Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-28
NOMINATION 0F SENATOR BAILEY
 COMPLETED WITH VERDICT 0F 70 ID 40
Texas Statesman Wins Out In the Long Fight On the Charge That He Aided Trusts = Grows Bitter In Victory-Lower House of Texas Legislature De- cares Him Not Guilty of Any Impropriety.

Austin, Tex, Feb. 27.-By vote of 70 to 40 out of possible 12S votes, IS members being absent, Senator Bailey was exonerated by the lower house of the Texas legis- lature tonight at few minutes be- fore 10 o'clock of any charges of irregular acts in public life, as made by Representative Cooke in the lower house on January IA last.
 The fight looking to this result was precipitated at 5:3O o'clock this afternoon after three days of private consultation between house members and friends of Senator Bailey, and concludes some six weeks of investigation that has oc- casioned Senator Bailey's constant , attendance in this city.
 On Monday, by vote of 15 to II, the Senate exonerated him without waiting to hear the report of the Investigating Committee, and to- night the house followed suit to the extent of acting on the recom- mendation of majority of the 1n- vestigating Committee for complete exoneration without a submission of the evidence.
 The anti-Bai1ey people pleaded 1 to have the evidence submitted be- fore being asked to vote, but the Bailey forces, slightly in the major ity, forced vote, and won out by the vote outlined above.
 Bailey Speech Bitter,
 The galleries of the house had been crowded with spectators, many women having been present since early afternoon, awaiting the dra- matic event, and once Bailey's ex- oneration was assured by the adoption of the majority report de- claring that there was nothing in the evidence in any way refecting upon him, the climax was reached by the bringing of Senator Bailey himself into the presence of the house to make a speech.
 | He gave every evidence of labor ing under the suppressed excite ment of the past few days, espec- ially with its intense mental strain, and delivered himself of a speech decidedly critical and emphatic in the matter of reviewing those who have seen fit to oppose him during the investigation.
 Senator Bailey has been on the Investigating rack, as it were, since January 14, and, as he. stated to. night, he has grown irritable and nervous under the intense strain. He leaves at once for Washington, where he goes to take the oath of office as Texas senator on March 4, having been elected to that posi- tion by a. vote of the legislature cast ,eH January P, and while the Investigation was pending.
 l It was announced tonight that the findings of the Investigating committee, ignored by both the Senate and house in it's actions ex- onerating Senator Bailey, will be published in full as soon as the stenographers complete it. It cov- CTS S2,O0O typewriter pages.
 The Bailey people were not able to command the situation fully un- til about 5:30 o'clock this afte- noon, but at that hour they had enough votes to be safe and they proceeded to force the issue. The reading of the various majority and minority and personal member ship reports, representing in the aggregate some 100000 words, consumed the continuous time of the session up to S:30 tonight. At that time Judge Duncan, leader of the house minority opposing Bailey, asked that further action be post poned and that the full report of the investigation be published be- fore the report was recorded.
 The scene attendant upon Ball. ey's entrance into the house to- night after his vindication by that body was most dramatic. His friends rushed in, shouting and shrieking down the center aisle, and