The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-21
GETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT


man should be convicted on argu-
ment unless there is evidence to sus-
tain the argument and desiring
above all things else that the issue
now on should be settled according
to the facts we give herewith anoth-
er compilation of recorded state
ments as arranged by the Waco
Times-H erald. Fair minded people
should read the evidence. and the
evidence should control their ac-
tons.
1t is impossible for me to read all
the falsehoods which my enemies
print or to hear of all of the false
hoods which they speak about me
but a friend of mine handed me this
morning a clipping which illustrates
the contemplate and infamous way
in which these people lie about me
by telling only half the truth. This
clipping was from the Galveston
News and is as follows:
do you believe that the
Standard Oil company is trust
and the enemy of the people of
Texas" Mr. Johnson asked.
mo" many replied do you
believe that Joe Bailey took
fee from the Standard Oil COM
pany?" was his next question.
At this an uproar arose, some
answered Yes" while others
shouted, mo, hurrah for Bal
ley" many yelled, and this
drew forth Kisses on the oppo-
site side of the hall
"On pages 943 and 944 of the
legislative record of the investi-
cation of Senator Bailey" Mr..
Johnson proceeded. when order
again prevailed, you will find
where Joe Bailey took the stand
and testified under oath that he
took a fee of $4,000 from the
Standard Oil company" This
was cheered, and the crowd
grew silent once more to hear
the speaker as he continued.
1t will be perceived that this or
gan of malice and dissension pur
ports to quote Johnson's statemen
exactly, and l have no doubt that i
has reported what johnson said will
substantial accuracy. If Johnson haC
been an honest man and willing fo1
the people to know the truth, ht
would have told them that the fee
which | received from the STANDARD
Oil company was for an opinion
which | gave them and il
which $ told them tina
! they could not lawfully trans
act business in this state, and warn
/ ed them that if they attempted t;
| do so their property would be alb
sorbed in penalties and their officer
prosecuted as criminals. But instea,
/ of telling the whole story, which i
/ highly creditable to me both as
/ lawyer and as man, he suppresse
an important part of it and tells onl
! that which when told with the othe
/ part omitted is equivalent to direc
and positive lie.-Senator Bailey a
/ Houston.
But has Mr.. Bailey told the Who'll
truth? That is an essential questio
in our efforts to get the recor
straight. Here is what Cullen Thorn
as said to the people of San Angelo
Mr.. Bailey testified he told Pierc
at their first meeting that Texas PEG
pie would not tolerate Standard Oh
methods And yet we find him look
ing for a loop hole in the law b
which they might do business in Tex
as. Nay, more. In the great join
discussion between Crane and Bale
at Houston, Mr. Bailey said befor
goo people: Il never practice
law for a monopoly one day in m
life" That was before his confession
was drawn from him on oath on tn
witness stand. Do you understan
its meaning? Let me explain it t
you. The people of Texas have bull
a great antitrust wall around he
borders, by toll and money and ser
j vice. Her yeomanry; her officials
began down on the Gulf coast an
built that wall around the Louisan
line and up the Arkansa line and t
New Mexico and to the Rio Grand
, What for? To protect the masses 0
the state of Texas from spoilation b
these trust pirates, and when the
built it, not yet contented that the
are secure. they selected their ser
wants to guard that wall. Their chos
en- picket is Joseph w. Bailey. In tn
night while you are asleep, Will
trusting him as on picket duty, W
! find him with a lantern in his hant
. following that wall looking for
hole through the wall; looking 70
a low place in the wall over which
I or through which John D. Rockefel
Ter may crawl. Fellow citizens, yol
hired him for soldier He become
spy for the enemy. Under which
flag was he fighting? You trusted hin
/ as your watch dog. and he barks al
night loud and long. but in the nigh
time he is eating the fat meat o
John ID. Rockefeller and become
his watch dog. In this presence,
denounce his receipt of that none.
as a breach of faith to the people o
Texas That is, he was disloyal Il
them. Why. he claimed virtue be
cause he told them they could no
come into Texas. If he is an homes
lawyer. and ] doubt not he is, he vii
give to his client an honest opinion