El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
."C0LES STARTED FIGHT 0NNE;
WANTED ADDITION IMPROVED
Mayor Kelly Declares Would Not Permit Coercion In
Building Up and Improving Addition At Expense
of City and Citizens; Claims COIess Valuation
Half That of Equalization Board.

$3.50. And that is all he is getting. I'm
der the new budget ne will receive 5000.
And Lamar Davis is the man who will
get it,"
The mayor then spoke of the number
of poll taxes which have been paid and
said he believed that 5000 IL Pasoans
had paid their poll taxes because they
wanted a good administration in office
ana that they believed that their aid
would be required to reflect 4he pres
ert administration. Mayor Kelly con-
cluded his speech by saying: You my
rest assured Of one thing AMI that is
that if my ticket and myself are elect
ell to office, we will not build ~ Ihe
Cotton addition and put in paved streets
for the benefit of A. p. Coles and 10
the detriment Of the city of Ell Paso.
Did Not Keep Promise.
C. W. Groom, county attorney, fol-
lowed mayor Kelly on the platform. Mr..
Groom said: AT the beginning of the
campaign it was agreed by both parties
to refrain from all personalities aPd all
mud singing during the campaign.
And the ring has stuck to that agree
ment The same cannot be said of the
opposition. however. That they have
not kept this agreement is shown by the
anonymous letters, which it is almost
certain emanace from them and by the
very insinuating questions which they
have asked of the present admtnistra-
ton, particularly Of mayor Kelly. De
spite these tactics I firmly believe that
the. entire regular Democratic ticket
Will be elected.
THE average man stops to think be-
fore casting his ballot. And the average
man has been connected with business
in some way or another. From this
business experience he knows that an
experienced man is certainly better
than one who has not had experience in
handling affairs OF any business He
knows that it is senseless proceeding
to Gust a man who has shown capability
for one of whom he knows nothing. And
the present administration has certainly
given FL Paso a business administra-
ton. The opposition say not. But they
have not been able to show single
specific instance to prove their asser-
tons. On the contrary, they have stuck
entirely to generalities. They have not
been able to show one single instance
where the business of the city has not
been handled economically and in
business like way.
Is Secret Organization.
"This anti-ring organization, as they
call themselves. is one of great secrecy.
Many Of the members know only a very
few of the other members of the or
ganizatiOn. I would not belong to any
organization of any character if I did
not know the character of the other
members Of that organization. The
anti-ring organization was formed for
the benefit Of the dlctatOrs back of it.
If these dictatOrs maintain such great
secrecy during Ihe campaign for office.
can the people of Ell PasO logically eX-
pect that these dictators will allow
any publicity after they have taken Of
flee If they are elected"
Conceived in Mystery"
Claude B. Hudspeth, state senator,
was the next speaker. He said; The
anti-ring organization, as well as have
been able to learn. was conceived in
mystery and brought forth in sin. After
election it will be a mystery where they
came from but not where they have
gone All will know that the organiza-
ton has gone to a far warmer climate
than Yuma, Ariz From what they have
done in the present campaign, the oppo-
siuon has number of men who have
made statements which are purely and
simply knocks on Ell PasO. These men
can only be classed as freaks. But we
have freaks everywhere. We have them
i'm the senate at Austin.
They say that the regular Demo-
cratic party is a ring Quite true. So
political organization a ring As soon
as political body forms an organiza-
ton it becomes ring, call It by what
ever name you will"
Mr.. Hudspeth then read a communica-
ton from NJ English, the state fire
marshal, - owing that under the Kelly
admin ~ratiOn the insurance kew rate
for re insurance in Ell PasO has been
reauced from so cents to IS cents and
that the latter rate places FL Paso in
the fore in Texas, this city having the
lowest rate in the state. He also said
that this talk of the schools being over
run with politics is ridiculous and that
the teachers in FL Paso are better paid
than in any other city in tile state
Kelly Is Real Mayor.
'The opposition says that KY is not
the real mayor of Ell Paso d that he
plays favorites- Every time 1 have gone
to the city hall 1 have been thoroughly
convinced that Kelly is the mayor of FL
Paso and that no one even suggests to
him what he should do. I have been a
personal friend of Kelly for more than
20 years. ] have a residence on Brown
street. This street is not paved and
believe it needs paving. Five wears
ago presented petition to Kelly ask
ing him to have Brown street paved
This petition I presented personally and
1t was signed by practically all of the
people living on Brown street and in
that neiShborhOOd. Kelly told me that
the street would be paved when they
got to me and not before that / have
b zen waiting five years for that paving
altd II has not appeared yet"
Answers Pamphlet
Mt. ID. Howe made a brief gDaacb EIa