The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-09-29
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dress to the people Of Texas, signed
by H. F. King, president, 1t starts
with the broad assertion, "Joseph
w, Bailey, by his own admissions,
is traitor senator ~ 1t further
says, I'VE are not emies of Mr..
Bailey, and nothi ST. has occurred
to make us suc'hll Few, it any of
us, are even at5qraintances of his.
Our estimate of Mr.. Bailey's char
acter is based solely, not on what
others say ofnim, bit On what he
says of himself. By his own word
of mouth we denounce him as
self Iconfessed traitor to the people.
We simply ask that he be judged
Ny his own utterances." 1t again
says, Few. if any, in private con.
versation attempt TO defend him
From our observation and inquiries
we firmly believe that an over
whelming majority of the people
who have read Mr.. Bailey's speech
delivered on June 9th in the
United States senate, in defense of
the charges brought against him,
agree with us that he can NO
LONGER REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF
TEXAS Again it says, eve pa
tiently waited for ADLER and more
influential men to at least enter
public protest, if not to start a move
ment against Mr., Bailey's re.elec-
ton. On what meat does this, our
Caesar feed that none shall dare
oppose him?" 1t suggests as few
of the suitable persons eminently
qualified to fill his place, Mr.. Jus.
tice Brown. Horace Chiffon, B. H.
Rice of Falls county, the Demo.
cratic nominee for Governor, o. r.
Holt or M. M. Crane. In speak
ing of these men it says, "We
might name a score of others, truer,
if less brilliant, representatives of
the people of imperial Texas-men
who will honestly and truly repre-.
sent the people of Texas on the
floor of the senate.' 1t further
says, "Our claim to a respectful
hearing is that of private citizens
who are interested simply in che
good name of the State" 1t is an
address that should be read in its
entirety to be properly appreciated
1t again says, "Our State has not
sunk to the level of a Rhode Island
or of Pennsylvania, where people
knowingly return traitors to the
United States senate" Listen:
GAS friends and admirers of the
lamented James S. Hogg, the mem.
bers of the Harris County Good
Government imbibed, in part from
that magnificent tribune of the PEG
pie. a hatred of the methods almost
universally used by special privi.
lege seeking corporations, and in
his honored name we will attempt
what we believe his great heart
would have him to do in this emer.
gency " Listen! 1t says, "Ntr
Bailey will doubtless talk all right
he always does. AS an orator
and an actor he is matchless; and
if the public opinion is sufficiently
aroused and no constitutional OBJ.
jections are trumped up, he will
vote all right. But the deviish.
ness, the betrayal of the people, i:
seldom accomplished in the oper
and on the floor Of congress, it il
done IN the SECRECY OF THE COM
MITTEE ROOMS" 1t then asks the
question, "Who sent Mr.. Bailey tc
Texas to intercede for the STANDARD
: Oil Co, before the department O
; State at Austin2" "Who made i
enough of an object to induce
| famous United States senator tt
t travel from Washington to Texas
and bring to bear upon the Score
tary of State the tremendous force,