The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-29
ties at that time, but his constituent.
would not permit it.
Believes in Individual Liberty.

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Believes in Individual Liberty.
President Mckinley once invited
Bailey and a number of other house
members to attend reception. The
Texas man declined on the ground
that he did not want to appear in
evening dress. He resented that
fashion should dictate to him what
he should wear at any time. He
wanted individual liberty in sartorial
matters as we'll as in politics, religion
and other things. At that time he
wore the same habiliments winter
and summer. morning, noon, evening,
and at all other times 50 far as
known Moreover, he believed that
the social life of Washington robbed
public men of their time, and he
would have none Of it. The incident
caused the independent Texan to be
made the butt of photographers the
country over Since then Bailey has
come to he more of conformist in
;he matter of to"s. He now dons Il
sack coat it he feels like it, wears
ties Of other hues than white. having
been seen on more than one occasion
IN flaming red four-in-hand, and
even puts on tile conventional even-
ing outfit OH occasion. He also has
his hair cut in the prevailing mode.
All this shcws that Senator Bailey
is big enough to change his mind
even in the matter of clothes, that he
has recognized the truth that ildc-
ncndenee is not necessarily idiosyn-
Grassy and that man can be so in
dependent that he need not seem so,
at least. to the extent of fauntins.
II IN minor and nonessential things.
The biggest thing about Joseph w.
Bailey, and he rally is a big man in
spite of some personal flaws, is that
he sees the fundamental truths Of
the new school of liberty he; is i'm
hucd with the distinctive spirit of
AmericaniSm: he is convert to the
gospel of democracy. For example
he has clear vision of the truth that
governments do not make men,. Dui
men make governments: that the beS,
thln" t" be done for a people is t,
let them alone, throw them on thci,
'wn resources and thus permit then
, /" develop their own inherent powers,
lie also sees that favoritism of al,
sort. either i'll the making or admin
iStering of the laws, is the destruc
tion of republican institutions. FIJI:
thorough grounding Of himself il
the constitution, which he regards
as our political ark of the covenaa:
has been a peculiar strength to Sen
ator Bailey. In that he, has cauoh
the viewpoint Of the fathers-tha
| liberty is law, equally, impartial,
and justly administered. Now, whel
he sess the farther fact that politica
freedom and industrial despotisn
cannot exist side by side his politica
creed will be we'll nigh impregnable.
Mr.. Bailey's rate bill speech is uni
versally admitted to have been one OF
the greatest ever delivered in the SEN
ate. The best part of it is that in
which he showed that the inferio,
federal courts hold their powers onl,
from congress. In Washington the
next day it was freely said that il
had placed the Texas man in the pres
ldential class and that if the demo
cratic party follows the present talk
of going south for its candidate
Joseph w. Bailey will inevitably be
the man.