El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-11

TARFA- Tex. June 1L-Withiu a
W few days after 7 was assigned TO
accompany zach Lamar Cobb for the
TuIpose Of reporting his speeches Ia
advocacy OF his candidacy TO. cor
sress. ar Cobb suggested that It
would not be a close race and ven
tured the opinion that he would be
elected by an overv heIming majority.
7 didn't scott at The idea but I re-
membered what the candidate said
and when we would get into a pre-
ciuct or section Of the district where
he was not as wei known as was his
opponent. and when al first c0ndi-
tons seemed TO be unfavorable TO
him. ] would recall his prediction TO
his attention
Wait and see" he would reply. ct
am not campaigning yet 7 am just
making this trip for the purpose Of
getting acquainted When the voters
get 90 know me. 7 viii begin TO make
political speeches 10 them Whether
FIR. Cobb made his cryptic statement
as the result of forekuowledEe or as
the result Of a well defined bunch. I
don't pretend TO know, but ] do know
that there are very marked symptoms
that he was true prophet. This has
been very apparent since his reentry
into the campaign, following his re-
turn from Washington. where he
went 20 m8Ee an argument for the
continued operation Of the Orient
railroad by the government
Sentiment for Cobb Apparent.
When Mr. Cobb reached Del Rio.
which was the first point visited on
his campaign of the Southern Pacific
counties. the drift in the sentiment of
the people in general began TO be
noticed and its effect felt
Senator Hudspeth had said al Ban
dera that he had been at Del Rio and
he made the assertion that Val Verde
county was for him solid. yet Ny
Cobb addressed one OF the largest and
most enthusiastic audiences ever
gathered together in Del Rio TO listen
90 a political candidate. So marked
was the favor shown by the voters
or both sexes that the men in charge
or Ar. Cobo's campaign lola MIN mat
after the demonstration made IN ms
favor. there was no need for him TO
make a return engagement as he was
sure 90 carry the county.
An almost identical experience was
had at Sanderson- Man after man
came 10 1Ir- Cobb while he was in
that city and told him that they were
for him because ne was right on the
prohibition question and his attitude
on the question OF votes for women
and for the further reason that by
his action in the Orient railroad mat
Ter. he had demonstrated that he had
influence at washington which would
be invaluable TO the district and
which an open enemy OF the admin
istration, such as senator Hudspeth
had proved himself 10 be. could not
hone 10 acquire until the administra-
ti0n changed, even II he could acquire
il then
Sentiment Is Growing.
What was found 10 be true in Del
Rio and in Sauders0n was found T.
be true in Marathon and I'm Alpine
and in Maria. even in a considerably
more accantuated degree TO "a man
up a tree" with merely professional
interest in the campaign
After our Maria experience ] viii
concede that 1Ir. Cobb when he made 3
The prediction alluded 10 in the open
ing paragraph of this story. that he
would be elected by an overwhelming
majority. must have known some
thing or had something up his
sleeve" which he had not let me "in
en- The trend toward Cobb IS so
strong today and there are so many