El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-20
He PAYS A HIGH
TRIBUTE T0C0BB
Confederate Veteran at Bal
morhea Likens Him to
Alexander Stephens.

Zach Lamar Cobb addressed the citi-
Izens Of this section Of Reeves county
late Monday evening. they filled the
auditorium of the high school build
ing to OVERLOOKING. Included i'm the
audience were many who had heard
Mr.. Cobb earlier in the evening at
( Saragosa and who had motored over
i'm order TO hear a further excoriation
Of the Official record Of senator
4 Hudspeth i'm connection with his can
/ didacy for congress The great au-
dience was unusually sympathetic
{ and generously applauded the speak
I er as he explained away the charges
made against him by his opponent or
Z proved the charges against the lat
/ ter by quotations from the published
/ records.
Confederate Veteran PreSides.
The meeting was called TO order by
l Col $. =. WaskOm. Confederate
veteran. who for years has been an
honored citizen OF this beautiful irri-
gated valley. and his appearance
I for a ringing round Of applause
which proved al once the esteem
with which he is regarded by the
community.
reached this building tonight" said
. Col. WaskOm. but I have read so
much about him that ] felt, when ]
was asked by the reception commit
tee TO introduce him to this audience,
. that I knew all about him ] had a
preconceived notion that he was
man OF great stature.
Good Goods Small Packages.
when I met a few minutes ago
little man tipping the beam at prob
ably 100 OF. ut most. 125 pounds. 7
remembered the old saying that good
goods come in small packages. and
remembered that Alexander H ste
phens, one OF the Intellectual and po-
litical giants of America during tho
ante civil war period Of our history,
weighed but IS pounds
Il remembered. too, that Stephens
was son Of the same state which
gave birth to 4Ir. Cobb and 7 con-
soled myself with the thought that
perhaps history was repeating Itself
and that another Georgian Of gigantic
intellect and political prescienre had
arisen in the person Of the candidate
for congress from the 18th Texas dis
trict
stephens Liked joint Debate.
There is another point OF resem-
blance between AR Cobb and Alex
ander II. stephens. There was moth
ing Stephens liked better than a de-
bate and he never lost an 0nnortuu-
ity % enter joint discussion with
an adversary Cobb seems to have
Aaa4 7atN.AN AAaAaNaH"AA-- AA AAaHAa 'a|A AaH
gree. It is told of Stephens that on
one occasion he was debating with
man who was two or three times his
size and that stephens. with his Bit
inE inve"tive. made his opponent so
angry that he retortcd in reply 20
some sally: 4 have a notion 10 PIN
your ears back and swallow YOU
whole, which caused Stephens 20
come back with If YOU do swallow
me. YOU viii have more brains iu
your stomach than you have in your
Has High Opinion Of Cobb.
But enough OF this byplay. 7
have a very high opinion Of Alr. Cobb
for the reason that the best men and
women Of the city in which he lives
regard him highly The preachers.
the doctors, the lawyers. the leaders
Of thought in his home city think
wen Of him and that is always proof
OF mans character and esra dishes
his moral standing
7 have high regard for AIr Cobb
for another reason: He is tried and
true friend of that greatest OF all
living Democrats. Woodrow Wilson
All the oppressed peoples OF the
earth are looking toward president
Wilson as the exponent Of democracy
and he IS esteemed by the leaders of
every nation in the world except
those ruled over by the HohenZol-
lerus and the HapsburEs.
8 Supporter OF Wilson
Alr. Cobb was supporter OF this
great Democrat at the Houston con-
veutiou OF 1912. and has been sup
porter Of his policies ever since He
has been a consistent prohibitionis-
from the time of Cone Johnson's cam
didacy for governor Of Texas till the
present moment. As an exponent Of
stood like the rock of Gibraltar in
this crisis in our nations history we
want. al Washington. as our repre-
sentative. q man who can be depended
upon TO stand for those principles Of
government which are of the highest
character. We cannot afford TO send
a man who is either opposed TO the
administration or who is uncertain in
any degree. 7 firmly believe the hand
Of the Almighty can be seen in the
choice Of Wilson as the leader If
democra cv in this country and en- the
world Therefore we cannot afford a.
this fire tn So-d p uau who viii
harass him in the great work he has
underta ken
Hudspeth a Liquor Man.
'AIr. Cobb's opponent I'm the race {
for congress has for is wears been I
allied with the saloon element I'm I
Texas politics If he should De sent ]
to washington he would he inclined ]
TO continue his efforts TO further the I
interests Of those engaged in the uu-
holy liquor traffic. In this eonnec- /
ton. too. we should recall the order .
given by WASHINGTON on memor- .
able occasion when the fate of the
evolutionary armies battling for the .
life OF q nation Of free people: Place D
none but Americans on guard
Let us bear In mind that admoni- I
ton ut this time and see that none I
but 100 per cent Americans are sent D
TO the legislative halls OF the nation
am sure that Mr. Cobb viii meet 7
every requirement and 7 take great I
pleasure i'm introducing him 20 YOU in T
o-de~ that DO ~77v discuss before you
the issues Of the campaign"
Hud~7cth AND Jusr~z Plant.
Mr.. CObb's address followed closely /
the lines Of other addresses made q. ]
other points In the district. evce9t ]
that he laid particular stress upon his /
opponents connection with the Juarcz 7
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