The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-28
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Declares Apostle of :Il| Honesty 3 ,
Spent il One Ward y I More
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7rom On,r4 Regular Correspondent

3s From our Regular Correspo y dent. )3ss
D! WASHINGTON. d. G., Ju ne 27.--sen-.;; Z;
Sator Bailey held N the attention of the.
Senate and crowded galleries for more re
than an hour this atterno oon while !. i he
denounced the char re- es contained In q an
article of 18th Treason r OF the & snate'3
series, BY David Graham Phillips, which
have been appearing in the Cosmopoli-
tan Magazine for several mont tbs.
MA The charges were to the effect that
while Mr.. Bailey ppeared to the public
rs the friend OF tho people. he was In
reality in league with Republican lear SEN.
"a tors u to disregard the rights d Of the
people and accomplish what the u trusts
and corporations wished done. The ar
ticle revived old charges made 8 to tho
seffec t that Mr.. Bailey, for money con-
fsideration. procured permission Of II the
authorities for the returnsof one OF the
Standard OIL Companies to tho State.
When tho Texas Senator concluded nearly
every Senator in the chamber applauded
him, something rarely occurring in the
Senate. G3s tS 5ili =.
II Great Crowd There.
The report that Afr; Bailey would
speak to-day had gone abroad. and as
Usual the galleries were 4 crowded with
me- ana Inv
Texan discuss the charges affecting his
honesty and honor. Mr. Bailey read the.
first portion Of his speech Fie X told a
friend prior to taking the floor that he
had written tho first twenty minutes OF
his speech for the reason that he feared;
he would lose control OF himself ana say
things which might o offend the d iglnty
OF the Sena te, Tho statement through
out was calm, digniaed and d deliYered with
"a. AZ, tr1,,
always when Mr., sI3n! ley speaks, EHpe-
oially effective was his 4 defense OF the
memory OF the late Senator German, who
was attacked in one OF the articles just
before he died. and the second attack
appeared In n the article making the
charges against Mr., Bailey after the
Maryland Senator had passed from earth,
The Senator'S gave m r. Bailey the clos
est attention, ana when he ncluded
crowded to his desk and congra tulated
him. here wa 8 a ripple OF pughteySi In
the press gallery when Senator Elkins
shook Mr.. Baley's hand with prolonged
eftuslyeness. An italicized line at the
conclusion Of the article attacking Mr..
Bailey said that Senator Dllstns would
be the subject Of the next article IN
1.-The Treason OF the senat to-" series.
False and Offensive.
II Beginning with the sta tenlent that he
did not makeglt a practice to take notice
OF criticisms, 81 Mr.. Bailey said the fact
that the Cosmopollt tan Ia oWned by q
member OF Congress- takes this case out
Of the general rule, He the nj spoke Of the
published matter as "false and often
siye,n but said that he did not propose
TO consider II from a personal stand
point, because 1t Is offa kind which, Y
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