El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-03
.HIID5PETHF0JGHT BILL T0PERMIT
WOMEN To CONTROL PROPERTY
Record Shows That FL Paso Senator Was Against the
Measure at Every Step, Just as He Opposed Grant
ing the Franchise to Women When This Cues
ton Was Up Before the Special Session
nv GEORGE II. CLElIENTsl.

"A USTIN, Tex June a--Senalor
AC1aude 3. Hudspeth, in his Ban
dera speech. and in other speeches
made at other points throughout the
18th congressional district, in which
he is making a campaign for election
20 the national house of represents
tives. has admitted that he is OIL
cfauv recorded as being opposed to
giving the women Of Texas right 70
vote. but. while admitting it, he asks
the newly enfranchised voters 90 for
get that dereHction on his part and
TO remember only that while in the
legislature he voted for seats Tor WO-
men employed in department stores
and for the biz making nine nouns q
DAYS work for the weaker sex
Hours for Women, Hours for Men.
il is true that Senator auQspeLn
did vote for those two very merlLor-
fous measures. as shown by the rec
ords i'm the state house though WY
he should set such store by having
favored nine hours as a days Work
for women while the men were pash-
ing in the sunshine Of an eight hour
day is not explained either in the
records Of the Texas state senate or
in the senator's published speeches.
He Fought the wives Of Texas.
While the congressional CANDIDATE
in his attempt to stampede the "o--
men Of the district is saying ml-A OF
his votes for seats for women in de-
uartment stores ana lor q nine AeuI
dav for women working in factories
which az best would alIecL pul com
naratiVely Few women IN TINS sla-si
and while apolOslZInE 1or having or
posed giving the ballot TO an women
OF voting age. he says nothing OF ms
violent and persistent opposition 70
a bill affecting in the most vital man
ner every married woman IN LsAas
and every Texas woman who noped
10 be married, and their name IS -e-
women Remember the Fight.
Since the wide publicity given 4-r-
Hudspeth-s remarkable Bancera
speech. and his equally remarza-9le
san angelo speech, the headquar- e-s
Of the Cobb Campaign committee IN
N Paso las been flooded with let
rers from women, not only or the
18th district, but Or ne sl4 r7-,.7s =
1ar-e asking why senator hl1s-
ueth's record upon the measure pop
Tfarlv known as the Married NJ O.
mems Property Rights DllL IN me
regular session OF the aarQ le5ls-.--
tune. in 1913, had not been made pub
The bill I'm question was in
tended 20 amend the old law
which practically deprived any
married woman in the state OF
arT earned, through work done
outside the home OF Of any rlEht'
erceuf in common with her nus
band. to any property Wnlen she
might purchase with such eAfn-
FnrH or which she might nave
had before her marriage or Whlel
she mfEht have acquired through
rfft or otherwise after marriage
TVre old law also made the nus
hand sole md absolute munnEer
and custodian Of any property OK
which the wife might become
possessed at any time OF by any
merslT after she became Vile
An TuroIerahle Situation.
The position OF the married Wo-
men of Texas. because OF lne law OUT
lined above, was not lle most -
-fabTe in the world and the progress
i've and euIfghtened women Of the
state. as well as many OF the e1-
Hehtenef men. tried for years 20 nav e
the situation improved by an amend
ment of the archaic Jaw
During the regular session ~ l-s
errd legislature. through the eLIQE 9
OF the women Of the state who nal
interested themselves in the matter,
a bill calculated 70 remove some OK
the restrictions imposed upon mar
ried women by the old law M1s -n-
troduced in the lower house II was
known as house bill NO. p ana was
naszed BIZ the house OF representa-
lives bv q large majority II was
sent TO the senate early IN Lne s1s-
sion. or. TO be exact, on FEBRUARY p.
as shown hv the senate journal OF
that day. II was read the first time
and referred 20 JUDICIARY comm -
No. J. and. by that committee. re-
norfe7 back on February 9, with the
recommendation that IL pass
HudEueth Begins His Fight.
The bill was placed upon the cal