El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-29
RING" MAN SAYS LEAFS CROOKED;
ANTS" SAY TOM IS CLEAN MAN
Railroad Engineer INDUCES in "Cuss Words" and Per-
sonalities in Addressing Young Mems Democratic
Club Kelly Makes Exposure Threat; the
Opposition Pr edicts Victory

ECTTOM LEA is so crooked he
couldn't sleep with a cork
4 screw I know that whole
bunch. Why. Dan Jackson anr that
crowd never have represented anybody
but 'niggers' and thieves"
That was the way Charles Cunning
nam, an engineer on the G. II. G. S. A.
summed up the anti ring movement
at q meeting Of the Young Mems (ring)
Democratlc club Monday night. He also
arralgned A. Z. Coles, and, referring TO
the anti ring" said, Those fellows
have been lodging taxes"
Earlier in the evening mayor c. e
Kelly, in the course Of his address, de-
clared: L have something to say later
on and, when the time comes. Pm going
to say it about Apple Pie Coles And
when 1 get through with him" Here
the mayor broke off and left the future
OF Mr. Coles to the Imagination OF his
hearers
Henry Kelly will get into the may
ors office so damned slick that he
won't know how he got there" said
Cunningham in his speech But what
we must remember is that poll taxes
must be paid. Take my bunch. 1 want
to get all Of the railroad boys out OF
course / know which ones to get out.
Coles Drove Grocery Wagon.
I remember back in 1883 this Apple
Pie Coles and / went to the G. H. TO
get a job firing. I got to the gate
about five minutes ahead OF him and
he didn't get the job. But he got a
job driving a grocery wagon. And yO1
all remember that story they tell about
the poultry. Why Coles was so ig-
norant that he didn't know a chicken
from a ham leg. And this is the man
who wants 20 be your mayor.
When the facts come out, they will
show how those fellows have been
lodging taxes and things. And, believe
me, the public won't stand for them"
'sNOt PUrchasable.'-Kelly.
There have been charges that the
other faction had money to buy az
election. 1 don't think there is anyone
who can buy an election in this town"
said mayor Kelly. They have men IN
their own faction that they think they
have bought But they're mistaken.
They are dropping out daily. Some of
them are leaders, too; and they are now
with US.
Those men haven't enough good men
to go around. You watch. Before they
get through, they viii put out bob
tailed ticket. They simply haven't the
good men to put on a full ticket. II
they did put out a full ticket, they
would be ashamed of some Of the names
on it.
Just pay your poll taxes, and there
is no Apple Pie Coles on earth that
can beat you"
I'VE have plenty Of available men TO
run on the ticket" said A. r. Gram
bling. And that is one big difference
between US and the anti ring The
greatest advantage we have had in the
past has been the fact that we have
had all our poll taxes paid. We can
hold a meeting every night and have
the hall packed. But, II we haven't
the poll taxes paid on election day. We
might as well have saved our time and
trouble"
We've got something cut out ahead
OF us in this campaign William Bulger 1
said 1t viii be no pink tea affair
And it viii be no James a. Dick affair.
We can win or lose this campaign in
the next month. The other day I welt
down to the courthouse and I found
that 1900 poll taxes had been paid. The
'antis' claim a membership Of 2400. We
claim about the same. That's 1900 votes.
There are 1900 paid poll taxes. There
fore, If we all pay our poll taxes, its a
simple matter OF arithmetic that We
viii win. All we have to do is to vote
the strength of the club to be assured
of victory"
Warns Against OvercOnfidence.
County attorney c. W. Groom, who !
followed Mr.. Bulger, said: we do not ]
want to make the mistake that was !
made in the county commissioners cleo /
ton That resulted sin our having a /
county judge who is doing what he can 4
for the public, with = majority that is /
working against him, although, think, |
also doing what they think is for the /
good of the public. I know, because /
they viii not accept my advice on bus
mess affairs and my advice on what 1 !
might say is political expediency.
Some Of the people right here will, /
I expect, hear some unpleasant things /
in the spring But I want to say right /
here now that those things will not re-
fleet to the discredit Of the previous
county commissioners court"
ROasts the "Antls.T
when the 'antis' first started out
declared Ballard Coldwen' they Wera
an altruistic and idealistic organization
to promote virtue. They were to be
and work for the best man
Then Kelly must be the worst man in /
town, for they have tried to get nearly /
every other man in town to run
against him. And why are their meet
ings so secret? The public welfare
should be public. Why, the highest Of
fetal they have is their outer guard
and the next highest is the inner
guard"
Other speakers were David sullivan,
Battling Dick" Evans, judge 4 ). .