El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11

. the Loaf of suffrage. Miss A. Louise
Dietrich, the next speaker, demon
strated that women are capable Of
taking an intelligent interest in po-
liticdl questions NO woman will
vote for a man who viii not protect
her child" Miss Dietrich declared. and
then explained that Hudspeth had re-
fused absolutely to support a meas
ure which would prevent nongrdd-
uate nurses from advertising them
selves as graduates. She declared
Hudspeth's words TO her were, I'm
not going TO lift a finger TO stop
any woman from nursing" The
speaker said that at that time she
told him that the day would come
when he wanted something and she
would lift both hand. her voice and
all her strength against him.
Didn't Write Child Labor Bill.
Regarding Hudspeth's claim that he
wrote the child labor bill. Miss Diet
rich said he did nothing Of the kind,
as the bill was merely a ratification
Of federal measure. and as to his
claim Tor having supported mini
mum wage law for women. she de-
clared the attorney general Of Texas
was her authority for the statement
that Texas has no such law.
Soldiers Murdered by Liquor.
The speaker here painted a graphic
picture Of the unfortunate soldiers
who died in Fort Bliss during the
winter 1916-1917 Of pneumonia trace
able indirectly TO drink they Sc
cured in FL PasO. and declared chat
Mr.. Hudspeth's own words disQuali-
fled him because he said ne had IA
vored the zone bill, If Is more days
were allowed. If one boy had died
in those Is days. il would have meant
more than all the money in the
world" the speaker declared, in clO-
sing his reference to the soldiers
. murdered by liquor sold them in FL
PasO.
Votes Against mIiteracy BIZ.
eel PasO and this congressional
district viii never be disgraced in
congress by a liquor tool" the can
didate then triumphantly declared,
turning his attention then TO local
politics and declaring that "El Pas0
mas had the crOOkedest and rOttenest
politics OF all the cities Of Texas.
During the prohibition election, the
votes Of the good people Of the city
were killed by those who were herd
ed together and voted like sheep
And Hudspeth voted against the bill
10 take the suffrage from those who
couldn't read the English language,
but, thank God, the Thomson bill
calls for Showdown.
The challenge TO Hudspeth to meet
the speaker in joint debate was then
reiterated by Mr.. Cobb. 4 want TO
meet MIN race TO race So LlaL ne EaLl-
not SANDER George Clements, who
has reputation in the community
Hudspeth would be proud TO have; so
that ! can make him acknowledge he
was prevaricatlng when he said
was a booze fighter I've got Huds-
peth holding a four flush and ] am
calling for showdown
4 asked one Of the Hudspeth men
why he wouldn't meet me in joint de-
bate and he said Were afraid you
might spring something Well, 1
viii spring something, but IL is no
secret But I promise / viii not
spring anything that is not part Of
the record, and his official record is
rotten. Yes. ] have something 10
spring on him want him to explain
his stand on the zone law. That's
what condemns Hudspeth and that's
why he's afraid TO meet me face 10
face in joint debate.
Compliments Thomson and Dudley.
The speaker here referred to repre-
sentative r. l. Thomson as a "splel-
did citizen and hoped he would be
reelected and made speaker OF the
house. Mr.. Cobb also favored repre-
sentative Dudley for his stand on the
questions at issue
In closing his talk. Mr.. Cobb made
an eloquent appeal for 100 per cent
Americanism, with particular refer
ence to the Red Cross. which VII
have a campaign for funds in the
near future. Let us think Of the
nobility Of the Red Cross and do our
full duty" ne declared. then turning
10 the LaFOllette type.
Down With eLaFOllettes.1
Let US CRY out our condemnation
against men like LaFollette." he
Numbered. But was his action any
worse than Hudspeth's I'm opposing
the zone bill. which was asked by the
president as a war measure to pro-
tect the sons Of American mothers2'
AS to Hudspeth's claims by way If
bringing additional courts to FL Paso.
Mr.. Cobb said the growth Of the city
brought that and he referred % his
own work in helping in every way in
the fight against Colorado for water
for the Elephant Butte dam.
Appoints Executive Committee.
Rev Mr.. Campbell announced the
appointment Of the following execu-
tive committee for Cobb in the pre-
cinct; T. c. Cunning. r. L. Morris,
II. W Cole. J. E Benton. c. H Gin
bel DR.. George Drummer, DR.. H L.
Allison. Dan NJ Jackson, A. h An
fersOn. Fl. ". Bierhorst. A. A. Law
Ter. R. J. Owen. W. Cass.
Among others 1T the meeting were
Cobb campaign manager =. c. Wade.
1r.. district 0rEauiZer Isl H Frfs and