The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08

ERALD, THURSDA 1 TEL
saying to my democratic friends that
expect to meet them in the next demo-
cratic convention, where l hope we VIII
nominate a candidate for President VINO
will be equally as brave as Mr. hoose-
welt in fighting the fight Of the people
Senator Bailey Replies.
Mr.. Patterson spoke for about an hour
and half. and was followed by Mr.
Bailey. The Texas senator began BY say
ing that Mr.. Patterson had proceeded
throughout his speech on the false ny
pothesis that the democratic party hau
sought to coerce him in the matter Oh
casting his vote on the Santo Domingo
| treaty. He also declared that MI. at
terson had failed to understand the pur-
port of the caucus resolution and his re-
| latonship to his party The caucus hau
simply defined the duty of senators as
members of the democratic party; IL must
be for him to determine his duty as
senator in contra-dsunction to his duty
as a democrat
| Mr.. Bailey then took up the defense OF
the caucus system, and after calling at
tention to the fact that most candidates
| for elective offices were chosen by eau
cuses read an account of the proceedings
| of the caucus by which Mr.. Patterson
| himself was nominated for the Senate
He asked Mr.. Patterson if he considered
| that the same objections which he had
made to senatorial caucuses should apply
to caucuses for the choosing of candi-
| dates.
Mr. Patterson replied that the two eau
| cuses were not on the same footing be-
/ cause no oath was taken in the eaucuses
for the choosing of candidates.
Mr.. Bailey did not accept as valid the
! difference He said that the members
of the Colorado legislature must have
/ taken an oath to perform their duties.
/ including the election of United States
senator
IF the reasoning of the senator from
Colorado is to be accepted. every SEN
ator who holds his seat in this chamber
as the result of a caucus is violating the
| constitution he declared, adding that
almost all the senator's were SO chosen.
Dlsproves Truth of Assertion.
He said that Mr. Patterson himself had
| disproved the truth of his assertion that
the caucus action was a cruel outrage,
for within ten years after he had walked
out of a democratic convention he had
been chosen as a democratic senator.
Mr.. Bailey called attention to Mr. Pat
terson's position concerning his endorse
ment of a man for office. Mr. Patterson
had said that the office for which he
presented candidate was a chaplaincy
in the army this man was an Episcopa-
liam. and Mr.. Patterson said that the
Presidents secretary had replied that as
the man whose place was to be filled was
a Methodist a Methodist must be appoint
ed to succeed him. Mr.. Bailey iocularly
took exception to this as a violation
of the constitution, declaring that it was
religious discrimination.
Il knew" he said, that the country
is divided on political lines, but did not
know that it is divided ON religious lines"
Possibly" he said, that accounts for
the large church vote received by the
| President" He then declared that Mr.
Roosevelt was the first President, living
or dead, who had declared in favor of
strife as a philosophy of life. He there
| fore considered as an anomaly the sup
port to the President given by the Chris
tan people.
Would Resign Office.
Mr. Bailey said he made no plea for the
| violation of the dictates of conscience by
| the senator, but said that SO far as he
was concerned, he would resign his office
when he found that he should not obey
the behests of the party to which he
owed his election.
IL would in that event take my COM
mission back to the people who gave it
to me and lay it unsulied at their feet,
! thus giving them the opportunity to
choose some one who does represent
them" he declared.
Contending for the necessity for unity
in party acton, Mr.. Bailey read a letter
from the President commenting on the
divided counses of the democratic party.
| "Hs practically says from start to finish"
i
! believe what they say they do, they are
fools; if not they are liars" He also
quoted from Mr., Roosevet's Life of
Benton" n characterization of Andrew
jackson as Ignorant and strongheaded"
and said he would. leave it to Mr. Pat
terson to decide whether the President
would feel complimented over the Colo
RADIO Senator's comparison of himself to
Jackson.
Never before said Mr. Bailey, had
| President given such offense to democrats
as had the present occupant of the White
| House, and never before had political
! opponents been so ready to come to the
defense of President.
Refers to Alleged Conspiracy.
He referred to the newspaper charge
that there was a conspiracy to defeat the
Presidents railroad rate bill. He was him
self pleased that the President stood for
that policy, and he was willing to say
that but for his advocacy, the question
would receive scant attention. yet he
must remind the country that the policy
was a democratic policy. That being true.
the republican unity was remarkable
a lesson i'm party loyalty for Mr.. Patter-
son. True. there were evidences of indie
pendent action in the Senate. But" de-
clared Mr.. Bailey II predict that the big
stick will be welded in such a manner
that a majority of the republican sena-
tors will he brought to support the Pres
dents railroad policy. even thoug.. it be
taken from a democratic platform" He
expressed the opinion that the President
must have used very persuasive argu-
| ments to secure the support of Mr.. Pat
terson. He had heard that the President
could roar like a lion, and also that he
could COO like dove. HE applies the
honey tone to us; he waves the big stick
over YOU" he said, addressing the repub-
leans
Becomes More Personal.
Mr. Bailey confessed himself to be a
partisan, contending that the ma jority in
any party must be permitted to prescribe
party policy. always leaving to the indi-
vdual the right to leave a party with
which he affiiates.
Mr.. Bailey then became somewhat more
personal toward Mr.. Patterson. repeat
ing a report which he had heard to the
effect that Mr.. Patterson had bolted the
last democratic caucus at Denver for Of
fees.
Mr. Patterson replied that the report
was entirely correct, saying that the dem
ocratic organization was SimnlV the tool