El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-10
KELLY NAY HAVE TOM LEASH0T;"
JACKSON TALKSOF JUAREZ THREAT
Says "Ring Will Make Citizens Blush for Shame" Be
fore April Kelly Gives Lea Until Sunday Morning
to Tell Why He Can't Cross the River; Says 'Bill
Amonett Foreman Grand Jury, Is Gambler

lLLT AN going to ask Tom Lea why
he cannot cross the river and if
Il he doesn't tell me before Sunday
morning, I am going to publish this
document"
With this threat, mayor C. E. Kelly.
/ in his speech at the precinct meeting
/ held in a tent al the corner of Montana
! and Florence streets Tuesday night,
/ held up an envelope.
/ Il am not going to tell you now what
! it contains" he continued but if Mr..
. Lea does not tell by Sunday morning
7 why he cannot cross the river, L am
! going to publish Photographic copies of
/ this document"
Mayor Kelly devoted much of his
I speech to answering criticisms of him
self and his administration. He dwelt
! at some length upon his connections
| with the school board. He declared
! that although he is eXOfficiO mem
{ Der Of the board, he has attended but
! two meetings At one of these the pay
of the teachers was raised and at an
other steps were taken looking to the
Wiping out of the debt of S1S4,O00 that
hung over the schools when he went
into office.
The mayor appealed during his ad-
dress to the women and children to ask
their husbands and fathers to vote for
him.
Never Talked to Teachers.
Now, the opposition is aging that
the school teachers are walking the
streets working for me-" he declared.
The truth of the matter is, gentlemen,
that I have not talked to a school
teacher, man or woman, since this cam
paign started
THE city and the school board is
working in harmony, as they should.
The schools are one department of the
city and there should be harmony there
the same as in other departments"
Mayor Kelly told of meeting a man
was fighting the administration be-
cause he (Kelly), after renting a piece
of ground to him, refused to permit its
use as a cock pit.
No Gambling Here.
ANY time they think they can rent
my land and run a gambling house on
ii, they are awfully mistaken" declared
the speaker.
The mayor then told of the wide
opening gambling that went on in Ell
PasO when he came to the city some
81 years ago; of the final driving out
of the gambling joints lin which he
took no part) and the regulation of the
saloons.
The saloon men of Ell Paso today are
complying with the law" he declared,
and gambling is no more. All are glad,
including the saloon men, that gambling
has been stopped And, so long as 1
am mayor, the gambling houses are not
coming back.
Foreman Of Grand Jury n Gambler
"A few years ago" he continued, "a
gambler, one of the last to turn a wheel
in this city and who, four years ago, !
had rooms in which gambling was go
ing on, came to the mayors office. !
The police had been bOthering him, so
he came to me and asked Suppose I'm
caught, how much is the fine I told
him it would be the limit Gentlemen. /
that man is Bill Amonett, and he's fore
man of the present grand jury. He can
be foreman of a grand jury but he can't
run a gambling house in FL PasO while
I'm mayor"
(1lr. AmOnetG was called from the
grand jury room this morning by
Herald reporter and asked if he would
make statement relative to the charge
made by the mayor. 81 am too busy (
he replied. And asked again for a
statement, he said; Il have nothing to /
Say.1D
Mayor Kelly stated that all commu- !
nications. advertisements and other 1
documents issued from the headquarters !
of the opposition were made over the /
Of the Ell PasO County and I,
City Democratic club; none had been I
signed by individuals.
THE only man who has come out over /
his own signature" he declared, Lives /
at SOcOrrO. outside the city limits. He |
came in to fight the administration and :
is doing so over his own signature"
Mayor Kelly was followed by Volney !
NJ. Brown, who answered criticisms
made by the opposition. He referred /
to alleged Misrepresentation as to the /
bonded Indebtedness and the tax rate, !
declaring that no effort had been made !
to correct them.
VOluey Brown Speaks.
"The opposition is asking why the /
budget shows that the city treasUrer's /
salary is 5000 while the payrOlls show a \
salary of $50. If they will take the /
trouble to look back two years they
will find that the budget then provided
for a salary Of $3.50 That budget fixed |
the salary for the two years to follow
at $3.50 The budget passed recently is
for the next two years, and, whether
the administration or the opposition
candidate for treasurer is elected, he
Will receive a salary of 5000"
Speaking of the efforts of the OppOsi-
ton to find something wrong in the
present administrations affairs. he /
stated that they had gone before grand
iUries
There are grand juries and there
are grand juries," he said. There ar
those that seek to do their duty and
there are those that form a part of a
political machine" Until Dan jackson (
came into office, the ring had always |
had majority on the grand jury.
The High school Contract.
The speaker called attention to the |
alleged statement of the opposition that |
no one but J. Z. Morgan had a chance to /
get the contract for the building of the
high school. He quoted the bids to
snow Ll'dL MI MOT gan s Dlu was 3lO.OUU
lower than the next low bidder
Mr. Brown referred to the stopping Of |
the pay of Mrs. Emma Webster. proba-
-iCn officer, by the county commissions
ers. They couldn't, under the law, |
abolish the office. so they adopted the
way Of stopping her pay"
he asserted.
Judge J. A Buckler was the last
speaker In a humorous manner he I
the campaign of the opposi-
ton. He paid the mayor the complf-
nent of declaring that no one had ever
been able to trace one dishonest dollar
TO him.