El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-23
.HUD5PETH ADMITS THE LETTER
ASKING FRIEND FOR '5LU5H FUND
SAYS He Thought He Was Writing Friend, as If Slush
Funds Between Friends Are Proper-Flaunts Lib
erty Bonds and Says He Bought Them; Ad
mits Taking Brewery Retainer.

/ nOLDLY admitting that he wrote
I . the -slush fund" letter. but assert
ing that he wrote it TO a man he
thought his friend-leavins the infer
euce that he thinks a "slush fund
between friends is perfectly proper
c. B. Hudspeth refused 10 accept the
immunity bath Of his friend, judge
A. H CulwelI. who attempted recent
ly to explain that the senator was
young and inexperienced when the
letter was written. In Cleveland
square Monday night, the senator re-
ferred to the letter almost boaslfully
then in a sort Of hurt manner. said
. he thought when he wrote it that he
was writing to a friend
Its a FOOLISH letter, III admit
and I'm not playing the baby act by
saying i was young then i wrote
. that letter 10 a man that I thought
was my friend No man can ever
accuse me OF spending a dollar IL
legally. however 1t was used against
me in 1914 and row ] say use il all
you want against me-
This was his explanation OF the
famous -slush fund" letter. written
the second day after he was first
sworn into office at Austin, at the
very beginning Of his public career.
says He Bought Liberty Bonds.
Holding alOft a bundle OF papers
which he said were Liberty bonds
which he had bought and paid for,
the senator made much Of his pur-
chase. Later he admitted that the
san Antonio brewery had paid his
firm as a fee an amount twice equal
20 the cost Of the Liberty bonds he
said he had purchased
lnasmuch as few Liberty bonds are
: registered. It is possible TO borrow
7 any amount OF them for similar exc
hlbitiOn anywhere
The papers were Haunted IN the ali
& somewhat as a spoiled child would
flaunt q new toy over a playmate in
I less fortunate circumstances much
I as a saloon man would flaunt a new
I diamond in the faces Of people who
/ have not such a ready source OF in
/ come. He said he had also bought
$1,000 worth OF war savings stamps.
As shamelessly as he admitted
writing the slush fund letter, the
state senator admitted his employ
meut by the san Antonio brewery "a
+ defend il when sued by the state Of
Texas; he also admitted receiving q
fee of $4,000 tor his firm for the work
T His boasts i'll the past had led people
. TO believe that he had been paid
much more than this.
Looks On Empty Aisles.
A fair sized crowd was out and
while it IS difficult 70 estimate an
audience in Cleveland square. it Is
fair TO say that hardly as many as
tW0-rhirds OF the crowd that greeted
Zach Lamar Cobb last Monday night
I was present The senator looked on
empty aisles. while every square
foot OF ground in the aisles was
crowded when Cobb spoke
Fails to Reply 10 Several
The senator said Il shall answer
I The questions Of my opponent as you
have a right 10 know my record
but he failed singularly 10 mention
I several OF the most important Ques-
. tions- he maintained that when be
was paired against the zone Bill. ID
I was because senator Strickland mis-
understood him He said he favored
I the zone bill but opposed national and
{ statewide prohibition
Avoids Alien Voters Question.
The senator uttered not a word
about his opposition TO the measures
designed 10 take the vote from uu-
naturalized alien residents and from
illiterares.
After brazenly admitting that he
accepted q $4,000 Zee from the brewer
les. he said: When I am at AUSTIN.
I represent the people in the legisla-
ture; but when i am at III Paso.
practice law for a living"
Speaks OF Good Laws.
Claiming the suffrage Of the peo-
pie on his 15 year record. the SEN
ator proceeded 10 detail every good
law that had been passed or intro
duced in those is years and claimed
credit Tor a great part Of the passing.
Helped TO pass was his favorire
phrase and he detailed measures that
had practically no opposition
The senator maintained he was not
mad. but accused The Herald OF mis-
eseuung the facts in the race and
threatened 10 ~HAEE 1T OUT WITH
THIS BLICATION IN ANOTHER
FCRUM.1
Claims He Yielded Views.
Senator HudspeJh admitted he was
an antlprohibiuouist and on the zone
Dill, he said; II yielded my views on
that question because understand
the president had asked the governor
that the bill be passed"
As 10 woman suffrage. the speak er
said he had always favored allowing
the women 20 say in a preferential
election if they wanted TO vote
His Version of Packing Matter.
Regarding the Juarez packing
house matter the senator said that he
was originally consulted bT r. Scott
Cochran. who wanted a United States
inspector appointed Tor the plant, so
that its products could be shipped 20
the United States. The senator said
he told AIr. Cochran he represented
the Panhandle & Southwestern Stock
mems association and the Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association. and that Mr.
Cochran would have 20 secure their
endorsement He saw them and also
secured a petition signed by such men
as c. g. Wilson, Kraft e. Madero. To.