El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-18
c. D. P. TICKET
TOBEENTERED
Ell Paso Republicans To Get
Into City Fight Without
Any Compromise.

nounced by the Democratic factions
The Republican club of Ell Paso, meet
ing at the Coles building Wednesday
evening. announced that they would
have a ticket, and that it would be a
straight Republican ticket"
Efforts were made by some OF the
members of the club TO have a ticket
TO be known as a Citizens ticket. en-
/ dorsed by the Republican club. but
this was overruled. J. A. Smith took
! the stand that the Republicans should
| put straight Republican ticket into
! the field, after W IL Case had sug-
J eested a ticket with Republican en-
| dorsement 10 be known as q citizens
] ticket Mr. Smiths stand met an al
| most unanimous approval of the Re
| publicans.
/ May Wait for Primaries.
! The naming Of the candidates will
] not take place till a later date and.
perhaps, not until after the Democratic
| primaries. as the Republicans decided
, TO extend all their present efforts to
getting citizens to secure poll tax re-
ceipts and to induce Democrats TO re-
main away from the Democratic pri-
! maries-
". II Case took the initiative to-
ward having the Republicans form a
ticket Tor the municipal political con-
test He desired, he said, a ticket OF
some kind, even if it had to be called
a Citizens ticket.
4 have met any number of Demo-
Gratis who supported Tom Lea at the
last election, and they are dissatisfied
with the present Democratic ticket"
said Mr.. Case They have told me
that wheather we nominate a straight
Republican ticket or form coalition
ticket, they will support US Many of
them want US to put out q Citizens
ticket ! believe that We could make
such ticket a Republican so far as
the nominees are concerned, but still
it could be a Citizens ticket
LO, the Bloody Shirt.
There are so many men in Texas
who are still voting as they did for the
last 40 years and just as their fathers
and grandfathers did They can't get
over the bloody shirt l talked TO
over 500 Of this kind last fall who told
me that they could not vote the Re
publican ticket, but if We got out
ticket called a Citizens ticket, they
would support us So We can count
on many who would not support
Republican ticket 10 vote for a Citi-
zens' ticket if we put it out.
The finances OF the county OF Fl
Paso are in the worst shape imagine
able They are worse than people OF
this city know anything about, and i
Will take only = little wind Tor the
banks 20 cut FL PasO county right off
Now the people don't know anything
about this. and won't know so long as
the Democrats have control.
support at Hand.
My belief is that the consensus OF
opinion III this city is to put Citizens
ticket in the field IN the municipal
election. If we don't do il, some one
else will. There are plenty OF people
TO support this ticket Last fall !
learned that fully 1000 Republicans IN
Il Paso were without poll tax receipts
They feel that a poll tax receipt doesn't
get them anything in Texas. II we 20
after the Republican residents we can
and If this Republican club decides
that we shall either nominate a Re
publican ticket or a Citizens ticket
the Republicans will go pay their poll
taxes and will support the ticket"
Mr.. Case then made motion that
the Republicans announce that they
would have municipal ticket to be
known as the Citizens ticket Mr.
ton that il should be a Republican
ticket.
No Compromise. Says Smith.
Experience in the past has been
that we should not place a ticket in the
field to be known as a Citizens ticket,
said Mr.. Smith. There might be some
thing gained by II, but I don't see
where. II we put out a ticket called
Democrats would want to dominate II
and many Republicans would not sup
port it Politicians would try 10 dom
mate this ticket and We would have q
lot It. Of di'sF0n'lsd politicians back OF
I'VE can put out a straight Republ:-
can ticket and elect it We did that
here with the Bob Campbell ticket
years ago and this was straight Re
publican ticket and the Democrats
voted for it and elected the entire
ticket They will support the Republi-
can ticket II we put II out
SSTOo Busy Making Money"
''The trouble with the people in this
city is that they are too busy making
money 10 take any interest in its ,po-
litical affairs There = not a banker.
merchant or heavy tax payer, in this
audience. The reason is the feelings
of the people have not been aroused
ers and merchants and citizens OF this
city interested. and before the race is
over we Will have to get the theater
TO hold the crowds which will come to
the political meetings.
There has not been ticket put up
in FL PasO in the past which has not
been made up by politicians. They have
spent thousands and thousands of dol
lars in electing them Since the Re
publicans subsidized here. the "ins" and
outs OF the Democrats have been
fighting one another and they have
spent thousands in these fights. And
they have had to get this money back.
But If l showed how they got this
money back, the people OF FL Paso
would be too busy making money for
themselves to pay any attention
II
publican ticket, and insisted that the
members Of the Republican club get
all Republicans and as many Demo-
Gratis as possible to stay out of the
Democratic primaries as a preliminary
TO defeating the Democratic ticket now
in the field.
Business Men Available.
O. Il Baum said that there were
number OF business men in the city
who would make splendid candidates
for the ticket.
I think FL Paso has grown 10 that
proportion that it is big enough 20
command a big man for mayor" said
Mr.. Baum There are plenty of men
big enough in this community to give
YOU what you want and what the com
munity demands. 1t is best that the
Republicans announce Immediately
that they will have a ticket IN oposi-
ton TO the one which has been an
nounced and that it will be headed By
a man who is big enough. broad enough
and capabl enough to receive the sup
port and confidence of the people OF
FL Paso.'
Wants Young Men.
Charles s. stevens, 100, Favored the
announcement that a ticket should be
put in the race by the Republicans,
should be made. He suggested young