The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
BAILEY WILL FACE
 LIST OF CHARGES
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necessary to remain poor, in order to be considered honest"
 Defeats Legislation.

 considered honest"
 Defeats Legislation.
 16. That Bailey negotiated financial tranactions with the Waters-Pierce OH
 company, or Standard oil company in Washington or New York in March, 1901, amounting to $S000, which he concealed
 as loan.
 r. That this and s175O item was a fee
 for defeating Texas legislation. IS. In March, 1901, the said Bailey left his duties in Washington and returned to
 the state of Texas for the purpose of
 using personal and official influence to defeat senate bill 164, and to defeat house bill No. 422, the latter by McFall, to re-
 yoke the charter of the Waters-Pierce oil company.
 19. That Bailey wrote Pierce on March
 2S, 1901, for the sum of $175o, which was
 for the purpose of influencing legislation,
 or for services, and was a part of the
 $S000 alluded to.
 20. That Bailey, in 1903, was employed
 by Banker Bayne of the Seaboard Ma tional bank, a Standard oil company ally, to write or prepare charter for
 the Security oil company, and was paid | the unreasonable fee of $5O00. | 2l That Bailey supported the Aldrich | currency measure against every demo- | cratic senator: that the author of the | bill was the father-in-law of the son
 
 had connection and obligation to the
 Standard oil companys allies. and that Bailey has become a frequenter of 20
 Broadway, and has been seen in and about
 said offices, and has attended meetings
 of officers of said companies. 22. That Bailey had large transactions
 with John H. Kirby personally, and with the Kirby Lumber company, and on ac- count of his close connections with the Standard oil company and other financial
 interests was able to dispose of certain securities of the Kirby Lumber company
 for John Kirby. and for which re received a fee of $250000.
 23. That Balleys connections with the Tennessee Construction company, and
 Tennessee railroad allied coal interests,
 embarrassed him in his public services. and that Bailey stated in an interview in San Antonio that he had borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars from H. Clay Pierce and his associates. and including a loan of $156,0O0 which he used
 in speculation which informant is ad- vised involved "standardizing" the Hous-
 ton oil company and the Southwestern oil company.
 Asks Explanation.
 24. That in the year 1905 Bailey col- lected at one time fee of $1l8.000 through the Red River National bank of Gaines
 vile as profit on railroad transac- ton, which informant does not know
 about but would refer to J. W. Bailey for
 explanation.
 25. That in 1906 Bailey had large fnan
 cial transactions, including note for
 s28 100 with John w. Gates. involving in- dormant believes large interests
 26. That during his official career in Congress the said Bailey became in- terested in certain enterprises with John
 w. Gates and received financial bene-
 fits.
 27. That said Bailey now denies hav-
 ing guided and directed the Waters
 Pierce oil company back into Texas In
 1900" While at the Waco democratic con
 vention Bailey assumed the responsibility
 for readmlssion of that company into
 Texas.
 2s. That during the summer of n05
 Bailey said to credtable witnesses that
 while he received fee for his services
 to the Waters-Percc oil company in the matter of It's readmission. he regretted that he did not in fact, and told the m vestigating committee in 1901 that he did
 receive fee and let them make the most of it.
 The remainder of the charges are: That Bailey caused to be published In the public press that the state attorney general conspired to defeat the democratic nominee; that Bailey about December 3. 1906 at Waco, and on January 8. 1907, In public addresses at Austin wilfully mis- represented decisions of the court of civil appeals, third district. in case of state vs. Waters Pierce oil company. in an custer decree affirmed against said com pany by the United States supreme court in 1S99 that on January 5. 1907. at Austin, in a public address Bailey charged attor- neys for the state in the case of the state vs. the Cassidy-Southwestern Commission company with having received a fixed sum of money when he knew such assertions 10 be false: during his political career in Congress Bailey either accepted fee or loan or gift in recognition of his services in the matter of the federal court fee bill affecting the Indian Territory. Your informant is advised that Bailey spent considerable money directly or in- directly in his effort to carry Travis county in recent election