The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-27
BIG CROWD GREETS
SENATOR BAILEY.
LARGEST GATHERING IN HISTORY OF PAN.
HANDLE HERE TO GREET STATESMAN.
Holds Immense Audience for over Three Hours-
Gives Strict Account Of His
Stewardship.

The biggest crowd ever gath
cred in the Panhandle was here
yesterday to greet United States
Senator Bailey and to participate
in the last day of the festivities
of the last day of the Reunion.
The weather was perfect and
from early morning until after
noon people came into the city in
every kind of vehicle, train and
auto and when Senator Bailey
began his address at half past
one O'Clock the grounds were
crowded. 1t was necessary for
a stand to be erected in the CEN
ter of the large pavilion in order
that as many people might hear
him as possible. He spoke for
for three hours and seventeen
minutes and the crowd was as
large when he finished as when
he began. He held his audience
throughout and was cheered long
and loudly many times during
his speech.
For nearly an hour he devoted
his remarks to tributes to the
confederate soldiers, detailing
many of the hardships and pay
ing his respects to those who
fought against odds in the days
of 81 and the years following.
When he reached the political
portion of his speech he was
given the closest attention and
thoroughly discussed his act
ions and votes in congress espec-
tally as to the tariff measures
explaining his position stating
that he voted for a duty on raw
material, especially upon iron
ore, lumber and hides because
the Republicans in congress
placed a tariff on the finished
products from these raw mate
rials thereby giving the manu-
facturer the additional profit be-
tween the cost of raw materials
and price of the finished product
which is under tariff, the manu-
facturer thereby not paying one
cent of money for the maintain
ance of the government but adj
ding the amount to the finished
article, the consumer paying the
amount.
He entered into thorough
discussion of the income tax
measure presented by him in
congress claiming that it was
the only feasible way in which
to make the rich who could af-
ford to pay the expenses of the
government instead of the bur-
den being upon the laboring man
and the poor. The purpose of
this income tax was to lift the
burden of at least hundred
millions from the shoulders of
the poor and place it upon the
rich who ought to pay in accord
ance with their means. The
speaker then drew comparisons
between the amounts actually
paid by the rich and those paid
by the poor stating that in al
most every instance the recent
tariff measure the increase was
made upon articles used by labor
ing ana poor people ana not
raised upon such items as are
used by the rich.
Senator Bailey reiterated his
allegience to the Democratic
party and stated that he was
always ready to vote in accord
ance with the desires of the peo-
pie so long as it did not conflict
with the teaching of his God and
his conscience and that he was
always willing to come before
the voters of Texas and give an
account of his stewardship and
that if the people then did not
agree with him he would willing
ly return to them his commission
unsullied and unstained by any