Arizona republican., 1906-02-08

a candidate for president who will be equally as brave as MT. Roosevelt in lighting the fight for the people,"
 PARTY AND CONSCIENCE.
 MT. Patterson spoke for about an hour and a half and was followed by Mr. Bailey. The Texas senator began by saying MT. Patterson had proceed ed throughout his speech on the false hypothesis that the democratic party had sought to coerce him in the mat ter of casting his vote on the Santo Domingo treaty. He also declared that MT. Patterson had failed to understand the puTport of the caucus resolutions and his relationship to his party. The caucus had simply defined the duty of senators as members of the democratic party; it must be for him to determine his duty as a senator in contradic- tion to his duty as a democrat.
 Contending for the necessity of unity in party action, MT. Bailey read a let ter from the president commenting on the divided councils of the democratic party He also quoted from MT. RoOseVeft's Life of Benton" a charac- teIization of Andrew Jackson as ignorant and strongheaded" and said Fc would leove it to Mir Patterson to decide whether the president would feel Complimcnted over the Colorado sen ator's comparison of himself to Jack son.
 Never before, said MT. Bailey, had president given such offense to demo- crats as the present occupant. He ex- pressed the opinion that the president must have used very persuasive argu- mencs to secure the support of MT. Patterson. Mir Bailey then became ng nd NTg- Patterson, repeating a report which he had beard to the effect that MT. Patter- son had bOlted the last democratic eau GUS for Denver offices.
 'Without hesitation I bolted," MT. Patterson replied. q refused to support that ticket. and did the best I could to elect another ticket
 THE RECORD INTRODUCED.
 It was at this juncture that the cli- max of the days proceedings was reached. This consisted in MT. Baileys bringing out the fact that MT. Patter- son had been present at and had par ticipated in the democratic senatorial caucus in 1903, Tn which the rule bind ing democratic senators by q two-thirds vote Of the caucus had been adopted Evidently the suggestion took Mir Pat tcTsOn by surprise. He did not appear to recall the facts and said there must be some mistake, because he had all ways held the views now held by him.
 Mir. Bailey insisted that he was right in his statement but he vouchsafed the added remark that he was at the same time satisfied that MT Patterson had not misrepresented when he said he did not recall the caucus He was proceeding to state his resolutions for believing MT. Patterson to have been present when he was interrupted by his colleague, MT. Culberson, who rose with a typewriter paper in his hand MT. CulbersOn verified MT. Baileys memory.
 My colleagues statement is correct, he said, and I have here the records of the caucus action verifying it. They show that the senator from Colorado voted for the resolution"
 MIR. PATTERSON EXCITED.
 Tt seems" he said. that ample pre- paration has been made to overwhelm me by reason of the stand I have taken l will not Sainsay the record it is not Impossible, without due reflection, I did VI ote for the binding resolution. If so the vote was cast without due reflec- tion. That circumstance cannot how ever, prevent change of course when after due investigation I became satis- fled that the demand of the caucus is in conflict with my sense or justice and antagOnistic to my duty as a sen ator. Whether inconsistency may be shown, l am content to let it stand; 1