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

, their fruits We shall know them /
said to myself Man. you certainly
have condemned yourself said Miss
Dietrich. the next speaker. IN 1913,
Claude B. Hudspeth began his attack
On the women Of Texas. Up to then,
women had no rights in Texas, be-
cause the husband had the right to
dispose Of all her property II he
wanted to-"
Miss Dietrich then cited the case Of
a deserted wife at Houston who Sc
cured a $4,000 judgment from rail-
road for the Gripping Of her child,
the husband appearing at the last
minute. collecting the money and
again deserving.
Votes Against Married Women.
'The women then rose. A bill was
introduced at Austin giving a woman
the right TO handle property she had
before marriage and her earnings
during marriage The senate passed
il. 20 to S, and Hudspeth was one Of
the eight. He made a speech during
the affair and said, SO long as 1 am
a senator, no married woman shall
have the right TO property and her
own earnings The bill was finally
passed, however; but remember. you
married women that you do not owe
one vote TO Hudspeth for that law
In 1915 I was one Of a committee
10 see members Of the legislature re-
garding the nurses registration bill.
Representatives Eylar and Burgess en-
couraged me. hut Hudspeth said, I'll
not help you one Bit The bill was
killed.
Says Women Haven't Sense.
Then the first suffrage bill came
up and Hudspeth said at that time
that no woman has sense enough TO
use the ballot. Now he's asking you
your vote. because he believes in SUI
frage. For ten days he has believed in
suffrage-ever since registration be-
gan. Representatives Thomson and
Dudley helped the bill, but it was then
that Hudspeth wrote 70 me that he
was unalterably opposed TO woman
suffrage The bill was lost in 1915
in the senate
TN 1913. at the request Of the pres
ident Texas was asked TO eufranchise
women Even then, Hudspeth did not
vote for il.
Why Nine Hours for Womenf
NOW. he said he passed the nine
hour law for women If so, why did
he make the working hours one hour
longer for women than men. Why an
eight hour law for men and a nine
hour measure for women.
He said he wrote the first child
labor law ever introduced in the
Texas legislature VIII you ask him
what he did in Is years while no such
law was passed.
he said he passed the minimum
wage law for women. Well, il he did,
he should be ashamed, because the
minimum is s3-50 a week
Teachers Get 1IeaEer Salaries.
He also said he passed the school I
teachers salary bill, and again 1 say
he should be ashamed. because there
is not a teacher in Texas getting
enough 10 live on He also said he
passed the law requiring seats in de- I
partment stores for women clerks. l
Wen. you find those seats for me. and I
III quit.
re says he's a stickler for educa- I
ton. Well he's failed 10 learn one I
fact-that Texas has outgrOwn his
type Of official
Like Canning a Dog.
AT Odessa, Hudspeth and 7 met, ]
and his own committee asked him to ]
divide time with Miss Dietrich, and I
be shouted, 7 VIII notr I tell you, I
It's Just like tying a tin can 20 a dogs i
tail 10 ask 1Ir. Hudspeth 10 debate"
Miss Dietrich then recounted Hubs
1eth's opposition at Austin TO the
zone law. and concluded her talk as
follows;
You women must help to place a
nan in congress who viii stand be-
hind the president and not a man
who has already blackened the rec
ord in Texas by standing against ev-