El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-13

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and to ascertain the truth inc records
of the courthouse are open, the oIIlclals
county and district are prepaIeQ 70
| answer your questions, ana IIe cllIle ,
I ship of the county IS invited 10 make
I its own Investigation
Ring Enlarged the Post.
"O1fr organization has been repre-
scented in every movement Tor the up
! building of the city and county. WRen
public movements were star leu, tuey
have aided with their error IIoIts anu tileIa
money. They have attended conESnIICHs
in order to secure them Tor HI faSO.
| They have attended irrigation con-
crosses and fought FL PaSo oallIes IN
/ behalf of the Elephant Butte dam
They have been represented at
WASHINGTON. and have been succeSS1ul
in procuring the enlargement OF Fort
/ Bliss They secured the friendship
I Of governor COlquitt and ne mas gwen
special attention to Fl Faso PIOo-
lens and we are making return Dy
standing by him now. Our opponents
. don't dare say where they stand as
TO COlquitt and Ramsey. we are AOI
NJ. w, Stanton.
Aatis Are Anti everything
They say they are anti every thlnS.
We agree with them. Anu means
against. and by their conduct, they
show themselves TO be against II
Paso-against clean campaign meth
ods-for anything to catch votes.
The men composing our orSanlza-
ton have been called a ring, and II
daring to recommend men worthy OIL
your approval and assisting each other
in such way as we can IN the per
Torrance Of duties, and endeaEoI4
thus to better serve the public inter-
ests, constitutes a ring, then we are
a ring. We are also opposed by
ring-a ring bossed by Ike Alderete'
and having as its chief spokesman
NJ. W. Stanton
yesterday I asked 2. man if he had
aaf i'm
He said, yes, that he heard NJ W.
Stanton sermOnizing on political NOR
ality and civic righteousness
wasn't surprised for 1 remembered
when NJ. w. Stanton posed as an eA-
pert on aviation.
Reforms tAccompIished-He Says
Their speakers have had much 10
say about my opposing the ring IN
one municipal campaign Ihey seem
to forget that back in those days ana
preceding them, the present Alderete
ring leaders, Isaac Alderete, Dan N;
Jackson. Tom Lea, Victor Moore and
NJ. w. Stanton were prominent Iihs
leaders. and that most of the reforms
/ sought were accomplished during
the term OF office of my then oppon-
ent. and when 1 sought reforms no
candidate on the present Alderete tich-
ct publicly raised his voice IN their
advocacy. As citizens they sought no
reforms. As office seekers they have
much to say in criticism and abuse
I'VE arc For YOU
But, my friends though We may
criticise some, we are not mere 10
preach a doctrine of hate. We are here
TO build I'D FL Paso not tear it down
Under the present administration, the
city and county has prospered ana
prOspered wonderfully We nave
tried to aid in securing that pros
perity. We are trying to keep the
people of El Paso united We do not
wish them divided in bitterness Inc
prosperity of the people OF TINS cry
is more important thar the political
success or failures of any man or set
Of men. We are for FL Paso-city ana
county-first, last and all the time.
May her citizens increase in prosperity
and her sons abound in happiness
County Judges Speech.
County judge A. 5. J. Eylar began
with a few preliminary remarks about
mud-Slinging, regretung II was playing
such a prominent part in the campaign,
and then said:
In various forms the proposition has
been stated and restated in this cam
paign that the commissioners court has
been building roads for the benent or It's
political frieuGs. To this accusation, on
behalf of the commissioners court, /
gladly plead guilty. The commissioners
have built roads for the benent OF their
political friends and for the beneht or
their political enemies. They have
built roads that have benefited { l.
Kelly and also John Wyatt and Zacn
this valley. some of whom are against
and some for US. Doubtless these speak
ers for the opposition would have the
public believe, had they been in our
places. they would have never in
dulged in such corrupt practices. They
would have been above it. They would
have kept their honor clean of the dirt
and dust of road building. They would
have built no roads. In this way they
would have retained a reputation as
as the old chuck-hole
trail that used to run from here to
Ysleta-
The Fort Bliss Road.
They say the commissioners started
to build the new Fort Bliss road
through some addition owned by some
ring man. Why such statements are
made is incOnceivable- There was some
talk that a proposition might be made
to the commissioners to consider an
other route than the one selected, but 1t
was not even presented to the consld-
a force of from Is to 20 men has been at
work on the new Fort Bliss road All
the people living in that part Of the
city know this and all the people of FL
PasO know this who are interested IN
this road and have sufficient inteli-
gence to know what is being done.
And so l might take up other state
ments about this county's road policies,
statements equally silly as those Just
mentioned, but they are not worthy Of
reply nor Of sufficient Importance to
waste time discussing The sensible
people on the other side no more in
dorse this foolish talk than do you and
], and 1 mention ii merely as an index
Of the caliber of some of the candidates
running for office in this county this
July.
The County Road.
The new road from FL PasO to GSleta.
was built over the old county road, and
from Ysleta it went to Fabens in an air
line, straight as an arrow, splitting the
valley in the middle, so that those on
both sides might equally enjoy its ben
efits. The main road should run
the heart of the valley and
both sides should be connected with it
by cross roads and loop roads, and
plans are now being made for this
I have never INDUCED in the prac-
tice of speaking about myself but as
matter Of personal privilege, in reply to /
statements made, 1 wish TO state that ii |
takes some determination to run road I
straight through a valley turning |
neither to the right nor left Every one |
wants the road built his way. Build I
a road to please your friends and it /
would be as crooked as a dogs hind leg, /
it would go nowhere in particular and (
serve but few.
Guarding County Finances. I
Speaking again to this question of I
personal privilege, when this county 4
was organized. it started business on a !
cash basis. Then there came time, J
and many here remember it, when ]
county ScriD was worth but so cents on {