El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-28
DEN0UNCE KELLY
CROWDS MOVE
Democrats on School Board
Say 1t Means Private II
terests Disguised.

stands ass ana independent candidate r.
B I- Whitaker e. r. stevens = l
; Prudential ad A. b. iia"ley- present
I members OF the board. are standing Tor
reelection
slap Republicans aud The Herald.
/ a call for all Democrat 20 stand
: ehiud ed straight Democratic ticket
! which tne convention would nominate
and hold accusations that the present
school board was controlled 20. C. T.
/ stevens and his E-uEH-i. am follow. ss-
were the chief ideas that Kan through
the speeches made az he Democratic
convention. I.-marSs about the -pcr-
F; niciousness oi The "a Haso herald
/ also occupied several moments oi some
| of the speaker
leigh CIarl. Fresidc>-
District attorney LeiEn 'ltri- was
unanimously chosen as cilai i-..-H col Tne
1i-eetlus- He immediately declared tire
intention of the convention Va@ leo
make the school board election par
tisau fight in which t,-r -~rotccra-s
should band together and eie their
men.
Says Republicans support stevens.
The old time Republicans are organ
. ized. They are Eoin- TO make a door
bell TO doorbeu campaign 70 elect
/ Charles Stevens. the Republican vino
controls the school board lie said
4 They wouldn't endorse charlie
Stevens. because they say they want TO
keep politics out OF the school board.
when as n matter Of fact they are 60
ing TO do everyJn in their power 70
elect Republicans To- the board
"~ur Republicans on Board. says
1ir- clark declared that the present
school hard was made I'D o. four Re
puh!icans and three Democrats and
that the RepuuliCaus under the lead Of
Stevens had had matters their own
way on the board.
THE Republicans ana the superiu-
tcudent have put over anything they
wanted. Air Clark said. THAT has
caused this meeting 20 be called. not 10
endorse mt 10 nominate four Demo
Gratis as the legitimate candidates of
the Democratic party.
Az this surf about bifurcated off,
Gals should be done away with. Those
who believe in the good old Demo
cratic principle OF majority rule should
vote FOR the ticket this Convention
nominates.
Takes Fling at Headline.
NJ. Clark took a poke" al TIE
Herald when he said that head line
III the paper was trying to make It
appear rinE and auti-ring fight. He
said he had no objection to a. head
line which had the word Kelly crowd
Democratic crowd -
The Herald thought by using that
head line that they would cause some (
prejudice TO come up h stated.
Harper Against Compromise.
Judge James r. Harper said that a ,
school board must be chosen by the (;
voters that would work in harmony Z
with the next CITY administration /
and that in his . years as resident Of /
n PasO the only disturbing element :
in politics national. state. or city, had 3
been brought about by compromise.
For that reason there should be :
no compromise here" he said There /
viii be no chance for compromise The :
men 1 name VIII be elected and run B
the school board for the next two
years.
IT the Democrats have TO split ID, F.
II Is better we should turn over the 3
control OF affairs TO the Republicans D
Let the Democrats stand together on !
this election he said
Doubt rs To Filler Expressed.
After judge Harper mad nominated
Russell. Orr, Wright and Filler the .
Carter as TO whether Filler was a Dem F
ocrat or not. W II. Fryer said he +
knew that TO be fact.
c. 2 Kelly. who was asked to speak. }
confessed TO having been an office F.
holder but never Republican He I
almost Immediately took shot At The Z
f PasO Herald.
u didn't know there was anything
in The Herald about this meeting until 4
I heard the judge mention il he said F
But / want TO say this Whenever E
7 want TO do anything-political o. .
Otherwise won't 20 TO a Republican ]
paper TO ask permission to do IT,"
Kelly turned 10 the reporters. and I
asked them II they had taken down !
that sentence correctly
When the call came for a Democratic I
convention TO elect a Democratic school [!
board. I must confess IL tickled me-
he said Mr. Kelly declared the Re
Dublicans We're III control Of the schools [
today.
i got that information from the /.
schools themselves he said But !
when the Democratic men nominated ]
by this board are chosen by the vote &
Of the people. Fl Paso viii have the ,
best school board IL has had in four /
years"
District attorney Clark announced !
that an executive committee viii be 4
appointed shortly
r. y Farmer was unanimously chosen 4
as secretary OF the convention after
il. .. Chapman had refused the office.
Supplies Rock TO BituIithic.
J. 81 Dudley. who was prominent 3
afrOng the men seated ON the speak
er's platform at Tuesday nights meet
ing of Democrats in the courthouse, .
but who was not Il speaker there, when
asked Il IL was the intention Of the q
meeting 10 inject politics in the school
trustee race. said "Wednesday noon:
Il know nothing about the political
phase OF the movement / am simply
III il because / believe II is right As
TO the statements relative TO the al !
legged Bitulthic company connection
] wcuid say 1 have nothing To do with
1he Bitulithic company except that my {
firm is supplying d with rock for paw
ing