The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-24
.,tnus Made Against Speaker
s,re Are Unjust and Untrue.
sa,,dts AGAINST SENATOR BAILEY
v,s. BY No One Except the Mem.
~, Travis, and the House It
n attended to the Matter.

La all HllIlNA~~
r,rss october 2S.-(stan sps
4, waco Times Herald, for rea
9, Known to itself, is determined TO
IL 80, sneaker Prince. Refusing to
~ n, conclusion. warranted by the
yr. Prince in no respect placed
!. |. The defensive in refusing to
A santative McFall as one of me
= ,nnolnted at the regular session
rmss,vseventh legislature to take
IA sift to the bottom the story
II Railer's connection with the re
Il go. Of the Waters Pierce oil com
b, N, inner declines to participate in
i ,aalop that Mr.. NERAL was treated
~ N the fairness be was entitled TO
III !. "a premises,
VI ~ which the rectitude Of Mr.
course in the matter in contro-
~ ~. established, the Times Herald bases
! KIN, mon these considerations
NJ Il. ,IcFou introduced a resolution for
J.. .,aintment Of q committee to tnNcsti-
- N ne facts. a substitute reso!udo1
4, tacpted, bot the intent was lne sdle,
vi ~ I'd Mfl0NlAAn- ~ ~
sat,ea az sev.n to lave tigat the facts.
4 NJ comes the question: Mho So com
a. ~, 70 carry on that investigation as tne
4; presenting the demand! An mel
I'm calls for an Investigator. anu Ger
/. Nv Mr.. McFall. by tue Introduction OF
sdglnal resolution, occupied that par
rkg relation toward the inquiry. 10
$40 mat he would not follow up Inc res
.sn was TO impeach his integrity. TO
: sasme that he would be too aggressive was
d 40 Judgment on a peer in advance OF
sp,bi ~there-stiIl speaking for the laity-
q lHr, SNEAKER Princes mistake. He put
sTsn on trial. convicted him without a
tps and bauished him as though he
I'm an allen. McFall was the equal OF
.,,,y ofaer man on the floor of the house
al Entitled to all of its privileges, To be
VI Efrnafly dismissed from the consideration
n Issue which he himself had raised mas
Ba, IL an air OF injustice that even our
X ~t,irpss for Mr.. Prince can not ~condone.
m The case of Admiral Schley, the court
irqulry is the last ress"t-its findings
INT Be final. In the case down at Aus
n. tGe Investigating committee could only
itngt 10 the house and that body con
ttaed the tribunal to pass Judgment.
II will be urged that Mr.. McFaH could
ne prosecuted the case before the conf
nittet. But that would have been neon
asagt with his position as n member OF
he house. As a member of that body he
tii q right and II was his duty to ask for
Investigation into certain matters Affect
4, the honor Of his state. This the house
/ ~ SHREDDED. The INVESTIGATION was ordered.
n h Insure all the facts he could well have
I n ,F1ded 10 90 into the INVESTIGATION on
4 terms OF equality with the other members
n the committee. But To appear as pros
nutoT would have been t"antalnount to va
adng his seal in the house and occupying
IL Ae role Of a partisan eager to convict.
UT. Prince doubtless had the best Of
elections. but his good intentions do not
asnge the fact that he ~prejudeed McFall
nd refused 10 treat him as a peer OF the
realm When he gets to Washington.
ff'h IS probable anlcss Tom Henderson
gets there hrstest with the mostest men
h US hope he won he treated as an alien
~ he speaker Of the house.
The Times-Herald is at n disadvantage IN
he controversy, because IN support Of the
dissent It expresses as to the correctness
y tie reasoning 1t attacks, II. offers no
sasoping Of rs own to dissent from in re-
The above Is mere bubble. Nowhere
Us It dlscloSe the semblance OF reasoning.
It's purpose Is 10 dlscredit MIR. Prince,
Fhsther or NO. and that's all there is TO it.
~
The Times Herald knows we'll enough that
VI, McFall was not a ct subject for ap.
pointment on the Bailey committee Of in.
'esugstion. Nothing but its determination
10 condemn Mr.. Prince for having, with
becoming impartiality, refused to aid and
aaet Nj. Bailey's detractors. without losing
SIGHT Of his plain duty in this matter
prompts 1t to hold otherwise and 10 ignore
ts truth 10 referring to what t~ranspired in
ne legislature prior to, during the cours'
o. and subsequent 10 tho Investigation made
Of Mr.. Bailey.
Tor weeks before the meeting Of the
l%gslature Mr.. McFau figured IN the pub
lie prints as Mr.. Bniley's accuscr. Nomi
hated and elected on the strength of h..
aVoEed intention of voting for Mr.. Bailey
ir United States senator, he had nothing
% say sbout the Waters Pierce matter
untll after the return had been received
tlq ihe vote by which he was sent to th'
over house had been counted. Once SO
cure IN the possession Of his seat, he hognI
us public attacks on Mr.. B~ailey-attack
.uPpiemented with an appearance in thI
Hs'ret court Of Travis county as intervene
irend Of the people. or something o
tlat sort with a petition seeking the can
onation Of ,Ie new Waters Pierce Oil com
say 5 permit on the ground that fraud ha,
Vtn practiced in obtaining #. To his sur
INe' ne found Judge Brooker Of said dis
NV court ready TO give his petition imme
".s attention. II had been his purposu
y uaYe 1t lie over until the January tern
court that 1t might be pending, 70
s''ery purposes, while the legislature wa
: session. But the court decrecd other
'se, There was no occasion for delay
me petition was taken up, considereI
us merits and promptly refused.
y the newspapers Mr., McFall did no
.ppsar as a seeker for truth with regar,
'ne charges made against Mr.. Bailey
me contrary, be hgured in print a
eject:
ut Bailey has lone so and so. aud /
~ to represent Texas In the Unite
.ts senate. He did not aver tina
laa heard things about Mr.. Bailey tina
nsa for Investigation, but that he knew
about Mr.. Bailey which when RI
would cause the legislature To d.
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