The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-27


and possibly other amounts, and be-
sides has received from Mr.. Pierce
from s25, 900 to $40, 900 for various
unnamed services rendered him. (In-
vestigation p. 947.)
The senator claimed that he had
nothing to do with the actual disor-
ganization and reorganization of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company and it's
actual readmission into Texas.
spect to these matters, Mr.. Bailey
says:
Mr.. Smith then got copy of the
Judgment and a statute and we ex-
amined them together, and after the
examination ! concurred in his opin-
ion that the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany then existing could not be per-
mitted to conduct it's business in our
state. | then told Mr.. Pierce that the
only thing left for him to do was to
dissolve the offending corporation
and organize new one, and come
back into this state with clean hands
and obey our laws, and he would
have no further trouble with our
people -" ] would not be willing to
swear exactly as to the place of this
conversation, but | believe it was in
! the attorney generals presence. )"
Investigation p. 500
When it is remembered that the
then attorney general, Mr.. Smith,
| was the friend personal and politf-
cal' Investigation p. SAD of Mr..
Bailey, and that Mr.. Pierce proceed
ed to act upon the advice which Mr.
Bailey gave and went through the
form of disorganizing and reorgan-
izing his company, and thirty days
later, by the grace of this attorney
general, was allowed a permit to his
supposed new company without the
least trouble or objection, is the plea
of Mr.. Bailey that he did not know
when the formalities of disorganiza
ton and reorganization took place,
or when the new permit was actual
ly granted, worthy of the ability
which he claims as a lawyer? Neither
is this plea consistent with MIR. Bal
ley's speech at the Waco convention
on August 8, 1900, as reported in
the Houston Post of August 9, 1900,
wherein he said in substance, in re-
spect to this matter, don't blame
Tom Smith, blame me, if any one"
Il relate with pride that / helped to
bring that great trading corporation
within our borders" etc.
In criticism of ex-Attorney Gener-
al Bell, against whom he never ut
tered a word of censure until Mr..
Bell opposed him in this campaign
the senator sought to impress his au
dience with the idea that Mr.. Bell
had acted improperly in dismissing
suit against the Waters-Pierce Oil
company instead OF accepting his
proffered aid OF assistance in such
suit. Why was he not frank enough
to tell his audience, as was the fact,
that this suit was because of a fail
ure of the Waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany to file a report required by law
within the statutory period, and that
on the day the suit was filed, or the
day after, the required report was
received with a satisfactory excuse
for the delay, whereupon, to use the
senator's own words, that closed the
incident. The suit was dismissed, and
my services We're not required" On
vestigation p. $3.50
When relating this incident, as
witness under oath, there was not
even an intimation of criticism by
the senator of Mr.. Bells conduct in
respect to it, Why is it that he can
not be equally frank and honest on
the hustings.
Among other attacks on the attor-
ney general the senator charged that
he had very wrongfully, and improp-
erly, entered into an agreement with
j. p. Gruett not to join the Standard
Oil company in the proposed custer
suit against the Waters-Pierce Oil
company The intimation was that
this was for the protection of the
Standard Oil company. Speaking of
the vouchers and other papers that
were turned over by Gruett to Assist
ant Attorney General Lightfoot the
record shows the following questions
to- and answers by Gruett:
G. And you declined to deliver
the vouchers and other papers and
said you would not have anything to
do with it if the Standard Oil com
pany was mixed up in it, didn't you?
A. Yes sir; that is the effect Of
what | said May | say a word in ex-
PLANTATION?
Q. Thy Mr.. Crane). Why was it
you made that statement?
A. The plain statement of this
case is lust this That said that the