The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-04
"TREAsoN OF THE SENATE .
Seator Bailey Exposes Mr.. Hearst's
Vile SANDER.

Treason of the Senate,4 was made to-
day by Senator Bailey, Of Texas, who
spoke especially of the attacks upon
other senator's.
Beginning with the statement that
he dia not axe it practice to take
notice of criticisms, he said that the
fact that the Cosmopolitan is owned
by member of congress takes this
case out Of the general rule. He then
spoke Of the published matter as
false and offensive" but said that
he did not propose to consider it from
personal standpoint, because it is
kind which if dealt with in that way
would require a different place" He
then added: Indeed, if I considered
it purely and only from a personal
point of view, should not regard it as
worthy of any notice; for nothing
which this magazine can say will in
jure me with my constituents or the
estimation of those with whom have
served in either house of congress.
But" he went on, II cannot free my
self from the belief that I owe it to
the American people to show them
what manner of men these are who
are striving to destroy popular faith
in the integrity of all public servants
He then said that he had been in
formed that several months ago the
Cosmopolitan had been sold to W. r.
Hearst, and that Immediately after
wards '"The Treason Of the Senate'I ar
ticles had begun to appear. He. then
declared that instead of being written
with care and with regard to truth,
these articles "have been so manifest
ly designed to prejudice rather than to
inform the public that intelligent
men have laid them aside in absolute
disgust Still some people seemed to
expect replies.
Calling attention to the fact that the
magazine articles are based upon the
assumption of a secret agreement be-
tween Republican and Democratic
senator's for corrupt purposes. he
quoted the charge that Senator Cor
man had conspired with Senator AL
drich to shape the Wilsoa-Gorman
tariff bill so as to cheat the public,
saying that it was not true, and that
if the author of the article had desired
to learn the truth he could easily have
done so. He then called attention to
the fact that instead Of Gorman's be-
ing chairman Of the finance commit
tee, as was charged, he was not at that
time even a member of it and asked:
"What must fair minded men think
of a writer who charges that senator
abused position, in the face OF the
official record, which shows that he
did not occupy the position which ne
is charged with having abused"
Mr.. Bailey then discussed at length
the charge in the magazine article
tiiat he had lent himself to q scheme
| whereby the antitrust law OF Texas
had been evaded by a foreign corpo-
| ration. of this he said that it had
been thoroughly investigated by the
very legislature which elected me to
the senate, and it was shown to be so
entirely unjust and absurd that the
decent men among my most implaca-
| Bile enemies in Texas no longer discuss
| it.
A committee appointed by the Tex
| as legislature had, he said, made a
report unanimously generating him
and the State officers from every
shadow of offence He pointed out
that as the case did not ;lvolve his
| official conduct, he would have been
entirely justified in appearing as an
attorney in the corporation case.
Mr.. Bailey said further: "I have
been five times elected to the House Of
Representatives and once to the Sen
ate, and in all those elections spent
less money than the man who owns
| this magazine spent in one year in
his race for mayor of New York. His
affidavit shows that all told his ex-
penses were 100000, forty times as
much as have spent in politics in
all my life. Yet he talks about cor
ruptions and machines!"
The Texas senator also made refer
ence to the magazine charge that he
had been a party 70 an effort to cheat
the Indians or Indian Territory out of
| their coal lands which would have been
successful only for the efforts Of Sem
ator LaFollette He then called upon
Mr.. LaFollette to say whether he (Mr.
Bailey) had not co-operated with him
in what he (Mr. LaFollette) had done.