El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-29
The Rally in the Courthouse
Brings Out Spirited De-
malls of Anti Charges.

Characterizing the anti ticket the
'Alderete ring ticket the ring Friday
night, in the 34th district court room, ran
the second heat in the political race,
which from all indications IS growing
more tense as the DAYS 90 by and the
July primaries approach.
The ants at the formal opening OF
their headquarters, 115 North Stanton
street, Thursday night. apparently said
things which the ring did not Ike. and
this was brought out Friday night. That
Is some of It was-the matter about the
sewage disposal plant, and the ''reserva-
ton" the ring considered were proper
considerations for the city administra-
ton, and such things could be adludI-
Gated when the city election comes on
next spring
Bv actual count there were 240 pres
ent, including Is city employees, ten
county officials. and Is MeXicanss and
these cheered the ring on.
Judge w. N. COldwell took the chair,
and started the ball rolling. During his
speech preparatory to introducing the
speakers of the evening. Joe Nealon,
candidate for iudgeship of the 34th dis
trict court, came into the room, and was
piven an ovation lasting several minutes.
Nealon Is First Speaker.
Mr.. Nealon was the first speaker, and
he spoke as follows:
''Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens, the
issues are now being made up and the
lines well drawn. The people of Fl Paso
Will soon be called upon to decide wheth-
er they viii leave their county govern
ment in the hands of tried and faithful
servants who have administered 1t hon
estly and carefully IN the past, or
whether they viii entrust it to a new
movement which shows much of promise
= h. L-r4 ~ h-Ta
beneath.
4 viii occupy your time a few min
utes in discussing the situation. I shall
not attempt to compete with the per-
Torrance reported as having occurred
in another quarter last night. 1 have
never believed that the ability to in
dulge in SANDER and mud-slinging was
one of the qualifications necessary to be
possessed by a district Judge. 1 shall,
therefore. not indulge in these practices.
Replies to Two Charges.
eve have in our county a splendid
model of prOprietv and for such an Of
ficer in the conduct of our district Judge,
and present candidate for reelection, hon
orable A. NJ. WalthaIi. And upon this
occasion [ prefer to follow his example
of dignified decOrum. I must however,
reply to two charges reported to have
been made last night. The first in
vOlTed my own personal and professional
integrity. The second, as l interpret
it. is an attack upon the integrity of
the grand Jury, which completed Its Ia
bors today.
The first charge was that after &C
cepting employment and compensation
from a client, with reference to the res
ervation' matter, 1 received the nOmin-
alton for district attorney and then
failed to perform the duty, for when
| had been retained. The author II the
charge ought to have known that 1t was
untrue. I was engaged as to that SER
vice after receiving the nomination, and
when l was a Democratic candidate for
district attorney. Every service rem
dered IN the course OF that employment
was rendered after | received that nOm-
nation, and every service requested by
nv clients was performed. ana they nave
vet to make their first complaint 10 me.
'The second charge reported was that
the Indictment which was recently re-
turned against a candidate on the So
called anti ring ticket was a matter of
politics. L viii merely state the facts ::
The soldier who made the complaint
was brought to me by the county attOr-
neY. who suggested that the fair way
to deal IN the matter for all concerned
was to submit it to the grand Jury Tor
investigation. [ told the person accused
that the complaint had been made AMI
advised him of the final hearing and
that he could be present and bring such
witnesses as he wished. He did have
his witnesses there and they were all
examined before the grand jury. The
foreman of the grand jury, \. H. Car
son, IS present. l ask YOU, Mr.. Carson,
if this statement Is not correct. (AIr
Carson answered that it was). The gen
tlemen composing that grand jury pres
ent when the Indictment was found were
! n. Il. Carson. Bert Ramsey W. B. Lattai