El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-19

ION LEA took some more hide off
the Times Tuesday night at the
L Orchard Park precinct meeting
The mayor opened up on the Times at
the Alta Vista meeting last week in
answer 70 the personal attacks which
had been made against him by the
morning paper. although he is not a
candidate for office in this election
At the Alta Vista meeting he re-
ferred 10 certain papers which were in
an FL Paso safe. Tuesday night he had
them in his pocket and he produced
them and read them TO the crowd.
which cheered him and gave him an
ovation when he had finished
one of the papers was the transla-
ton Of a Photographic copy of tele-
gram received by collector OF customs
Pedro Naese under villa in JUarez, or
derinE the payment of $4,000 tgold)
10 Wyche Greer. manager OF the
Morning Times and signed by c L
The payment lis an urgent necessity.
Copy of Receipt.
The other paper was Photographic
COPY of a receipt which was signed oy
Wvche Greer and stating that $4,000
had been received by him by order OF
The telegram was dated August 81
1918 and the receipt bore the date OF
September /. 1915, the mayor said. IN
dicatng that the payment had been
made Immediately upon receipt OF the
telegram
Public Can see Papers.
The mayor declared that he had the
Photographic copies Of the telegram
and receipt in his possession and that
The nublic was welcome to come and
he rar
had presented TO the meeting.
The meeting was presided over by
John ". Harm. president OF the or
chard Park Improvement club, which
has done so much TO beautify and i'm
prove the suburban section Preceding
The spea king barbecue sandwiches
were served TO the crowd which at
tended the spea king All OF the seats
were taken and there were large
number of women present who listened
70 the speaking and cheered mayor Lea,
Seth Orndorff and the other speakers
when they made political points
Mayor Cheered.
Mayor Lea was the first speaker in
troduced- His earnest manner and his
sincerity won the crowd from the start
and he was frequently interrupted by
applause and. when he produced
Photographic copies OF the contracts
with Villas agents. the crowd gave
him an ovation. In his introduction,
the mayor praised OFCildTu t-dIh 4oE us
civic welfare and improvements
Have Faith in People
Then. launching into the address for
his friends on the County and City club
ticket. the mayor said: I have faith
in the people Of FL Paso and FL Paso
county ! believe they deprecate the
methods of the Citizens ticket in this
campaign. The people have the right
10 discuss the record of the candidates
The. mudsiinginE in this campaign
comes from the other side. The peo-
ple are ashamed OF these attacks in this
sheet of a morning paper
Have Not Forgotten Feb 16.
81 cannot see why they are making
this attack upon me unless they have
not forgotten February 10. 1918 Some
times. when men lose who have been IN
office for long time and the public
takes them bodily out of that office.
those men never forget or forgive The
memory Of February 10 IS Unforgotten.
Since April Il, when this organization
went into office. the people have been
free 70 discuss opinions without fear Of
reprisals-
'-The people Of q Paso can see the