The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-12
AS TO BAILEY AND WHEELER,
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Bailey and accusing him OF pcrsecut'ne
General Joe Wheeler. Some OF these pa
pers are no doubt doing this simply az
an excuse for abusing Bailey regardless
Of tho truth contained in their assertions
while others are undoubtedly honest IN
their statements and carried away by their
zeal and love and vcneration for General
Wheeler, and mislcd by the wild opposi-
ton 10 Bailey OF certain Eastern papers
AS 10 tho first mentioned, have moth
Ing to say. Let them vent their spleen
all they please. II has no more effect
on Bailey than water on ducks back.
To the others | desire to say that they
would really be ashamed OF themselves II
they knew the facts happen TO know
them. Far from prosecuting or harassing
General Wheeler or trying to do him an
injury or an injustice, Joe Bailey has done
everything possible to keep this matter
from reaching the acute stage. When
General Wheeler returned here instead
OF visiting MIR. Bailey, he studiously
avoided him. After waiting a reasonable
time. Mr.. Bailey called on the general
and had frank. earnest talk with him.
He showed the constitution and the clause
covering Ills case and pointed out to him
that tho question had been decided sew
eral times. always the same way, and
every time against the man occupying the
position In which General Wheeler Is at
present. MIR. Bailey said to him. in sub
stance, that he was very sorry indeed to be
compelled to take issue with him, and
that he General Wheeler) ought not to
place himself in an attitude to make him
apparently aptagonistic. lie further said
to the general that inasmuch as he had
returned to this country on veritable
tidal wave OF popularity, he ought to
salute tho constitution instead of walking
on it.
That a precedent In his case would be
more pernicious than in the case OF less
popular man. In fact, he pleaded with The
veteran not to let the matter become an
issue, and showed him Enthusiastically that
he held for him nothing but the highest
esteem. respect and friendship. The gen.
counsels. and as the result will show. by
those full OF unwisdom that will prove
humiliating to the old general in tho end.
The verdict OF the judiciary committee
is practically made up and it will be al
most unanimous against the general.
While 1t is true the general has not
''tawn his congressional salary while
2rving as major general, 1t is also true
that others have done so. and II he was
entitled to hold both positions. he was
equally entitled to draw both salaries.
Bailey went to Congressman Jim Camp
bell of Illinois who is the colonel of an
Illinois regiment, and showed him the
plain law in the case. Campbell said
frankly that he believed Bailey was correct
and that he had vacted his seat In con-
gress by accepting commission In the
army, and promptly returned to his regi- |
ment.
The whole truth Of this matter is. that
1t has been made to serve as vehicle to
assault Joe Bailey and he has been in
dustriously lied on In connection with it, |
am sorry to say that General Wheeler
has listened to bad advice and has allowed I
himself to be used by designing politi-
clans.
These people arc right now grooming
General Wheeler for vice presidential can
didate on the ticket with Mckinley I'm
1900, in hopes of carrying North Carolina
and Alabama and the little general is
listening to the siren song This is rather
a startling statement and will be hooted
at by many, but know it is the truth.
~
said some time ago that the New York
journal had received hunoh from Gro
Ser to side step on the silver question.
and was right. That paper publishes
IN interview with Mr.. Croker in which
Nc says that silver at l6 to is n dead
ssue and that because they ignored silver c
n their State platform every one of their
candidates for congress in New York !
MY was elected That is not SO. There 4
vas one man elected last fall from Nav c
'ork city who wrote his own platform o
ihu stood on IL from start to finish and
was redhot silver platform at that a
MS was Hon. William Sulzer. than whom n
mere is no better democrat in congress Il
lhu ne refuses to obey the behests of :;
'roker or anybody else In New York when n
comes 10 following the organized democ. Il
"cs OF the country. He was elected bv u
N increased majority and he tells mo
nat II was because he was true ia ~, =,
party and the Chicago platform NJ, VI
'roker tried to argue him out Of his il "
ention to remain true to the democrany ~ ~
nut he did not succeed, and "R,uvn g., n,
or is today an example OF Eastern dame pl
rate pluck and fidelity to prineinlo ~ u
over TO his elbow. =,
wv m
year ago stated that Mr. cro,,.,
nd the Eastern wing OF the aouo,r ut ~
'e'e ehaeavorlng to start a mov,m., Is
slae'rack silver and grab tho nay, M co
ona' convention and / leave /, 10 an Va
o'''''a' pfeseience manipuators IN sa, III
Wv whether or not was correct i, ~. de
''snos's OF the situation and NV nrom as
os''cat'ons OF the Intentions n, re r m
cope VI those W
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