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

fight that Amarillo made to have the
court established there, and how, when
he wired to FL PasO for a committee
to come to Austin to assist in having
the bill put through that the mem
bers of the ring went there. Tho
citizens of Amarillo when they saw
that they were going to lose the court
rather than lost il altogether, Joined
hands with FL PasO, and worked with
them until the bill was passed, the
senator said
Kelly and the Governor.
When the bill had passed the leGisla-
ture,' the senator went on, and II
hung there suspended, waiting for the
veto Of the governor, c. Z. Kelly
your mayor, came to Austin twice
and he went in to see the governor
who was a personal friend, and got
him to sign the bill. Those are the
members of the ring, if you will
(Mr. heu also had some business
with the governor relative to who
would be the judges AR Hudspeth
passed thaD-
ut can't be such a bad organiza-
ton. Look at your 60 miles Of paved
roads, more than any other county
in the state, not excepting Dallas
county" After paying a tribute to
judge Eylar, the speaker denOminated
the ants as a ring he said that ne
understood five men prepared the
ticket and named the candidates, and
for this reason he could see no diff
ference between the ring. and the
anti ring.
yet there are cries about your boy
and my boy being able to run for
tain permission" the speaker asserted.
There was no mass meeting, and the
people had no voice in the selection
of the anti ring candidates that I
can see.
Politics Won With COIqUitt.
Another reason why I am with the
ring said the senator. sis because
II is the only organization in FL Paso
that has had the courage to come out
and nail to the mast head its choice
for governor of the state. And it has
nailed the banner of the man who has
been the best friend that western
Texas, particularly FL Paso, has ever
had. I know when 1t came to the
signing of the bill creating the eighth
court of civil appeals here, governor
COlQuitt told me personally that there
was a doubt about its being a good
thing on account of the expense at
tached to the court, but he said, that
as El PasO had stood by him during
the last election, he would absOlve
all doubt about the matter by sign
ing the bill
Ramsey for Prohibition
The senator said that as sure as
Ramsey was elected, there would be
statutory prohibition within six
months. He said that Ramsey, in his
opening campaign address at Dallas
stated that he did not consider the
voice of the people had been needed
in the last prohibition election, and he
would favor submitting it to them
again The speaker declared that Ram
sey was ex-governor CampbelIs man,
and he added that everyone knew how
the ex-governor stood on the prOpo-
sitiOn OF prohibition.
Ramsey is in favor of the closing
law; he is in favor Of having. a law
making it prohibitory to establish a
saloon within 10 miles Of school or
church house, and fOrbidding the
drinking of liquor on the premises" the
senator declared. Z know Ramsey
and L know the men who are behind
this campaign. Elect him and you will
have statutory prohibition when the
first legislature cOnveneS. The mem
bers of the next legislature are going !
to be prohibitionists.
The senator said that judge Eylar
was one of the best county judges and
men in the state, and as for Park Pit
man he was the best county clerk in /
the state, and then paid tributes to
other ring candidates. He stated that
he had never found where the organt-
Zation had been unfriendly to organ
a good friend of the laboring man.
Kelly Explains and Denies.
Mayor c. E Kelly said: Gentlemen,
you all know that this is a little out
of my line, and / would not now be
before you if it was not for this rea-
son: Two nights ago a man made a
statement connecting me with matters
I want to explain to you. 1 would
not be here if you were old citizens
like J. A. Smith, but Charles Owen has
been here two years. and there are
others who came here about the same
time. These do not know me, and that
is the reason why I am speaking at !
this time. If they were old citizens
here it would not be necessary for me
to speak.
The other night owen brought up
the matter about the Arizona street I
paving He said that the Texas Btu
lithic company's bid was in at 10
o'clock the morning the bids were ad-
vertised for and that the Petrolithic
cOmpany's bid was at 4 o'clock, which
was too late. Both bids were in at
10 o'clock that morning. Both bids
were opened, and both filed at the |
same time, on February IS. Some might /
say he lied-that he was an Infamous I
liar-but I will not use the term. I /
viii say that he was mistaken. If he I
had taken the trouble to go to the city /
hall and look the matter UP, he could !