El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-13
TEXANS PROUD
Of THIS CITY
Mayor Lea Says They All
Praise e. Paso for Its
/"Pull Together" Spirit.

L ITS good TO get back 10 El Paso
again; it is the best city in Texas and
they are all talking about u.s., said
mayor Tom Lea today. following an
absence OF a week in Waco. Austin, Dali
las. Fort Worth. san Antonio and other
cities At Waco 1Ir. Lea attended the
state grand lodge OF 8Iasons and was
reappointed district deputy grand mas
ter for the IL Paso district 4 met
people from every city in Texas, said
Mr- Lea and everywhere they asked
me about FL PasO and commented upon
II as . live city The general comment
was that there was TOO much pulling
backwards in most Of the other Texas
cities, but they all said they understood
that everybody was pulling together in
FL Paso- am proud to hear Fl PasO
spoken Of so complimentary and never
appreciated the honor Of being mayor
of this city more than I do now
Mr. Lea was interviewed by all the
papers Of the different cities where he
stopped At san Antonio. the Express q
saturday said;
Mayor Tom Lea OF Fl Paso arrived in
san Antonio last night from Waco.
where he has been attending the grand
lodge OF the MasOns.
Mr.. Lea became famous a few months
ago when he issued an order to his pO-
lice 10 arrest that bandit. Pancho
villa the minute he set foot on the
a
planned his action last night
Americans on the Mexican side were
not allowed any security he said
They were constantly being arrested
and imprisoned on trumped-up charges
Therefore I did not see why these MeXi-
cans in the Villa outfit. VINO had done
their best 10 make their own country
smoking ruin. should be allowed to run
all over our own city Boosting Of their
prOwess-
NY orders have been obeyed. too. The
Ell Paso police quite lately have been
arrestiug Villa officers on this side who
come over sometimes IN civilian clothes.
hoping to escape recognition We
charge them with vagrancy and gener-
ally fine them the maximum which is
$500 for that offence 1t IS seldom we
have TO arrest them second time. Tor
they take good care not 10 cross the
bridge
Mayor Lea paid tributes to two high
" different and almost equally prom
inent Mexicans in FL Paso-Andres
Garcia. Carranza consul ana NIctorlano
Huerta. exdictatOr Of Mexico.
Nr. Garcia is a very able, cOnsclen-
tiOus. competent and courteous Official
he said. and has given me personal as
suranceS that as soon as the troops OF
the de factO government take Juarez
that hole OF iniquity VIII be given
cleaning up and made into the fine city
il ought to be
There is no reason in my mind why
Juarez some day should not be a large
and important town"
Huerta, mayor Lea said, is an old,
broken man, who charms everyone with
whom he comes in contact
Never mind what he was-and in
judging him we must remember his in
domitable spirit his 'spunk,' If I may
be allowed the term-but consider what
he is now" said the FL PasO executive.
WHY, I have come TO like him very
much since he has been confined in
Fort Bliss
Even the guards who are assigned 10
his quarters have fallen in love with
the old man. for he is uniformly cOur-
teOus and cousiderate TO everyone. He
has a streak of humOr. too. which ADDS
q piquant touch to his chara cter. and
however much one may condemn him
for the crimes he is said to have COM
mitted in his own country. we must at
least do him the justice TO say while in
the United States he has acted the part
of a fine old gentleman. To illustrate
that touch of humor 1 spoke about.
may say that he has named his two
grandsons PanchO villa and 'Carranza'
because they quarrel so much"