Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-04
cominn TO His Own.

Every man likes to have his opinion
indicated. am no exception to the
rule. When began writing these let
tiers Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey Of
Texas was Democratic leader of the
house of Representatives, picked at and
thwarted by certain jealous Demo
Gratis and loyalty upheld and supported
by as true friends as any man ever
had. Many newspapers Joined in the
attack upon him. Even great metro
politan journals debased their noble
profession by mean filings at his tenn
per and his clothes, though, truth to
tell, he is always well appareIed Had
all the house Democrats stood BY him
in his capacity of leader, as they ought
to have done, we would have elected
a house in 1898, and he would have
been speaker With Democratic com
mittees to Investigate the rotten per
formances in connection with the
Spanish war we would have unearthed
enough campaign material to have
elected Bryan in 1900, and much his
tory would have been changed. But
it was not to be. There's a destiny
that shapes our ends. rough hew them
as we may or, as one of my most
brilliant constituents, DR.. Samuel w.
Buckner, renders that passage from
Shakespeare. There's a destiny that
shapes our ends rough, hew them as
we may Most assuredly the jealous
hearted Democratic representatives
who harassed and bedeviled Bailey
shaped the ends of the party rough
very rough so rough that we have
been wandering in the wilderness ever
since. For his part Bailey gave up his
ambition to become speaker and went
to the senate While he was contend
ing with the factions pronounced him
to be a great man. one of the very
strongest debaters on this continent. ]
loved him for his talents, his courage,
his integrity and his mistaken fidelity
to a friend or a principle. His unruly
temper was the chief sin laid at his
door. That did not lessen him in my
esteem, for man who lives in glass
house himself is forbidden to throw
stones. OF course ans delighted to
observe that the whole country is com
ing to hold the same opinion touching
Bailey that held in 1898, still hold and
will continue to hold till / go hence
without day. When he mauled the sen
ate into sanity touching the suspension
of Senators Tillman and McLaurin and
forced it to reyisezitself he was hailed
as a great constitutional1la lawyer and
powerful debater by sundry editors
who had for years tried in every way
possible to belittIe him. Lately his
speeches as to criminal charges against
senators have elected golden opinions
from all classes and conditions of men,
SO thatytllis splendid young Texan is ait
last coming into his own His friends
his true and trusted friends who
have always believed in him and in his
destiny are rejoieed at this state Of
affairs which they have long predicted
and which they were sure would come
to pass. It has been slower in coming
than they hoped, but it has come. and
they are exceeding glad.
Amazing.
The newspapers say that Mr. Secrer
tary Root is instructing Mr.. Secretary
Shaw how to proceed in patching up a
modus vivendi with Germany touching
the tariff irnbrogiio until the senate can
be induced to act with sense enough to
ratify a reciprocity treaty with that