
Of
got $4,000 of the peoples money for /
lndexing county books, in opposition 1
TO the ruling Of the supreme court We /
also reminded them of the ring men 1
who own property on Broadway.
Laws Too Complicated.
I am informed that there will be /
introduced in the next legislature a 4
bill to reform the judiciary. Amend |
ing the laws which are so absurd and !
so technical, that a poor man cannot /
indulge in the luxury of a law suit 1
This comes on the recommendation of
the American Bar association, and will /
do away with all these appeals, and /
reVersals. The corporations will Op-
pose it because they can now get q
man into court and keep the case there Z
for so many years that it will starve !
him out propose to make this county (
an energetic and responsible repre-
sentative and / viii always be found 4
on the firing line doing my duty.
an SOLllS GOWN 10 the legislature
TO amend that law which provides that I
A county tax assessor or collector
found issuing fraudulent poll tax re-
selpts shall be fined I want it to read
hat he shall be sent to the peniten-
iary.
The time has come when the
ring does not have to ask for your
7ote; it can demand it,
Paving Affairs Attacked.
He referred to the city charter which
lie said was drawn by Richard Burgess,
lis opponent in the race for the legis-
AZURE. The speaker said that the char
er gave the city the right to ask for
lids for certain work that was con- ! I
emplated, and by the charter was I
given the right to accept or reject
ny bid that ii saw fit. He referred (
o the incident of the paving of Ari- {
Ona street. The bids he said were to I
be submitted before 10 o'clock on a
ertain morning. The Bitulithic Paw
ng company. ne said, submitted its
id at the proper time. but at 1 o'clock
n the last day of grace, he said, an
ther paving company put in its bid
his, he stated. was accepted. although 7
he rule about the time had been viO-
ated-
Then the matter was held up for 5