The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-26

meh' ~ me In connection wfth those
prup~rfir. &ous ~ The very men
engaged In this nanse nent have been
complaining fur months that .aa the
attorney of these properties. and ihry
81 AHs- = nh.s4,s wear ago IN. en-
pioy msn vas perfectly proper one
and such as ans rrputshl. lasyet
would have scrrpt"d withaat the slight
eat hesitation Not only that bar the
newspapers nf This state. together wtth
/ those Of st Louis and Nashville. con
'ained repeated references to those
properties and To NV connection with
them, When | first went To Nash.
'iiie 10 look over the properties the
newspapers Of that city contained er
landed notices Of my presence there,
and OF the purpose which had brought
me. During that summer and fan I
was called To 81 Louis four or five
| different times and on each occasion
N" ~ Louis papers made mention
OF the fact that ! aas there to cor.
Ter with those Interested in the Ten
nessee properties The Texas papers
contained statements Of the same
KIND. as appears by the following item
printed In the Dallas News OF July s
1905
Nashville Tenn. July SENATOR
j. W. Bailey OF Texas is spending a
lew days in Nashville. and today stat
ed that he was here representing the
syndicate Of st. Louis and New YORK
capitalists which own the Tennessee
railroad The St Louis parties In
terest"d in the syndicate are II Clay
Pierce OF the Waters Pierce OIL com
| pany. ID x Francis, Adolphus Busch
| }. {. Van BarClom and othr members
| OF the st. Louis Log Cabin club Sen
| ator Bailey stated tonight that he was
| representing the syndicate In a legal
| capacity, and was here to make rec.
| concentrations on things necessary in
| the Tennessee Central
He is in company with !. c. Van
| Barclom. and announced that the Ten,
nessee Central would at once liqui.
date all its indebtedness, rebuild its
! present lines, of which there are 1865
| miles and extend the several branch
es to about $50 miles of new road
| Senator Bailey will go from here to
| New York to attend a meeting of the
| stockholders, at which time money will
| be appropriated for the Improvements
| he recommends"
There was never the least attempt
| to conceal my attorneyship for those
| properties, nor was there the least
| reason why it should be concealed
| The objection to my employment as
| the attorney of those properties must
| proceed upon the theory that man
| in public office has no right to pursue
| any private business; and such doc
and Iereceived within 1000 votes OF
| offices would reduce the public life
| of this country TO a point where only
| rich men or rascals could afford &c
| accept an office If l had found that
! nv time and strength would not per
| NIT me to serve as senator and tc
/ practice law at the same time, | woulc
have abandoned the law without th'
! slightest hesitation, because | have al
ways believed, and acted upon the be
| lief. that the public service hold
the highest claim upon every man VIII
undertakes it: or, if had found tina
there was any conflict between m
duty to my clients and my duty to m
| constituents, | would have decline
all employment as lawyer, becaus
| never suffer myself to be placed Il
any position where my duties nigh
| UfdW ME III Inherent uiTBtllOIS. bu
neither has been true in my expert
ence. The Congressional Record will
show that | have been as constant il
! my attendance upon the sessions of the
| house and of the senate during my
| fifteen years in congress as any mar
| who has served with me throughout
! that period. Certainly that establish
es beyond the shadow of a doubt that
| i
ties in the pursuit OF my private bus
| mess. The Congressional Record will
| also show that during my fifteen years
! first in the house and then in the
| senateAI have spoken and voted on
every important question, and my most
| malignant enemy cannot point to a
single speech or vote in the interest
| of my clients. and against the interest
| of my constituents Certainly no man
could ask for higher proof than this
that my private business has never
Influenced my official conduct
Although | have been pursued with
bitterness unparalleled in the po-
! liticai history OF this state. the most
/ reckless and malicious Of my enemies
! has never vet ventured to tell the peo-
/ pie of Texas where | have betrayed
! their interest by speech or vote. nor
! instanCed a single case where my am.
/ ployment as a lawyer related in the
| remotest degree to the legislation OF
! congress or to the action of any de
| partmeut OF the government Their
/ whole argument Is that because | am
/ In public service shall not he per
| mitted TO pursue my honorable pro
| fossiun in a perfectly legitimate way
| shall continue 10 riye--as for III
/ teen wears I have given an uuseltish
/ and undivided attention 10 ms public
| duties when they require attention
| and Z shall continue 90 Eiye-8s I
I have given INV time to ms private bus
/ iness when ms time d. not required
/ b ms puhH. duties have never
! had e. ,isnt iu nv ufe who has st
/ tempted tu Influence rms official aD
{ ton and ftt wru who employ mv
ahugt fhr'r Important affairs have TOW
much confidence fu ms integrity to
I suppose fur uHF mnmruf that they
/ could CONTROL nr Influence NEE as sen
I aiur Uf .HHrs, Snow There Jrr
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