El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13
Flowers GIVEN
C0BBAT MEDINA
Young Women OverWhelm
Candidate for His Efforts
to Protect the Soldiers.
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BY GEORGE III. CLEMENTS

ful women and sturdy men has a
greater charm for Zach Lamar COBB
today than it did when he entered il
last Tuesday. an almost total
stranger.
Mr.. Cobb. after driving through the
county on his way from Kerrville,
was keenly alive to the natural beau
ties of the landscape but it was not
till the full significance Of the
warmth of the welcome accorded him
by the men and women Of this little
/ city nesting among the giant cyp-
ress trees on the banks Of the Medina
river, dawned upon him that he saw
what was being done in his interests
In its true light
Speaks In Cypress Grove.
The meeting was held in a beautiful
! cypress grove on the banks Of the
[ winding river, about a half mile from
] town. the ground on which the people
! gathered forming a natural amphi-
] theater, semi circular in form. which
] gave the 500 men and women who had
I gathered from the farms and ranches
/ for many miles from the city Of Ne
] dina, opportunity to sit in the shade
] and hear every word Of the speech IN
/ which they were deeply interested
{ and which they literally applauded-
Old Time FL Pus0an Presides.
u
but who has lived in Medina for near
[ " 20 years. presided. When he had
called the assemblage 10 order. Mr.
I Browning introduced four attractive
young women, active workers in the
interests OF good government. each OF
whom presented Mr.. Cobb with a
sheath OF flowers because Of his ef-
7 forts in the matter Of having the sa-
loon banished from the vicinity of the
training camps Of the state, in order
that the menace OF the evils Of the
liquor traffic might be removed from
the boys in khaki The names Of the
young women composing the floral
committee were: Miss Dora Scall0rn, [
Miss Mildred Kelly. Miss Ruby CouI-
ter and Miss Erma Hodges.
Cobb Is Overcome.
Mr.. Cobb. usually so ready TO re-
spond. was temporarily overcome but Z
recovered quickly and thanked the
young women in fitting language for I
the flowers which he said were not !
for him so much as they were a I
tribute TO the sentiment Of the right i
thinking men and women OF the state, /
who were demanding that public az ]
fairs be conducted along the lines OF 4
the world was being made safe for de-
mJcracy by the brave sons Of Ban
dera and other counties Of Texas and /
Of other states, those who were forced
part they must play in backing up the T
boys in the trenches.
Cobb Club Members In Seats Of Honor.
Seated in chairs, close TO the speak +
er's table, we're the members Of the +
reception committee of the occasion T.
made up Of a group Of original Cobb II
men and women. who have been act
i've in his behalf ever since he an
nounced himself as a candidate for 4
congress-
Those occupying the chairs were;
Mesdames r Hammond, L. l. Wise Il
hunt W. 3. Baker. G. F. Scallorn, II
Walter Reese and W. R. Finney and II
Messrs. Walter Reese, W. B. Baker, II
c. A Briggs, S. A. Porter, Jack stew
ems and Franz Cox
First Woman Registered for Cobb. Il
Another ardent worker in the ranks
Of the supporters Of Mr.. Cobb. who \
was an interested listener TO the re-
marks OF the congressional candidate.
was Mrs. II j. Finney, the first wOm-
an in Bandera county 10 register in
order that she might be ready 10 cast
her vote for her favorite on July
p, next
Hudspeth's Liquor Record Laid Bare.
Mr.. Cobb's speech was, in the main,
the same speech he has been making 1
throughout the campaign His Oppou-
ents 1aithfulness TO the liquor inter
ests Of the state as against the peo-
sent them in the state senate, was
shown by the record Of his votes and
his connection while a state legis-
iatOr with the breweries Of the state, l
was dilated upon at length. NJ
SOphistry Disseeted.
4 have charged senator Hudspeth /
with being on the payroll OF the !
brew cries" said Mr.. Cobb. land he /
has admitted the charge He says in !
his own defence that at the time he /
was in the pay Of the breweries the |
-egls-a tures was not IN session ana i
that, therefore he violated no Obliga-
ton TO the people as state senator
The sophistry Of that reasoning is so \
apparent that no argument is needed
10 confute IL. %
Senator Hudspeth. like all other
senator's, was elected for a term OF i
four years and he was a state sen
ltJr every minute Of that time. The {
record OF his votes in the senate, n
since he accepted the big fee of which Il
he boasts, proves that he earned all III
he money paid him. whether it was II
100000 as reported by his admirers /
when they were trying top rove that
re was a smart man, or $4,000 which M
he now claims TO have received as a
lee from his brewery employers.
How Hudspeth Gave Value.
''The people demanded the Passage
Il the joint resolution 10 amend the M
constitution Of the state TO make IL n
impossible for any but 1ull uedged M
.itizens TO vote. The brewers did not M
want those $3.50 Americans. who al
ways could be depended upon 70 vote
against prohibition to be disfran- III
.hised and senator Hudspeth voted as
lis brewer masters instructed him TO n
-ote. He pursued the same policy NJ
when woman suffrage, statewide pro-
libition. federal prohibition and the
one bill came before him for
.ction. On every moral question N
which came 10 him for action he
-oted against it and in that manner
armed the money paid him, ostensiblyI
OF legal services. IL
emit Serve God and Mammon.
"The Bible tells US that no man can =
erve two masters and senator Huds-
eth is no exception 10 the rule. He h
ad two masters-the brewers and the =
eOple. and he served but one Of them ,
presumably the master who paid
i'm most which IN his case was the
rewery. e.,
You do not want man represent Il
~ you in congress who IS so lacking y.
/ aDpreciation OF the fitness OIL J.
lfnEs that he viii attempt to serve :.
necial interests, whether those p
Decial interests be the brewers or o.
istillers Of the country or some otner n
interest which may conflict with the n
est thought of the people"
The JunreE Packing House CnHes =,
Senator Hudspeth's attempt TO u
srve two masters, the stockmen OF ~
he state and the Juarez packing -
liant when he accepted employ y,
tent from the latter at -
me when the reopening OF the
liant was being opposed by every