Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-12
BAILEY FIGHT WAKES WARN
Nearly Half Members Of Texas ssnate Sign
Paper Demanding Investigation.
HOUSE 10 DEBATE SUBJECT THIS MORNING
Senator'S Friends VIII Propose that
Committee he Appointed 10
Report Necessity OF
Action.

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 11.-Fouiteen MEM
oers out OF the thirty composing the Texas
senate signed resolution TODAY demand
ing an investigation OF Senator Bailey and
Attorney General Davidson In connection
with the readmlssion of the Waters Pierce
Oli company TO Texas. The resolution will
be debated next Monday, when It is OK
pected both Bailey and davidson will be
present. The house set as a special order
Tor tomorrow morning consideration Of a
IKE resolution. Early today the house ro-
fused to consider the matter In any form,
nut later the special order was obtained.
Senator Bailey's supporters tonight
passed a subresolution which will be Of
fered tomorrow as a substitute for the one
now before the house
The substitute seeks to offset the charges
made against Senator Bailey in the first
resolution, stating that he has admitted
all his connections with Pierce. Kirby and
the Tennessee Coal company and has sue
cessfully resisted the same charges The
Bailey resolution suggests that the speaker
appoint a committee OF seven members who
shall pass upon the Bailey Waters Pierce
oil case. II they decide there is founda-
ton for the charges they shall so report
to the legislature which then can decide
as to the charges to be preferred.
Both factions are active tonight in pre-
pairing for tomorrows contest
Kansans Nominate Curtis.
TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. n.-Congressman
Charles Curtis OF the First Kansas district
was nominated for United States senator
to succeed Senator Alfred w. Benson on
the fourth ballot by the republican mem
bers of the Kansas Legislature in caucus
here tonight. The action of the caucus Is
equivalent to election, as the republican
majority in the legislature Is overwhelming.
On the first ballot Mr.. Curtis received
thirty-four votes. This number was in
creased on each succeeding ballot, until
the Fourth, when Mr.. Curtis received sixty
one, sixty-six being necessary to nominate,
Five men who had voted for Congressman
p. p. Campbell Immediately rose and
changed their votes from Campbell to
Curtis, giving the Topeka man a bare
majority. Mr.. Curtis is AZ years old. a
lawyer and is serving his seventh term in
congress.
The senate today passed the house bill
raising the salaries of the judges of the
supreme court from 5000 to $4,000 a year,
and the salaries OF the district judges from
81, 500 to 5000 The bill now goes to Gov
ernor Hoch for his signature
Yesterday the senate killed a bill of their
! own increasing the judges salaries to a
sum higher than the amount named in the
house bill.
GuEEenheim RESOLUTION Killed.
| DENVER, Jan. u.-Sen ltor ]. II. Gro Nley
democrat introduced in the upper house OF
the legislature today a resolution provid-
ing for the appointment of committee &c
| investigate Simon Guggenheim's alleged
purchase of the United States senatorship
for which he recently received the endorse
ment of the republican caucus. The senator
cited published reports concerning the use
of money to secure the election of mem
! bers pledged to vote for Guggenheim and
declared that for the good name of the
state action should be taken.
This is not democratic party measure,
declared Senator Crowley, land l wish to
declare that have no personal prejudice
against Mr. Guggenheim, either politically
reliEiously or otherwise. but do not want
to be characterized as having been mem
Der of a legislature that was bought"
After a stormy debate the resolution was
tabled by a vote of eighteen republicans &c
eleven democrats, a strict party vote. sena'
tor Fred Parks then moved that the matter
be expunged from the records, and this was
carried by viva voce vote on the matter.