The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-30

TOR $1,000 ana therefore ne sent THIS
telegram ~ the Office or The COM
pany, Intel ding that II should lotn
the basis OF a voucher authorizing
the payment OF the amount to Pierce
by the company. | believe this Goa
clusion is clearly justified by the evil
dence because the evidence shows
that every time Pierce made a loan
to Bailey he passed Bailey's note or
drast into the oil company and had
voucher made which justified the
treasurer OF the company TO pay the
amount TO Pierce. II is not pretend
ed that but one $500 draft was
ever drawn or paid by the company,
nor was there but one voucher made
covering a $500 draft. The evil
dence shows that June 10, 1900, Bal
ley drew n draft at GAINESVILLE, Texas,
In favor of the Red River National
bank on II, c. Pierce for $1,000, and
Bailey obtained credit for the amount
IN this bank that dav. The old books
of the Red River National bank Of
Gainesville we're introduced In evil
denco. and these books showed that
this draft was drawn by Bailey that
day and tho amount placed to his
credit On the books ana checked out
| by Bailey IN the ordinary course oil
business In Gainesville, and not one
cent OF II went to Henry or strioling.
This was evidently the draft that
was attached to the Henry & Strib-
ling voucher, This is the draft paid
off by Governor Francis and detach-
ed from the voucher and delivered
to Francis by Pierce and by Francis
to Bailey. The letter of Francis to
Bailey of date Nov, 20, 1900, inclos-
ed to Bailey the $4,000 note and Sem
ator Bailey's sight draft on Pierce
dated Gainesville, Texas, June 10,
1900, for $500, This shows con-
clusively that the $500 draft at
tached to the Stribling & Henry
voucher was the draft drawn by Bal
ley on Pierce and which Francis paid
off for Bailey. ! was never able to
understand just why Baileys draft
would be attached to a Henry &
Stribling voucher unless 1t was for
the purpose OF showing on the books
OF the company that this money was
advanced for the benefit OF the COM
pany with the view Of deceivlng the
company and enabling Pierce to re-
ce. e the money from the company
which he did in every instance, and in
never a single instance did he pay a
cent Of 1t back to the company. Be
this as II may, there is not particle
Of evidence showing or tending to
show that Bailey had any knowledge
of this telegram at the time II was
sent by Pierce to Finley, nor that he
ever heard OF 1t until 1t was made
public IN the winter of 1906. There
Is no evidence that Bailey ever re-
ceived from II. G, Pierce or from the
Waters Pierce oil company $500
or any other amount to be loaned to
Stribling or to Henry & Stribling.
There Is no evidence that Bailey ever
paid or loaned $500 or any other
amount to Stribllng or Henry &
Stribling. On the contrary Sen tor
Bailey swears that he never received
any sum OF money to be loaned or
paid to Henry or Stribling, and that
he never paid or loaned them a cent,
and both Henry and Stribling testify
that Bailey never loaned or paid
them a cent OF money in his life
Yet in the face OF the record, in the
face OF all OF this evidence, the enc.
mics Of Bailey have persistently cir.
culated and published this telegram
broadcast over Texas as evidence oil
his guilt, knowing that there Is not a
scintilla OF evidence to support the
charge.
Bailey's Offense.
But they say Bailey laid down the
gage Of battle and invited this new
contest by the speech he delivered
the legislature after his acquittal
Fellow citizens, ! believed then, be.
lieve now that speech was ill-advised
] believed 1t was a mistake. | did
not then indorse it, do not now
indorse it. Because by It he left nc
chance for his prosecutors and prose
cutors to repent or atone for any of.
Tense given or wrong committed.
do not believe that one wrong justi.
flies another wrong. l do not believe
, that two wrongs can make a RIGHT
believe 1t is our duty to extend tc
Senator Bailey the same charity we
vn,,1d a