El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-10
MAYOR SAYS ELIMINATE STRIFE !:
FROM THE NEXT CITY CAMPAIGN
Lets Have Non Partisan Ticket, and Put Man Into
Office Who is Best Quafi ed To Fill'It is His Sug
gestion; Time for Ell Paso To Lay Aside Personal
Ambitions and Prejudices, He Says.

mayor. looking earnest ~l hope We
do not have any strife in the city cam
paign; I hope so for the best interests
of FL Paso.
Mayor viii Not Run.
DO YOU mean that YOU hope they
viii not nut uD a candidate against
yOu2" he was asked
From his serious attitude the mayor
changed instantly. he laughed heart
iIv NV dear boy. I have said several
times that I would not be a candidate
for reelection and I mean IT, dom
know who viii be q candidate and ali
the interest / have in the coming cleo
ton is that OF a citizen with a desire
10 see man elected who viii be ca
Dahfe and who viii have the interests
OF Ell Paso uppermost in his mind
Now is the time TO begin prepara-
lions for the election Now that the
smoke Of battle has cleared away as
they say, ii ought 10 be possible for all
Of US. whether Republicans OF Demo
Gratis. TO resume our different labors
and get back TO the real work of at
tending TO our own affairs and making
El PasO better place 10 live IN
PartiSanship Hurts City.
1t appears to me that now is good
time for US all to make the resolution
to obliterate some Of our parusanship-
As I have stated on other occasions. a
bitter partisanship IN politics VIII soon
or or later ruin any community II
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there is none today; and 1 have Ger
tainlv not spent the past two years in
attempting 70 make a new one
For my part I feel no bitterness nor
enmity towards any man or faction oN
reason Of the campaigns Of the past !
am anxious 10 get back 10 the active
practice of my profession at the end Of
my term in April. I shall not be a can
didate under any circumstances to sue
coed myself. and, as If VIII soon be
g=--r dot
the city offices in the springtime.
sincerely trust that II may he possible
for us all TO forget whatever Of bitter
ness there may have been in our past
fights and realize that II is not our
own selfish interests that should have
attention. but FL PasO's interest that
should be looked at most closely and
what A wonderful thing II would be for
our city, and what wonderful compi-
ment il would be to our citizenship, II
we could all settle on broad minded.
liberal men for city offices in the
spring without entering into bitter
partisan fight and drawing partisan
lines that viii put men into office
Handicapped by the bitterness that
arises from a partisanship campaign
The Duty TO the City.
There IS not one of US who-if We
VIII stop a moment and look 10 the
fUture-win not realize what Won
derful city Fl PasO Is and what fu-
ture Sue mas ana our tOlStl uclt Aut.
as citizens 10 our city Nothing could
give me greater pleasure than TO know
that the men who followed me would
20 into office backed by the entire cit
izenship Of FL Paso and unhandicapped
by enmities that usually grow out OF
bitter political campaign
u have no candidate nor candidates
10 suggest and no axes 10 grind IN
making this suggestion. and ] only
make IL for the benefit OF the citizens
who have the interest Of El Paso AT
heart. for my faith is great and I he
heve deeply in greater. bigger and
better Fl Paso"