The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14

WnaL we would, anu we never HIS
represented the truth either. There
is ample evidence to bear us out in
to look back to the Chicago conven-
ton in 1896 when Coal Oil Joe came
home, brushing those waving locks
to one side and weepingly exclaimed
that he would have to surrenderfhis
commission for he couldn't serve in
congress with such q populistic man
as Bryan in the presidents chair.
He soon saw he had hold of the I'M
popular end of the string and he
went out behind the barn, dried his
tears and came back riding in the
extreme back end of the Bryan band
wagon. Then the record shows that
Mr.. Bailey failed to attend the
Homecoming" given Bryan in
Louisville shortly after his return,
at which old Henry Watterson gave
him such a hearty welcome and Mr..
Bailey was invited to be one of the
honored guests too. Then where was
Mr.. Bailey when Mr.. Bryan opened
the Chautauqua in Dallas last sum-
mer, at which certain Dallas demo-
Gratis who were friendly to Bailey
had some fifty or hundred seats re-
served for prominent Texas demo-
Gratis. Bailey was conspicuous by his
absence. We are just keeping the
record straight, Mr.. Times.
BY the way since we come to
think of it, did the Times answer the
only question involved in our little
comment he referred to? Read for
Observation-Disclosures Argus.
The esteemed Argus might have
gone further and agreed with the
Johnson county contemporary in it's
contention that Misrepresentation
Of the truth is keeping the Bailey is
sue SO very much alive in Texas, and
these Misrepresentation are not
made by the so-called anti-Bailey
people. A great many people, more
especially politicians, profess to be-
lieve that Senator Bailey is faultless,
yet no man who processes to be a
democrat will dare to defend Bail
ey's conduct and justify it by the
teachings of democracy, and not one
who is candidate for Office will
get on the stump and say Bailey
did right in accepting fees or Dor
rowing money from the Waters
Pierce Oil company or from H. Clay
Pierce, and l would do the same
thing if I had the chance" They may
palliate his action and extenuate
his offense, but to find an open and
absolute justification for it they
must go to some other source than
democratic precedent and principle.
And this one thing is responsible
for the present contention. If, in
stead of parading himself before the
people as one who had done no
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Senator Bailey had acknowledged
his mistakes and confessed the err
ror of his way, declaring that hence
forth he would conform his actions
to the demands of democracy. all
would have been long since ended
and peace would now prevail. Sena-
tor Bailey served the oil trust and
then denied his association there
with, leaving it for time to bring out
the stubborn facts in their worst
form And now because there are
some democrats who, because of
this double dealing and attempt to
refuse to bow in servilty to
this unmasked agent of the trusts,
Senator Bailey and his henchmen
propose to revise the democratic
party in Texas. to their own liking.
Yes, Misrepresentation of the
truth" is keeping the Bailey ques-
ton very much alive-in fact is en-
tirely responsible for there being any
Bailey question. o.