The San Francisco call., 1906-06-30

man said:
What you want in West Virginia is
votes" to which Elkins replied You
are hunting votes in South Carolina
yourself"
TIFF WITH SENATOR BAILEY.
Bailey announced his intention to
vote for the report, but confessed that
neither OF the new provisions was to
his liking. The pass clause authoriz-
ing a railroad company to transport
the families of it's employees, but MAX
ing no provision for the families of
railroad officials or attorneys. was de-
nounced by him as a transparent piece
Of demagogy" He considered II an
appeal to prejudice, entirely unworthy
of Congress. He criticised the con-
ferees for so shaping the provision and
was sharply challenged by Tillman.
when one of the sharpest conflicts of
the session occurred between the two
Democratic leaders. standing elbow to
elbow The clash came when Mr..
Tillman interrupted Mr.. Bailey
"An attorney exclusively in the en-
ploy of a railroad might" said Till
man, "be classed with the other en-
ployes, but the attorney who gets a
pass and does nothing else but watch
juries, round up conventions and do
other little odd jobs and never gets
any compensation except transporta-
tion for himself and his family is the
man 1 was after. l do not know what
the Senator thinks about 1t, but
think that class have got no business
riding on the railroads at all unless
they pay for IT any more than any
other man."
To this Bailey replied that he did not
regard such men as attorneys. and
Tillman proceeded, asking: What
about the man who works with his
hands and the man who works with his
brain? When the man who works with
his brain only works a little while
and is pettifogger. trickster and
a lobbyist? That" he added, '"is the
man we are after
Tillman gave evidences from the
start of considerable feeling, and as
and more intense until he fairly shout
ed in Bailey's face as the two men
stood facing each other and near
enough to touch each other
Bailey replied to the last remark by
saying that such a man as the South
Carolina Senator had described should
not be given a pass.
We did the best we could" replied
Tillman at the top of his voice There
are so many lawyers here who stick it
out that there is no harm for lawyers
to get passes and that lawyers be ex-
cepted."
BY this time Bailey had become ex-
cited and he replied
There are too many demagogues
who are always talking against the
lawyers, except possibly half a Dozen
At this juncture the Vice President
found 1t necessary to interfere and to
insist upon the Senators addressing e
the chair.
The interruption gave Mr.. Bailey an
opportunity to get his breath, and
when he resumed he was quite calm.
Bailey. in reply. said:
The Senator from South Carolina
has admirable qualities, but he has got
some prejudices which obscure his
sense of fairness and clearness 1 do
not know what grudge he has down in
South Carolina against the lawyers, but
what he ought to do. and nearly all he
needs to do to make one of the most
useful Senators of this body, is to get
that cobweb out of his mind He per-
forms great service: he does it fear
lessly and he does it honestly, and the
only thing that keeps him from doing
it wisely is now and then he yields to
this very kind Of prejudice. 1 have
no patience with 1t myself.
II think a lawyer. IL he is a good one.
is as good citizen as lives beneath the
flag
Tillman replied, declaring his regard
FOR respectable members of that pro-
fession, but adding: But / have a most
infinite contempt for some of the breed
l know.
He quoted Jesus characterizing the
lawyers as "hypocrites," and said the
dirty creatures who run the political
conventions are the men whom he
would shut off from the pass privilege
The conference report was adopted
without division. This vote had the