El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-09

posed the president Of the United
States, the secretary Of war, the gov
ernor Of Texas and every father and
mother Of a soldier boy. when he
paired against the zone bill calculated
to suppress liquor traffic within ten
miles Of military camps in Texas.
Efforts at Deception.
-Hudspeth's opposition to that bill
is shown on page 142 Of the Senate
Journal OF March last His opposi-
ton to the bill was bad enough but
HIS SUBSEQ UENT EFFORT TO DE-
CEIVE THE PEOPLE WHEN IN HIS
SPEECH AT Ell PASO AND AGAIN
at BANDEHA HE CLAIMED TO
HAVE SUPPORTED THE BILL BY
REFERRING To HIS VOTE IN IA
EOR OF THE REPORT OF THE CON-
FERENCE COMMITTEE As SHOWN
ON PAGE III OF THE SENATE
JOURNAL Or MARCH II AND By.
At THE SAME TIME, CONCEALING
HIS OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE
WHEN IT WAS ON PASSAGE
THROUGH THE SENATE on MARCH
: WHEN HIS VOTE WOULD HAVE
COUNTED, RENDERS HIS STAND
ALL THE MORE INEXCUSABLE-
However, his attempted eLplana-
ton at Bandera condemns him worse
than ever. Having failed in his at
tempt to deceive the people outright
by MS III Paso speech, he adopted
sleight Of hand methods at Bandera.
with the result that he confessed him
self into a deeper hole than ever.
He said at Bandera that he was
opposed TO the zone bill when II was
intended that It should become effec-
tive April ! and that he had left in
structions at Austin to record him
against the bill If effective on that
date he then claimed that he be-
came converted to favor the bill when
made effective April Is.
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Think Of this, you women who
have sons or friends in the army or
in the training camps. When the
president. the secretary Of war. the
governor Of Texas and all OF you had
your minds on the principle OF pro-
THIS UNBEUSHTNG FRIEND OF THE
LIQUOR INTERESTS NOW con-
FEsSES THAT HIS PARAMOUNT
THOUGHT At THIS SUPREME NO.
MENT WAS TO SQUEEZE IN -
DAYS ADDITIONAL PROFIT FOR
THE TRAFFIC WHICH WAS STAB
BING YOUR SONS IN THE BACK. Il
is bad enough for sacrificing and
heroic mothers 10 have their sons
dying upon the field Of battle. The
mothers OF America are bearing that
sacrifice hraTely- IT IS TOO MUCH
TO COMPEL THESE MOTHERS TO
HAVE THEIR SONS SACRIFICED IN
TRAINING CAMPS IN ORDER THAT
THE SALOONS OF TRAINING CAMP
titles OF TEXAS MIGHT HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL - DAYS PROFIT.
HudsPeth's EffrOntery.
esHUDSPETH Is THE ONLY MAN
N TEXAS POLITICS WHO HAS THE
NERVE TO ASK THE PEOPLE TO
PROMOTE HIM FROM THE STATE
SENATE TO CONGRESS As A RE-
WARD FOR HAVING TURNED
FROM THEM IN THE INTEREST OF
THE STATES LIQUOR MASTERS.
He opposed the national prohibition
amendment. he opposed the Thomson
l1E taking the ballot from those un-
worthy 10 have It along the border. he
opposed placing the ballot so recov-
red from the unworthy in the hands
II the worthy UomanhOod Of Texas,
and voluntarily he sang his swan
song bewailing the fate Of the liquor
senator's. including himself
surely he cannot use all this as
basis for promotion from the legis-
lature TO congress
DOdEes Joint Debate.
OF course Hudspeth viii not meet
me in Joint debate I published a
challenge daily for ten days in the
san Angelo Standard asking him to
meet me in that city. When he did
not give any sign Of accepting. I
stated in my speech desire TO return
20 san Angelo upon telegraphic no.
tice at any time that mis- lukewarm
able 10 hogtie and drag him into a
debate 1 have likewise challenged
him TO meet me at FL Paso. where we
have hall which will accommodate
5000 people. Neither OF US could pack
it. The expression Of the people who
would attend the debate would clearly
indicate the sentiment Of the people