The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-18
BAILEY's FIGHT.
Texas Senator Engaged in Life and Death Struggle.

Texas Senator Engaged in Life and
 Death Struggle.
 Austin CTex.) Special.
 The question of whether Senator J. w, Bailey shall be sent to the Den- ocratic National Convention at Denver as one of the delegates-at-large from Texas will be determined at the Demo- cratic primary, which is to be held on May 2 for that purpose: A herce fight is being waged upon him by an State. Intense bitterness Is displayed on both sides. Mir. Bailey is in the State to remain until the contest is closed. He has speaking dates cover date of the primary. It is a life and death fight With him. politically. speak Ing. While he was elected to the Sem year ago it Is admitted. by his closest friends that his defeat in the present contest would be equivalent to a de- address at the time his reelection to the Senate was pending he said that If majority of the Democrats of the State should declare themselves as 2es@n hs to sea n in TSe men whU leading the present fight against him say he will have an opportunity to full All that pledge.
 Close Contest.
 Both sides are already claiming vic- tory Tho campaign managers for Mir. Bailey say that he will be chosen a delegate-at-large to the National Con- vention by a majority of 50,000. The anti-Bailey managers claim that Cone Baileys opponent. will be named by a majority of 60,000 to 75.000. There :s no way of arriving at reliable esti- and anti-Bailey clubs have been or Eanized in almost every town and vil- lage in tho State: In some localities n tbe IS ces eb eb wntg nass Waco. Houston, Galveston and Austin, the sentiment of the Democrats Is overwh elmingly anti Bailey. It is Worth the Bailey supporters are prob ably in a small majority. The more th:ckly populated counties in the agri- cultural belt of the State are said to In the ranch territory of Western and Southwestern Texas. where the voting population Is principally stockmen,
 Some of the leading Democrats of Texas are on the side that .s fighting Bailey. Among these men are eX-At Terrell. x-Minister to Turkey; Horace Chiffon. eX-United States senator; eX- Attorney-General M. M. Crane: RogNr Q. Mills, former United States Sena tor, Representative Albert Burleson of Aus tin: Attorney-Genersl R. V. Davidson. and many others of less prominence in the political affairs of the State. Gov ernor T. M. Campbell Is on the fence, but he is generally chased as an tnti- Bailey sympathizer.
 Scores of prominent Democrats who were ardent supporters of MT. Bailey a year ago, are now active in their op- position tn him. Thev changed their opinion of him when the developments In. the legislative investigation of his Company. the Standard oil Company. and other trust concerns took place.
 Cone Johnson. who is now Mir. Bal ley's opponent on the ticket of dele "1tes-at-larRe to the National Conven- t'on. was looked upon as one of the junior Senator's closest personal and nolitical friends I'D to the time the ex- posture of MT. Bailev's Trust affilia tinns was made. As q nlatform orator. Mfr. Johnson Is regarded as the equal of Mir. Bailey. So far in his sDeeches in this campaign the former has confined him . self tn reviewing and dissectinR Mir. Bailev's dealings with trust concerns.