El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
COBB At MENARD
GETS THE CROWD
Scores Opponents Record;
Finds Malicious RUmors
Attacking Woman.

Coleman. Tex, July 6.-Zach La
mar Cobb spoke at 1Ienard to one Of
the best meetings OF the campaign,
in point OF numbers. in attendance
and in enthusiasm displayed. It was
held in the auditorium OF the high
school building, which was comfort
ably well filled with an audience rep
resentative OF the best citzsnry Of
1Ienard. city and county. It was pre-
sided over by Wilson Jordan, one OF
the leading commission merchants OF
the county
Scores Hudspeth's Record.
1Ir. Cobb numerically scored his
opponents record and read to his au-
dience the admission Of Mr.. Hgdspeth
that he had accepted employment from
the breWeries and received a fee Of
$1,000 from them while serving the
people as state senator. He also told
OF Mr. Hudspeth's employment by the
promoters Of the Juarez packing plant
10 induce the government TO reopen
that Institution in spite OF the protests
Of the cattle associations and the cat
tlemen Of Texas
When speaking OF senator Huds-
peth's proneness to use his official
position 10 his financial advantage.
one Of Hudspeth's supporters asked
III Joe Bailey had not done the same
thing. and il Bailey did IL, why was
not Hudspeth justified in doing it..
Come came back quickly with,
When the great joe Bailey would not
have been able TO do that, how do you
expect senator HudspeLh 10 get by
This quick retOrt brought the audi
ence 10 It's feet with yells and cheers
il such volume that there were no
more attempts from the floor TO in
terrUpt the speaker
The consensus Of opinion today in
AIeuard is that Mr. Cobb viii carry
1isnard county by a large majority
Mr. Cobb is confident OF election TO
congress The great reception given
him at san Angelo the other night
WIS particularly gratifying to him.
He has found as he travels from c0un-
~ 10 county that the Hudspeth peO-
pie are desperately trying to stem the
landslide for him by resorting 10 all
kinds OF malicious stories
Attacking Miss Dietrich.
Not only are they attacking 1Ir.
Cobb's record in a sly way by causing
rumors and rum0rs Of rumors
10 be let loose in the COM
ing Miss A Louise Dietrich, who
has been a resident Of FL Paso dur
ing the past IS years and is well and
favora bly, known there. by publish
ing untruths and distorted statements
about her. Many OF the statements are
OF such nature that their originators
90 not dare put them in print These
stories are acting as boomerang ana
they DO not bother 1Ir. Cobb in the
least. because they are patiently un-
true
statement From Miss Dietrich.
lliss A. Louise Dietrich, OF this city,
today authorized the following state
meut;
Even since my return 10 FL Paso
from a trip through the district in the
interest Of the candidacy OF zach La
man Cobb for congress, I have been
getting letters from friends In die
ferent communities telling OF many
raIsehoods and distorted statements
being circulated 10y the Hudspeth PEG
pie about me with the one last hope
that they viii be able 20 stem the tide
which VIII carry Ar Cobb TO victory
in the coming primaries
Il found while 7 was out In the
district that the Hudspeth people were
stating that Mr. cobb believed in so
cial equality OF the white and negro
reoule and was against the Jim Crow
law. When I returned TO Fl Easo
found they were telling the colored
people here the exact opposite, that is
10 say. that lIr. Cobb was decidedly
against the negro ana that ne. M
Hudspeth, was their friend As they
have been maliEning 1ar. Cobb, equal
III have they been maliEuing me-
"a statement attributed to me re-
fleeing on the good people OF Menard
county is q canard Of the worst kind
and is so patiently false on its very
face that il deserves no considera-
..The statement also attributed 70
me that I stated that FL PasO did not
want the School Of Mines Is likewise
p distortion What 7 said was that
while senator Hudspeth did aid in Sc