Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
BAILEY SCORES
THE PRESIDENT
TEXAS SENATOR HITS FROM
THE SHOULDER
Declares That President Roosevelt
ls Not as Brave In a Polltl-
cal Contest az He
Might Be

~ ndu Deen OeSJlne0 IOr tne 'NnaNlInuIn
rate" and that the president had
changed his position on the question
of suspension of rates pending a re-
,versal by the courts.
Taking up a statement made by SEN
ator Carter that the president had dur
ing his campaign for the presidency
displayed matchless courage in oppos-
dng the railroad trusts, Mr.. Bailey said
in that respect:
Asks Carter to Explain
HAS the senator from Montana ex-
Rmined the record of that question as
he did the record of the senator from
Maryland and myself; what will the
Benate say when tell the senator from
Montana that in his messages in 1902
and 1903 the president was as silent as
the grave upon the question OF regu-
lating the railroads. that standing in
the presence of the American people
pending the great contest of 1904 he
spoke never a word in its favor, either
in his letter of acceptance or In his
speech of acceptance.
"Only after his election In 1904 did
he challenge the railroad powers in
mortal combat. Did the senator from
Montana know that when he declared
the president has exhibited the mar
velous courage in defying the railroads
prior to his election?'
Had Announced Position
Senator Carter declared that in a
public address. delivered in the city Of
Minneapolis before his nomination the
president had in clear, distinct and un-
equivocal terms announced his position
upon the subject and likewise upon
necessary antitrust prosecutions and
legislation.
In reply Senator Bailey said he did
not know the president had discussed
the railroad question in his speech in
Minneapolis, but he had examined the
presidents public messages prior to the
election and found nothing Of that char
acter in them.
Senator, Bailey said that the presi-
dents secretary had written to the edi-
tor of publication known as Freight"
in the summer of 1904, declaring that
in his letter of acceptance the president
would speak out on the railroad rate
question. He said the presidents prom
ise had not been redeemed Continuing
he said:
Failed to Keep Promise
Il do not know that the president put
it in his letter and then when his astute
roads would not contribute, that he cut
1t out. l will not say that, although
there are many men unoharitable
enough to say it. only put before the
senate and the country the fact that his
secretary said the president would
speak of it and he did not speak of it.
Perhaps these insurance companies
that were contributing the funds OF
widows and orphans to insure his cleo
tion owned so many or those railroad
bonds that they deferred not only the
president, but the presidents advisers,
from Incorporating in his letter
a message of hostility against the rail-
roads preceding the election.
Loves a Brave Man
Mr. President, 1 love a brave man.
I love fighter and the president of the
United States is both on occasions but
he can give up with as much alacrity
as any man who ever went to battle,
either civic or political.
HE fights furiously when it is
physical contest, 1 grant you, because
that is a question of courage as well as
endurance, but he seems to have no en-
durance in the political contests here.
"Why, he was going to revise the
tariff and his friends called him off,
and then that great voice that was fill
ing the nation with demand for tariff