El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08

A LPINE. Tex June S--'If senator
"A Hudspeth is guilty as you charge
OF having accepted fees as the at
torney for the brewers Of the state
while he was a member Of the Texas
state senate. I would not ask the
people Of Alpine 70 vote for him for
congress" said county judge A.. ~
Turney. brother Of ". ". Turney, Of
FL Paso, in the course Of brief pas
SAGE at arms with zach Lamar Cobb
during the Iatter's speech in the dis
trict court room in this city Friday
night
Mr. COBB had asked IL there was
any friend Of the II Paso senator
present who would defend the action
Of senator Hudspeth Gin accepting a
fee from the breweries while holding
a commission from the people OF the
senatorial district he represented in
the state legislature
There is no better man in Alpine
than your district judge, Turney,
said Mr. Cobb. referring to the state
ment just made by judge Turuey-
THE statement he has just made
Is the statement I would expect from
q man Of his standing and from
others like him throughout this dis
trirt Good men viii not defend the
actions OF senator Hudspeth IN ac-
ceptiug employment from the brewer
les " lille a member OF the state SEN
ate. charged with the duty Of voting
upon prohibition bills.
when leaders who have been Tor
him are unwilling 70 defend his
course how could Hudspeth expect
sou men and women voters TO vote
Tor him.
saws Hudsueth aBreWery Lawyer
u ~ clear HH
county Of the district that he was a
brewery lawyer while he was mem
her of the state senate and that he
MAS i'm Austin, Tex as attorney FOR
the hreWeries on December g. 1916
The Alpine meeting was one Of the
most satisfactory meetings held by
1fr. Cobb since he has been on the
stump in his congressional campaign
1t was held in the district court
room Of the Brewster county court
house which with It's capacity 70
seat zoe people. there was not nearly
enough room 10 hold the crowd Wno
sought admission
~. = Caldwell presided and Mr..
Cobb was introduced TO MS large
audience by Mrs. D. NJ Nell Iurney,
formerly Of Corpus Christi, where she
VAS prominently identified with tenn
uerance work as an officer In the
Women's Christian Temp erance union
Of Texas and with the movement 70
secure for the women OF Texas equal
ftv before the law
IN her Introductory remarks, Ars-
Turnev 7Drored that she had q pro-
found knowledge Of the policies Of.
the state as well as a good working
knowledge Of the strange ways ana
vain tricks Of the politicians VINO
have been standing in the path OF
progress which the enlightened Wom-
"a OF the state were seeking TO have
cleared in order that they might De
placed upon an equality with men
before the law
Woman Reviews Hudspeth's Record
That she was thoroughly familiar
with the record Of senator Hudspeln
mon sthe married WOmen's properly
RIGHTS bill" the woman suffrage bill,
the various prohibition bills ana
other. measures in which the women
Of the state have been deeply inter
ested for these many years was DEM
oustrated by the maSter1ul manner -Ll
which she reviewed that record
She praised ar Cobb for his con-
sistent course as a rrohibitionist and
advocated his election as the next
reDresentative OF the 18th district IN
the national congress
Being introduced by one OF the
newly .enfranchised voters OF the state
is ceasing To be q novelty for Mr.
Cobb. as he has experienced that SEN
sation in a number Of the cities
visited since the opening OF the cam
naiEn. It was particularly gra-ity-
ing 10 him in the case Of Alpine
however. because Of the claim Of some
of HudsDeth's supporters that TINS
was one OF the cities Of the district