The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-18
iGETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

facts as compiled by the Waco
fimes-Herald the following section
of that papers well prepared editor
ial will prove interesting and ac-
ceptable to those who are seekers
after truth. We ask careful read
ing of this.
Mr.. Bailey further said to those
Houstonians:
Now | understand that Coon
Johnson had draft or rather tele-
gram which he made use of in his
speech here. Why was he not hon
est enough to tell you that the testi
mony showed that | never saw that
telegram and that not word about
ii was ever communicated to me? |
knew nothing about it until they
produced it in the effort to blacken
my name. He did not tell you that,
did he? He left you to believe that
was a party to it, and yet there is
not syllable of testimony to war
rant that, but it shows that such an
assumption is unwarranted and
false. If 1t had been true that Strib-
ling or any other gentleman in this
state had threatened to put the Wat
ers-Pierce Oil company out of bust
ness would have had a right to
represent it.
Ihat telegram was not communi-
Gated to me. | never knew anything
about the circumstances of it. | was
not in St Louis when that telegram
was received. Yet it says Tell Bal
ley | will see him soon. How would
he have said that if | had not been
in St Louis? If they had written me
letter which that telegram must
have supposed they would Have writ
ten they would have kept copy of
it and they would have produced
that as they did the telegram. The
fact is, my countrymen, in my opin-
ion that telegram was forged"
The Harris County Democratic
club has put forth pamphlet entitl-
ed Things that Bailey has admitted
as true and some of the things
therein stated bear directly on the
points here in controversy:
The said H. C. Pierce has never
denied by affidavit or otherwise the
signing of said receipt showing that
the Waters Pierce Oil company had
reimbursed him for the $4,000 loan
ed by him to said Bailey, nor has he
ever stated under oath or otherwise
that said $4,000 was improperly
charged up in the books of the Wat
ers-Pierce Oil company as de-
mand loan to Senator Bailey on ac-
count of Texas cases.
Bailey must admit that the fact
of his having received said $4,000
from H. C. Pierce, the president of
said oil company, was never volun-
tarily disclosed by him, and also that
the fact CT his having received that
and other immense sums of money
from and through H. c. Pierce. the
president of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company, amounting in the aggre-
gate, according to his own admis-
sions, to upward of 5000, 600, did not
become known to the public until
the fall of 1906 and long after the
primary election of that year, and
then only in court proceeding.
(See investigating proceedings, DID.
SGT, SIC, SIT, $50, 946 and 947.)
He must admit that up to the
present time he has never publicly
accused George Clark, the attorney
of the Waters-Pierce Oil company at
| Waco, or ], d. Johnson, its general
| attorney at st. Louis, of being I'M
! truthful or engaging in conspiracy
to injure him; yet it has been con-
ciusfvely proven that, on June ).
1900, the said Clark wrote said
johnson that he had better have Mr..
Bailey communicate with ---.
who threatens privately to +
have a receiver appointed for the
Waters Pierce Oil company, and
make some suggestion to him. (The
said Clark admitted the writing of
said letter and the said Johnson ad-
mitted the receipt of same. (See
said proceedings, PIP. 1877, 16S and
100
He must admit that up to the
present time he has never publicly
accused George Clark, the attorney
of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company
al Waco, or ]. D. Johnson, its gem
eral attorney at st. Louis, of being
untruthful or engaging III a conspir-
acy to injure him, yet it has been
concluslvely proven that, on Julc >.
1900, the said Clark wlote said
johnson that he bad better have Mr..
Bailey communicate with who
threatens privately to $50 have a
receiver appointed for the Waters
Pierce Oil Company, and make some
suggestion to him. (The said Clark
admitted the writing of the said
letter and the said johnson admitted
the receipt of some.) See said pro-
ceedings, PIP. 1877, 16S and 100
He must admit that up to the
present time he has never accused
II. c. Pierce, the president of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company. of be-
ing untruthful or engaging in
conspiracy to injure him, yet on June
II, 1900, the said Pierce telegraph
ed Andrew NJ. Finlay, the vice pres
ident of said company, to authorize
Bailey to loan $500 and
said telegram also contained these
words: Bailey should quiet all Tex
as parties. See said proceedings,
PIP. $40, 741, 744, 74S.) II. C. Pierce
the warm friend of Senator Bailey.
has never denied by AFFIDAVIT or
otherwise the sending of that tele-
gram, and the said A NJ FinIay ad-
mitted the receipt of same.) tSee
said proceedings, etc, PIP 741 and
744D