The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-18

do business in Texas under the old
charter"
Bailey himself swore that he told
Pierce that the only thing left him
was to dissolve the offending corpor-
alton and organize a new one and
then come back in Texas with clean
hands and obey the law" "Clean
hands" Well, all things are possible
with God, but no one but Joe Bailey
ever thought it possible that Pierce,
the head of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company, after plundering from our
people by his trust methods seven
millions of money would ever re-
turn to Texas with clean hands"
if there was anything left to plumber.
Pierce followed Bailey's advice by
going back to Missouri, dissolving
the old Waters-Pierce Oil Company
and then he took out new charter
in Missouri for new WaterS-Pierce
Oil Company, with the same old oil
wagons, the same old drivers and
the same old Standard Oil crowd
who concealed their stock in the
name of other people. Tom Smith,
hypnotized by his old college chum,
permitted the charter to be filed,
and from that day to this that COM
pany has been at it's old game of
plundering a patient people. | be-
lieve that this blunder of Tom Smith
helped to kill him for he was an hon
est man. Gov. Hogg denounced the
whole thing as a fraud on Texas.
Joseph w. Bailey, according to his
own sworn statement, is responsible
for all this, and he acted with his
Il ba
fore he came to Austin with Pierce,
he was told in Waco by Congress
man Bob Henry that the Standard
Oil Company was in combination
with the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany.
Bailey From 1901 to 1905.
And so Bailey was acquitted and
for five years or more grew worse
and more wealthy. The newspapers
in Washington rate him as million
aire, but the methods that enriched
him remained still mystery Some
times we would hear of him in Ken
lucky on his blue grass racing farm; ;
sometimes he was dealing with Kirby
the lumber magnate, and sometimes
his friends would say that he made
much money in the stock exchange;
but no one knew until last Septem-
Der that his name was in the cipher
codes of the Standard Oil, or that H.
Clay Pierce had become his dear
Pierce" and had staked him when he
wanted money,
He Now Hates Davidson.
You all know that the people were
in absolute ignorance of what Bailey
had been doing and voted for him
in the primary election of 1906.
Davidson found out after that in
st. Louis how Bailey had grown rich
by serving the Interests" and got
possession of the papers to prove it.
The publication startled the people
and CONSERVATION was in every face.
What was TO be done? Good men
petitioned Garden, chairman of the
state democratic executive commit
tee, to call his committee together
to give the people a chance for an
other vote. He refused, for Bailey
had put him there, and protested
against criticizing Bailey's conduct
because he said it would injure the
party. Oh, gentlemen, the party
lash should have no terror for an
honest man. Had the executive COM
mittee done its duty this primary
! election would have been held last
, fall and Mr.. Bailey would have never
. have been sent back to the senate.
FIinched From Investigation.
Bailey denied the notes and tele-
grams discovered by Davidson and
said they were forgeries. He howled
over the state as he is now doing
and refused to speak from the same
stand with men who opposed him
Confronted at last with the papers
that showed him the confidential ser
want of the trust leaders, he was
compelled to admit they We're genu-
inc. Then he tried to prevent an in
vestigation by the legislature last
year by saying it was not necessary
Inc legislature met and was
treated to a long lecture by Thomas
B. Love, Speaker of the House, or
the duty of sticking to Bailey las
, the nominee; and the lifted gave
! in his hands reminded the members
to sing low if they wanted him to
recognize them. Machine politics was
busy and the terror of the machine
lash alarmed the timid.
Conscience Above Machine.
. Right here | want to say that it is
have a clear conscience than to VIC
late it by sustaining a nominee after
his corruption is discovered. ! was {
, member in 1857 of the first state
democratic executive committee evel
organized in Texas; twice since ther
as chairman OF committee on plat
form ! have written the party prin
[ ciples of Texas, but | never yet saw
: the day that either machine politics
or a political boss could make mt
] vote for a man whom | knew to b'
unworthy and not to be trusted
Whenver our people believe tina
machine politics and boss rule should
prevail over patriotism and con
science, their necks are ready TO
the chains of despotism.
, You who think that vote
should never scratch a corrupt nam
from his ticket go and read tn
printed address of Washington to hi
countrymen. SO, the fear Of tn
machine saved Bailey.
WhiteWaSh of 1907.
: True men in vain insisted tina
- Mr. Bailey's case should be investi
: gated before they elected a Unite'
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