El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-18
ISAAGES SHOWS
HUD5PETHFAILS
When Interests of Home
People at Stake He OPP
poses Legislation.
for the man who stands for what YOU
stand. Cobb"
CON- into - ,,iii9' 'iio nc BINS


stand. Cobb"
HudsPnth Against Patriotic Bills.
Going into Hudspeth's most recent
actions, the speaker then showed
how in the special legislature. which
IN 30 days enacted more genuinely pa
triotic legislation than any legislature
i'm "a quarter Of a century" hudspeth
fought or passively opposed five inn
portaut war measureS-the zone bill
statewide prohibition, ratification of
nationwide prohibition. the Thomson
iliteracy bill and woman suffrage.
Four Of these bills were framed or
Jointly framed by representative
r. f. Thomson, the judge showed.
and concluded that anyone endorsing
Thomson could not vote for Huds-
pelh- r. F. Thomson and Dick Dud-
ley, who also supported the measures.
are two Of the ablest representative
IN Texas" said the speaker
Punctures Hudspeth Boast.
The speaker then showed another
boast of Hudspeth-namely. that he
framed the child labor law-t0 be
a fiasco. It so happened that Judge
lsaac1s was member of the legisla-
ture in 1903. when the bill was passed.
Hudspeth claims TO have written IT,
with his good right hand Judge
lsaacks presented evidence from the
record showing Hudspeth did not
write it, and as for the vote. every
man voted for it, Here came the real
exposure. He tHudspeth) says that
i'm 1911, he strengthened the law by an
amendment in the senate The record
shows that the amendment was not
written nor introduced by Hudspeth.
and that when substitute weakening
the bill was presented. Hudspetn
voted against tabling the substitute"
Leigh Clark. candidate for district
attorney on the courthouse ticket.
which endorses Hudspeth, and judge
Frank Judkins were present as spec ]
tatOrs. Judge lsaaciSs repeatedly in I
vited correction if he misstated the 7
record. but no one interrupted
says Had Personal Interest.
As 10 HUdspeth's vote against the
five bills mentioned, judge lsaacks I
said Il don't know that I blame /.
Hudspeth so much for voting against /
those five bills. because he had a per ]
sonal interest" Then. after showing
how Hudspeth had accepted a big fee I
from the brewers and owned 49S of
500 shares Of the Goldoft Liquor Co.. 7
the speaker explained that the inter 4
ests of the breweries was not compat-
ible with the measures
How Much from "OttOs1
The famous -slush fund" letter
written by the senator two days
after he was sworn in as a legls- I
larOr. was Lnen exposed asall- as h as .
the letter requesting $1,000 and eX-
penses for representing sheepmen in :
a fight against a Democratic tariff I
IF a little 'slush fund for a local in I
spectiOn bill was asked by HudspetE !
from the sheepmen, how much of a /
slush fund did ne call on Dear Otto I
for2' judge Isaacks asked. signifi- I
cantly, and no one in the audience !
could make an estimate. For 16
years, Hudspeth came down the line
with the same politics. the speaker I
added
The fact that individuals with Grim F.
inal court records were working for
Hudspeth was then stated as a con- .
trast 10 the infamous misstatemeut /
that Cobb made a prohibition speech +
on a bar counter.
Clint People Give Music.
A splendid musical program was
given under the leadership Of Mrs c. /
q. Camp. Miss Beth Hutchins sang
Somewhere in France; Misses Annie I
and Mamie Oden played a piano duet; I
Miss Josie Silver sang Keep the
Home Fires Burning and the audi
ence. led by Mrs. Camp, sang the ma
tional anthem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles DeGroff. Of
near Belen, mOtored 70 the meeting
asWEENEFD CANDIDATES TALK.