Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-25
HARDIN FRIENDS WRITE A LET
TER TO
CONGRESSMAN HUDSPETH
Mission, Texas. June %. 1928

Mission, Texas, June %, 1928
Honorable Claude Hudspeth.
Dear Congressman:
winter vegetables. v protest against your efforts 70 influence the
election Of a Congressman from this district and we direct the Nc.
tenhon Of your constituents + your meddhng, In your official
capacity as Congressman, with the affairs OF our district. We also
incomplete as's and S s1rs ssI'' %isissd %ns'A Y ss P lstie1 Is S. ln = s.::
Of a Statesman. and on its face indicates that your interest is per-
sonal and not that Of the public welfare.
We call special attention Of the voters of both the 18th and
18th Congressional districts 70 the peril Of the Congressional ring
citizens.
You praise Congressman Garner for voting to put hides On
the dunabie list. but you fail 70 tell "a that he voted against tho
duty on meat. What is the difference between : duty on
Queer Of cattle? You also failed to state that Congressman Garner
products p1oSG tsI of his : d Hstyt On wee |. Dr rsr1ns' y Ssv. se Pes.r st AND Asto Gtasr
to speak for him and that you are his authorized spokesman during
you do not tell US why he voted against n duty OF ~ products
and again when this duty was made permanent in the Fordney-
McCumber Law. You tell US that he favors protection, but you do
not tell us why he votes against il.
You further inform u . that Congressman Garner il in a posi-
tOn Of power. but you do not tell Us what schedules he put into
and power The only duty he favored according to your statement,
a on hides and he lost that.
duty 4 oh n' h Il = aR R1sgv Ts. e c0at I ! d,T Thy did did hs not stt get .
lost What 20 the producers Of this district get out OF his
power?
cratic Party rirty gains sin,, s9.tr q. q government e9d pity The wool.
gresham Garner writes his tariff view into Law. We will tbar
have protection On hides and all other products on the free list
Much has been said about the greatness Of Congressman Car
nr, by his followers in this District and you continuously dwell up
on his personal popularity. Assuming that he a n wear a dress suit
gracefully, joke with the high and mighty, and has learned to
drink tea without q spoon, what good does that do a man who
pows, herds sheep and tolls for d living in the fifteenth Congress
sional District?
The Congressional records show that the only time you and
Congressman Garner voted together on the present tariff measure,
was on hides. You voted for the present Fordney- McCumber meas
ue and the Emergency Tariff Act preceding II, and he voted
against both Of them. Are W @ to understand that you endorsed
Congressman Gamers tariff record, and condemned your own vote?
How can you be a true and sincere friend OF protection and recon-
mend that We send from this district a congressman who opposes
1t? II you think the best way to get protection is for the Con-
gresham to vote against IL, why did you vote for the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber measure? We challenge the statement that seniority in
that a social lion is more useful than q Statesman: that no mat
ter what a Congressman stands for, we should always keep him in Of
flee. This sort Of political bunk may suit Congressman Garner but
IL does not suit the producers OF this district.
We do not subscribe to the theory that a Congressman should
be worn out in the service; that his ideals must be antiouated.
mndewed and moth-eaten before he can BIO useful to his consti-
tuency. Henry Clay was elected Speaker Of the House the first
term in Congress, and if w send u real man to Congress, he might
be recognized before he is too old TO be useful
The winter garden section of the Rio Grande Valley IN enter
ing upon q new err Of development, with large possibilities and
tremendous opportunities and w q need "a Congressman To repre-
sent u . who has the vision and energy Of youth. who cn under
stand and interpret the future Of the Magic Valley, and who in
spires leadership and Craftsmanship on account OF ability and
merit We shall cast our ballots for Sid Hardin of Mission for
Congress.
Yours truly,
SAMUEL NJ. DUFFIE
M. T. WALLING