El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

called upon for a speech. 'I was in
Salt Lake City a number of years ago,
| when they had the famous ring And
from what I saw of 1t I honestly be-
lieve that it was so rotten that it was
even worse than the present ring in
El Paso. To some of you this may ap-
pear impossible, but I state it as my
/ honest belief. 1 have seen previous
landslides and I feel perfectly confi-
dent that the coming election viii
prove a landslide for this club and the
ticket which it has put up. However,
we must not follow in the footsteps of
other cities and after we have put in
our ticket sit back and say, now we
have our ticket in, let's take it easy
On the other hand, we must continue
| discover any crook dness in the admin
istration, and when such crOOkedness is
disclosed to rid ourselves Of the guilty
officials Immediately"
"BOss Kelly Thrown Out.
c. W. Marshall recalled an incident
in Houston, several years ago, when c.
Il. Kelly was introduced to the state
Democratic convention as the boss Of
FL PasO." He said that he and another
Ell Pasoan were very much put to
shame because of the fact that it could
be so openly stated that El Paso had a
boss. He further stated that together
with several others he had the great
pleasure, a few days later. of throwing
Kelly out of the convention.
Good Pay; Little Work.
S. J. Prudential, the next speaker,
said: Not only Tom Lea, but every
man on this ticket is a broad gagged
and broad minded man, and there is no
question that if elected, each and ev-
cry one of them will give complete sat
isfactiOn in the position he occupies.
In the early days aldermen received no
pay. Something like p or % years ago
an ordinance was drafted allowing
them $500 year. During the past few
years, since the comm ssiOn form Of
government has been N force, alder
men have drawn $500 a year Under
the old system many very good men
were obtained, men who devoted a
great deal Of their time to the bust
ness Of the city. At the present time,
however, there is only one of the alder
men who really devotes any time to
city business. This man does take
considerable time from his own bust
ness to employ in city work. The 9TH
ers do well if they get in an hour or
two a week.
Whnt Kelly Did.
1.-THE new High school building is
going to be a splendid thing for the
city of FL Paso., but far more would be
accomplished for the benefit Of the
city were politics to be removed from
the school system. I have just heard
that Joe Nealon has announced. at this
evenings meeting of city and county
office holders that mayor Kelly has
helped the schools and the school sys-
tenn by raising the salaries of the
teachers. If it is true that Mr.. Kelly
has done this and that he can do other
things which, as this does, come with
in the province and jurisdiction of the
school board, then what sense is there
in having a school board which is so
controled?'
Time to Get to Work.
The last speaker of the evening was
Tom Lea, nominee for mayor. Some of
the members of this club appear to be
of the opinion that since we have
named a ticket our work is done. On
the contrary, it is only just begun, for
the keynote of the entire campaign is !
for every individual member to do all I
in his power to get every citizen of the |
city to pay his polltax so that he may
vote his. sentiments at the spring cleo /
ton. 1t is mighty nice to hear people ,
say that so and so on this ticket is a !
splendid fellow and clean man and /
that he deserves to be elected, but that /
does not bring results. The only thing !
that will bring results is for the mem /
5ers Of this club to work. I firmly be- /
lieve that hard work will accomplish /
the overthrow Of the ring
Can't Swallow Pool.
81 further believe that the defeat of |
Gene Harris by Adrian Pool in the fall I
election spelled defeat for the ring
in the election to be held next spring. /
Boss Kelly made very poor move |
Then he thrust Adrian Pool down the !
-hrOats of the citizens Of Ell PasO cOun- 6
~. We all know how this election was |
accomplished 1 make no insinuations. /
can positively state that a sufficient /
number of voters to have elected Gene !
Harris by a large majority failed to
pay their poll tax. The election of Pool
'oused these and all other citizens of
he city from their lethargy and awak-
sned them to the fact that FL Paso is
BOSS ridden. Many of those who failed
% take out their poll taxes prior to
)ther elections have done so this year.
and many more are certain to do so I
,efOre the end of the month. Moreover,
)wing to the election of Adrian Pool
'ver Gene Harris a great many who
rOted the ring ticket at the last cleo