The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-26
HOW DtsNesH N1AytC sTATt.ANEN
NAY SERVE rHE TRUST.

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There Is nothing Tatss,; Ii sse article
uaos.s. but IL clearly s.is forth
facts sish ~hsrh democracy I'LL have
50 .lasl The Ness sayf
The Ne.m ~ quite sur. list The
Democracy Of Texas. snulaalnx both
the supporters and opponents Of
senator Bailey. ~tll not stand Tor
ons naomest for that fsiie OF conduct
in public men To which thr nerat.
has sought. by q vote Of Is to IL la
commit IL.
III senators nutw outstanding
their partisan zeal for Mr. Bales.
had proceeded regularly 10 hear and
consider the committee reports. and
had voted TO the effeet that, shila
Senator Bailey had beeu bae.iy de-
colyeti aud has made some grieyous
mistakes. stlll such insilEer.tions are
not sufficiently serious 10 merit NOR
ciless condemnation OF. II they had
even made II milder than this. and
hBd referred to II - merely - result
uf that sort of 'indigcreiion FOR
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notorious. then the democracy of
which they are part might have
approved or at least excused their
finding. But there are few democrats
ia Texas who are going 10 approve
as a party rule the conduct and rec
ord which thes. senators have de
elareh above reproach.
There IN in fact, not one of the fiji
teen who could so 10 st Louis, meet
Mr.. Pierce. president OF All excluded
trust, agree 20 assist him in getting
back into Texas accept of him at
ous large loans afterwardb. come
back 10 Texas and use his influence
TO get the company reinstatea, accept
OF the Standard OIL company q fee
of s. 800 for an opinion as to wheth-
or II could do business in Texas.
even when 1t was already In the
state, chasing out it's competitors.
and do other things that Senator
Bailey has done under similar cir
cumstanees, and let the facts be
known, and then hope to be elected /
to the place he now holds. There is
not a senatorial or even represen-
tative district in the state in which !
the people would permit any man 10 /
commit them To a hearty approval of |
any such thing. and The News is will |
ing TO leave II to many strong friends I
of Senator Bailey to say whether this /
is not true
Thousands of the supporters of /
Senator Bailey realize that he has |
done wrong, and will never join this !
small majority (barely half of the !
senateD in their effort to commit the !
party to any such wrong. They are
for Bailey, but not for his mistakes,
his indiscretions or his wrongs.
They viii never agree that the de-
mocracv Of Texas shall be commit
ted to the dangerously unsound rule
laid down by these fifteen senators,
because even many Of Senator Bal
ley's friends understand that to hold
out for any such conduct or rule
would absolutely destroy the main
contention and chance of the demo-
cratic party of today. While they are
willing to excuse senator Bailey,
they are certainly not willing to ex-
.cuse in advance. by democratic par
ty rule or decree. any and all who
may do what Senator Bailey has
done.
OF course those democrats who
deem senator Bailey's offense more
serious will never be bound by the
dangerous rule which his partiSaas
in the senate have assumed authori-
lty to lay down.
While. considering the votes Of
senators for the election of Senator
Bailey even before trial. there is
nothing surprising In this second
mistake The News is very fully con
| vinced that these friends Of senator
/ Bailey. I'm their misguided zeal and
! rasGuc~s, have done his cause more
harm than good aud that the party
rule ms to the proper conduct of pub
! Die men. which they ACCEPT us entire
ny satisfactory viii never hc accepted
or approved by thr democratic party
.ANif Texas
7 who HI- ht,u the first fo 'ull
iotI 'h, iu,,-fisafion Refusing to
IpsrWi. fH, committee fo take the
Testimony oft Mr. rIar.g thy chief Of
ia| fH, W.turs.-. anticipating a
I HFoua maIauN report adverse fo
srHH.n. W|Hf ,JIfius of abruptly
both ..'i.nu. GOOD argument HF i.
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