El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
RING BO0STED.UP THE PRIMARY;
POLL TAX EXPOSURE WAS FEARED
Tom Lea Declares Ring rganization Changed Date of
Primary Election to Avoid Grand Jury InveStiga-
ton; Says He Will New er Threaten to Boycott
Voters and Will Keep Schools Out of Politics.
GIFTHEY (the 'ring) are expecting
irregularities in poll tax pay

Irregular AllCS III pun ldA pay
ing to be exposed and they
have boosted up the date for the PR
III we are elected, we will not
threaten you if you don't vote for us
and YOU will be free to vote Us you
J please without being boycotted.
"This safety first means to look
out for the cars when the steam roller
comes along.
They say their leader is a plain bust
| ness man and that l am narrow
! headed lawyer. If elected l will give
! you a clear brain.
"If there is anything the people of
| Ell PasO ought to be ashamed OF it is
! the disposal plant that does not dis
pose.
IF I am elected, the firemen ard
/ policemen will never be asked to dig
| up $25 each for campaign funds.
! Erred Delgado, or any other police
I officer has no right to draw a salary
/ from the city and from the government
! across the river.
81 have one boy in the schools and
one ready to go. 1 don't think Henry
| Kelly has any in the public schools. If
/ this ticket is elected, We won't 20 to
some law office and pick the school
! board.
"When any man tells the people of
| Ell PasO that he can be mayor as long
as he lives and that he is the best man
in town for the job, it is time to take
the reins of government out of his hands
and return them to the people
IF elected, mine viii be an admins
tratiOn of more business and less
damnable politics"
LEAFS Hot Shots.
These were some of the hot shots
which Tom Lea poured into the ring"
and mayor Kelly at the anti ring mass
meeting in the auditorium rink on
Mills street Friday night before a
crowd which filled the big rink and was
estimated to include more than 1909
people, including a number of women.
Judge Dan jackson, R. E. Thomson
and Judge j. NJ. GOggin also spoke.
There is one thing sure" Lea said.
after being introduced, "the votes that
are cast for the Tom Lea ticket will
be counted Tor this ticket. The ring
are sending out men and telling that,
II necessary, they will steal the election
/ VIII say IN reply that the citizenship
OF El Paso is aroused, the County and
City Democratic club is aroused. and
they will see to it that the election is
not stolen. / will tell YOU that If Won
vote against me it will be sure to be
counted and there are men unafraid who
will see that the votes are counted.
Are they worried?
Boosted Up Primary.
you know they are and they have
a right TO be. 1t ticSles me about hold
ing this primary. They are so scared
that they rushed the date of the pri-
mary to February Is. They are ex-
pectng irregularities in poll tax paving ,
to be exposed and they have pushed the
date up. But the sovereign citizenship
Of III Psso Is ever ready to meet them
at the polls, today, tomorrow, or a
week from Tuesday.
"The honest men on this ticket are
willing to make the sacrifice and to
give their time, but neither I nor nv
associates can make ourselves ward |
politicians to 90 up and down the /
street, tear the clothes off of a mans +!
back and beg him TO vote for me. We (
1eel that every man has a right to vote /
as he sees fit If we are elected. we
will make YOU the right kind of officers !
and we viii not come and threaten YOU
II YOU don't vote for us
IF there is condition l would like (
to change it is this coercion. l say to I
You that YOU are free to vote as YOU (
please without being boycotted You /
Know how lar the ring will 90 in this.
could tell You OF a crippled friend !
who SAID he was going to vote for me
l eollld tell Won a lot of the trials and 4
tr1bulations which he has suffered be-
cause OF this statement. Rise up and (
smlte down such a condition.
For Labor Unions.
he opposition has accused me of I
Deng against the corporations Every
man knows my feelings toward cCrDo1a-
lions. They are entitled TO every Tnriv-
llege as long as they stav within the /
hounds OF the law. So long as they /
90 this, no corporation need fea-.
lom Lea. They have accused me of /
another crime. They tell the laboring |
man that [ am against labor unions /
MY Warmest friends are among the |
union men, and ( am for them. They !
nave said that I intended to close tbe [
picture shows on Sunday; that [ had I
promised the preachers this in answer /
TO Their demands flauqhter). Tho
preachers are too broad minded 70 de- I
nase themselves in such way. It is /
HoI Ior me OF You to saw how man
shau spend his Sunday. as every man /
IS Tree 20 do as he wishes. so LONG as I
ne 4 violates none of the rights of Others. /
No Coercion.
The greatest trouble i'm tba mast hoe /
Deen that SO many were a fraid r., 80
tllIs organization will not threaten !
any one If he does not vote for it's cen I
uAuaIeS as the ring does when il I
threatens to fire a mans daddy Off The :
ponce force if he does not vote right |
rms IS free country and Won can act /
anu tnlnlt as you please Some of the /
AUTO boys at the city hall stand were !
t0ld that If l was elected, ] would run /
mem OF the streets. Let me saw thisl !
II there is any single man who has
sol Jhe wrong end OF the Ak, it is the I
auto men, They have always got il /
- Eng a t4e ring is getting ready to give /
IL 10 them some more. No matter who (
IL is, SO long as they obey the law.
Ihey viii get a square deal from me
ana 1 am opposed TO any drastic legis-
streets
An ex-member of the school board.
VINO mas no reason to dislike me. went I
out and told malicious lies because the
ring told him to. Are you going to
stand for it?"
No-no-no-no,' from the audience.
What Safety First Means.
Talk about efficiency and safety I
first That safety first means that
you want to look out Cor the cars when /
the steam roller comes along The
ring must see danger ahead when they
become disciples of safety first II
means stop-lOOl0-listen. They have (
stopped the ISLANDERS They have
stopped their Dragging. They have
looked at the poll taxes that have been