El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-10
COBB PUTS IN THE DAY MAKING
TALKS To VOTERS Of WEST TEXAS
Confederate Veteran Sends Hudspeth Letter Asking
Him to Meet Cobb in Joint Debate at San Angelo;
Cobb Again Reiterates Charge That Hudspeth
Considered Liquor Men Ahead of Soldiers

DOBERT LEE, Tex, May 10.-Zach
n Lamar Cobb. who is making the
race for congress in the 18th Texas
district reached this city. the county
seat Of Coke county. Wednesday af-
ternoon and addressed the voters Of
this section Of the county in the dis
trict court room in the evening.
About 200 voters Of both sexes at
tended the meeting and that they
were in accord with the speaker was
amply attested by the applause
which greeted his remarks
Early in the afternoon Mr.. Cobb had
spoken 10 an audience Of more than
100 voters at Bronte and still earlier
in the day had made a canvass OF the
people Of Tennyson, a station on the
Orient road. He was well received by
the voters Of all these Coke county
towns and is confident that he may
add Coke to the list OF counties which
win give him mcJorities in the prim-
airy election 10 be held in July.
Hudspefh Fails To Meet Cobb.
Mr. Cobb in every speech made in
every section Of the district calls at
tention TO the fact that he has chal-
leuEed his opponent 10 meet him in
joint debate Of the issues and that his
challenge has not been accepted This
has had the effect TO cause many
voters who have been inclined 10 ia
vor senator Hudspeth's candidacy In
the past. TO say that unless Hudspeth
enters into a joint debate Of the ques-
tious Of prohibition. woman suffrage
and the unQuestioned loyalty Of any
candidate for public office to presi-
dent Wilson in this crisis in the az
fairs Of the nation, he viii find him
self in a hopeless minority " hen the
votes are counted on primary day
Want No Political towards.
The red blooded men and women
voters Of Texas viii not stand for
political coward at this time OF all
times in American politics" said Mr.
Cobb, in his speech Wednesday night
Il charge that senator Huuspeth's op-
position 10 the zone bill when il was
up for passage in the senate during
the special session Of the legislature
was opposition TO president Wilson,
IN the secretary Of war, TO the gov
ernor Of Texas and to the fathers and
mothers Of the boys in the training
camps Of Texas and that in that op-
position he proved himself TO be Tar
short Of beng 100 percent American"
Mr. Cobb cited page l42, OF the SEN
ate Journal Of March = in proof OF
his statement that the senator had
paired against the zone bin at the
time when il was on passage through
the senate and when the senator's
We're called upon to show whether
they were for the saloons or for the
army He then added:
Saloons Paramount To Men.
Senator HudsWeth's effort later
TO justify himself by saying that he
was opposed to the zone bill II ef-
fective April i. but hat he accepted
it when its proponents we're forced /
10 delay its effectiveness to April IS,
as shown by his vote Tor the confer
ence report, set forth on page III OF
the Senate Journal OF March II. con-
dennis him all the more because Of
his admission that he considered Is
days in the interests Of the saloons as