Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-02-21
EMPHATIC DENIAL.
Knows Nothing About Payment ~
Money TO strlbIIng 4 Henry.

hurtihf EtOs -bHtthk 10" t~"e-
money Tuesday. IN speaking OF the
$500 voucher. Senator Bailey again
emphatically denied that he knew any.
thing whatever about the payment OF
any money 10 Henry a Strsbling. or
either OF them. He denied al knowl-
edge OF the ClarkJohnsor correspond.
ence. and said that he had never been
called upon to speak TO Henry q strib'
ling about matters affecting the Wa
ters-Pierce OIL company or Pierce. He
added. however. that n he had been
told that stribling was threatening to
bring the proceedings for receiver
ship. and had been asked to remon-
strate with him. he would have done
so. because he believed II was an i'm
proper proceeding.
Mr.. Bailey testified about the vari.
Gus vouchers before the committee.
He declared that he had never heard
OF the s3l00 voucher until the matter
was brought up by the attorney gener-
al. and had never heard that Stribling
was employed by the waters.Pierce
OIL company until n few days after
that time. As TO the $500 voucher. he
testified that he knew nothing about
H. Mr.. Pierce. he said. had offered 20
pay his expenses on the trip 10 Texas.
but he had refused to receive the
money, as he would have 10 come to
Texas anyway.
He testified that the $4,000 loan and
the yi.5OO item had been paid for him
by Francis at his request and that
he had paid Francis when he sold his
horses In Kentucky. The $4,000 note.
he said. was paid out OF the proceeds
OF $4,000 note which he discounted
In the National Bank Of Commerce at
81. Louis.
Mr. Bailey said that NJ the time he
attempted TO arrange a compromise
for the Wsters-Pierce OIL company
he was so firm In the belief that II
was not connected with the Standard
OIL company that n the secretary OF
state had declined to issue permit
to the new company he would not
have hesitated 10 take employment to
mandamus him 10 do so. He said he
continued In that belief until the fall
OF 1905. when the attorneys for the
Standard OH admitted In the Missouri
proceedings that the Standard owned a
majority OF the stock OF the Waters
Pierce. He told how he had gone 10
Pierce aud asked for an explanation Of
II. and Pierce told him that the stock
stood in the name OF Van Buren,. but
he believed II belonged to Standard
OIL. and how he had gone over TO
the Standard OIL company's offices
and asked about II. They told him. he
said. that Van Buren, really owned the
stock. whereupon he replied that he
didn't believe a id word OF Il: that
they all ought TO be In the penissntss-
~. and that he would try TO put them
there. Then he went back to Mr..
Pierce's office In New York and told
hin. what he thought about II. Pierce
he said. told him that n he persisted
In doing what he had talked OF doing
he would be helping the very interest
that would like 10 destroy his com
pany: that while the Standard owned
that stock Il had not attempted TO con
troll the waters.Pierce. Senator Bal
ley said he told Pierce that that was
not satisfactory, as he had led him TO
believe that the Waters-Pierce com.
pany had no connection with the Stan.
dard on company.
In reference 10 the Gibbs ranch deal.
which he told In detail. the senator
stated he made $500 on the trade.
and that he still owns 1850 acres OF
the property.
The story Of his first meeting with
II. c. Pierce Of the conversation and
the $500 loan was substantially as
he had related II before, except that
he told of receiving a telegram from
Governor Francis on April %, 1900.
saying that he tFrancisl desired TO see
him. and that on his way 20 st. Louis
on the night OF April 25, he had re-
ceiyed a telegram from Pierce at Par
sons. Kan, In which Mr.. Pierce said
that he had a letter OF introduction
from Mr.. Francis which he desired to
present In ST. Louis at the senator's
convenience. He told Of his visits nj
Waco shortly afterward. and OF trip
20 Austin. and In regard to the con
yersation between himself and Mr..
Henry. wherein Mr.. Henry had ex'
pressed the belief that the Waters.
Pierce oil company was connected
with the Standard OIL company. and
had produced a copy OF the Standard
OH trust agreement Senator Bailey
repeated. as have Judge Scott and Mr..
Henry. how he explained said agree
ment as not showing anything OF the
kind, Senator Bailey said he believed
at the time that Mr.. Henry had accept
ed his view OF the situation. but MIR.
Henry had testified here that he had