El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-14

what the Times-the former agent Of
Nilla-said did not interest me.
salt Into Wounds.
That was rubbing salt in old wounds
That was the skeleton in their closet
They know Ehat in an Fl Paso safe
IS the proof OF the fact and they cam
not get around il.
"Smarting under that statement. the
organ Of Pancho Villa. printed a state
ment against me in which they said
that there are some who believe a
train rOnber. especially one who has
served his time and paid his debt II
the state, is at least as respectable as
a demagOgue whose chief claim to emf
hence in the legal profession is his
reputation as jury fixer.' I did not
know that Teddy was a train robber.
rSlimy Brain
Think OF saying that about a man
who is AT the head Of a CITY and who
has two little brown eyed boys at
home whom he loves and who make
for him standard Of living which is
as high a S any mans. That originated
IN the Shiny, snaky brain Of a man
who sits behind desk at the morning
Tines
Before the Audit.
~On the same page was an editorial
saying that it was time TO get down
TO business; that the Mexican situa
ton was over and il was time TO take
the KINKS out Of the county's affairs.
II added that IL was time to elect an
honest set OF county officers That
was before the audit came out Oaugh-
Il have nothing to say against VIII
watson. but against the system which
IS responsible for his present position.
] feel for this man. who has stayed BY
the ring. II is the same old system
tnat we fought year and a half ago
and il is the same system YOU and l
are fighting today
Herald Called Bluff.
They Cfs~----.
First they called ii the Peoples tick.
ct The citizens viii show them what
10 do with that ticket on SATURDAY.
week Isn't that ticket a joke2 They
say al the, head Of IL in the Times
that il was selected by the voters and
not by a small crowd. The Herald gave
lnelr game away when il printed the
Iact Inat- on certain Sunday a Ger
a.. AN SCI OF men met IN a certain office,
sinq cnose mat ticket The next day.
before it had been ratified. the entire
ticket was printed in The Herald a. Il
was told 10 me by one Of the men who
No Moral Standard.
Let me say to you tonight that the
people Of FL PasO VIII never form Their
opinions from paper that has sold
Is columns the mayor declared.
ne mayor then paid his respects TO
J. r. quad the ring" campaign man ]
tser, who had said. in an interview
hat the County and CITY club had NOT
Kept 1alth and should be repudfared He
idded that the fight which ended in the (
.lecIon OF the anti-rinE administration 3
asst spring had started eight years ago /
Nnen Dan Jackson dared to run for {
lfIlce against the ring The mayor
answered QUAD by saying THAT the
-ounty and city club was not orcanized I
-nIl AFTER OrndOrff. Pendell and Wall Z
ng mad been elected commissioners Of I
ne county He said these men were
iected BY the citizens OF the county be
ore the formation of the club and that
he club lad later endorsed them for
eelectiOn-
when the people Of El Paso saw
-ugene Harris defeated for county
Judge by Adrian Pool, they organized /
ne County and City Democratic club
o elect good men TO office" he added.
City Not On Trial.
ne CITY adnlnlstra ton is not on |
rial mayor Lea continued. The {
ines can try me any time il likes and
VIII let the people of FL Paso give the
erdlct between me and paper that I
las sold out We have had an audit Z
M IheN only shortage that was found (
as IN the account OF man who is now
'Orklng Tor the Citizens ticket and he !
anne up and paid il like a man.
DeHeve the people % FL Paso
you'd rather have the county's money
pent Tor courthouses and poor farms
M oiooded stock than TO have it
ines would nave you think that the
commissioners had put the county In
ebt Yet the Times supported the road
ond issue and is now sore because the
commissioners cut off the printing
rom IT,"
The mayor closed his speech with an
ppeal 10 the voters of the ninth pre-
met TO vote the straight County and /
lty ticket, the first name under each
ubhead on the ticket and have a clean. ].
quare' county administration
Crowd ~ Voters
L p McChesney presided at the meet
NJ. which was held on the lawn of the
lta Vista school An orchestra played
etween speeches and lemonade was
erved from large tubs to everyone
-ho attended the meeting. including a 4
lumber Of militiamen who were vel
omed by the members Of the County
nd City club. The lawn Of the school I
as covered with chairs and all We're
He'd before the meeting started, II be-
lg one Of the largest precinct meetings
Ct held in the campaign
R n Dudley reviewed the history Of
ne county tax office muddle and ex-
lained why he withdrew from the bond
VIII / Watson He said il had been
larged that he withdrew for political
sasons but answered this charge by
lying that. when the condition of af-