The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-08
MINNEAPOLIS PAPER
ADDS TO CONTROVERSY
Prints Reported Substance Of
Correspondence Between
The Statesmen

Washington, June S.~-An exchange
Of correspondence between Governor
Johnson Of Minnesota, and Senator
Bailey followed the attack which
Senator Bailey made on the MinnO.
sofa governor The substance 0f this
correspondence Is purp0rted 10 bu
given In the following article from
the Minneapolis Tribune which has
reached Aere;
Governor John A. Jcanson and
Senator Bailey OF Texas have been
engaging In o protractod long dis
lance controversy IN which the mill.
tant Texan has been made 70 realize
that the Minnesota executive Is not
disposed TO use the velvet glove al.
ways when bis ire ls aroused The
correspondence Is the result Of the
result Of the heated and seemingly
unwaIfaned attack which Senator
Bailey made on Governor johnson In
the Senate, apr0pOs " an interview
Which the governor has repudlied as
false Using the iEerylew, which
appeared IN the New York World
and which quoted Governor Johnson
as criticislng tie Southern Senators
i0r their attitude on tle tariff, Bailey
jumped with both feet on the Mime.
5uta executive, scoring him r0aHdly
and throwing cold water on the
Johnson presidential movement. The
action was unusllal and undignllied
and appears 70 have been In keep
Ing with the usual characteristics OF
the Texan, as indicated IN his recent
row With a newspaper correspondent
Governor Johnson on the occasion Of
the Balley attack gave out an inter.
view in which he criticised Bailey
By implication, He aaid that 30 FAR
as Senator Bailey was concerned he
did not care what conclusion ho
might reach, but lie wanted the 9th.
CT Southern Senators 10 know that
he had not arrOgated 10 himself tho
right 70 chlde them In the perform.
anee of what tley regarded as their
aifielal duty and utterly rewidlaied
he interview
erhe governor sat down and wrote
Senator Bailey d letter, Il WIS q
aim aud dlgnlfed communication,
bul showed plainly that the governor
was notsied. lie called Senator
lialleg'a attention 10 the fact that the
Interview was a fabrication and in.
imatad that the least he could nave
done was % first discover before
exploding on uie floor Of tine senate
whether or not the Interview wag
authentic lie waited for an open
explanation from Senator Bailey but
nome Nus forthcoming. While ha
Wsla waiting, a letter from Seaat0r
Bailey appeared al che capital II
lueloaed the Interview given by Gov.
lfn0r johnson 10 the Associated
Press relative 10 Balleys statement
Il which Hhe governor had lntlmatcd
that he did not care particularly
whether Senator Bailey thought we'll
of him o. not Senator Bailey said
hat before replying 20 Governor
Iohnson's letter or making any state.
mant thereon he wanted 10 know
whether tho lnciosad interview wus
authentic.
Governor Johnson wrote another
letter. In Il Senator Bailey Is like.
iy 20 find little comfort or satlsiae.
don. IN substance Governor John.
soa said The interviews was authen.
tie. Taai he had no apology to make
Tor his statement relative to RailCs.
lie added thai his criticism was nUt
directed against Bailey because OF
hla attitude as q Senator but because
g had seen 1T, In his place IN the
Senate, 20 gfiielse a fellow official
fer an Interview which he had not
tsken the trouble 10 substantlato. lie
concluded By saying that had SEN
atof Bailey taken the same interest
IN discovering whether the original
interview was authentic o. he seem
ed 70 be taking IN lae latter one, tho
entire controversy might have been
avoided. With this center shot the
Minnesota governor rests his case.
aud the next move 10 up 10 Senator
Bailey"