El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-10


Nagle, Navajo; ID. W Heard Aarl-
copa. and Gov. Hunt.
Chas. r. Green. newspaper man,
was secretary for the retiring council
\ Grande valley are very much inter
ested in the election Of the congress
man who viii WELD influence at
Washington Certainly this admins
tratiOn. or any other administration,
viii do all Of the things such as i'm
3 proven ents that are necessary 10 the
I maintenance Of the military post and
the irrigation schemes in and near Fl
! Paso; but frequently there are such
I things as environments TO be estab-
Z ished that may be established advan-
Z rageOusly almost as well at one place
as another. and those who administer
I affairs at Washington. being but hui
man. naturally are more favorable to-
wards those who have been favorable
Z 10 the administration
Recalls Fl Paso's Attitude.
eLet US go back a few years and see
I Just what our attitude has been to-
ward the present administration To
I begin with, 1912. when the now
president was q candidate for the
] Democratic nomination. after a vigor-
Gus campaign throughout the state Of
Texas by his friends. the convention
which met at Houston was solid for
Wilson with the exception Of the 18th
congressional district. and it was di-
Tided, with FL Paso holding the bal
ance Of power The political machin-
cry Of FL PasO had sent to Houston a
strong anti-Wils0n delegation, headed
by senator Hudspeth- This delegation
made a great fight In that convention
against the president, but a delegation
headed BY Judge CoEEin and Zach La
mar Cobb, cOntesting the Hudspeth
delegation, were finally seated and
. sm9Han a
went from Texas 20 the Baltimore
convention One Of these was Zach
Lamar Cobb The 40 never wavered-
they stood like @ stone wall until
Wilson was nominated.
The two newspapers OF Fl PasO
have fought the present admiuistra-
ton from the beginning. until the
breaking out Of the German war.
Neither Of these newspapers have ever
been friendly TO the admiuistratio I
unless it might be said that they have /
become so since the beginning Of the l
war.
Wasn't asIoppinE over
IN 1915. o. p ColquitL who had 4
been the governor Of Texas and had !
taken frequent occasion to denounce /
president Wilson and his administra- ]
ton- and whose denunciation OF the /
administration had been read into the /
congressional record as a campaign 4
document by the Republicans, was 3 4
candidate for United States senator !
against senator CulbersOn. q friend OF 1
the administration. and Ell Paso gave !
him q majority. After the first pri- i
mary and in the runOff between oCl-
guilt and Culberson, at a great Col
quit rally in Houston senator Huds-
peth made q speech in which he said,
am not stopping over FOR the VIII j
son administrat ton" and severely 4
criticized the two cabinet members
from Texas. Burles0u and Gregory.
Huds1eth Fights smith.
I'm 1912, when Wilson's candidacy
FOR presidency was announced. senator
Culberson, OF Texas. and three con-
gressmen, Sheppard. now United States
senator; Burleson, now postmaster
general, and smith, now United states
district judge, announced for him.
Naturally, among the congressman.
these became the favorites with the
a admins tration. Judge ". r. Smith
was one Of the strong friends OF the
administration and led many admin
istratiou fights in the lower house Of
congress He represented the FL PasO
district, and In 1916 the FL PasO dis /
-rict repudiated Smith and sent an
other TO congress Fl PasO county. it
is true IS not responsible for the de-
feat Of Smith. but senator Hudspeth
did all he could TO avoid his defeat and
he was defeated in the FL Paso dis
-rict. Thus you see our attitude to-
ward this administration If we
call IL friendly-at least IL has not
been very cordial
Do you believe that II. when the
votes are counted on the night Of the
-tth Of this month. Hudspeth shall
have received a majority, that the adj
nlnisrration VIII look upon the cleo
lon OF the man who has fought IL so
consistently for the past six years. as
b friendly act on the part Of II Paso2
"f'rOm the instant Of the en-
trance Of Woodrow Wilson into
national politics, Hudspeth has
been his political enemy and Cobb
his political friend, and II occurs
TO me that IL Is about time that Fl
EaEo d waking mp to her own in
1erestE and Mt least showing one
act Of friendship toward the pres
ent great Democratic ndministru-
fion.
But. some one says. haven't we a
light TO elect whoever we please 10
congress, regardless Of his attitude
coward the administration Certainly
ne have This cannot be disputed.
We have that right. and can do II If
We are so disposed on the other hand.
he administration has the same right
20 confer upon other localities favors
nat could be conferred upon Fl Paso.
Cobb Of Highest Character.
Finally 7 want to discuss briefly
he campaign that IS being made
gainst Mr.. Cobb. So far as ] have no.
iced, the only issue made against
'obb, in addition 20 asking the Ques-
ion What has Cobb doneF is charg-
uE him with some political fudiecre-