The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-28
ATTACKS HEARST
ON SENATE FLOOR.
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dealt with III that way would require a
different1place.. He ) them dded;:s3 III
lSS"IndeedgYif /, considered itApurelyi and
only rron1.tsa:s personals point of view, !
should not regard It \ as worthy. Of any
notice; for8nothing which this magazine
can say will injure me 18th my constttu-
ents or In tho:estimation Of those with
whom Il have served tinX 81 Their house OF
Congress- But i cannot free myself from
the belief that II owe It. to- the american,
people Il to- show them what manner Of
men these are who are striving to dc-s
stroy popular faith Int tho integrity Of all
public servants. t 4
Owned BY II earst.
Mr.. Bailey then sud that he had been
Uniformed tina t,Rsevernl months ago; the
cosmopolitan il had been sold i to wv. "a r \
Hearst, and, that simInedlata y afterwards
"irhe Treason In the Senat articles had
begun to- appear. 88S$ sSS3 5-s
He then declared that instead OF being
written with care and with regard n to
tru til, these articles have been SO mani
testify designed to prejudice rAther3 than
to inform the public that intelligent men
have laid them aside In absolute disgust n
Still some people seemed to expect replies
Calling attention to the fact that the
sumption Of a. secret agreement between
Republican and Democratic Senator's for
corrupt purposes, Mr.. Bailey quoted the
charge that Senator German had conspired
with Senator Aldrich to shape t he Wilson,
German tariff bill SO MS to cheat the pub
l2lic saying that twas no u trbe, and that;
If the author Of the article had desired
to learn the truth he could easily have
done so. 8 q. fi.5 q: 35a4 D hA ss3
ne He then called attention to the fact
ltthat, instead Of Gormans being chair
man Of the FINANCE Committee, rs was
! charged, q he was not at that time even
! a. member Of IT, and asked 4 IA What must
}Ifhir-mindcd nlel,M think OF ia yWrlt ter who
charges that II t. Senator abused q posi-
ton. in the face OF the II official record.
Which shows that he did not occupy,&the
position which he Is charged with hav-
ling abused 2 ss MI vs. 5l.
Exoneratedi BY legislature
Mr.. Bailey then discussed at length
1.-the charge in the magazine article tina
| he had lent hilnselffto a4schemoHWhereby
| the antitrust law OF Texas had been
evaded by q foreign corporation. Ofsthls
hc said that ut N had II been III lily
iElnvestgated by the very 4Iaegt slature
| which elected me to the Senate, and ut
was shown to he so entirely unjust and
absurd that tho decent mon among my.
most ipplacable enemies in Texas no
longer discuss IT., 5t "a
A committee appointed by the Texas
Legislature, he said, had made aSreport
unanimously exonera ting a4him, and the
state Officers from every shadow OF Of.
fense lie pointed out that as the case
did not Involve his official conduct, he
would haves been entirely Justified In.
appearing as an attorney In the corpora
ton case. Mr.. Bailey said further: u
have been five time elected to- the House
|, Of Representatives land once to The Sen
ate and In all these elections, I spent
less money than the man who owns this
magazine spent In one ward IN his race
for mayor Of New. 4 York. & II ~. III ",
5ss'His affidavit shows that, all told, his
expenses We're S80,0O0--forty times as much
as I have spent In politics in all my life,
Yet he talks about corruption anu ma
Supported BY La Toilette.
The Texas Senator also made reference,
! to the magazine charge that he had been
a party to anseffort to cheat the Indians
of Indian Territory out OF their coal.
lands, which would have been successful
but for the efforts of Senator La Toilette.
He then called upon Mr.. la Toilette to
say whether lie t(A1r, Bailey had not CO.
operated with him In what he (Mr. La
Follette) had DONE Tho Wisconsin Sena-
/ tor responded promptly. saying;
~ take great pleasure in saying that
I conferred with the Senator from Texas
/ before offered anything bearing on the
disposition of the coal lands OF. Indian
Territory. and 81 that 4 received valuable
| advice as to what proposed to do AZ q
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