The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-22
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50 MAKES LIES
WALK EASY"
For 81 or S..
1270 Broadway,
(AbOve 32d ST.
CALL SENATOR BAILEY TRAITOR.
Coed Government Club Address Asks
Texas Voters 20 Defeat Him.

Good Government II Address Asks
Texas Voters TO Defeat Him.
Houston. Tex. Sept. 2I.-Under the
heading The Shame Of Texas an address
TO the people OF the State was issued last
evening by the Harris County Good Gov
eminent Club. which has about 800 members.
and Of which H. F. Ring is president. IL
calls upon voters in all other counties to
take action to defeat United States Senator
Joseph W. Bailey for reelection. In part
ii says:
Joseph W. Bailey Ii q traitor by his
own admission. He tells the people OF to-
day that he has been bounded by scandal
mongers. We have no malice toward him
but by his own words We denounce him as
a self-confessed traitor to the people. We
only ask that he be judged by his own
u~tterances."
Mr.. Bailey's speech in the Senate on June
81, in which he defended himself against
the attack OF the Cosmopolitan Mdgdsfne, Is
reviewed. IL is set forth that he brazenly
admits his guilt, and hat while some Texas
papers may attempt to smooth 1t over
business men in all walks OF life feel shame
for the man who was onoe their idol. The
address h says:
we believe the newspapers OF Texas as
q rule are true to the people, but We shall
not rely upon them exclusively. From
Mr.. Bailey's own admission we fear that
Standard Oil gold will be freely spent II
necessarily to return him to the Senate. Half
a million copies OF this appeal will be dis
tributed in pamphlet form, n with II a list
Of Texas papers that refuse to publish 1t.
when John H. Kirby desired to realize
on some Of his investments to whom did
he go2 To a broker in New York? oh, no.
Did he himself go to Hartman or Ryan or
to any other great railroad operator and
endeavor to interest them1 mol He went
to Joseph W. Bailey, who posed as a disin-
terested friend OF the people.
He went to a man whose vote and hlfiu-
ence in the Senate could largely assist in
making or in the marring Of the very men
to whom he was trying to sell, men who are
a part OF the system powerful ~financiers
who fatten on special privileges or extor-
tionate prices paid by the Postal Depart
ment for hauling the mails, on rebates
and on every species Of monopoly main
tanned by governmental aid. Men OF this
class looked with favor upon an opportunity
to place Mr.. Bailey under obligations to
them. They were only too glad for the
chance to help Mr.. Bailey earn his fee, his
lawyers fee Of s226 900 for assisting in the
sale OF some 100000 worth Of property
Bailey's trip from Washington to Austin
In the interest Of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company, which the State had after long
and diligent efforts and expenditures Of
vast sums proved guilty, is reviewed.
II is charged that he well knew that the
Standard Oil Company was then allied
with the Waters-P Pierce company and
that his crime was not less han hat for
which ex-senator Burton was sentenced to
prison. In conclusion the address says:
1T is inexpressibly sad that this man. so
magnifcently endowed for leadership aud
once idolized by every Texan, should have
surrendered to the demoralizing influences
Of his Wall Street associates. But he has
sold his ~birthright for a mess Of pottage;
he has been morally perverted. We make
no comment on the sensational testimony
recently given at st. Louis by H. Clay Pierce
OF the Waters-Pierce Oil Company. In
accordance with our intention expressed
at the beginning Of this address, we lave
confined ourselves to admissions and state
ments by Mr.. Bailey"