El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
TAXES
SLAM At / LEA
Saws He Neither Likes Tom
Nor His Methods of Do
ing Charity Work.

''Thev saw we are going to have Tom
Lea to run for the mayors office on the
opposition ticket" said E. B. Elters at
a meeting Of the Young Mems Demo-
cratic c1ub Monday night. "Weu, I don t
like Tom Lea and, therefore, l don I
like to talk about him. But did any
of YOU ever hear of Tom Lea dong
charitable act that was not %rllten up
in the newspapers? I've seen MN VIII
ten I'm for half a column for giving 80
cents to a Mexican.
"A man recently told me, and he was
an out of town man who dldn care
one way or the other that the thlng
he liked about mayor Kelly was that he
performed his work ana ms chaIIIy
without ostentatiOn. What we want are
men who are broad and who 90 not
&C Owing Il1i TO the bad weather. the meet
mig was not as well attended as usual,
but the club rooms were 1llled Wheh
the speaking began. Most OF the al
dresses were made by speakers VINO
have not hitherto been heard from
The meeting was a brief one and the
speeches were in strong contrast TO the
rather fiery utterances that have char
acterized the past meetings
Long Tenure of office.
In the course of his address, Elfers
said: You will hear the same old cry
this election of long tenure IN oIice
But has it ever occurred to you that the
very foundation of this government IS
the cornerstone of frequent elections2
Long tenure is the best possible proof
that the men now in office are honestly
and efficiently conducting their offices,
and that they have the confidence Oh
the people of FL Paso.
THE ring is made up of boosters;
the anti ring is, almost entirely. made
up of Knockers" said George ArmlJo.
"EI Paso has grown from village 70
a metropolitan city. 1t has been the
progressive boosters that have done the
work And in nearly every case you
will find, and have found, these men
with the ring
our victory this spring is assured"
said Richard (''Battling- Dick')
Evans. 1--WE have not long list
Of rosy predictions, promises and
assertions to offer. We have be-
hind us an actual record of achieve
ment, of progress. The voters know
this. They have confidence in the pres
ent administration and they will return
it with a large majority.
William G. PelIray and Michael Null
cahy also made brief addresses, both
predicting a victory for the ring"
forces The next meeting of the club
viii be held Monday night
decided that, with a rev slight altera-
tons, the recommendations should be
presented to the mayor and city cOun-
ell coming from the general commit
tee and presented by a committee of
three composed of the chairman, r. F.
Burgess, and two others to be appointed
by him.
The committee then adjourned SUBJ
ject to call. Those present at the meet
ing were: Mr.. and Mrs. Burt OrndOrff,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. s. Settle, Mrs. Chas B.
Stevens, Mrs. Olga Konlberg, Miss Alice
Fitzpatrick mayor c. L. Kelly, DR.. J.
A. Rawlings, Rev. Perry J. Rice, rabbi
Martin Zielonka, r. J. Tighe, J. J.
Connors, R. +. Burgess, H. D. Slater,
Robert Krakauer Harry Burweu, VIM
J. Moran and W. R. Pearson.
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