The Washington herald., 1907-01-20
BAILEY MEN NAMED
Five Out of Seven Of Com
mittee Favor Senator.
COOKE PREFERS CHARGES
Are Said to AIIege New MatteF-NO
Appropriation Authorized to Make
Now Believed Bailey Wiu Win on
the First Ballot Tuesday.

! Austin, Tex, Jan. f9.-Unitcd States
| Senator J. W. Bailey has a decided ad-
vantage over his enemies in the matter
Of an investigation. so far as the house
/ special committee. appointed by Speaker
Love to-day. can be judged. OF the seven
members Of the committee, five have re-
I peatedly announced from the floor ofdhe
house their intention to vote for his re-
election. These are O'Nel. jenkins, Pat
ten. Wolfe, and Cobbs. OF the anti
Bailey men in the house none were more
outspoken against the junior Senator than
were Robertson and McGTegor the other
two members of the committee
Cooke Mails His Charges.
Representative Cooke mailed his charges
against Bailey to the senate investigating
committee tonight. They will not be
formally filed till Monday It is said that
he viii charge that Bailey was finan-
cially interested in "a government mule
contract; that he was paid TO get an In
dian Territory fee bill through Congress;
that he is financially Interested with John
". Gates, and got legislation through
Congress favorable to Gates. and that
he received 100000 from the STANDARD
Oil Company.
The debate on the Duncan resolution
and the Kennedy substitute developed
that little is expected of either the senate
or house committees Of investigation. as
there is no appropriation to pay expenses.
Whatever is done in the way OF investf-
cation viii, Of necessity. however. be
done in Austin. and there viii be no long
drawn-out junket beyond the States b0r-
deTs.
Believe bailey WIFI Win Tuesday.
Nearly everybody has settled down 10
the conviction that Senator Bailey viii be
reelected on the first ballot next Tues
day. His enemies assert that as many as
thirty of the sixty-three members of the
legislature will refuse To vote for him
His friends insist that this is an over
estimate.
Speaker Love. Immediately on the
opening Of the morning session. an
pointed Representatives O'Neil of Cass.
Robertson of Travis. Cobbs of Bexar.
Jenkins Of Brown. Wolfe Of Cooke.
McGregOr OF Harris, and Patten of
Johnson. the special select committee
as required in the Kennedy substitute
resolution, 10 Investigate charges
against Senator Bailey. Representa-
tive Duncan. by his own request. was
not placed on the committee. Kennedy,
of Mcclellan, also asked to be excused.
Robertson. Of Travis, asked TO be ex-
cused from serving on the committee.
but was retained. O'NeiI is chairman.
Witnesses Put in Appearance.
The house special committee to in
vestigate charges against Bailey con-
vened after the house adjourned this
morning, and announced that it was
prepared TO receive charges against
Bailey. So far none have been filed.
J. d. Johnson, general counsel of the
Waters-Pierce Company, and NJ Norton
an auditor, have reached Austin George
Clark. the Waco attorney whose CORE
spondence with J. d. Johnson was shown
in the house Of representatives. has also
arrived. These men are believed to be
Bailey witnesses.
Cullen F. Thomas will probably testify
before the Investigating committee Of
either the senate or the house when
charges are filed. Norton is the man who
audited the vouchers now in the possess
sion of Attorney General Davidson His
name is on all the vouchers