El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

met at Van Horn. He referred to
| governor Hobby as what president
l Wilson calls "a forward looking
man" The governor, Mr.. Thomson
said. has never failed to help FL Paso
when she asked IL. although he had
never been here before. As mem
/ Der Of the state government and as q
citizen Of FL Paso Mr.. Thomson told
Z governor Hobby TO make himself at
home. The speaker also paid high
Z tribute to the incoming district COM
mander.
OutspoIcen On Intervention.
When governor Hobby spoke he
] soon declared himself on the subject
I Of Mexico and declared for interven-
Z ton as the solution Of that country S
! troubles both for herself and the
I United States. The governor assured
I his hearers that IT was with some
tempted TO speak between two gen
fear and trepidation that he at
tempted TO speak between two gen
erals so brilliantly uniformed and so
uniformly brilliant, but that he would
try to express his appreciation OF the
warm receptfon he had received
Il have heard" said the governor,
that the farther west in Texas you
20 the better Il is. And now that l
have got into the ives where the roads
are ike velvet and the sunlight falls
like silver on your hills and where
the air Is balmy and blue. I fully IN
derstand the spirit that made II pos
sihie to whip the kaiser
7 did not come here when was
campaigning, but Il was not an over
sight or a slight But I knew that a
city that had sense enough TO send
such men as Mr.. Thomson to be
speaker Of the house Adrian Pool 10
the legislature and TO select for SEN
ator man like ny friend Dudley
could be depended on to do the right
thing"
Governor Hobby said he was
prouder than ever today TO be an
American. a Texas and a Democrat
He said that America and the Demo-
cratic party had fought and won the
greatest fight that was ever fought
in freedoms cause. 1T is hard to say
he said, which is moving the fastest
the world. the United States or Texas
II Is amazing to consider that the
ocean can be crossed in 70 hours. II
is remarkable that an American pres
fdent can. come home with world
saving document ictated by himself,
and ii also is marvellous to consider
that one state can produce almost
on the same acre wheat. corn, cotton
and oil
Favors Protection For All.
an view OF W people did in
people can be depended on TO do the
right thing 1t is only when men are
defeated for office that they begin
10 fear for the republic and to be-
lfeve people can't be trusted Il Is
being said by some OF them that big
men do not get into office any more
and have been put in teh class with
little men I am not vain enough 70
say ! a ma big man Neither am /
humble enough TO say that an
little man But I will say that II
had 70 take my choice I'd rather be
little man and do big things than be
big man and do little things"
One thing the war has taught, in
the governors opinion, is that the
world must be made to respect the
American flag. This flag" he said,
must be respected not only abroad,
but here 7 am in favor OF making
America for Americans and Texas for
Texans And I am In favor OF protect
ing the rights and property Of Amer
leans in Mexico, and everywhere else.
And I am in favor Of intervention in
Mexico as TIE only means OF in that
country"
The states chief executive said It
was in line with this determination 70
Texas that German was
from the sttae university
and would be eliminated from every
school in the state And I am in
favor OF resubmitting for a vote the