The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-20
GETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

issue tnat time is now. J. HIS CoIHptt-
alton Of the Waco Times Herald is
according to reports and documents
that are now the property of the
public and the truth or falsity of
any statements herein made can be
clearly established by referring
to these records The TimesHerald
thus continues its recitation:
He denied with much vehemence
Cone Johnson's statement that he
| (Bailey) had never produced shred
of paper to show that he ever paid
Pierce back Il understand Johnson
said" he remarked, that | had
never produced a scrap of paper to
prove that l ever paid that money
| back. Did he say that here?"
Voices-Yes, he did.
| Senator Bailey-That was a DELHI
crate lie | did not myself produce
! the checks and vouchers. l refused
| to do it. My friends wanted me to
| go home and get them, but | said |
| Nouii cut Ch lily al III btiolt "culu
think it necessary to prove by docu
mentary evidence that | had not told
the people of Texas lie. (Applause)
| AS a matter of self-respect, I re-
fused to do it, yet the record shows
and Johnson knows it, that | paid
that $500 and that $4,000 back to
| the last farthing Dallas News re-
port Bailey speaking at Smithville.
Now we are getting the tangle out
of the record. On December 7, 1906,
| in response to challenge by Mr.. Bal
ley, Attorney General Davidson sub
mitted among other documents
| Voucher No. 2" as follows:
st. Louis, Mo-, June Is, 1900
| Waters-Pierce Oil Company to Hen
ry & Stribling, Waco, Texas, DR.. Ac-
| count of expense of antitrust civil
cases of State of Texas VS.. Waters
Pierce Oil Company, at Waco,
$500 O. X. ]. D. Johnson.
Draft delivered to Mr.. H. c..
Pierce by Mr.. Gruet, November IT,
1900. H. N. Audited H. Naudain.
Approved for payment, j. P Gruet,
Sec. A. NJ Finley, V. P.
Received June Is, 1900 from
Waters-Pierce Oil company, fifteen
hundred dollars ($1500) in full pay
ment of above account. Draft attach
ed.
TO the above voucher We're at
tached the following documents
memoranda Henry & Stribling
fees, Waco civil cases, antitrust civ
! il cases, audited H. H. Stein. (Sheet
%.
In a speech delivered at Bolton on
December IA, 1906, Mr. Bailey used
this language:
| Il say there is no such draft. If
| they have it, then | have been gull
| ty of duplicity and falsehood, and
will relieve my friends from defend
ing me another day. Under that chal-
lenge ought they not produce the
draft or acknowledge their lie? Pro-
duce what you say you have and
viii give up the contest They must
do it or stand convicted before the
public Suppose | drew draft like
that do You suppose | would have
denied it? | have never denied any
thing in my life. Sometimes I go
even further than is necessary in
telling what | have done. Do you
suppose that if | imagine that the
Waters Pierce Oil company matter
should be covered up in the name of
Pierce | would have stood before the
Legislature telling it that | would not
have hesitated to accept a fee from
that company for legal services.
That would have been the act of an
idiot and / never have been accused
of being an idiot.
David R. Francis, in February
1907, told the investigating commit
tee at Austin that he had repaid to
Mr.. Pierce an Indebtedness for Bail
ey amounting to $4,000, exhibiting
his letter file which showed that he
had written to Pierce on November
p, 1900, as follows:
Dear Sir: I enclose my personal
check for $4,000, payable to your or
der, in exchange for which please
send me by bearer, ]. w. Bailey s
receipt or due bill given for like
amount. / understand this to be the
total amount of Bailey's obligation
to you. If it is not so, please advise
me. Yours truly.
David r. Francis.
On the same day Mr.. Francis
wrote a letter to Mr.. Bailey saying
that he that day had paid Mr.
Pierce $4,000 and asked exchange
therefor He went on to say: my
letter also stated my impression was
that $4,000 was the extent Of your
obligations to him but requested thai
he advise me if they were in excess
of that amount He made no reply
to my letter other than to send me
the enclosed, which | forward to you
the same being your receipt of Apri.
%. 1900, for $500, which the YOU
cher designates as demand loan
and your sight draft on him dated
Gainesville. Texas, June 10, 1900
for $1,000"
The official report of the proceed
ings of the legislative committee
shows that when Mr.. Francis read
the above letter, this ensued: