El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04
MEXICO RING
HIDDEN LIKE
EL PASO
Professional Politicians Con
troll Mexican Republic, as
the Ring Controls the City
of Ell PaSo.
GOOD GOVERNMENT
REVOLUTION TUESDAY

4 EXICO and FL PasO are ring
M ridden. That is where the trou-
W. bic lies in the worst govern
ed republic in the world and one
OF the worst ring ridden cities in the
country. Popular government has been
set aside in Mexico by the powerful
few who have UsUrped the power that
was given to them, or they took by
force, and are furtherinS their own
selfish interest at the expense Of the
people and public treasury. Is the city
government OF FL PasU with its pOlltl-
cal usUrpers, its police force ana ring
Of political patrols Tor revenue only
any better than the ruling class IN
United states, Not Mexico.
But this is the United States, not
Mexico. Usurpatlon OF authority, ABUSE
OF power and personal gain at the eX-
pense of the public treasury will not
be tolerated in Il Paso after Tuesday
if the good citizens do their duty. The
ring has ruled too long with an iron
hand despite the protests of the tax
payers and property owners who pay
the excessive city taxes without having
a voice in the city government Tax
alton without representation is what
the grand old men OF 46 went to war
about, and it is what FL PasOanS who
are not in at the pie counter are going
to battle with the ballot against next
Tuesday.
Peanut Primaries.
That old bUgabOO of the practical
politician, the party primary, hcs been
dragged out of the basement OF the
courthouse, set up as god that the
clean Democrats OF the city are ordered
TO bow down and worship W hat has
national politics to do with now the
school fund is spent in your city? Does
it make any difference whether the
man elected to be mayor believes IN
free trade or high tariff on glue from
GuamZ Is the revision downward OF
the tariff on jumping beans more i'm
pOrtant TO you FL PasOans than the
fact that the water company has been
mismanaged and the auditors have re-
ported the fact to the city ring gov
erning powers that be without so much
as a protest from them2 Knock that pea
nut primary business into a cooked hat
next Tuesday when you vote for the men
whom you believe VIII represent you
in office honestly and not do the bid
ding of q little clique of lawyers and
professional politicians who are fur
thering their own ends daily
through the city council Par
ty politics has nothing to do with
city elections. Keep this fact clear in
your mind and vote for the best men
who are candidates This means to
vote for the Citizens Independent tick
ct against the Kelly crowd OF poll
Dicks Square Deal.
James A. Dick will be elected on a
platform which includes a plank pledg-
ing him and his administration TO es-
tabliSh the merit system in public az
fairs, including the police department,
IRE department. WaterWOrkS, and 9TH
er appOintive positions in the city ad-
mSnistratiOn- The political appoint
ments and the selection Of men for
minor city officers because they voted
right, belonged TO the Wild Cat club or
worked at the polls in East FL Paso
has been so well known in FL PaSO
since the ring has been in power that
Ion HFrr~r
department, which has been the last to
enter the Illicit agreement with the
city hall, has broken over and the men
in the department have had their or
ders to vote right or get out of the de-
partment This is the city department
that guards your home from deStruc-
ton and your business from ruin. In
stead OF keeping more Vlgilant watch
for fires and in patrOling the business
district, they turn in false alarms to
break up the political meetings OF the
Citizens party and run their fire fight
ing apparatus down to the south side
on a fake alarm in the false hope that
they may stampede a meeting among
the Mexican voters
The Boss Higher Up.
What was Ed Bryant. the acknOwl-
edged peer of police officers in FL Paso
fired fOr2 Was il for failing to do his
duty or for daring to tell the truth at
the trumpet up gambling investigation
which the ring boss higher up organ
lied to embarrass his business enemies
Ed Bryant told the truth, and for any
one to tell the truth on the inside OF
the police department is dangerous and
he was canned without notice and
without reason. A ring man was fired
from his position in the Southwestern
building because he had been doing the
political work that he had been placed
there to do by the ring-distribute pOll
tax receipts to those who were known
to be all right with the ring. Was nc
dropped for this by the ring after the
Southwestern fired him. The running
was reversed and he was placed on the
police force by the ring boss as a pO-
litical pension for his work in his be-
half When the out of town auditors
reported that there was something
wrong with the WaterwOrks accounts,
did the ring order an investigation and
get the responsible one2
Rings Paper Bought and Paid For.
If the ring does not fear the truth
why does it keep the morning Times
on its pay roll, write its political edi-
tOrials and distOrt the meetings so that
anyone who attended could not recOg-
nize anything that occurred. Is this
the duty Of a newspaper or a political
sheet without principle, and bought and
paid for by the ring to dance when il
pulls the string. The official organ
does not dare to tell the truth about
the political meetings, for the Citi-
zenS' ticket speakers tell the truth and
they know that If the people know the
truth that they viii vote the ring out
OF office, and another source of their