The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-05
z ETINGS'
RESOLUTIONS
Bailey is VdrlOuSIy Commended
and Condemned in Two
Mass Meetings,
(From Mondays DailyD

Two meetings In the county court
house Saturday night talked Senator
Bailey, his deeds and his mis-deeds.
his virtues and his faillngs, iii nearly
ii o'clock, and each ended by adopt
ing resolutions expressing It's view Of
the case.
Call for Anti-Balley Democrats.
In accordance with the call issued
last week and signed by a number
OF citizens who do not endorse the
junior Texas senator a considerable
number OF citizens gathered in the
district court room Saturday night,
About s o'clock, the meeting was
called to order and Judge l.. c. abr
rett was made chairman. State Sem
ator John w. Veale then briefly out
lined some OF the purposes of the
meeting and stated that as the call
asked anti-Bailey Democrats to meet
that other Democrats would be ex-
pected to take no part in the pro-
ceedings of the evening.
Bowman Leads Bolt.
Then Representative ]. r. Bow
man got the floor and maintained
that as the call designated the meet
ing as Democratic mass meeting
for the purpose OF choosing dele
gates to a state convention that every
Democrat in the county properly had
place in It. This contention was
rejected by members of the meeting
because the convention contemplated
was to he one OF anti-Bailey Dem
ocrats and that naturally other Dem
ocrats would not be entitled to a
place in It. Continuing, Mr. Bowman
took up the clause in the call which
asked the meeting to approve the ac-
ton OF the minority of the Thirtieth
legislature In refusing to endorse
Bailey or to repudiate It, and stated
that such action would he an attack
on the majority, of which he was a
one, lie further maintained that
Senator Baileys power in congress
had been exerted with teAing effect
for the Panhandle and for Panhan-
die measures and that to attack him
after he had been duly elected as
representative OF Texas. would not
only be unjust but would endanger
the interests OF the Panhandle and
OF the part Of the Panhandle which
he himself represented. In conclu-
sion, he stated that a meeting after
the manner OF the one there assem-
bled was evidently no place for his
friends or the friends of Senator Bal
ley and that he would accordingly
leave 1t and that he would ask all
friends OF his and of Senator Bailey
to leave che room also
Majority Left the Hall.
This he at once did and was fol-
lowed by a large number Of others.
These Immediately convened in the
county court room on the first floor,
and after perfecting a temporary or
ganization, went into a session OF
speech-making and discussion.
BY far the majority of the crowd
in the district court room followed
the lead of ], X. Bowman in going
to the other meeting. This majoSity
included, however. In addition 10 the
strict. Bailey men, others who held
to the last contention of
Mr.. Bowman, that any action against
the junior senator would be unwise
and would be prejudicial to the in
terests OF Amarillo and of the Pan
handle.
Anti-Bailey Meeting Continues.
Upstairs In the district court room
with smaller audience than before
but with more harmony, the anti
Bailey meeting continued. Various
members OF the audience took part
in the short talks and in the discus
sions and finally resolutions were
offered and adopted setting forth the
position Of the Democrats present
After deploring the strife introduced
into Texas Democracy by the actions
OF Senator Bailey, the resolutions set
out at some length the principles
for which Democracy stands, and
continue with a direct criticism OF
the senator as follows:
Oppose Private Favors.
THAT we declare ourselves oppos-
ed to the course OF conduct pursued
by Senator Bailey in accepting en-
ployment, loans, emoluments and pri-
vate favors from public service cor
porations engaged at the time such
services were rendered in the throes
OF a death struggle to override and
trample down the peoples' solemnIy
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