The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-17
ORATORY'SDAY
] HAS RETURNED
Mr.. Bailey's Hold on the
Senate Galleries
PURPOSE TO CONVINCE
He Performs the Great Feat of Making
Clear Fine Points Of Constitutional
Law--Grosvenor Still Holds
His Sense of Humor.
PURPOSE TO CONVINCE

constitutional argument made up largely
Of uotations from decisions Of the SUI
'preme court. each one Of which was ae-
coinpanied by clear elncidation Of the
point 10 be emphasized; it il much
longer time for crowded galleries whose
overflow packed the corridors, and whose
personnel ranged from distinguished law
yers of the District bar to school girls
lin their teens, and included Il great
variety OF intelects. And yet through
out that time senators and members OF
the House filed every seat in the Senate
chamber and lined the four walls, and
galleries leaned forward; school girl and
lawyer, visitor and resident, congress
man and senator all listened with rapt
attention to the magnificent address Of
the junior senator from Texas, Joseph
w. Bailey, as he spoke throughout the
afternoon OF Tuesday last, in support
of his amendment To the railroad rate
bill providing for the non-slispensiou OF
the rates fixed bg the Commission pend.
ing the review by the courts II Is al,
ways this way when Bailey speaks tie
made for hismelf a. name in the House
as an orator, but he has vastly increased
his reputation during his service in the
Senate. Confreres who have borne with
him through many bFillianti speeches in
both dlouses, declared at the close OF this
spsech that the Texas saustar had sur
passed even his own sccor1 in that he
had made profound argument on a
technical question involving many deli
rate points of constitutional Inv, and
had made Il in language At once 40 clear
and understandable and with an earnest I
ness so infectious and persuasive as TO
make his hearers lose sight ef the ora
! torycin their admiration for the convie-
! ton with which he narshaled his facts
and drove home lis Arguments. What.
lever vanity the Texan may have possess
ed on appeared 10 possess at other times,
I've came into the Senate on Tuesday 50
filled with the belief that he was right
/ in his contention that Congress has the
power TO limit the jurisdiction or judi
cial power over these courts which il
Icreates. that he seemed oblivious Of all
but the one fact that lie 10 whom the
i Constitution is reyered and sacred
document has been charged with Offering
\ on the floor of the Senate an amendment
lin conflict With that great paper Ills
4 one purpose appeared throughout to be
the convincing of Biz hearers rather taan
] their attraction or amusement; to evoke
I from them in amen rather than 4
bravo
There were several amusing passage.
/ in his speech. In calling the Senate
tattention 70 the fact that while the late
senator Hoar was chairman Of the Judi
iciary Committee that committee report.
ed fsv0rably and the Senate passed AT
snti.iniuuction bill, Mr. Bailey referred
to the fact that so eminent lawyer q.
/ the late Senator Platt Of Connecticut
voted for the bill. This statement wa
quickly challenged by Senator Aldrieh
who. declared that he revered the mem
4 DRY Of the dead senator too highly e
permit this statement to pass incorrect
ed, and explained that although Mi
Plat did not present a minority re
port and did not vote against the bill
he was heartily opposed 10 1t.
.tdapting the same sanctimonious ton,
in which che Rhode Island senator spoke
Senator Bailey rctorted: eAnd l. Mr.
President, revere the memory of tft
dead senator so highly that r ithow Il
TO be impossible for him TO lzrve per
mitted and measure which he believed
unconstitutional 20 como from the Judi
ciary Committee or TO pass the Senat,
in protest and his vote being cast
against il.
Several times during the speech Sena
tor Bailey in his references TO Senator
/ Spooner OF Wisconsin and Senator Kno,
Iof Pennsylvania became sarcastic iii tn,
ieStreme courtesy which he injected int
Ibis manner. Referring TO the originate,
lof their contention that Congress coult
not restrict court which il had created
Mr.. Bailey said. ''l'he senator's ffon
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania possess ii
this contention on idea 50 novel tina,
they could patent it--no, | ain wrons
there, they could not, for the idea il
of no value"
i The absence from the Senate chambe,
during almost the entire time Mir
! Bailey's speech of the senior senator
from Texas, Mr.. Culberson, was an in
cident widely commented upon BY Tho
| other senators. This has happened sew
efal times before when Mr.. Bailey wa,
speaking. There is good deal of spseula
ton as to whether the Wisconsin sena
tors, Mr.. Spooner ana Mr.. La Follotti
4 viii listen to each other in the speochaI
which they are scheduled to make OF
the rate bill within the coming week.
Sulzer Like the Poor.
| General Grosvenor Of Ohio. altho1gi
he recently lost the election in his dis
trict and must retire from Conqresss al
the close of this term, has not lost hi,
sense of humor. Ono Of The speaker,
AZ Tie hearings which have been IN pro.
gress during the last two weeks before
the Committee on the Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, Of which Representative
Grosvcnor X chairman, during till
with one Of the Democratic member.
Of the committee over the ship subsidy
1 bill, quoted to his interrogation Thoma.
i Jefferson in support OF the principal oi
subsidies Az this point he was inter.
rupted by the genial chairman. who 70.
marked; Surely, my friend Is not quot
ling Thomas jefferson as Democratic
/ Authority in this day aud timer
i Occasionally General firosvenor re-.
coives 81 good as he sends in his hufnof
foas reanarks IN the committee i'6on
I Representative Sulzer III New York cits
appeared before the committee yesier,
day morning 70 ask Tor hearing On /
bill in which be IS Interested. 1rse time
OF the committee mad already becn allnt.