El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20


campaign of vltuperatlonj several OF
| them had made attempts to align them
/ selves with the ring, 1t was charged, but
ended up by doing the disappearing
act"
Ware, lack COBB and jackson, they
steered clear OF the waterworks PROPOSE
| ton, and the question OF the removal OF
| the reservation which the ants have
| been urging as political thunder.
Only once was the water question men-
toned. W. w. Bridgers, candidate for
district attorney, did it. He said that
the ants had made the assertion that
/ the people of Ell Paso were getting string
! beans instead of water, and intimated
/ that this was a bad advertisement for
| the city. That was the end of the water
matter.
With the approach Of the primaries on
| July %, the candidates on both tickets
have thrown themselves into the political
| fray and are doing without sleep to at
tend the political gatherings which are
being held nightly.
In point of public meetings, the ants
! slipped one over on the ring by securing
| Cleveland square first, but the ring came
! back with the meeting Friday night. and
| the announcement that another public
meeting would be held at that place on
J the night o. july 26, the day preceding
the primaries. The ants will have theirs
the night before, and lack Cobb viii
speak there for the ants on Monday
night.
The Merrill Matter.
CITY attorney W. NJ. Coldwell, who
presided. prefaced his first introduction
| bv a reference to the Merrill admins
tration of long ago and a personal de-
fence of the one time city collector,
whom. he said, had been tradueed by
former beneficiaries in the present cam
paign. Merrill, he said, had made trouble
for himself by being lenient with his
friends He said Merrill was not a Demo-
craft but Republican, and that he would
not have taken up the matter If the rec
ord of the dead man had not been at
tackled.
Mr.. Coldwel then introduced W. W.
Turney, referring to him as a man, who
but for geographical reasons, might have
been governor of the state.
Turney Speaks.
Mr.. Turney began by saying that he
was not appearing in the role OF a can
didate for office, either for mayor, gov
ernor, legislature or any other office.
He stated that he was there in defence
of the good name of the city of FL Paso
and the county, because he felt that it
had been DETAINED by members of the
"anti-ring' party. He added that he
was also there in defence of those who
for the last few months had been ma
ligned and accused of breaking every law
of the land. In this connection he stated
that not less than 100 men could be
found in the county who would willingly
volunteer to refute the charges that had
been made by the ants against these
same men.
Is a Strong Booster.
81 have Travelled throughout the
breadth of this state and country" the
| sneaker declared, "and the proud boast
of nv life has always been that Ell Paso
had the best climate. the best people
and the best county officials ever saw.
"There are some people. l grant you"
continued the speaker, "but very lew,
who are willing to denounce these men
| throughout the country so that they
I themselves might get into office; men
who are better than they If they lived
1000 years"
Mr.. Turney granted to every man, rich
or poor, the right to aspire and run for
him was that the sspirant make the race
on his own merits, go before the people,
and tell the truth.
Il have not attended political meet
ing for a month" asserted Mr.. Turney.
'40f course l have read reports of them,
heard what people have said about them,
and L began to wonder II the people had
changed; if the elections could be con
troled by $4,000, as has been reported
nightly; if the county officials trusted
bv us for years had turned dishonest.
The conclusion was that there might be
men so hungry and greedy for the jobs
possessed by Others that they would
make any charge to get the office"
A Puzzle, He Says.
Mr.. Turney said he was unable to ex-
plain why the ants, after they had de-
clared no one could run for office, unless
they had Kellys o. K. had a full ticket
in the field. He said that during the
years he had lived in Ell Paso no less than
Is or 30 tickets similar to the anti-ring
ticket had sprung up with Just about
that same sort of a plant, and all of
them went down in defeat because there
was nothing and nobody to back them
up.
81 read in the paper" Mr.. TUrney
went on to say, shat / was to answer
judge Goggin and the arguments he pre-
scented to the people on this stand.
had a transcript prepared of all he said,
and I admit to you that 1 was called
upon to answer the judge.
Judge 4T0ggln IS one OF Jlle DeoI OAIi
zens, one of the best lawyers and one OF
the best Judges FL Paso county ever had.
In addition to that he is one OF the
most honest men that Ell Paso county
ever had. For 20 years he has been my
friend"
Mr.. Turney then gave illustrations
whereby he showed that the judges at
titude towards the ring men in office
during the IL years the judge was in
office was an endorsement.
Judge Goggins's Power.
''The district judge in any district in |
Texas" said Mr.. Turney, "can suspend !
anyone for malfeasance in office. 1t |
cannot be said that judge Goggin had !
no one to help him. He told you that !
while he was in office in Fl Paso that !
there was only one man in office who +,
was incorruptible, unimpeachsble, and he !
mentioned only one man on the anti I
ring ticket. That man was Ed. Bryant. !
There you had judge and a sheriff at !
all times in office to correct any crimes |
or malfeasanee of office. Yet did he !
fire anybody Did he ever have the |
grand jury inquire into any case of NAL !
feasance in office? What is the answeri |