El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-05
.HUDSPETHIS
IN DEEP AGAIN
His Letter to Mohair and
Sheep Raisers Stirring
Up a Tempest.
By GEORGE II. Clements.

Del Rio. Texas. June 81 can un-
derstand now why Julius Real. the
only Republican in the Texas senate,
is supporting claude Hudzpeth FOR
congress" said one Of the leading
Democrats Of Val Verde county, after
reading the letter from senator Huds-
peth to q wool and mohair man in the
eastern end Of the district in which
he asked for fee OF $1,000 and cL-
penses to go TO Washington to urge
a Democratic congress TO put high
protective tariff on wool and muhai-,
two cou'-lodities in which he was per
sCua-sy interested as a grower
Claude probably holds rhat the tar
if is q local question, which has no
place I'm national politics." continued
this man, who. by the way, is counted
as one Of the senator's supporters
What Happened 10 Hancock.
"He should have remem Dered what
happened TO Gen Hancock for having
held that very same view. lt cost
Hancock the presidency and DC may
cost HudsDeth seat in congress UNI
less he can do some very rapid fire
escaping, which VIII hold old FASH
Toned Democrats iu line You know
that there are many Democrats who
still think the idea Of q protective
tariff is TO protect manufactures Of
goods or producers Of raw materials.
The cattlemen Of Texas have 90 COM
pete against the cattle, meat and
hides imported from Mexico, the Ar
genuine and other cattle producing
countries Of the world If Hulspeth
voice has ever been raised in an ef-
fort TO relieve them OF the burden OF
competition with the pauper paid cat
tie raisers of other countries. / have
never heard OF It.
What Has Hudspeth Dones
-As a matter OF fact, i never heard
of his doing anything TO maintain the
tariff on wool and mohair until ] read
of his offer in the FL PasO Herald
which reached Del Rio yesterday It
may be that the men interested
thought that their affairs at Wash
ingtOn would be rs safe i'm the hands
gressmen OF the states as they would
be in the keeping Of "a lobbyist for
revenue
"Hudspeth made the mistake Of his
life in making a proposition 20 90 20
Washington TO fight a Democratic adj
minis rration in its handling Of so VIZ
tai q question as the tariff That is
To say, he made a mistake II he had
any idea at that time OF running for
congress as a Democrat Another
mistake he made was In writing let
ters about it,
"a Hudspeth Stronghold"
This is one Of the counties which
the Hudspeth forces have been claim
ing as solid for the Ell Paso senator.
but I have found much Cobb sentf-
uent during the few hours I have
been I'm town.
The women are particularly favor
ably 20 ar. Cobb. not only because Of
his stand upon the questions Of pro-
hibitiOn and woman suffrage. but be-
cause Of the anti attitude OF his oppO-
leut toward every question in which
women have been interested since
Hudspeth entered into the politics Of
Texas, is years ago.
Must Do Much Explaining.
Hudsperh's auti-prohib iriCu and /
leaniugs. and 20 which 4
be- pleads guilty. have not eudeared /
aim TO the newly enfranchised voters /
but his violent opposition 20 the Z
Married Women's Property Rights I
liu" as told I'm The Herald in quota I
ions from the records OF the legisla- I
lure OF 1913. has proved the proven
lisl East straw" and he viii be COM I
lelled TO resort 20 explaining Of the .
'apid fire gun sort to clear away the I
new doubts as TO his fitness which .
AVE crept into the minds Of the We
men voters.