El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-08

sents an account Of every speech I
make whether I make IL in a wet
I community or in a dry community
4 Il am glad TO have what I say re-
ported 10 the newspapers and pub
lished by them TO their readers and
] want TO say here that ] stand toward
/ the correspondent who travels with
I me in the same light that I do toward
the man who is here tonight reporting
T this speech for Mr.. Hudspeth-I ask
nothing Of either except that he get
the truth and give IL 10 his readers.
Hudspeth's CamouflaEe.
ION the other hand. senator Huds-
peth's speeches VIII not stand scru-
tiny, as shown by the published re-
ports Of his speech I'm FL Paso.
WHERE HE ENDEAV0RED TO DE
CEIRE THE PEOPLE WITH THE
CLAIM THAT HE Rad SUPPORTED
THE ZONE BILL TO PROHIBIT LIQ-
OR TRAFFIC AROUND MILITARY
CAMPS. WHEN As A MATTER OF
FACT ON MARCH :. IS SHOWN ON
PAGE 1872 OF THE SENATE JOUR-
NAL OF THAT DATE HE Rad
PAIRED AGAINST THE Bill. WHEY
TT WAS on PASSAGE N THE sen
ATE AND WHEN THE LINEUP WAS
CALLED FOR BETWEEN THOSE
WHOM WERE FOR OR AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT the secretary of war
and the governor and the people OF
vital TO the country. and TO the pro-
lection Of your sons. and friends ia
the army.
The publication Of his attempted
misrepresentation Of his attitude to-
ward the zone bill cost him many
votes among the people who possessed
full information on the subject
The same was true of his Randera
speech. It was filled with misrepre-
sensations which he thought he could
set away with If his speech was not
TO be published For instance. he in
simulated that I was a booze fighter
Look at me, you can see for your
selves that this is not true. he knows
liz is not true Any minister i'm FL
PasO VIII ten you ii is not true Any
politician who resorts 10 such misrep-
reservations is not worthy OF public
confidence am a prohibiuonist
from principle and 7 practice what I
preach.
False on Face Of It.
"Hudspeth denounced the correspon-
dent OF The FL Paso Herald who trav-
els with me to his audience at Ban
dera as PanchO Villas press agent
This, too. was false The correspon-
dent referred to is man OF unques-
toned character The war department.
which has strict rules governing such
cases. selected this man from among
many applicants as one of four news
paper men 20 accompany Gen. Perish
ing on his expedition AGAINST Villa
He holds personal letters from Gen
Persning displaying the latter's es-
TEEN Senator Hudspeth simply SIAN
dered good man who is not candi-
date for office"
That Belgian Booth Bueaboo.
When man in this audience asked
MI Cobb regarding the charge made
by 4lr. HudsDerh I'm his Baudera
speech that he. Cobb. had blocked ef-
forts to relieve Belgian orphans. Mr..
Cobb said That incident has no
place in a congressional campaign.
but I am glad 70 answer your cues
ton As custodian of the federal
building IN Fl PasO, on the grounds Of
which the good women Of my own
Presbyterian church built temporary
houses from which TO solicit funds
for Belgian relief. ]. acting under the
rules OF the treasury department. had
20 make a courteous request that the
houses be removed The matter was
adjusted by making it clear TO the
public that I could not authorize a
similar use Of the pOstoffice grounds
In the future They used the grounds
as long as they wanted 10 use them
and they raised a large sum Of money
for the relief Of the orphans Of Bel
GUM, to which 7 contributed as much
as was able
This should be sufficient to dispose
Of the liquor candidates efforts TO
make a mountain out Of a mole hill.
Why Afraid Of Joint Meeting
All of this shows why SENATOR
HUDSPETH WAS AFRAID TO MEET
NE N JOINT DEBATE IN SAN An
CELLO. although / had a challenge TO
him running in the san Angelo Stand
ard for ten DAYS. He cannot find a
law in my official record. He can
not face the public in a Joint debate
in a discussion Of his own record His
failure TO accept this challenge is l
calling to those Of his supporters in /
san Angelo and elsewhere who have I
heretofore regarded him as a man OF I
political courage
81 make the offer now publicly,
as have made Il in private con-
versafion with some Of Hudspeth's
friends, to come back to san An