New-York tribune., 1906-06-30
BAUEY-TILLMAN CLASH
Teras Joe Tells South Carolina Ben
to Get Cobzcebs Ont of HIS Mind.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. I


prominent position conferred upon him when
he put in charge of the Railway Rate bill,
to-day came in for the castigation which has
been setting his way with the certainty of
tornado although with less speed.
When Mr. Tillman charged Senators who
sunnorted the second conference report on the
Railway Rate BILL In so far as 1t affected the
pipe lines with having the letters = u
branded on their foreheads, referring TO Mr.
TilImans belief that the report favored the Stan
dard Oil Company. ii with difficulty that
Republican Senators refrained from subJect1ns
the uncouth South Carolnan to wordy chastise-
ment but they held their peace and bided their
time.
To-day however. Mr.. Tillman after having
brought in a third conference report on the
Rate hill indulged in ill-mannered illusions
to the legal profession, and Senator Bailey took
the floor and administered to his Democratic
colleague and adjoining seatmate rebuke
which for severity eloquence and incisiveness
has not been equalled here in years Mr.. Bailey
was in his finest form. Never for moment
did he lose control of himself. With carefully
chosen words he began to speak slowly. grad
ually warming to his subject. and finally del1v-
cred an eloquent peroration. which Senators
themselves found it hard not to applaud, despite
the Senatorial inhibition of such demonstrations
peared to appreciate the severity of the rebuke
as he crouched in his chair and seemed TO cover
under the knifelike thrusts of the Senator from
Texas Finally in an attempt to reply, he HIM
self said that perhaps he had deserved the "elo-
quent castgation Of his friend from Texas as
he attempted to retract the wilder statements of
which he had been guilty.
BAILEY PROvoKES TILLMAN.
NJ, pai1a,, bod a,nounced his intention to
vote for the report but confessed that neither OF
the new provisions was to his liking The pass
clause authorizing a railroad company TO trans
port the families Of its employees, but making no
provision for the families OF railroad officials or
attorneys was denounced by him as "a trans
parent piece Of demagoguery" He considered Ii
an appeal to prejudice. entirely unworthy of
Congress He criticised the conferrees for so
shaping the provision, and was sharply chal-
Ienged by Mr.. Tillman who interrupted him to
say:
AN attorney exclusively IN the employ OF a
railroad might be classed with the other en-
pIoyes but the attorney who gets a pass and
does nothing else but watch juries. round up
conventions and do other little odd jobs, and
never gets any compensation except transporta-
ton for himself and his family. Is the man was
after / do not know what the Senator thinks
about II. but think that class have got no busi-
ness riding on the railroads at all unless they
pay for it, any more than any other man"
To this Mr.. Bailey replied that he did not
gard such men as attorneys, and Mr.. Tillman
proceeded, asking:
What about the who works with his
hands and the man who works with his brain?
When the man who works with his brain only
works little while, and is a pettifogger.
trckster and lobbyist. that he added. ''is the
man after
Mr.. Tillman gave evidence from the start Of
considerable feeling and as he went on his man
ner became more and more intense. until he
fairly shouted IN Mr.. Baney's face as the two
men stood facing each other and near enough to-
gether TO touch.
Mr.. Bailey replied to the last remarks. by
saving that such a man as the South Caro-
lima Senator had described should not have a
pass.
TILLMAN ATTACKS LAWYERS.
1--WE did the best we could" replied Mr.. Till
man at the top of his voice. but there are so
many lawyers here who stick it out that there Is
no harm for lawyers to get passes and that
lawyers be excepted
By this time Mr.. Bailey had become excited.
There are too many demagogues here who
are always talking against the lawyers
He did not get opportunity TO finish the sem
tence for Mr.. Tillman interrupted, saying:
"If there any demagogues here they must
be lawyers because the members of this body
are lawyers except possibly half dozen.
At this i1ncture the Vice President found IL
necessary 10 interfere and TO insist upon the
Senators addressing the chair.
BAILEY's .INCISIvE RETORT.
The interruption gave Mr.. Bailey an oppor-
tunity to get his breath. and when he resumed
he was quite calm. and said:
THE Senator from South Carolina has many
admirable qualities but he has got some preju-
dices that obscure his usual fairness and his
usual clearness. 1 do not know what grudge he
has down In South Carolina against the lawyers.
Probably they all resisted his early political ad
vancement IL they did. 1 think they were wrong.
but they We're not much more mistaken than he
remainder of his life. But what the Senator from
South Carolina ought 10 do. and nearly all he
needs TO do TO be of the most useful SEN
ators Of this body. is to get that cobweb ont OF
his mind He performs great service he does 10
fearlesNy and he does it honestly. and the only
thing that keeps him from doing il wisely is
that now and then he yields to this very kind OF
a prejudice l have no patience with 1t myself
II think a lawyer If he is a good one is as
good a citizen as lives beneath the flag. TO him
more men carry their misfortunes and the de-
fence of their rights than 10 any other class in
this republic. and have always observed that
those who abuse them most are the ones VINO
are quickest to appeal TO their Judgment and
their counsel I'm troublous time. 1t does not be
come a man with the real intellect OF the SEN
ator from South Carolina 10 feed a narrow preju-
dice that exists among certain people against
the lawyers OF this land
Mr. Bailey proceeded with his defence of thu
legal profession. and by the time he had con-
cluded Mr.. Tillmau's face almost smile
Mr.. Tillman then said that the lawyers ought TO
be thankful Tor an occasion tnat had brought
out so eloquent defence of their profession lie
proceeded TO declare his regard for respectable
members of that profession. but. sticking To his
text. added:
But have most infinite contempt for some
of the breed | know" He then quoted Jesus's
characterization of the LAWYERS Is "hVpOCritpS