El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-28
1 AM THE BEST
DEMOCRAT IN Il
PlS0, " c. {. KELLY
His Honor Says Bryan Was
Never a Democrat; Takes
Slap at Anti Leaders.

IL
date for mayor, mayor C. E. Kelly will
be in the race for reelection. Approx
I imateiy 500 members of the Youns
[ Mems Democratic club Monday rt,-t+
heard Park Pitman make thar asse--
( ton. Carrying red torches the Young
Z Democrats had marched from the head
quarters on San Antonio street 10
mayor Kelly's house A band led the
line of march. The demOnstrat ton ne
Kelly for his success In eIectinE Ad-
rian Pool county judge. It was adj
mitted that fOur-fifths Of the victory
I Of that election belonged to mayor
It was county clerk Park Pitman
who nominated mayor Kelly. Let
them bring on Tom Lea or R n Dud-
ley" said Park Pitman, and we will
mayor Of FL PasO." The crowd cheered.
Tributes to Kelly.
When state senator Claude Hudspeth
arose to make a speech, the senator
offered an amendment to Parks nouf-
nation. 4 nominate Henry Kelly
mayor Of Fl Paso for life" detained
senator Hudspeth- The crowd cheered
again-
Let US analyze the strength of
mayor Kelly" said Claiborne Adams
traising his voice.. DO you know why
mayor Kelly is so -strong2"
Adams said il was because the heart
Of the mayor was spelled with a capt.
tai II. and mayor Kelly stood by his
friends 10 the last ditch and then some.
Mayor Flags @Antis.s
It was mayor Kelly who started the
mayoralty talk 7 see" said the
FL Paso Herald in his hand, that The
Herald is grooming its candidates for
the spring election 1t also SAYS that
the ants viii make the laws. The
ants u n Ell de-
could make a great man of Gene Harris
He has the making Of a great man in
him and he viii be one If he STAYS
away from Tom Lea, Billy Bell Ware
and Dan Jackson want to say that
this is the first time in my life that I
ever went TO the polls and voted for
governor down to constable and never
lost one It was because everyone Of
those candidates were my personal
friends and they were all good men.
In this fight the 'antis" started a race
fight 1 want you to hear this: The
Mexican is no different from the Ger
man, the French, the Irish or any other
nationality and whenever I find any
one trying 10 put their feet on them
Henry Kelly is going to take it off"
The primaries are over" continued
mayor Kelly, and we have won. Let
US put our arms around every loyal
Democrat and hug him except five who
were leaders of the opposition could
name those five but do not think
=
Yes we know them" cried the
crowd.
Bryan Not a Democrat.
Those five constitute the smallest
thing that I could speak Of" said mayor
Kelly Mayor Kelly stated that Morris
Sheppard could never again be elected
TO any office in Texas He fills Bal
ley's chair like one bean in large
bag" said mayor Kelly. He could
never be elected even constable. ". J.
Bryan was never a Democrat. He ran
on the Democratic ticket three times.
I am TIE best Democrat in FL Paso- I
voted for Bryan three times I thought
I would have 10 vote for him four
times. But If he had run again would
have gone fishing"
Ballard CoIdwell. Robert Holiday.
Louis Behr and I. G. GaaI also ad-
dressed the crowd
Pitmnn for Mayor.
Park Pitman is considered the ring
il mayor Kelly does not run again
Park was county clerk for so many
years that his friends lost count He
was not a candidate at the recent pri-
maries although ne worked with the
ring for the election OF the Organi-
cation ticket. As a reward for faith
full service and because he IS consid-
cred a strong political asset. Pitman
nav head the ticket for the ring" at
the city election. Alderman w s.
Clayton is another ring" possibility
for mayor II mayor Kelly does not run |
Young Democrats celebrated the /
election Monday evening with a dinner I
at the Harvey house. The dinner was /
an informal one and politics were dis i
,ussed Those present We're; P R 4
Price. Ballard Caldwell, A r. Gramb- |
ling. g. G. Sherman. Mason Pollard. /
Robert Holiday, Frank Feiulle, Harry 1
Ramey. Russell Ramey. J. NJ Harris, !
Joe KlaDper, L. z. Behr. Otto Arm
strong Tom Newman. w K Ramsey |
md c. B. Cunningham