The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-06
MR.. BAILEY OF TEXAS.



w. u. Curtis. In the RCcord-ITcrald.
An impression prevails that Hon. Jo-
seph Bailey of Texas, viii ask the senate
IF the United States for rc-cntorce-
mcnts In his tight with the Hon. William
H. Pcnficld solicitor of tile department
of state. but his friends advise him not
to do SO. penlicld has stated In the pub
lie prints his opinion that Bailey Is an
ass and Il liar although he does not
charge that Bailey knows he Is an ass.
y year or moro ago one of lIailcN's
constituents got iuto trouble about II gold
or silver mine down in Mexico, and ap-
piled to Ambassador clayton, who de-
clincd to help him, and reported his rea-
sons to the secretary of state The con
stituent appealed to Mr.. Bailey, aud the
latter demanded the removal of Clayton
The secretary of state referred the mat
ter to Solicitor pcniield, who sustained
Clayton Bailey attacked Pcniteld on the
floor of the senate, and BCVcridgc. being
Pcniicld's friend ana the representative
of his state. replied that BailcN's language
was unwurranted When the senate adj
iourned Bailey grabbed pevcrdgc by the
lapels of his coat ana shook him IiercelN
demanding u retlaction and threatening
10 XIII him. Bcverdgc was rescued by
Spooncr and others. smopthnd down his
rufllcd plumagc aud behaved as gem
tleman should. Bailey blew off his steam
in the newspapers and renewed his attack
upon pcnlicld The latter wrote II COM
muniCation. which was furnished To- the
press associations and appeared in every
paper in the country, reviewing the case
ana declaring In 80 many words ihdt
Bailey lied and knew he lied Intention
ally, in his speech that day lle added
that Bailey was an ass, and did not know
any better than to act that way.
As Bailey had shaken Bcvrridgc for
were unwariantcd, ii was naturally cX-
pccted that he would eat PcniiCld alive
without ketchup. but he did not do any
thing of the kind. He refused To be in
terviewcd and returned to reNqs with
out vindcat ting his honor. That was last
June and he has made no motion toward
Pcniicld since. He is expected to do
something soon, 1t will PROBABLY not he
in the nature of personal violence, but
the thundcrbolt will fall in the form of
whereas and wherefcres and resolves
presented to the senate Of the United
States, ana demand Penfclds removal
for insulting that immortal body by say
ing that one of its members is Il liar and
an ass. Bailey regards this as moro i'm
portant than tacliling the trusts on re.
vising the tariffs and will demand an On
ira session to attend to the matter If IT
can't he attended to ut this fle will have
a difficult time passing such II resolution.
and if 1t did something would happen ut
white house that would hurt Bailey more
than Pcniield'S letter. That interesting
paper was read and approved by the
secretary OF state before its publication,
and 1t was afterwnrd approved by the
president of the United States III the fol-
lowing words. to wit:
Il wish Penticld hadn't called him an
ass, because We ought to show respect
to the senate but the rest Of the letter Is
all right"
Hence if Bailey wants to get rid of
Penield he will have to abolish the whole
administration. His friends are advising
him to let the matter drop and not to go
around looking for any more trouble.