El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20
TO The VOTERS Of
FL PASO AND Gull
BERSON COUNTIES

am a candidate for district attorney
On anti-ring ticket and desire to pre-
sent some Of the reasons which prompt
ed me to enter this contest In the
first place 1 fully appreciate the OPP
position any one will encounter who
Gares offer for office unless he does
sc at the request and with the sane
ton of the ring and the boss" But
believing this to be a free country IN
which any one may aspire TO office and
have a desire to serve the pubic, l
became a candidate without asking
the consent Of any man or set Of men
and submit my claim to a free people
l am opposed to ring rule or boSSism in
politics, whether it exists in New York,
Cincinnati, san Antonio or FL Paso5
because, IN my judgment, II destroys
worthy ambition, FOR the incentive to
tit oneself Tor puonc service would
be destroyed If you knew the posi-
bility of holding office depended upon
the whim, caprice or personal pref
ness or qualifications that would in
sure you popular favor. Then, too, ring
rule viii inevitably produce careless
ness in regard to the wishes Of the
please and answer to the boss" or
bosses while the people are expected
to support the candidate and only the
candidate offered by the ring / be-
lieve such a condition exists in El Paso
and FL Paso county ! DO not believe
that it should longer be permitted to eX-
list The only effective way to accomplish
this is to elect the entire ant-rinS
ticket and, while 1 am anxious to be
elected your district attorney, I am
equally anxious for the success Of our
whole ticket This would be a plain
and positive announcement by the good
people of this county that, being free
and intelligent they can select their
public servants without domination or
diCtatiOn by any man or set OF men.
Then, If the anti-ring should attempt
to become a ring, defeat them In
other words form the habit Of decisive
ly expressing your disapprOval of such
methods. If this be done, it Will be Tut
a few years till the people OF this coun-
try will have an opportunity TO select
their Officers from more aspirants than
just one selected by the ring and one
who tries to defeat him. As il is now
it would be useless to attempt to de-
feat a ring" candidate by two or
the fearless. independent citizens tc
help bring about a state of affairs
when any one and every one who
chooses may run for office and let the
pecple-not their bosses-seiect their
servants.
Having served in Grayson county in
this same capacity (for county attor-
ney in GraysOn county has same du-
ties as district attorney in FL PasO
county, for two terms, I believe that
my experience and knowledge OF the
criminal laws of Texas will enable me
to make a reasonably good district at
torney. II elected L promise to give
you a fair. impartial. energetic, honest
and faithful administration of that Of
flee. absolutely free and untrammeled
from influence or domination of any
set or click To those of you who do
not know me, 1 respectfully submit
the following statement signed by Of
ficers and eXOfficers of Grayson coun-
ty. The signers include every district
judge of that county before whom
lave practiCed. I do not ask your sup
port because am for or against any
candidate for governor. nor because 1
am for or against state wide prohibit
tom but solely upon the ground that
I can and will serve you efficiently in
the enforcement Of the law Very re-
sFectfully, c. l. Woven.