The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-09-03
SENATOR BAILEY AD-
DRESSES THE PEOPLE
TEXT OF ADDRESS AT RANDALL COUNTY
FAIR IN THIS CITY LAST WEEK.
Favors Local Option But is Against Statewide
Prohibition Stand on Tariff Matters.

SlIlCS our ldSt WEEK lSSue We
have had so many inquiries as to
whether we would publish the
address made by United States
Senator Joseph w. Bailey and
so many desire that we publish
a more extended report of the
whole matter.
When the time came for the ad-
dress from Senator Bailey there
was an immense crowd of people
from all over the Panhandle
present to greet him and when
ne stepped from the auto loud
cheers broke from the crowd
Judge j. c. Hunt, in a well word
ed, ten minute talk, introduced
the speaker who at once was ac-
corded the close attention of the
entire crowd. He said:
Ladies and gentlemen: | have
travelled a long way in order to
be with you on this occasion but
| have been more than repaid for
the journey. / have found here
country of SURPRISING beauty
and fertility excelling anything
" about which | ever dreamed that
you possessed, and | have found
here much better people, peO-
pie who deserve even a better
land than this great country.
You have excellent people here
and | know | can count many of
them, at least, as my friends for
they are from the old Fifth"
congressional district. | knew
that district had given you many
of the best of her sons and daugh-
ters but | did not know that so
many had taken up their abode
here. have been a long time
coming to see you but | will
come again soon. Your Senator
is a very busy man and if he has
done right he will come to you
as often as possible and tell you
of his actions and if he does not
come as often as he can do so he
is ashamed of what he has done.
This applies to every public Of
fetal. The man who does his
duty loves to come and tell his
constituents what he has done if
he is blameless. | believe that
the old custom prevailing before
the war which you are celebrat-
ing is beautiful and a good one.
The steward who does not love
TO account for what he does, has
done something for which he is
ashamed.
Il expected to eschew politics
and dwell upon the Confederate
soldier, the great battles which
he fought, the victories won be-
cause the bloodiest battle fields
on earth were those won by the
valor of Confederate soldiers.
True, the cause was lost through
no lack of courage on the part of
the boys in grey but by force of
overwhelming majority. Man for
man no conquering of the south
ern forces would have been pos
sible. If the forces had been
equal in number there would
have been a different story to
tell this day. They had the world
to draw from and the established
credit of nation with which to
pay hirelings. During that great
period of conflicts the Confeder
ates captured whole regiments of
soldiers who could not speak
English.
But the war is over and | do
not come to teach bitterness of
spirit. If l We're 20 choose from
the history that they made and
the history of the Confederate,
I'd take your defeat rather than
the triumph of the larger forces.
] do not underestimate the cour-
age of the Union forces. The
American Federal soldier was
brave and true and patriotic.
There were many men in the