El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

friend of the home owner he is when
he increased taxable values on homes
and not on certain business property.
And they come along with patent
medicine folder and tell what terrible
thing I did when L was corporation
court judge by raising the taxes Qaugh-
teri. fined Jim Clifford County com
missioner elected on the ring tckeD
$40, and when the mayor tried to get me
to remit it [ told him that Jim Clifford
looked the same as any other citizen to
me / ran that police court to the best
of my ability-and it doesn't take much
ability. only a heart that feels with
ones fellow men.
Promises to Lower Taxes.
I'VE believe that if the interests Of
the city are proprly watched out for and
salaries are cut off as the county COM
missioners cut off needless salaries-if
we pay more attention to this side Of
the river (much horn blowing and
lauglFer) in "a little while We will be
able to lower the taxes OF IGl PasO.
In speaking about the police court
I want to say a few words for Paul
Thomas. He is clean and square and
. honest. have been told on the streets
( that Ballard Coldwell intends to re-
/ sign as soon as he is elected in orde-
TO be appointed Judge of the new court
/ and hat Allen Grambling. up in John
! Dyer'S office, or someone else, Will be
appointed to the place YOU voted Bal
! lard ColdweII into. Save him the job of
resigning and elect Paul Thomas. It
I would be heart breaking to see one of
| these city officials resign.
"Safety First" Not Original.
"A friend Of mine wrote me about
! this safety first you hear so much
about lately. 1t seems that n Chicago
( candidate. who is on the inside, is using
the safety first motto in his campaign.
! L knew il was not original with Kelly.
! 1T from ffbTPHnO where Carrier
I Harrison, who has been mayor so long.
! is using il in his cry of Safety first
for our ring That safety first motto
/ Is being thrown out to bull themselves
along. And they talk about efficiency.
I There is no efficiency in any depart
ment Of the city except the fire depart
ment (applause). Start at the mayors
office and go clear down to Jim Conklin.
| daughter and hoots of horn. 1 be
/ lieve it viii be my duty, if elected, to
| give my time and talents to the bust
ness of the city that elected me do
not believe it is the duty of the man
! elected by the people to spend a few
hours down at the city hall and the re-
mainder of the time running around
looking after political fences. L believe
that the officials should work all the
time and not half an hour each day.
No Efficiency in WaterWOTlzs.
Have any of you water users seen
any efficiency in the city water plan?
We are proud Of our mesa water but
Kelly didn't give it to US. Your money,
, as citizens, has paid for the plant If
this ticket is elected, the water depart
ment will be run different and the
man who uses 80 cents worth of water
will not be stung with $500 water
bill.
And they sidestep the disposal plant.
W. II. Burgess said L broke one of the
pipes and that was the trouble out
there. 1t may have looked fresh to
Bill but it smelled old to me, Those
people out in East Ell Paso have a right
to kick. That disposal plant is q men
ace to the health of Ell Paso. They
can't answer the questions about il
by saying that was settled three years
ago. There was no ticket in the field
then until after the poll taxes were all
paid and the time expired for paying
them. The ticket was put in the field
only q few days before election. But
the ring organization sees that its
employees pay their poll taxes and this
to settle the sewage question which
is stencil in the nOstris of all FL PasO,
especially East FL PasO.
Breeds Disease.
THE mayor owes everything to the
people to conserve the health of the
city. Refuse like that breeds disease. /
city is like the human body, unless it
is clean, it cannot do its full duty and
grow as it should The ring has been
inefficient in that as in other things.
They have said that we have done
great harm in advertising the fact that
there is some smallpox here. The men
who bring this condition to the atten-
ton Of the people deserve credit The !
County and City Democratic club has
the best interests of the city, not the |
ring at heart
In the matter Of insurance. which |
they talk so much about, they have /
been inefficient Only recently The /
Herald had a front page story about /
the failure of the city officials to send !
q statement to the proper state author !
tiles for the rebate on insurance pre-
NUNS which would have saved the /
owners of Ell PasO $4,000. /
This amount would have been saved 1
had the proper statements been made I
Ihere was case Of efficiency. They I
have now dropped this insurance talk 4
like it was hot brick. The low key |
rate was obtained because of the char |
acter of the houses built here. Did he /
tkeliy) build them2 Henry Kelly can't |
take credit for the way the citizens
build their houses.
Roller COasting Paving.
If the paving on some OF the streets |
Of FL Paso was built according to spec- /
as Kelly says it was, and / !
as mayor, had permitted the Acceptance /
Of such specifications. l would be
ashamed of my job. Public officers are /
public servants. If the specifications
were not the best. it was his duty to |
see that the best was given for the /
money. If I was the mayor who ap-
proved the specifications for that paw J
ing like roller coaster I would be
OF myself
Take the lower part of the city. It f..
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