The Washington herald., 1906-11-30

should be present Therefore. 7 shall
leave for Texas tomorrow, to remain un-
I'll the case is disposed Of"
So saying. Senator Joseph ". Bailey
shifted slightly in his chair. lifted one
knee over the other. and smiled his char
acteristic slow. good-natured smile.
Senator Bailey would not discuss the
details Of the Fort Worth dispatch in yes
terday's Herald. which asserted that 4
sensation had been caused in Texas by
the demand OF the States attorney gen
eral Tor vouchers for money said 10 have
I been paid the Senator Dy the Waters
/ Pierce Oil Company in connection with the
readmission Of that concern 10 the list
/ Of business organizations authorized 10
| operate in Texas. He did. however. Day
| his respects in no uncertain terms to the
| persons responsible for the recent at
tacks on him.
Eastern Press Imposed Upon.
1t is rcgrcttable.~ he said. that re-
spectacle newspapers in the East will
| allow themselves 10 be imposed on by
/ these sensations from Texas. Two
months ago a story was sent broadcast
/ from Houston giving extracts from Il
! circular which had been issued bv the
Harris County Coed Government Club.
and it was asserted that 1890 of the best
| citizens Of Houston were members OF
/ that club. As d matter Of fact. 20 SUCH
/ organization as the Harris County Good
! Government Club existed at that time.
There had never been d meeting Of it.
The man who prepared the circular. and
Issued IT as president. afterward admitted
! that to be q fact, and said he had issued
/ the address under the name OF AN organ
! ization, because he thought it would pos
sess more weight with the public than If
issued by an individual
That statement As 10 she memberships
Of that Good Government Club appeared
IN nearly every important newspaper IN
the United States; yet, when the faisity
| of 1t was made manifest. no correction
was published.
FIRys the ssen Attacking Him.
1T might be well enough fer the intelH-
gent people who read your paper TO know
what kind Of men are at the head Of this
so-called Good Government Club" con
tinUed Senator Bailey The president
Of it is man by the name of Ring, who
came to Texas in the early seventies as
g CarDet-bagger and a Republican He
settled in wood County. ard while there
he tried 10 grab another mans land. and
the other man took a shotgun and drove
Ring from the county. Coming TO Texas
as a carpet-b8gger and a Republican. he
is now an advanced socialist. and his Op-
position is really d compliment TO any
/ Democrat
The secretary OF that same Good Gov
ernmeRt Club IS a man named Robertson.
who formerly lived in Missouri, and who
left that State with an Indictment
pending against him. He moved 10
Trinity County, Texas and was driven
from that county BY the good people.
This latest story comes from Fort
Worth, and emanates from paper
known as the Fort Worth Telegram. This
paper has been one Of the principal agi-
Jators against me. The secret OF its op-
lpOsition was made manifest when we
traced the owners Of it back TO their for
mer and recent homes in Iowa and Iii
nois and found that they both had been
active and partisan Republicans always.
What He Told the Legislature.
THE story that 1 would be defeated for
the Senate II the Attorney General could
establish that 1 had b-eu employed as ar
attorney by the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pauy viii hardly be received with much
CrcGcnCe 10y men who know that / told
the legislature which elected me To the
Senate six years ago that I woald have
accepted employment from the company
without the slightest hesitation if my
time had not then been required by my
public duties
IN the face Of that statement I re-
ceived every Democratic vote in that
legislature except four, and it pTesumes
upon the intelligence Of the public to say
that l will be defeated for reelection
to the Senate IL it is proved that 1 did
what I have repeatedly declared, both
before my first election and again before
my second nomination. 1 had a perfect
right TO do
Completely ExOnerated.
When the Texas legislature which first
elected Mr.. Bailey 20 the Senate investi-
gated the charges with reference TO his
alleged connection with the Teadmission
Of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company 10
the State, and completely exonerated him
from any suspicion Of blame he made j
statement 10 the committee CT investi-
CATION from which the following is ex-
tracted;
desire to have It understood in this connection
that had known that the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
paay would be compelled 70 dissolve and resort 70
| legal reincorporation aud that they would be
pursued in the courts ! would not have hesilated
ono second about accepting employment from them
and taking fee. provided my labor their attorney
had not taken me from my public duties in Wash
Hgton
1here coud net have been the slightest Ques-
tiOn about my right % accept fee to defend them
In the courts long / believed that they were
willing 70 obey laws There could not have
been any possibility Of their coming before
the body Of which I was a member. and therefore
neither my vote nor my Official conduct could have
influenced the decision Of H. nor been iuduenced
b. their employment Of me.
/ I lawyer. and ! sincerely hope that I viii
never be such political coward as 70 fear 70 de-
fend any any business when I think their
rights assniied uniustly With unnecessary se-
verify. Neither am ] suci fool % really want
70 keep legitimate business out Ct the State nor
such . demagogue to pretend that dc.
Mr.. Baileys friends say it is the height
Of absurdity to try 10 make political cap
ital now out Of a charge that the Waters
Pierce Company employed him as its at
toney, in view Of the fact that he gave
his opponents all necessary means for the
accomplishment Of that purpose six years
ago by saying he would have accepted
legal employment from the company if
the work would not have taken him from
his public duties.