The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-24
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Judge Jenkins Propounds Inquiries to
Senator Bailey.

senator 6dHey.
| Austin. Feb. 23-Judge Jenkins took
up the discrimination of Senator
Bailey at the opening of the Friday
morning session of the legislative com
mittees Bailey denied that he had
stated on the previous day Ell had adj
mitted tina. the Standard Oil company
was Indifferent to his pipe line amend
ment Senator Elkins was opposing
me. and during the fight in the senate
he read kilograms purporting to be
from independent concerns" Hhe
said STANDARD Oil always hides be
hind socalled Independent concerns"
Jenkins asked if independent con
Germs were building pipe line from
Kansas through Indian Territory and
Texas.
81 once thought the Waters-Pierce
Oil company was an Independent com
pany,' he replied. land l am not go
ing to say what is an independent any
more. Mr. Jenkins, if you are trying
to prove that the transportation
amendment was in favor of the Stand
ard Oil company YOU are wasting your
time" said Bailey 1T is a waste Of
time OF suggest that was trying to
legislate against the Independents.
Jenkins continued to ask questions
about the transportation amendments
IT the Standard Oil company want
ed to build a new pipe line, couldn't
they organize a separate company and
build it,"
i think it would be true. It is
condition that would have to be regu-
lated by constitutional amendment.
My transportation amendment was put
into the law, but there were some
amendments of lumber and oil compa-
MES that were excepted. The dena-
tured alcohol bill and the rate bill were
two measures that came before the
senate during the last few years. and
these were measures in which the
Standard was interested"
Senator Bailey stated that the farm
er could not afford to make his own
denatured alcohol. The expectation
was that every man would not make
his own 'denatured alcohol because the
government could not afford to put an
Inspector on every farm"
Bailey did not know that the Arto
Chemical company. a subsidiary cor
poration of the Standard Oil company.
manufactured wood alcohol. and he did
not know that the Standard controlled
the supply of benzoin. principal in
gredient of denatured alcohol
Il passsd through St Louis some
where near the time Governor Francis
made the payment to Pierce for me-
he said. 1T might have been October
OF september" One voucher was dat.
ed Nov. %, the day after the $4,000
was paid
Bailey told further of his eonnec-
ton with the Tennessee Construction
company. He, said he knew nothing
az an expert about railroads beyond
his eomomn sense to tell good railroad
property when he saw 1t. He stated
that 1t would not be modest for him to
say how much greater his common
sense was than other peoples. Hel
said at the time the Tennessee Central
was sold that the Illinois Central and
Southern Railways were not in con.
troll of Standard Oil company. Bailey
denied that Pierce was Interested in
the Standard Oil company. but that
Standard Oil company was interested
In the aWters-Pierce company. Wit
ness said what made him "furiousn
was that Standard Oil company owned
an interest in the Waters Pierce Oil
company and also operated the Corsi.
cana refinery at the time he gave a |
written opinion to the Standard saw
ing they could not come into Texas.
He explained that large corporations
OFTEN seeek an opinion of some LAWYER
IN state in which they wish to On |
crate. Bailey objected to some of
these small lawyers irtimatinp that
ne was not lawyer of ability. II
was at the head of my bar when | was
twenty-five years Old he said. Il
mink the Standard was acting in good |
faith when it asked for my opinion. II
don't think it is anybody's business |
what my fee was in the Tennessee
company matters" he
said. In making these charges they
nave picked out my friends, from
whom | have borrowed money. They
have omitted Jot Gunter" Here Hal.
ley objected strongly to alleged meth
DDS of the prosecution, in which it |
was trying to bring honorable men
here to help convict public servant
II | had been the attorney general of |
this state | would not have brought
suit first against the company of which
the Standard Oil company only owns
part and leave the companies of which
the Standard owns the whole. If it is
true that the Standard owns the Secur-
lty Oil company and the refinery at
Corsicana, | would have brought suit
against them first. You have a nice
question, of law in the Waters Pierce
case, which is: Can you destroy the
of minority stockholders
when it is found that majority stock
holders are illegal? | would not have
made the other companies parties to
he suit against the Waters-Pierce |
might have made the Corsicana Re
1nery and Security company party to
he same suit. | would not allow
man who had committed perjury,
nan who was a moral idiot would
lot allow him to assist me in prosecut-
ng a case. i would make no deal
With him to help my suit" He claim
I'd Gruet's testimony is not necessary
n this case.
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