El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-08
# DIVORCE FL PAsO From THE PUBLIC
CORPORATIONS" URGEGITZEH SPEAKERS
Final Plea to Voters Is Made Pioneer Plaza Monday
Night and People Are Urged to Get Out From I'm
der the Whiphand of the Boss and Purify Local
Politics. Cheering browns Ring Band Noise.

the fourth was built by LeBarOn, and
the fifth by Todd which passed east
of the Kelly ditch and worked all
I'm the summer Of 1912" Mr. Ste
vens said, "Nunn surveyed and built
a corrugated pipe line 2OO0 rect long
to the Rio Grande south of the wire
less towers. This is now in use and
is a good one. These bitches cost
$4,000 Do you call that eXtrava-
gance2 The city he declared pays
$3.50 a month for legal talent There
is the city attorney at $3.50; the as
Sistaut city attorney NOlney Brown,
$780, R. C. Walshe, $780, a total OF
$500 a year. How much does
Burgess get? On, yes, 1 forgot
the assistant mayor, Jim Conklin. He
is working on the night SHIFT at $50
a month. To show you how efficient
Jim is he was out in san francisco
one time. Jim got hold OF the news
paper, and was looking on the sheet
containing the ship news. Jim was
looking at ii upside down. Gee, he
said. they must nave had a--of a
storm on the coast, look at ali OF
these boats they were turned upside
The auditors, Mr.. stevens stated.
made a. private report to the may OF,
and this he said could not be obtained
Turning to Mr.. Dick he said that he
hoped he would ask for this report
Mayor Kelly and Gambling.
Mr.. Stevens said that he had talked
to mayor Kelly about gambling in FL
PasO and that the mayor considered
II good thing for the town. sam
Rowan was running gambling game
over the First National bank,-and /
hope he is here in this crowd to hear
me Mr.. Goen went to the mayor and
told him about It The mayor said
that he was mighty glad to hear about
such things, and was glad Mr.. GOen
nau come to him. He would see about
II. The next day Rowan moved He
moved over 10 hotel and started his
game there. Mr. GOen went to the
mayor again. The mayor said again
that he was mighty glad to have peo-
pie tell him these things. he would
look into il. Rowan moved again. de
opened gambling at another hotel.
- II can't tell you about the red light
district Mr. stevens said, because
that comes up before the grand jury.
but the things YOU hear there about
il would make you sick.
4 have known the Times for %
years and I have never known it TO
stand for what was right. They are
the friends of gamblers. of the races
and bull fights They would like TO
have the races on this side
As for the management Of the city
schools. Mr. Stevens said that he had
no complaint to make He said the
present school board started in with
q debt Of 100000. and was bringing
the schools out.
Mr. stevens read an affidavit by c.
W Am bersOn in which it was stated
that the latter without authorizing
anyone to secure his poll tax was told
that he had one at Tom Walkers
place. 2121E Broadway. 1t was stated
in the affidavit that ANDERSON went
to the office Of NJ G. Shedd and called
W alkers place, and was told that he
could have his poll tax by coming to
that place Affiant visited Walkers
place. and was let into Il by Jap
anese who first looked through a peep
hole to see who il was. A number
of poll tax receipts the affidavit went
on to state. were taken out Of the
cash register and one handed to the
Gfnant Two girls were IN the saloon,
the afflant said. and while he did not
know them he said that he could iden-
Cify them. A man called Red was also
there, it was stated.
Putnam on. King Policy.
on one side declared G. =. Put
nam, we have decent people. and on
the other. Salvini is one. Lew Vidal
is another. and Bill Burgess. There is
one policy Of the ring that always
amuses me Whenever they have a
fight, they always save their biggest
liars for the last night.
Mr.. Putnam said that five. years ago
he resigned from the public schools
because he saw that IL would be made
unpleasant Tor him inasmuch as It
be run on a nOn-political basis. His
successor he declared was finally fired
because ne told the truth when he
put the schools sSO.O0O in debt. The
tax payers, Mr. Putnam said were
making this up
OF FL PasO for a number Of years, and
entitled to vote, contrary to what the
ring said. Dr.. F. p. Miller. spoke a
little Chinese and said he learned ii
after coming here with his father and
mother in 1881.
C. L. Vowel believed in the citizens
being free to vote and express their
opinions.
Mr.. Dick was welcomed with an
ovation lasting several minutes. He
promised to give the citizens the best
business administration he knew how
if elected. Before deciding to head
the Citizens ticket he stipulated that
he would not pledge himself to any
one, and that promise he had kept.