El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-23
RING RULE IS
ABE RUFF
RULE
A Vote Against the Ring Is a
Vote For Clean Govern
ment- Questions the Ring
Won't Answer.

Why does not Park Pitman return
the money to the county which he COL
lected Illegally for ind9xioS the
counly's books when the county clerks
OF other counties in Texas nave re-
turned similar collections?
Why was the scheme to sell city nan
park, a part of the court house GROUNDS
and build a combination city hall court
house and ring hangout TO boost me
ring real estate combination, dropped
just before this election?
Why is the city. controlled by the
same ring as the county. charging
double water rates when 1t has al
mitted in its local newspaper that Ins
water plant was making money!
What is this same ring, HEADED py
the mayor, going to do about the
waterworks muddle and will anything
be done before the primary .lectloh
Saturday?
VIII the supplementary report of the
auditor regarding the financial aIIaiIs
of the WaterWOrks office, reported III
the auditors original report as rotten,
be made before Saturday? (There IS
but one answer to this question:
Why is city attorney COldwen Work
ing so hard for the county ring ucket
if the city and county ring are not one
and the same2
Why is a franchise allowed to be
presented by one member of his firm
and is passed upon by himself as city
attorney
When senator" Turney spoke in de-
fence of the ring Friday night and at
tempted to answer the logical address
of Judge Goggin. who was he repre-
senting, the same privilege seekers
predatory interests and franchise seek
ers as he does in the courts and before
the council2
why didn't the county and district
attorney prosecute the Illegal poll tax
payments?
How much of the Frank Merrill prop
crty did the city attorney receive. not
as city attorney but as attorney for
Merrill in the settlement of this es-
tate?
Why was the sewage lake and the
sewage plant fizzle allowed TO become
such a nuisance that there are suits
now pending against the city because
of injury to property in the vicinity
of this monument to Henry Kelly and
his administration?
Why are the specifications of the
Arizona street paving so fixed that 1t
would be necessary for the Petrolithic
Paving company, ring owned and con-
troled, to do the work with special pat
ented machinery in order to fulfill the
requirements of the contract
Why does the city insist that the
Brady Paving company do the
paving, when a ride over the streets is
sufficient comparison between the two
pavings2
What is the record of Billy Bridgers
in office? There is no answer to this,
as he has none.
Why does the firm of Hill & Bridgers
appear as prosecuting and defending
attorneys in the justice courts?
Will the ring explain just what SER
vice Jim Conklin, extailOr, is perform
ing for the city. the amount he is paid
for these services and why his name
does not appear on the payrolls?
he oft fc frr- n q
mesa water to all water users, is not
the water fit to drink and why does it
small so loud it is not fit for domestic
use?
When. in the past five years, was the
reservoir on the mesa cleaned, i at
alp
Why is the red light district ring
owned and ring licensed, allowed 70 It-
main?
why did the ring not want judge
Goggin to run for office when he ran
and was elected2 And why did they
notify him that they would not support
him, then recall them crOol words
when judge Goggin announced that he
would run anyway
Who controls the Morning Times, and
why is one of its reporters retained
in order that everything from the
audit to the sewage disposal plant be
whitewashed in print?
Why is the county and city ring the
same?
Why is Henry Kelly?
Correct Answer.
The answer is ''BOssism- This an
swer may be applied 10 each of the
above questions and the answer is cor
rect in each instance.
The ring is on the run, the day OF the
political bosses and their tools in FL
Paso county are numbered. They are
scared and admit it to their intimate
friends. What is the answer to this?
There can be but one. The people are
determined that ring rule shall forever
end in Ell Paso county on Saturday,
July 27th. and by the same token that
government for the people and by the
people shall not perish from FL Paso
county and city. ring is an organi-
cation of men banded together for their
own personal good and gain Being
circle it is necessary to knock but one
segment of the circle out of place and
the whole scheme tOtters and falls.
That is what the anti ring is doing.
They are hammering away at the weak
points, which are as many as the grains
of sand on the seashore, and the ring.
in desperation is making an. effort to
attract attention away from the main
issues by mud singing campaign OF
personal abuse.
A vote for the ring is a continuation
of Henry Kelly's crowd in office at the
expense of the taxpayers.
A vote against the ring is vote for
clean county and city government. IN
dependent and not ring rule and the re-
tirement of the biggest detriment FL
Paso has had-the ring.
Vote for Ell Paso and against the
ring.