El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-09
COBB DEN0UNCE5 HUDSPETH
SLANlERIN JUNCTION SPEECH
Hears Arrival in Junction That Senator Hudspeth
Had Said Cobb Had Made a Speech Against Prohi-
bition With His Arm Around a Negro Woman;
Charge Is Declared by Cobb Absolutely False
BY GEORGE H. CLEMENTS.


exposed in Menard and his personal
I statement here which has just been
3 exposed through the courtesy OF Mr.
] Stevenson, 7 have conducted a clean
] campaign and will continue 20 con-
duct clean campaign until its vic
I torious conclusion.
Il would rather be defeated for
I congress than TO gain an election by
I any form OF mlsrepr presentation At no
I time have ever spoken discourteous-
I y or senator Hudspeth personally. II
my disclosure Of his public acts have
I been offensive IL should be borne in
MIND that he made the record and
that 7 did not make ir for him, and
that his offensive record as a public
OFFICER is his responsibility and not
mine
The Brewery Offence.
Senator Hudspeth's course In ac-
cep ting employment from the san An
tonic Brewing association, while he
was a member OF the state senate,
was indeed offensive. However. as the
printed record OF the brewery case on
Page 1900 shows him as attorney for
the brewery. and as the FL Paso
Times Of June i. quotes senator
hudspeth in public speech at san
derson as having admitted that he
had acted as the attorney for the san
Antonio Brewing association, as
shown by the printed record quoted.
there is no reason why ] should not
discuss the matter. His excuse that
not sound.
Senator Hudspeth and the brewery
association both knew thar the leg
stature would be in session again
during his term Of office; that pro-
hinition would be an issue before the
legislature 80 man can serve two
masters. a legislator cannot serve the
people in acting upon prohibition
measures with good judgment and
clear conscience II he is taking money
from the breweries- This is striking
ly proven in the case OF senator
Hudspeth house joint resolution No.
10, submitted az the session OF 1871,
toRamend the state constitution so as
10 limit the ballot 10 full American
citizens which would have had the ef-
feet 10 take the vote away from those
aliens who had merely declared
their intention 20 become citizens
without completing their citizenship.
After passing the house Of represen-
tatves IL was defeated in the senate
as shown on page go Of the Senate
Journal OF that year
Favored Brewery Interests.
These men who had merely de-
clared their intention TO become citi-
zeus were legally aliens. not one OF
them could be made TO fight Tor the
American government, yet nearly
every one Of them could be relied up
on 10 vote IN favor OF the breweries
against prohibition The records
show that senator Hudspeth voted
against this constitutional amend
ment 10 restrict the ballot to 100 per
cent Americans in harmony with the
breweries which had hired him He
favored leaving the ballot in the
hands Of half uaturaliZed aliens Sen
ator Hudspeth favored these so per
cent Americans. who could vote
against prohibition but who could not
be drafted TO fight.
Pairs On zone Bill
The influence of his brewery
client over 1ir. Hudspeth was again
demonstrated on March :. as shown
when the seuator paired with senator
Strickland against the zone bill cal
culared 10 prohibit liquor traffic
within ten miles OF military camps in
Texas.
senator Strickland in g letter 10
me. under date 0f.June u, stated that
senator Hudspeth, upon his return 10
Austin, had said that senator StriclS-
land was mistaken I'm pairing him
against the zone bill. but neither sem
ator Strickland nor senator Hudsperh
made any such statement in the SEN
ate Journal during the 20 days be-
IN cen the 9Th day OF March when pair
was recorded and March 9th when
the legislature adjourned. The SEN
ate Journal would be Of no value 10
the public III a senator could get away
with recording his vote against the
zone bill 20 please his brewery client,
and at the same time pull the wool
over the eyes OF the people BY max
ing private statements in conflict
with HIS recorded vote, in order u
prove an aibi Senator Hudspeth' s.
course proves that man cannot ne
the right kind OF senator while en-
ployed as a brewery lawyer.
Senator Hudspeth's committee has