The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-07
THE QUESTION INVOLVED. AS
SENATOR BAILEY AC-
CEPTS 1T.

sort of vitruperation and abuse, Civ
| ing vent to incendiary and anarchis-
| tic uterances rather than defending
| their positions with logical argu-
! ment, the better class of mankind
| s disposed to become nauseated and
| leave the whole matter in the hands
| of a few political vultures who are
| strangers to truth and unknown to
honor. The discussion of Baileyism,
! both by pros and ants, is fast reach
ing the condition above referred to
and this makes it all the more re-
freshing to come across a discussion
of the issues involved pitched upon
an elevating plane. There is no vi
ciousness in the subjoined article
from the pen of State Senator Evans
of the Greenville Herald and care
full reading of it may be good for
our many readers and friends re-
gardless of their position as to the
question discussed;
I'm the effort that is now being
made to prevent Senator Bailey and
! from being sent to the national
democratic convention as represen-
tatives of the democratic voters of
Texas, the people should not lose
sight of the only real issue involved
! in the controversy.
How this man or that man voted
whether democrat or populist, in
days gone by; whether a representa-
| tive on the Waco ticket has done
! things he should not have done, or
that one on the Fort Worth ticket
has a record, personal or political,
| that is fair or foul, is of absolutely
no concern at this time. The people
| should not become confused by
charges and counter charges con-
cerning men who are participating
! in this campaign. They should keep
! in mind that the only issue involved
! in the May election is shall the dem
ocratic voters of Texas place the seal
of their approval on the practices of
| Senator Bailey in accepting favors
in the way of loans and legal en-
| ployment from the representatives of
predatory wealth while in the service
of the people, by the election of him
self and his ticket as delegates to
Denver?
Senator Bailey has accepted this
as the issue. He has testified to the
accuracy of most of the serious spe-
cific charges along this line against
him, acknowledges no improperly
j and says he proposes to continue the
practices heretofore INDUCED in, and
which, in six years, have made him
i a millionaire while drawing a salary
OF few thousand dollars annually
from the people.
1T matters not if few men now
against Senator Bailey may dislike
him personally. or may have opposed
him politically. To say that the cam
paign now on against him is one of
hate or personal vindictiveness is
ridiculous. To claim that men who
! are opposing Baileyism, are attack
ing the democratic party, or are in
any way irregular, even from a par
ty standpoint, is sheer nonsense.
| These charges are only made to con-
fuse the real issue and appeal to the
uninformed. Senator Bailey cares
nothing for the honor of going as a
| delegate to the Denver convention.
His only purpose in becoming a can
didate is to secure an endorsement
/ of his practices and the new doctrine
that he stands for, new at least to
the people of Texas.
The extent Of Senator Bailey's
'indiscretions, as well as the nature
of his, legal services for the repre-
sentatives of various trusts and cor
porations. as admitted by him, and
explained by himselm and his adher-
ents, are now generally understood
by the people. His various loans Of
! large sums obtained from the presi-
dent of subsidiary company of the
Standard Oil trust, his successful eff
| fort to secure the readmission of
this company into the state after it
/ had been outlawed from Texas by
every court in the United States;
| his legal services for the Standard
! Oil company for which he received
fee for telling them that they could
| not operate in Texas, when it was
/ already operating through the Wat
/ ers-Pierce company; his writing a
/ charter for an oil company for an
officer OF the Standard Oil company
/ his connection with intricate deals
with the Kirby Lumber company, for
which he received immense fees; his
I connection with Pierce and his asso-
ciates in the Tennessee railroad
transaction--in all of which he had
intimate financial connection with