El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-27
444 WOMEN ARE
N0WREGI5TERED
Electioneering in Lobby Is
a Feature Of Women's
Registration.


frage granted them by the last ses-
sion Of the legislature.
Except for the continuous cleo
tioneerinE in the lobby on the part
Of candidates for office. and some hu-
NOR in connection with the necessity
that each registrant swear to her age,
the registration is devoid Of incident
Thursday was the second Of 10 days
allowed BIZ law for the registration Of
women. and Cobb leaders repeated
their appeal that all women sup
porting this congressional candidate
be sure 60 register. in order that their
vote De not lost
Green county. the alleged Hudspeth
stronghold. win so strong for Mr..
cobb and with it viii 80 q number or
surrounding and adjacent counties. as
VIII all those counties along the
orient
"Au the counties lying along the
Texas q Pacific railroad are strong
for Cobb, with the possible exception
of HudSpeth and CulbersOn counties
These are small counties. comparative
" speaking. and they are not con-
coded 20 Hudspeth by any means
Only yesterday I received letter
from one Of the big cattle men Of
am alNLLs alL ranches lAA II Jus
and Culbersol counties lie SAID be
li6ve me, we have got that Hudspeth
crowd busy They are just beginning 10
find out what they are up against This
bears out what 7 have said above, but
IL Is more clearly shown by the patent
IS misleading statement being sent
broadcast every day
Coneede Mitchell to Cobb.
cone of the Texas & Pacific coun-
ties. Mitchell. with its county seat,
Colorado CITY. is conceded 20 Cobb by
the Hudspetn headquarters AS mat
ter OF fact this county is SO strong for
Cobb Ii is difficult Tor HudSpern
man TO get any kind of a meeting
there. 7 am informed that when Mr.
HudspeIh wanted a speaking date
there he had no one 10 wire to TO
make arrangements Tor him. so ne
had TO address an open telegram 70
the people OF Colorado, which the
Western Union kindly stuck up on a
telegraph post where it could be
read.
This wonderful condition is due 20
the fact that Colorado City is the old
home Of former congressman now
Judge w. r. smith. AIR. Hudspeth, as
is wei known for many years was
openly autagouistic TO congressman
smith. for the reason, il is said. he
lfr. HudsDeth. has had an ambition for
more than 16 years TO sit in congress
man Smiths seat i'm washington. Mr.
smith. as is also well known, particu-
very prominent in congress, particu-
larry in the latter part of his term
Of office. and was in a position TO do,
and did do great good for FL Paso and
the other counties Of the district
Helped to Down smith.
'lIr. Hudspeth in the present cam
paign has openly stated that IN the
last congressional race. in which Mr.
smith lost, he openly espoused the
SIDE and voted for Blanton
against Smith There is great deal
Of resentment throughout the district
against Mr.. Hudspeth on this account
from judge smiths friends. and their
name is legion, hence Mr. Hudspetn's
weakness in Mitchell county and
other counties along the Texas d1 Pa
cific. The reason for the long winded
advertisement relative TO Mr.. Cobb
and llr. smith in 1905, 10 years ago,
is therefore apparent The Hudspeth
headquarters is frantically trying 20
drive judge Smiths friends 70 Huds-
Deth. The effort viii fail. because.
while judge Smith is taking no active
part in politics because Of his position
On the federal bench, vet he will vote
his friends in Colorado City and else
where
Cobb Popular Along ;. p.
Al along the Southern Pacific. the
situation for Mr.. Cobb is particularly
-ratffviuE lTr Cobb opened his cam
laigu in that territory recently at Del
Rio on his return from Wellington
He was given great meetings where
ever he spoke and IL was clear that
the people were taking a great inter-
Est ia the congressional campaign
There is no question that Mr- Cobb
viii receive heavy majcrities all along
the Southern Pacific.
10000 Outside Of Fl paEo.
Later on in the campaign. I shall
take up county by county in the dis
-rict and give an estimate Of the ma
'0rities. IT Is sufficient TO say now,
-owever. that there VIII be a landslide
Tor Mr.. COBB in the primaries and ne
Tiu come into FL PasO cOunty-his
home cOunty-with q majority OF at
least 10000 OF course il is conceded
by the Hudspeth organization that
this county VIII go for Cobb, where
not only are business men, both large
and small supporting llu-uen VINO
are interested in the welfare Of FL
Paso. the district and the country. but
IS percent OF the women as is shown
BIZ the resignation Of the only Huds-
lEth Wouen-siL IN mum ber-LrOm the
FL Paso Equal Franchise league hav-
ing q membership OF approximately
shows Growth For Cobb.
zone Of the most significant deVel-
0pmeuts Of the campaign is the fact
that on Friday last the great san An
tonic EXpress-One Of the leading
Democratic papers Of Texas. which
has "a great circulation i'm the east
ern part OF the district which lies at
the very door Of san Antoni0-came
out for Mr. Cobb and pledged its
support This shows
which way the wind is blowing. Not
only is this big Democratic paper out
for Mr.. Cobb. but so are the great ma
iorlty OF the smaller papers Mr.
Hudspeth's headquarters has stated
repeatedly that there is only one pa
per in the district for Mr.. Cobb. mean
Ing The Fl Pas0 Herald. which state
nent is on a par with the statement
that Mr.. Cobb did not reach Washing
ton in time to do any good for the
Orient
'I shall continue this article I'm an
other statement shortly so that the
people can see the conditions Of az
fairs"
.on7er TJroed In Wade