El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-23
180O GREET COBB At COLORADO;
SPEAKER SWAPS GREAT AUDIENCE
Dr. P G. Coleman, Chairman Of the Meeting, Declares
Size Of the Audience and It's Enthusiasm Exceed ALI
Previous Political Gatherings in Mitchell County;
Herald Reports Are Praised by Spectator.
By GEORGE H. CLEMENTS.

II. CLEMENTS.
bent upon the voters then to see that
] a man is sent to congress from this
district who may be counted upon to
stand behind the president, ready to
hack him up in the struggle which
Will attend the gathering together Of
the threads which the kaiser, in his
blood lust and war madness, has torn
asunder
a seat in the hall Of congress,
armed with q commission to represent
any section Of the country or any pOr-
ton Of the people, viii be no place for
any man who is not in accord with
] Woodrow Wilson and who might
! prove a thorn in the side Of that great
/ leader.
Mr.. CObb's Loyalty UnquestiOned.
t1Ir. CObb's loyalty 10 the present
! administration and 70 the American
| people and their ideals is beyond
/ question In speaking Of Mr. Cobb
! before I formally introduce him, and
! surrender the platform to him,I want
/ TO suggest TO you that in him you will
l find a man who is the embodiment Of
I the idea that the office should seek
I the man rather than that the man
I should seek the office Mr. Cobb.
4 having a good position under the
] government as lucrative If not more
I lucrative than the office OF congress-
/ man. did not become an aspirant for
/ congressional honors before he was
] called upon TO do so by numbers Of
U his fellow men and women. who
2 urged him to make the sacrifice in
Z order that the district be saved from
! sending as its representative in the
] national house Of representatives a
man who has not only been wrong on
] so many questions Of vital interest 10
Z the people, but who has shown him
I self for years TO be an opponent Of
! president Wilson and his policies"
/ In thanking DR.. Coleman for his
I kindly woTded Introduction, Mr. Cobb
Z said that he felt himself at home IN
] Colorado and alluded TO the fact that
he has on a number Of occasions come
] 20 this city 10 consult and 10 render
/ such aid as he could in his campaigns
] one Of the grandest men ever sent 10
! CONGRESS by the voters Of Texas. VIII
/ liam Robert Smith. now United States
] district judge at FL Paso. but added
I that the old friends and neighbors
( Of that honorable and honored man
I might be compensated in measure
J for the loss sustained by the knoWl-
/ edge that he is still a resident of the
I district. and fully alive 10 its needs and
] interests and the needs and interests
Z Of the city which had so long been his
] home as he ever was
Cobb SWays Audience.
] The speaker Of the day was never
] in better voice and the inspiration
( furnished by the great audience es-
. timated by DR.. Coleman and others,
/ TO be in the nefEhborhoOd Of 1900 in
=
principles enabled him to sway them
| to wild applause as he made some Of
his ringing periods, eXcoriatinE the
/ kaiser for his demOniacal atrocities,
I to silent weeping as he pictured the
Z horrors Of war as exemplified in Bel
gium and the occupied portions OF
I stricken France. At the close OF his
] speech there was a rush of those who
/ had heard him to shake hands with
Mr.. Cobb As the long line passed,
I there were many pauses. caused by
some man or woman who wished 10
] express in words rather than by a
mere handclasp. the thanks felt for
having been privileged TO hear the
I speech which had so moved them.
Finds Herald Is Right
] One man was very frank TO say that
he had come a long distance tn hear
/ Mr.. Cobb IN order TO learn whether or
not the Fl Paso Herald had been tell
Z ing the truth, when IL day after day
/ reported that Cobb was being greeted
] by crowds which were carried away
with enthusiasm
III admit" he said, that am like
3 the man the Bible tells about who
] came to scott. but STAYED 10 pray. 7
J read The Herald and have been read
{ ing your speeches and I was curious
I 70 know whether or not The Herald
/ reporter was not carried away by his
Z own enthusiasm or by his personal
B liking for you I am glad I came to-
I day for I am for you and I VIII read
} The Herald'S account Of your future
! meetings with added interest"
Owing to the presence in the city
Z this morning Of the war relic train.
. and the spirit Of patriotism aroused
Z by the speakers accompanying the
+ train, Mr. Cobb devoted more than
] usual Of his time on the platform to
] a discussion Of the necessity Of plac-
ing only those Americans on guard
l whose Americanism is known TO be
! OF the 100 percent variety and TO the
] tests which should be applied TO de-
termiue whether OF not the American
ism claimed by citizens seeking place
and power is fully 100 percent
Refers to Hudspeth's Record.
He hammered in the fact that the
] Americanism Of senator Hudspeth's
l official record was discounted when
I he stood by the liquor interests in op-
! position 10 the ten mile zone bill
I which was intended TO protect the
] soldiers from the evils Of the liquor
/ traffic. As is his custom on each
: speech, Mr.. Cobb read from the Senate
Journal Of March Z, page 142, where it
8 isl shown that senator Hudspeth
paired against this bill.
This display Of the record is one Of
f the most effective features Of Mr.
3 Cobb's campaign because it exposes
senator Hudspeth's effort TO deceive
the public by citing his vote in ac-
cepting the conference report on the
zone bill Mr.. Cobb makes II clear
. LllaL senator alQEpeLu accepted the
] conference report only after the bill
/ had originally been passed over his
J opposition
. After pounding senator Hudspeth's
1 official record, Mr.. Cobb invited criti-
cism Of his own record as collector
I Of customs al FL PasO for four and a
] half years and followed that invita-
ton with the reading Of a telegram
I which he has recently received from
| secretary McAdoO in which the great
/ secretary Of the treasury who has
been Mr.. Cobb's chief while the latter
was IN the government service, said:
4 regret very much that you have
J resigned as collector Of customs at
/ FL Paso. an office you have filled with
marked ability. unusual judgment and
great patriotism through a very criti-
cal period in our history"
Goes TO san Angelo.
Mr.. Cobb left this morning for San
Angelo. He will be there and in that
vicinity for few days. His successes
in all Of the counties visited and the
increasing enthusiasm with which he
has held meetings has developed in
Mr. Cobb campaigning qualities
greater than ever he experienced be-
fore He says, however. that the man
ifestatiOns Of approval by the people
must not be constituted as personal
tributes. He feels that the people are