El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-07


from the heart OF the city.
Clean elections. fair count by
honest men of both parties whose in
teErity Is unquestIOned. Abolition of
the ring system of election control.
Lower water rates based on the
theory that the city winter works is
for the benefit OF the people and NOT
any political ring. Correct reading of
employees Of the water company and n
strict accounting of all monies han
died by this department.
Strict. business accounting of the
city offices, especially those handling
large sums of the city's money and
heavy bonding of such officials.
A monthly and annual audit Of all
city accounts by outside auditors, as
sisted by nOn-partIsan committees of
citizens who Will report direct to the
people the condition of their finances
and not 10 the Officers concerned in
order that the audit mny be edited
for publication and any shortages pro-
tected from exposure while the deIin-
quent ones are kept in office to make
up the loss.
HONESTY IN OFFICE.
Business honesty in public office and
the same principle applied which
would cause a business man to dis
charge an emplOye the minute he was
found wanting, regardless OF his poll
teal strength or alliance with any
party organization
Divorce of the city public schools
from politics forever and the subHtI-
tuition Of the merit system Election
Of school trustees from among both
parties and by nOn-partisan vote pro-
vidinE they are qualified to fill the pO-
sitiOns and are the best men obtain
able for the places
Elimination from the city's books of
the illegal and Illicit fine system
applied TO the inmates Of the res
erVaffOn district. Prohibition of any
minors, drunken men and any slum-
ming parties from the district and its
proper policing to protect inmates
from graft.
Merit system in all city offices, in
Guiding the police and fire department
and the severance Of all connection be-
tween the city hall and the police sta
ton except in matters purely eXecu-
tive and nOn-pOlitical in character.
The reconstruction Of the city jail
to be a sanitary and modern struc-
ture, not a medieval hell hole. Seq
regatIOn Of youthful prisoners from
old offenders and a juvenile court for
delinquent youths.
HONEST PAVING.
Paving for the people and not for the
paving company. The employment OF
experts TO test the various kinds Of
paving. to select the best for the least
money and see that il is laid according
to specifications and Is bonded to wear
a given number Of years.
Proper police protection in all parts
of the city to the end that no citizen
or company will he forced to hire pri-
waite police to protect their property
for which they pay taxes to have pro-
fected.
RECOGNITION OF union labor and its
right TO organize for its own good.
Fair treatment of all union officials
at any time by city officials and
full share of the city work at all times.
The same treatment for public ser
vice corporations who Will be forced
to give the citizens the best possible
service when and where asked for. NJ
more favOrs to city officials and the
elimination Of the obnoxious pass sys-
TEN of petty grating.
announcement of foreign capital to
invest here, not by wine dinners, but
by reducing the taxes by means Of an
economical administration.
square deal for all, business ad-
minIstratiOn and n clean city govern
ment for the people and by the peO-
pie.
platform upon which the candidates
of the Citizens ticket stand for cleo
ton before the people OF FL PasO at
the polls Tuesday.
business Politics.
Analyze this ticket and its accom-
panying platform. Judge both, not by
the political standards Of ii PaSO but
by the same standard which Dusl-
ness man who is paying the freight
would Judge a list of prospective en-
posed to do introduce for the good OF
the business. These candidates com
posing the Citizens ticket propose TO
give FL PasO a strictly business ad-
ministratiOn-the first in the history
of the present political ring They
do not present themselves as polltl-
clans to your consideration There IS
not a professional politician in the
bunch. Neither do they stand for cleo
ton because they are Irish, or German
or English
These things are irrelevant What
they do offer is their combined eX-
perienCe in successful business enter
prises extending over many years OF
residence in FL PasO. These men nave
made good, not as politicians but As
business 1Sen They do not offer FL
Paso a political administration as their
recommendation for election.
Citizens Ring.
But they do present platform
which is business like in its brtefness
and is not evasive in its construction.
These men stand for something and
they propose to do things when elected
rather than spend the major portion OF
their time attending to their own per
sOnal affairs and the remainder IN
political boot Logging.
Take the ticket Mr.. Taxpayer man
by man and compare it to the ring
ticket which was selected at a peanut
primary which polled only a fraction
of the total vote of FL PasO. Man for
man. the Citizens ticket has the ring
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