The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-18

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crr'atn"d By shelF fruits W. shall
knos them Wouldn't such evil
'ience ba splendid with which so eor-
yobuTats their accusation lhsf be il
IN league wiih Standard OuF Yet
you ~ili liafen I'm vain 70 all their
hnfangues and hitfet phlHpples Tor
such evidence They anow that tbs
records ct these nroew~alnea ~erv
honestly kept that thrt are beyond
'he reach uf sgaaaeF~rs aud maiiKn
Trs ard what's NOTE. without the
reach % torsers and itapoaters lt
T. uHr candid upinion that this move
W"nf wa& originated hY and il ig
thv maim supported b. Northern rw-
Publicans and capitalists. aided hy
designing politicians 81 ouv own
stats who are dvcviNiue aud mis.
leading mauy 81 onf most honest
and BEST citizens
To teii What Jos Battles ha. done
iu congress ia 20 repeat & STORY atth
which the nation is familiar. and ln
which every tgue fexau should take
pride When that sreat utsb from
South Carolina. iu whom 1b, people
NJ tals state have lmpllch confidence
and who Ia turn yourhes for the
honesty and integrity Of senator
Bailey, and his colleagues wgre
about 70 be expelled from iho senate
for political reasons principally. "a
was Bailey Whu came Go their rescue.
and With au eloqueu,o that struck %
their hearts tbc magic. proclaimed
To the republican majority that they
mlEht punish Mcssrs Ttllmsu and
AclAurin for amy misconduct OF
which they were guilty. hut thar
they could never deprive the SOY
rign state OF South Carolina OF her
representation ON the floor of the
senate
Il was Joe Bailey who Joined My.
ia Toilette in his amendment to seq
rcgate transportation companies
from those manufacturing and sell
ing their own products. and Il was
due 10 his influence that II received
favorable hearing When IL is re-
membered that Mr.. Rockefeller is
FAST gaining control of many OF the
eastern railways. after this gallant
fight, can II any longer be urged that
Mr. Bailey is in league with Stand
ard OH? But there is more evidence:
1t was he who proposed the pipe
line amendment making 1t unlaw
fnl for refining companies to own
and operate their own pipe lines
This was a direct interference with
the oil interests of the country, yet
his enemies say that he is in their
service. It was Joe Bailey who made
what the country, democratic and
republican, pronounced to be the
the rate bill. 1t was for him that the
senate waited to return to make the
argument in support of the review
clause in that bill 1t was due to his
argument that Senator Hale of
Maine became a convert to that leg
islation and to whom the latter gave
a pledge OF his support ever after
wards. 1t was at the hands of Joe
Bailey that Mr.. Spooner OF Wiscon-
sin, that giant of the senate in de-
bate, met his Waterloo 1t was Joe
! Bailey who secured the passage of
the denaturated alcohol bill. under
the provisions of which, We conf
identity expect TO see the products o
Standard OH supplanted in man,
commercial fields. And yet tn
judge insists that Joe Bailey is tn
puppet OF Standard Oil
1t was Joe Bailey who was tn
first and last member from Texa
to be entrusted with the Leadership
OF his party on the floor of the
| house; and il is he who is the recog-
nized leader OF his party on the
| ttn.I of The senate, and is today. the
| admitted pe"r a. am man in debate
| i'm that branch OF our national legis-
laure II these honOrs have come
| TO him al such an unripc age. what
may We reasonably expect ia be his
achievements in the future II he
has So faithfully ana efficiently ser
we'd his constituency ,u the past.
would IL not be- suicidal for us to
deliberately deprive ourselves of
that service in the future2
II viii be- in Joe Bailey's retire
ment from the senate. If that should
CONS. that the democracy will re
reiye q blow from which she will not
recover for many % year. that the
south viii suffer calamity unpar-
ulleled in recent annals that Texas
viii have deprived herself OF the ser
vice of her ablest and most cousecra-
ted son and FOO which. the common
people. nov -.1ppling with tyran-
MEAL trusts Hua combines. will su9
cain loss thH V.ll ue irrepafablc
s. political disaster will have come
upon 500 people. and political loot
.r- iou which the people sill be
I fh. chief uff,rers. viii be- rampant
HANuN o. MIKEII.