New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
yR. BAILET FORGITES.

An astonishing change seems to nave come
over the spirit of the dreams OF the Hon
Joseph W. Bailey. An address which he mas
lust issued TO the Democratic voters OF 1e1as
breathes a kindliness and consideration which
will probably starte the poor poiitlcai outia"S
who have been parching and shriVeiiihs Tor
some time past in the blasts of the Junior Sen
ator's consuming wrath. 1t seems that the III
auisition which Mr. Bailey had set up in Texas
is 10 he continued and the shot, the blade
the howl with which he has been menaclnS
those who ventured to question his explanations
of certain poIiticolegal transactions win the
Waters Pierce Oil enterprise are TO ne put, dL
least temporarily. out of COMMISSION Inc
iunior Senator will not insist that his enemies
he exterminated without quarter 1hey are 10
be branded and driven into the bad iahds Only
if they further persist in their traitorouS an"
scandaIous depreciation of the Lone Star State 5
most canshle and upright political leader
thereby poisoning the public mind and under
mining all belief in virtue, morality or civil
order.
Mr.. Bailey has seen a new light, Less than
a wear ago in speech 10 the Legislature OF
Texas he dedicated himself to the task OF RID
ding Texas public life of the socialists. com
munists'' and other political vermln who had
tried to prevent his reelection TO the SENATE
xybiI. charges against his character were being
Il
isature. Impious skeptics had refused to be
lieye The various successive versions which he
had constructed OF his relations with the
Waters Pierce company and had insisted that
he should secure yiudication before he de-
manded a reelection. But Mr.. Bailey thouehI
that an election in tee hand was worth NV"
yindicatiOns in the bush. and he Ccpih see III
the request for delay and thorough inVeSuSa-
tion only AN anarchistic attempt to pull down
Al T.
We are glad TO note that the Senator no longer
feels that to have been an nti-Baley man
once is 10 be a political outcast foreve7; fer he
SAYS in his latest address that he viii not 20 /"
extremes with ali the erring. but on! Ni'h
those who persist in Haunting their unhoiE en-
nifty in the face of an outraged public He calls
attention 10 the fact that man was fecehu!
elected Mayor of the city of Mckinney VINO
has for fifteen years opposed me-" Yet WIN
Iaudable magnanimity Mr.. Bailey did not Felo
the proposed election. Indeed be ignored the
matter and would still have ignored it if his
deluded opponents had not foolishly proclaimed
the result in Mckinney as IAN antl-Baliey
victory.
We might have been at loss TO explain the
abandonment of the Torquenada policy II Mr.
Raiey's address did not itself contain a hlnt
at tie solution of the mystery. 1t seems ual
the Junior Senator does not want to deny MIN
self the pleasure OF JOURNEY my W b'i'e q IL
Julv to help accomplish the nomination for the
Presidency of his ex-friend and ex-colleague
the Hon William J. Bryan. The socialists
and communists in the party have suggested
that he ought to be left at home in the IN
terest of harmony. seeing that his activity at
St Louis in 1904 in forcing Judge Parker )
nomination might lave somewhat dlSqualihed
him for ardent missionary work this year III
behalf of Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bailey naturally holds
IL, Il. "a -onTl lnaI
would be shorn of half its normal Influence,
and in a spirit Of patriotism and true devotion
10 the welfare OF the state lie is willing to
let his prosecutors go unpunished for the time
being if they will make no fight on him as 4
candidate for deleGate-at-large. Such mag
naninity deserves chrOnlcling. and we trust
that those to whom the olive branch is now held
out will appreciate the spirit of charity and
amfty in which that symbol Of peace is being
m3DiD1lated.