El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-10
HUDSPETH NANE
IN LIQUOR FIRM
Judge Isaacks Points to
Connection of Senator
With Local Company.

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ate amendments. 1t then went {
nee conference, and upon agreemen
OF the free conference committee max
ing the bin effective April IS, wa
taken up again by the senate, Whel
senator Hudspeth was present, an
DE SAYS that he then voted for tn
zone bin and that the record 81
shows.
Challenges HudzpetIi's Denial.
This is true, but 30 is also true
and / challenge senator Hudspeth O
the final passage OF the zone b1ii
senator Hudspeth voted ANOsn and
afterwards changed his vote. DO yur
endorse senator Hudspeth'g position
on the zone bIIf taking his own yer.
sion OF the affair that he was against
it, effective April I, but for 10 eff.
1ectiTe April Is. DO you believe that
the welfare OF the American soldiers
i'm training i'm Texas should be put In
The balance against the profits Of the
Texas saloon keeper
Votes AEaisf Statewide Law.
'The statewide prohibition law
came next The progressive mem
hers OF the legislature. believing that
The whisky traffic was a very great
evil and that q IL was not to be toll
Grated within ten miles Of the mile
tary post OF camp. then why it should
be tolerated anywhere in the state,
framed. introduced and passed the
statewide prohibition law Senator
Hudspeth voted against this law. and
lie does not even attempt to deny his
vote on this proposition. Do you en-
dOrse his record heref
Hudspeth Against Illiteracy Bill.
Next came the illiteracy bill
framed and introduced by our own
representative. r. ]. Thomson A
Ike bin has been introduced in eV-
cry legislature of recent years. but.
through the influence Of the liquor
interest in the state, which interest
has been champiOned by senator Huds-
pern, 10 has always met defeat A
Few years ago, 1t passed the house
Of representative and was supported
1r both the El Fas0 representative
Richard Burgess and Eugene Harris.
But when IL went 20 the senate it
met defeat. at the hands OF Hudspeth
and such nOnpr0Eressi as he is
This bill simply provided that each
voter should make his own ticket,
the object Of same being to cut out
The ignorant foreigner and other
who were unable TO read and
ing that those who were I'M
able, from a mental standpoint, to
read the names Of the candidates for
office should not have the right Of
suffrage, and senator Hudspeth voted
against The fIliferacy hfII-even after
Z
larure had become progressive and
voted Cor it
Framed TO Benefit Women.
Hand in hand with the illiteracy
bin went the woman suffrage bill
The most progressive statesmen in
Texas for years have had the idea
that the intelligent and enliEhtened
woman was a far better citizen and
much more entitled TO the right Of
outrage than the ignorant man who
q
especially the ignorant foreigner who
could not even speak the English
language and the woman suffrage
BILL that IS bill granting women
the right 90 vote in primary elections
and nominating conventions. was in
trOduced with representative ThOma-
son as one Of its authors, and passed
both houses Of the legislature and
where was 1Ir. Hudspeth-voting
against woman suffraEel But he
suffrage u the women themselves I
wanted IL That he advocated leaving
the question 20 the women themselves
and letting them decide.
says Too Late Now.
'I challenge the senator TO show
when and where he ever advocated !
that the women be allowed 20 de-
lermine whether or not they should I
vote In his mad endeaT0r 10 secure ]
a few women votes. he is endeaTOring I
TO show some kind Of advocacy OF I
woman Suffrage. but 70 is TOO late. I
senator. Only a few months ago. YOU
wrote Miss A Louise Dietrich o let
ter. in which you stated. i am I'M
alterably opposed to woman suffrage I
Dnalteranly is rather a strong word. /
II means that the senator's opinion I
could not be altered OF changed. that I
81 was forever fixed; and II the sena- 7
tor meant what he said then. his 0
opinion has not been aItered-he is I
Still opposed 10 woman suffrage. This I
IS some more Of senator HudsDeth's /
elect him TO congress. DO you en-
dorse if. If you do, then vote for
him.
votes Against Federal Amendment.
And finally, we come TO the ratifi-
cation OF the prohibition amendment
10 the federal constitution Again.
our preventative Thomson Joined J.
On the Introduction Of this resolution
TO write into the fundamental law Of
the land a prohibition against the
or sale OF intoxicating
liquor. within the United States. and D
a gain we find senator Hudspeth vot-
Ing NO
aOn all five OF the progressive
pieces Of legislation we find him
voting NO. according TO HIS own
admissions. except in one in
stance. and in that instance he
puts the 10 days grace OF the
saloon keeper above the welfare
Of the Texas boy In the training
camp.
Both our preventative Thoma-
son and Dudley gave their hearty
support 10 all OF these measures. and /
The people Of FL PasO county are COM
uending them for so doing Il
Thomson and Dudley were right. then
dudsperl was wrong. If you are
going 10 vote for Hudspeth on his
record, as he asks you to do, then you
ought TO vote against Thomson
sven though he has no opponent-be-
,ause Ih0masOr not only supported
effectively all Of these measures; but
vas the author. or loinr author, OF
al but one OF them If we are going
% vote on principles and on the rec
Irds made by our representative If