El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-24
RING DISCUSSES
POLITICAL ISSUE
Highland Parkers to the
Number of 30 Listen
to Speakers.

County political issues were dis
cussed by regular. sOcalled ring, or
ganization" speakers at the Highland
Park fire station Tuesday night IN
the presence Of a crowd of 81 sub
urbanites, and five firemen.
The meeting was a get back" at
the anti ring crowd who invaded the
highlands last week and held a meet
ing IN d defunct grocery store. The
fire wagon and team vacated the fire
station TO permit the paramount is
sues of the present campaign to be
discussed by the representatives Of the
the ring socalled- Funeral chairs
had been sent out earlier In the even
ing and these furnished seats for the
Highland Parlzers who attended the
meeting, together with a number OF
the faithful who journeyed up the hill
TO hear the speakers plead Tor the
cause of the ring ana its candidates.
Z, B. Elfers presided and also made
the long distance speech of the meet
ing John Il. Harper and Percy Nc
Chez also spoke. In introducing Mr..
Harper, chairman Elfers said that the
ants had held a similar meeting IN
the park last week and that the ring
men thought that 1t was only fair that
the organiza tiOn side should be given
a hearing This was fair statement
Of the case and this same fairness
marked the entire meeting, as no per-
soialities were INDUCED IN by the
speakers. and where the opposing
a fairness that won favorable audi
ence for them from the crowd present
John Harper First Speaker.
M Harper, the first speaker, salo
that in the whole county, the poll
teal question was one of men, which
OF the men on the two tickets were
best fitted for office He asked who
had selected the candidates on the
anti ring ticket. The two qual1f1ca-
tions for a man to hold office Mr..
9
fled TO fill the office and IS he cap
able of making a sincere, earnest et-
fort TO please the pubhc2 Every man
on the ring ticket will stand this
criticism on these two points III say
that / belong to the ring II by that,
is meant the organized effort 10 put
out the best men Tor the oI1lces 70
be filled II means something TO hold
office I have held office and 1 know
He is a slave and you are his bosses.
The only thing in this whole business
is, who are the best men for the OF
fices2 I will tell you that the best
morally wholly, but the best men Tor
the offices. are on the ring ticket
Chairman EIfers Talks.
Chairman Elfers followed M
Harper's talk with an eNtenaed az
dress on the various candidates, men
tionine unfavorably Dan Jackson, Ike
Alderete, and Richard Burgess taVor-
ably as the men who he did ana u4o
not support he compared SoS -NSa--oLi
and Dan Jackson as attorneys ana
prospective judges to the detrlment OF
Jackson in all but criminal cases as
a criminal lawyer Dan jackson, Win
the single exception Of Vic Moore, has
no equal at this bar" Elfers said.
But more than half Of the business
of the saith district court IS civil Dus-
mess and thousands of dollars are IN
volved in civil suits. This requires
a wide knowledge OF the civil law
That Dan Jackson has not. Nealon IS
the best all around lawyer at this par
There may be better criminal lawyers
and better civil lawyers. But they are