Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-02

house cleaning, as applied to
the United States senate, and
conducted by David Graham
Phillips. novelist, and student OF public
questions, whose recent attacks on Sem
ator Bailey Of Texas created such wide
spread interest, has only just begun.
Far from going off at half cock, this
same lean. gentlemarly, and interesting
Phillips has. stored in his handsome
rooms at the Arts club, New York, and
more particularly in his active brain,
facts and data pertaining TO the United
States senate, and 20 United States Sch
ators In particular, which. when made
public, win keep the sensation pot at
boiling point for some little time TO
come. Moreover a half hours talk
with Mr.. Phillips will convince his Visi-
tor that not only is he determined IN his
attack. but that he is well equipped
mentally TO conduct his battle TO the
bitter end.
Behind this work OF general refor-
nation there stands Il personality which
commands attention, q personality thai
is bound TO have widespread Influence
in any movement looking to the general
uplift. There is u human sympathy
that develops with the handshake of
this man Phillips, and admiration for
your fellow man that warns, aud kim
dies into flame, in the presence of his
fearless expression. There Is nothing
of the crank about him. nothing of the
radical or blatent reformer as We un-
derstand the type, These rise, mush-
room~like, on every hill top. But the
clap-trap platitudes Of this grand army
OF civic mentors have a different ring
to the forcible though careful states
ments made by Phillips. Their empty
vaporlngs are only of passing momen1,
They command D fieeting thought. and
are forgotten. IN talking to Phillips
you get an entirely different Impression,
AS TO SENATOR BAILEY.
First he is an American in every sense
of the word. He Is full of vitality;
he is active in his movements yet he
displays poise that bespeaks for him
more years than his appearance would
indicate. He Is emphatic, firm. In
cisiNe, sure of his ground. even II
trifle dognalic, and In conversation he
pours out q. Nolley OF fact and fancy
that holds his listener. although it
might be calculated 70 send Il cold
chill down the spine Of The CRATER
Altogether Phillips IS man of worth,
Whle-a man who must be figured on
He scents bribery with the avidity of
blood hound. Mention OF the pos-
sihle corruption OF the United States
senate brings a curl to his lips; he shifts
the battle from afar: he throws his
shoulders back, and prepares for uc~
ton. When asked him II he had any
thing further 10 say In reference 10 Sem
ator Bailey, he walked from his writing
table to the center Of his room, turned
quickly. his back 10 the open CRATE and
said
The words left his lips ms shot
leaves cannon
The elec,io OF Bailey IL of small
moment" he continued The impor-
tant thing is that Bailey is dead
Texas might as well have a wooden
Indian in the senate as BAILEY. The
people win not listen To him--the
Bailey influence is n thing OF the past
He has his seat but il ~ AN empty
honor 10 him, and u useless piece os
business for the state. He would
never have been elected if the exposures
concerning him had been made before
the legislature had been chosen. fjut
his return to the senate is a mere de-
Till.
ADDITION. SUBsTRACTIoNA AND
SILENCE,
The trouble with Bailey is he
talked He forgot the all-important rule
for men of his stripe. The rule that
should contine their knowledge 10 three
thinSs-addition. division and silence.
He may have been surprisingly faclle
~ the handling Of figurcs-but he
lhlked. He was goaded into speech.
There was no doubt he was tied up with
the Standard Oil crowd And the expo
h,lre OF the facts In letters in his own
handwriting was a thunder clap to the
people--Bailey, the slave of the money
PODS. hand and glove with the greatest
Legislative cotruptionists in the world
impo ssible-Bailey the dcmocra tic, who
Would not spoil his American manhood
by the DOMINIC OF an evening coat the
man who was close to the people--the
Working mans friend--and now hob
npbbins with the system;'--no. no. it
GOULD not be. These were the things
Rbout Bailey that shocked the people.
Everybody knew what sort of man Plat
kas-that was an open secret, il had
been for years. And there was no great
novelty or sensation when Depew was
Ehown to b. mixed up III lot of dirty
pusiness IL was only the publication
|pf general knowledge. Depew was al
Ways a time server and boot-llcker He
was Nandcrbilt's property and everyone
Fknew It.. He corrupted legislators at Al
bnny for years. But when Bailey was
tssailed that was another matter. Now
he is q dead man."
n WHY HE DOGS THE SENATE.
a There is evidence a-pIenty of the
corrupt practises of various state leg
IRlatures, Mr.. Phillips" 1 said, and
N.Y. such matters seem TO be passed
|e3lde in favor of attack In the United
Mates senate Why Is this?"
y IL tell you why ! go after the SEN
,tA" he replied. at IL because all of
he great highway robberles of the
Ir0untry are conducted or more prop
Hrly pulled off through interstate COM
Hrerce and through the tariff, The SEN
fne has control over all the great swim
Hes that are being maintained or Jug
Eled through under the very noses of
the people. Take the present rate bill.
It's a farce. or course the people don't
See II yet. but they will see it, There's
Joker In 1t. God knows how much 1t
cost TO put 1t there but It's there all
right. AS matter OF fact tho present
rate bill is more futile than the inter-
state commerce act OF 1887. and It took
The people just 10 years TO lind out
that that bill was worse than useless.