The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-01
BAILEY HAS FIGHT
WITH W. S. MANNING.
South Carolina Newspaper Man and
Senator in Personal Encounter.

An alteration took place just out
side the senate chamber on Thursday
afternoon between Senator Bailey Of
Texas and W. Sinkler Manning, son
of Richard I. Manning of Sumter,
say the Washington correspondent Of
the Columbia State. Nobody was
hurt except in feelings.
Mr.. Manning, besides being CORE
spondent of the Columbia Record, is
reporter for the New York Times,
reporting the tariff consideration in
the senate for that paper. Last Sun
day the New York Times printed un-
der a Washington date line a severe
criticism of Senator Bailey, charging,
among other things, that he was an
ally of Senator Aldrich in the senate.
Bailey took this up Thursday in the
senate and denounced the man who
wrote it as an ''infamous liar.' At
ter the senate adjourned Manning
went into the senate chamber, accos.
ed Bailey and introduced himself as
a reporter of The Times and said that
he did not write the article referred
to. The two men walked out Of the
chamber together into the corridor
and towards the elevator.
Senator Bailey's statement of what
occurred is as follows:
HE seemed very gentlemanly
young fellow, aqd when he told me
he had not written the article I sup
posed had come to disclaim all re-
sponsibility for it. I said to him,
That all right, but the man who
did write it is - He replied, 4
had not the honor of wiring it,
While that seemed a very queer re-
mark, I supposed he meant no offense,
and I paid no attention to it. I told
him l did not see how any man with
any self-respect could have written
such a thing as appeared in the New
York Times of Sunday. Again he re-
piled that he had not the 'honor' to
have written it. Again I paid no at
tention to it. He said then that |
had referred to the suggestion that
Republican senators inspired the ar
ticle. but that he wanted to tell me
that it was not inspired by any Re-
publican senators, but by just such
behavior as mine this afternoon on
the income tax. Then [ saw that he
had deliberately come to insult me
and I slapped his face. Very natural
ly and properly he struck back or
raised his umbrella to strike. I took
the umbrella away from him and I
suppose struck him over the head sew
eral times. Several gentlemen, in
cluding some of the police, ran up
and separted US. I think I got his
head under my arm, and was pound
ing him or about to pound him when
they got US apart. The capitol po-
iceman asked me if I wished the
young man detained. I replied, of
course not That is about ALL
Mr.. Manning's account does not
differ materially from this except as
to the details. Of the struggle.
Mr.. Manning says:
II told him I had not the honor to
write the article, but [ added, L
know this, that it was not inspired by
any Republican senators as you in
timated, but it was inspired by such
behavior as yours this afternoon in
splitting the vote on the income tax
At that. he. grabbed at me and caught
me in the collar. I, Of course, tried
to defend myself. He snatched my
umbrella and struck at me. really
do not know wherether he hit me or
not, they separated US. so quickly.
Then I picked up my umbrella, re-
marking, In this assault upon an un-
armed man YOU have broken my very
good umbrella With that he came
at me again. We clinched and this
time several blows passed between us
before We were separated. We went
together twice. Both times he was
the aggressor. 70
Senator Bailey is stout muscu-
lar man, weighing about 200. Mr..
Mannin, while rather tall is slim and
rather frail. weighing about l4O.