El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
WANTS To CUT.
THE STATE
IN TWO
Hudspeth Would Divide
Texas So That Ubiquitous
Laws Would Not Apply.
SAYS LEGISLATURE
rs FORCING IT

Austin, Texas, Sept. 3.-Dissatisfied
with the passage Of the International G.
Great Northern railroad bill, which he
claims means the western section of
Texas will witness no more railroad
building in ten years. Claude V. Huds-
advocating the division Of Texas into
two states. He says the state is too
big and too unwieldy for one state.
Bills which are of benefit to one sec
ton are detrimental to another. With
so much territory he declares it is i'm
possible to legislate justly for all
When the state was admitted to the
union it was anticipated that a divis-
ion might be wanted at some time
and provisions were made whereby the
citizens could, by majority vote. sep
arate the state into two or four separ-
ate states if it was desired
Only Sentiment in the Way.
Mr.. Hudspeth now wants two states
made out OF the Texas territory. He
says no good reason can be urged
against 1T, sentimentaIity alone stand
ing in the way. Every good business
reason can be urged for 1t, he says,
and none against it
It IS understood some Of the other
western senators are in line with Huds-
peth- The matter may be brought be-
fore the next legislature Discussing
the proposition, senator Hudspeth said:
Il have just about abandoned hope
OF ever securing justice for my people
until We divide Texas. The only OBJ
lection that can be urged against a d.
vision of Texas is sentimentality. Pan
cering to silly sentimentality has al
ready cost west Texas untold millions
Of dollars and to further encourage a
sentimentality that can but lead to
ruin and intensified struggle for the
west will be monumental folly.
Justice Impossible Now.
I am division of Texas-my ma
tive state-because 1t is impossible to
distribute even-handed justice for a
people representing so many different
phases OF life as do the people Of Tex
as. East Texas has no more apprecia-
ton of the needs of west Texas than a
long cared jackrabbit has of the fourth
power. This, at least, is the most char
liable view TO take of the matter for If
any. one becomes convinced that east
Texas does know and does appreciate
the needs of west Texas, then a YER
dict Of wanton destruction and wiIIfuI
wreckage will stand against east Texas
L konw that when We raise the ques-
ton Of dividing Texas that the hue and
cry viii go up, which state shall claim
the Alamo: which state will enjoy the
rich heritage Of the glory of San ia
cinto?
Answering this hue and cry even
before it is heard, I will say that the
grandeur Of the defenders of the Alamo
is the common heritage of the Anglo
Saxon race and the valor displayed on
San Jacinto's field belongs to all Amer
lea, just as does the valor displayed on
Concord's plains and Bunker Hill
West Texas Would Quit.
-T am not prepared TO announce
position as to how many states should
be carved out Of Texas, but I do say.
speaking for my people. that we desire
to leave the fold of our fathers and be
Independent of our oppressors. I know
that west Texas has always responded
TO calls for help from east Texas, and
do know that 1t has been so infre-
quent that it takes time to recall the
event, when east Texas has ever heark-
ened to the cry Of distress that has
come from the wind swept prairies of
west Texas.
ct do not believe that the black waxv
section Of Texas where tax-dodging is
one Of the fine arts and where almost
a majority of the farmers till soil be-
longing to landed gentry, know one
need, or II they do know one need, care
one bit for the needs Of southwest
Texas, where problems of great mo-
ment which must be solved are facing
the people.
Matter for Serious Thought.
Let US make pause anc give serious
thought to this subject. We have
pleaded for bread and have been given
a stone time and time again We have
asked for justice and have been spurn-
ed and spat upon. We have supplicated
without avail, and we have played
without effect. But one way remains
open for the west to march forward TO
her manifest destiny without carrying
a weighty load, and that one way is for
the parent state of Texas to permit US
to dissolve the bonds that now attach
US against our will to the sovereignty
Of an oppressive majority, and the gov
eminent of a people who have no in
terest in our welfare
AS an Independent state, western
Texas would move in the march of de-
velOpment and progress with the lead
ers of the union Factories under laws
suited to the needs Of the west. would
DOT the valleys, and schoolhouses main
tanned by the funds the west now con-
tributes to educate east Texas niggers
would crown the hills. Cities would
spring up from substantial foundations
and fields would replace the sweeping
ranges"