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

listen to the voice of the master, was
} beaten by a tool of Henry Kelly.
John Wyatt, who was attacked here
! last night, stood by me in selecting the
Z judges and it was the most honest cleo
. tiOn ever held in the city and county
of Ell PasO. If I had been a thief and
d crook I could have told these men to
steal the election. But I did my duty,
, though it meant the defeat of my friend,
I Gene Harris.
Not Going to Steal Election.
/ I'VE know they are not going to steal
{ this election. The law in Texas makes
| it a felony to examine the ballots after
! they are cast If / am elected mayor
( I will see that they are all destroyed and
! not kept to see how John Smith voted
/ in order to stick him in business way.
Don't let them bluff you. Roll up a
majority for this ticket and I will have
/ a bonfire in a vacant lot to which
+ every citizen will be invited, to see the
I ballots burned.
4 heard today that I was a drunk
ard. Laughter). Down on the south
side before some saloon keeper. they
: say that Tom Lea is q long haired pro-
/ hibitiOnist. At the Y. NJ. c. A, the
few who can get in there, they say I
am a drUnkard Prohibition has no
: business in this campaign. A saloon
/ keeper has as much right to do bust
ness, if he obeys the law, as any other
| business man. That is a state and not
| Il city issue. I don't drink because
| have two brown eyed boys at home
I who climb on my knee and press their
| ruby lips to mine. That is why I don't
''They told the Mexican storekeepers
that 1 would close up their stores. They
] accuse me of being a Confederate vete-
ran because 1 have a battle flag in my
I office.
Applause for Lincoln.
This is the birthday of a great man
! of the north. He was one of the great
est men on the face of the earth
FL F.r., E,-vv9 7
plause). He said: You may fool some
of the people all of the time you may
! fool all of the people some Of the time.
but you can't fool all Of the people
The people of Ell Paso have been
| fooled and they are looking for a
| change. This great audience means
that you can't fool all of the people all
Of the time.
My wish is that you do your duty
| next Tuesday, vote your sentiments. If
I L am defeated 1 viii be in my office
next morning with the same happy
! smile.
IF you elect me I will be the SER
want of the people and not of the
| boss" Demonstration lasting five
minutes).
Vowel on Kelly.
Charles l. Vowel spoke at some
| length and largely in a humorous vein.
/ Speaking of mayor Kelly he protested
| a liking for him but dispised kelly
/ ism. AS a friend I am fond Of him."
! he declared. but the things for which
he stands and his methods will also
! receive my hearty detestatiOn.
! i have witnessed four city elections
! In every campaign Kelly says he is
& prosecuted because of his religious be
/ lief. Nobody has said anything against
1 his religion, and he says it for a pur-
/ pose. which is to get the Catholic vote.
( Now, Catholic who would vote for
/ Henry Kelly knowing him to be a bad
. man not good citizen and a
/ Protestestant if he votes against him
! knowing him to be a good man, is a
! bad citizen
"KeIIy's Catechism."
! Referring to alleged utterances Of
mayor Kelly claiming credit for much
I of the progress of the city, Mr.. Vowel
convulsed the audience with a humOr-
Gus travesty, as follows:
who's the mayor
az am
Who's the real mayor
Who built these magnificent build
II did
Who's responsible for the increase
IN the scholastic population?
who's responsible for the garbage
and the smallpox
Those fool questions would Spite /
any political belief on earth
Who Made FL PasO.
Two agencies made Ell PasO.' con-
uuued the speaker. God of the Uni
verse gave this valley. and ran a river
through it, and bathed it in sunshine {
by day and placed the stars so near /
that at night you feel as though you 4
could almost reach up and touch them.
The same God planted these mountains /
and buried in them untold treasures I
and Henry Kelly had nothing to do /
with it. The rest was accomplished by |
the indOmitable spirit and the enter I
prise Of the people. The women who
faced the hardships of the pioneer days /
and bore clear eyed and big Drained /
children did more for Ell Paso than all I
the city hall gang put together.
Attacks on Women.
AT one of the heated meetings up 4
mere In a tent the other night I heard /
the candidate for mayor on the other
side declare: do not intend myself
nor Will 1 permit any of those sup
porting me- to engage in mud singing
Nothing can be said that will not
wound some woman or child. 1t was a
noble sentiment. But what do we find?
y. thin three days after that meeting
he hurled poisoned javelins that found
no lodgment except in a Woman's heart
If 1 had to step into office over the
wounded heart Of woman 1 would
rather die in oblivion"
Mr.. Vowel paid n high tribute to the
women, and closed with an appeal that
his hearers vote for political freedom
by supporting the anti-administratiOn
ticket
Judge Dan jackson Speaks.
Judge Dan NJ Jackson. at the outset !
of his address, read a letter from Felix !
Martinez calling attention to certain I
misrepresentation made in a speech
concerning him. Mr.. Martinez stated I
that the declaration that ne disposed I
of $50 acres Of worthless land to the
city was false. The tract contained but
IS acres and he had only a third in I
terest in the land Furthermore, the
letter stated, the land had been sold to 1
the city at a price less than that asked
for surrounding property and that the
land had decreased in value because of
the sewage. Judge Jackson stated that
he had made investigation and found
the statements of Mr.. Martinez true,
and he took that occasion to retract. |
He also publicly acknowledged the sup
port that Mr.. Martinez had given him
in a previous campaign He said he
found that the other owners of the land I
were Joe Pollard, Mason Pollard and
Ted" Cooley.