El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-02
IS MAKING
MANY CONVERTS
Arrives Unexpected at
ChristOval But Friends
Get Crowd Quickly.

by GEORGE h GLEN Eats
Christoval. Texas. July Zach La
mar Cobb addressed the voters Of this
section Of Tom Green county in the
great auditorium Of the Concho-Colo-
rado Baptist conference in this city,
Friday night and, judging from the
applause given him during the course
Of his talk and from comment by
those who heard the speech after its
delivery the congressional candidate
made a favorable Impression That
this box W4ll be almost unanimous FOR
Cobb on primary day IS the almost
universal concession on the part Of
those who know the politics Of this
part Of the county
Second Talk Of the Day.
Mr. Cobb arrived in ChristOval from
El Dorado, where he made a patriotic
address at noon in the presence OF
thousands Of citizens OF Schleicher
and surrounding counties who had
gathered for war savings stamp
drive and for a barbecue.
Upon his arrival here Mr.. Cobb re-
paired 10 the Holland house for q rest
after the long hot drive from III Do
RADIO and found that the proprietor,
George Holland, was a brother Of an
oldtime FL Paso friend. T. j. Holland.
The wen known contractor Of that
city.
Big Crowd HurriedIy Assembled.
Owing 20 the fact that Mr.. Cobb had
not notified his friends in Christoval
shat he was coming. no preparations
had been made for a meeting The
COb5 men Of the community were So
enthusiastic and So anxious that they Z
be given an opportunity 20 hear him /
mat they began TO advertise his pres ]
ence in the city by means Of telephone f.
calls and by personal visits In auto 4
mobiles 10 homes and ranches which .
could not be reached by telephone. I
The result was that about 200 men .
and women were gathered in the tab T
ernacle or scattered about under the
trees upon its capacious lawn at s E
O'Clock, the hour set for the meeting.
Newspaper Man PresideS.
Those assembled were called 90 or
der by Frank C. Van Horn, editor and .
proprietor Of the Christoval Observer,
and he presided throughout.
AS was the case at sonora, in SUIT
ton county. on Thursday night. r. n.
Dudley was present and asked for a
few minutes of Mr. C05bs time in
which TO present the merits Of his
candidacy for the state senate The
request was granted
Dir. Dudley explained that his can
didacy was in no way connected with
the race Of Nr. Cobb for congress. ct
have happened 10 be in ChTistoval at
the same time that llr. Cobb speaks
here said Mr. Dudley "AIr- Cobb is
o speaker and I am not. Besides
an sick and have been sick for the
past two or three days ] have asked
1lr. Cobb for the privilege Of stating
my case and he has very EraciOusly I
granted my request I thank him for
the courtesy I VIII be brief I'm order
that you may have an opportunity TO
hear the speech you came to hear"
DenounccE Opponents Of Prohibition.
1Ir- Dudley was on the platform for
but IS minutes and made practically
the same speech he made at sonora
g nd perhaps az other points through 5
out the senatorial district He was I
particularly denunciat0ry OF the mem ,
5ers Of the state legislature who Op- /
posed the zone bill. the statewide pro- [
hibiriou bill. the Thomson lireracy !
bin and the bin giving the women Of &
the state the right 10 vote.
He said that he had been an anti Z
1rohibitionist and had been elected to Z
the legislature as an anti. but when 7
The president called for the suppress s
sion Of the liquor traffic as a war Z
measure for the protection OF the I
boys in the uniform Of the United I
states army or navy. he felt that there Z
was but one thing to do and that was
TO fall I'm line behind the president
Tor the winning Of the war. c
HudSpeth's Record Is Read. :
Ar C0bb's speech was in the main /
tAE S-NEEAA ne Ae--H c-E- ENLNL1 .
except that his castiEation OF his op- =
ponent for his record as the paid rep
resentative Of the 5reWeries while q
member of the legislature and for his
attempted betrayal Of the livestock
interests Of the state through his con-
lection with the Juarez packing
house was more severe, If that were I
possible
Hudspeth's Fatal Admission
Senator Huds1eth's connection with |
he breweries Of Texas, as the attor-
hey OF one Of them In an important
ease brought against them by the
state Of Texas while he was mem
Der Of the state senate and while pro-
lihltion measures were pending be-
fore the legislature, was discussed at
enEth By Mr.. Cobb with especial ref
srence TO senator Hudspeth's admis-
sion, in his Sanderson speech, that he
lad been employed as an attorney by
lne OF the breweries and his further
admission made in the form OF
boast, in a speech delivered at Mara
th0n, that he received as a fee for
his services Of the breweries a larger
fee than M Cobb or his associates J
had received as fees during their en-
tire law practice
More Than He Was Worth as Lawyer.
IF senator Hudspeth's boastful
ia tement regarding the fee he re-