El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-16

e. and the reply was
MY Liberty bonds are mortgaged q
E the same way as a distinguished Fl
Paso prohibitionist is mortgaged 10
the representative Of the brewery IN
, tcrests-
Buys War stamps, Too.
Brown - Have you any wal
stamps2"
Cobb-"Yes."
Brown--.Hov muchT' Cribs brought
Misses from the crowd-)
Cobb have bought war stamps
I everytime one Of the solicitors asked
me-"
A woman-s1Ir. Brown wants tc
know if YOU have a button
Cobb-"Tes. I have a button" CThis
1Ir. Brown had enough then and
I sat down. He was succeeded by an
Z individual back i'm the crowd who
[ would not step out into the light and
T let himself be seen
Did you stand on bar and make
a speech in FL Paso2" this individual
/ asked. and Cobb replied:
Loses, but Speaks GameIy.
I'm 1905. I supported a ticket favor
T ing municipal ownership Of water
+ works. IL was defeated. The follow
] ing night the victorious forces come
down El Paso street and met me- One
asked if 7 would BECAME enough TO
make a speech TO those who had de-
feated nc. ] Joined them and they
lifted me on their shoulders and car
ried me into the Gem saloon and onto
the bar, where I made a good natured
speech The papers treated II good
naturedly. and now the employed pro-
hibitouist of the brewery candidate
resurrected it.
III I scratched that bar with the
nails i'm my heels then. have romped
OF business"
RcfruIns from Abusive Words.
Another voice then questioned;
Were you aware Of all Hudspeth' S
crook sdness before you announced for
congressg"
Il have RETAINED" replied 1r- Cobb.
from the word crookedness, but II
my friend wishes TO designate the &C
ceptance Of a fee from the brewers by
that word. 7 am delighted to answer
1Ir. Cobb then explained that he had
endorsed, on solicitation by Seth b
Orndorff the courthouse ticket and
there was no mention Of Hudspeth be
ing a part thereof at the time He
also pointed out that nine Of the tlrst
Is men whose names were on the pc
tition are Cobb supporters he also
pointed out that since that time
Hudspeth has voted against state and
national prohibition, woman Suffrage
and the zone law. and opposed the
Thomson bill aimed 10 give me STATE
clean elections
Hudspeth not endorsed.
This. he said. was sufficient 10
make men. even though they had en-
dorsed Hudspeth, withdraw their en-
d0rsemenL "as was done By Rev T.
r. Knickerbocker, Nolney Brown
pastor
and other Fl Pasoans signed and II
endorsed men for county office"
Where, on any Of these endorse
meu-s. do you find a word said about [
congressional candidates asked Mr. I
Cobb 4 signed q paper for my friend 4
Seth Ornd0rff. TO the effect that / ]
was opposed TO political strife for I
county offices at present He read Z
the endorsement
.sTotoes- Bother Toto.
The fact that one OF the unknown Z
questioners had asked Cobb to read 4 1
certain letter Elm toto" caused the I
crowd 10 dub him Toto" and. when 4
Cobb had replied to all OF brother I
Toto's" questions. someone shouted, [
That tctoed him." When there were
no more questions. and somebody said D
they have gone" Cobb said that al I
over the district -Hudspeth forces are I
vanishing"
Except for the foregoing repartee, I
1Ir. Cobb confined himself 10 an eN-
pose from public records Of Huds- I
perh-s opposition against such re- /
forms IS prohibition and woman SUI 4
frage and Mr.. Cobb also read letter 4
written By Hudspcth 3 years ago 4
asking for a -slush fund" for use in 4
getting a measure passed at Austin
Open With Invocation
The spea king Of the evening was
preceded by several musical selec-
tions and long before the meeting
was called to order the park was be-
coming crowded
Judge s J. Isaacks. appearing as a
four minute man, opened by reading
the presidents July Il message,
which set forth that France ana 4.
america are fighting for common
ideal BY rising vote the message
was adopted as the sentiment Of the
meeting. Rev. o. j. Wade, Of Central
Baptist church. then said the inVoca-
ton. and Judge Isaaclzs arose as pre-
siding officer. admitting that having
a minister TO open the meeting prob
ably did seem strange TO some Of the
Beats sword To PenDoint.
In a brief but exceptionally witty
talk. judge Dan NJ Jackson, next
speaker. amused the large audience
and drove home some telling argu-
ment for Cobb. when the war
started" he said, "Hudspeth was
quoted IN a Times interview that he
was TO raise a regiment Of cowboys
But he has beaten his sword into a
penpOint and the only fighting he is
doing is about his opponent. He wants
to meet him on the ets-anyW mere
but on the stump. 7 refer to senator
Hudspeth. late Of Texas Now they
have reused the ire Of Bandera county
and Arkansas. Arkansas claims he's
from Bandera and Bandara says he's
from Arkansas.
Says Brown PrOhibItlonist.
'Nolney Brown is worrying about
What Zach has done. NOlney, the
simon-pure Prohibitionist in these
parts. knows what COBB did Nolney
Miraculous Brown knows the people
lf this county know it, too They've
altered Claude quickly now. He's for
anything now TO get votes
r. Burt OrndOrff followed judge
Jackson. He said he had known Cobb
many years and he was always on the
side of the uplift Of the city
Orndorff Stands For Cobb.
ANY man who was never dom
mated by FL Paso politics viii never
De dominated by any clique at Wash
ngton.' Mr.. Orndorff said. and he
hen told OF Cobb's Liberty loan sub
scriptions and his voluntary work
Turing the campaigns. Il never knew
1obb to be anything but a prohibition
st, which 7 am not. and he was all
avs for woman suffrage 7 am sup
PORTING him not merely for friend
ship. but because 7 feel its my pa
riotlc duty TO do all I can 20 help
win the war. and sending patriotic
nen TO washington is one way"
Intends Continuing Clean.