The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-30
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the hOnoia gwen hlm tneIe anu thvp
at length on Balley's stand az the
time OF and after the Spanish Amer
ican war. Bailey, he said, was one
OF the very few statesmen OF any
party who under the stress OF war
and victory, who was able to see the
dangers OF monarchlal imperialism
and steer clear OF them, lie told
how Bailey fought for a clear state
mont OF this opposition by such men
as Cone Johnson, Chiffon and others
who oppose him now, They say II
Is because OF the Waters-Pierce oil
company but Il was because he was
right and they were wrong that they
fight him now: because they went 10
their political deaths then, and they
have been hating him ever since.
No "Anti-Bailey Facts"
81 have been handed a dodger
headed Anti-Balley facts" said the
speaker, holding up one OF the cir
culars OF the Anti-Balley committee
here. "and there isn't a fact on II.
They assert that Bailey hasn't paid
back to Pierce the monies he bor-
rowed. Why? Because he hasn't
the receipts, Senter says he hasn't
paid back the $1,000 they say he
borrowed, It's seldom / notice one
so small as Senter. III give you one
reason for senter's opposition. In
1892 his health got so bad that he
had TO turn the editorial columns OF
the Fort Worth Gazette over to some
one else, Just after election his
health got all right and he returned.
His health's been good but his De-
mocracy's been bad ever since"
Maintaining that Bailey had In
Cured the enmity OF some people in
Texas because he always observed
the distinction between n gift and a
loan, the speaker charged the abb
sence Of the recelpted note from
Bailey's possession to the theft by
that scoundrel Gruet" who stole
papers from the safe OF the Waters
Pierce company in ST. Louis and
kept them till the statute OF llmi-
tation expired and then tried to levy
blaokmail on Senator Bailey. But
Bailey refused and Gruet fought in
another way, and then the Hearst
papers took IT, and started the pub
lished libels and ISLANDERS. Stating
that he did not believe in tenth
OF the silly rumors circulated about
many Judges being brlbed, about
juries being bought, and lawyers
bought to betray their clients, Mr..
Odell secuted the idea that the Bal
Icy deal was a bride because II such
had been the case the principals
would have tried to conceal It in
stead OF signing their names to the
papers just as they do in all business
deals for all men to see. They say
that $4,000 was gift because we've
never offered evidence OF its having
been paid back, because Gruet said
the speaker took up Governor Fran
els and told OF the high character
of this man who had been governor
OF Missouri, and who had been given
the highest honors in the bestowal
OF his associates. how this man,
whose integrity is not questioned
brought the letter files to Austin to
show that the loans had been paid,
Bailey's Interest Was Clean.
Taking up the interest Senator
Bailey took in the reorganization Of
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, the
speaker maintained that his dealings
with Attorney General Smith as the
record shows were only those OF a
man who acted in the full considera-
ton for the law in a trying time
for the attorney generals depart
ment, and that when he presented
the application for reorganization, 1t
was on Pierce's sworn statement and
with an application that satisfied the
law and made it obligatory on the
attorney general to issue the char
ire. That Pierce did not ask for po-
litical influence but simply for legal
advice which Bailey gave when
Francis asked him to do 1t for
Pierce.
Continuing the speaker said that
Bailey's opposition to the McFall
resolution came from the yelled in
suit it contained to himself and be-
cause the measure was plainly uncon-
stitutional, and that he accordingly
put the weight of his influence for
resolution that was constitutional.
IN closing the speaker went over
in rapid raking fire criticism of the
record and acts Of various anti-Bai-
lev leaders including Cone Johnson,