New-York tribune., 1909-05-28
RAILEY IN FISTIC BOUT
tI7TTS NEWSPAPER
MN At C1PITOL.
ro;sode FoHoscs Violent 4ttach by
Terop On Writer Of -lrtic'e
IN Nee York Paper.
,r-,,, The Tribune Bureau ]

.4,+o, Nav 2-.-SenatoT Bailey. of
mo first displayed a pugilstic tendency
- cora+e l7v choking Mr.. Beveridge when
II -,.,,,a senator was sitting down. on July
tbs .o-1a,- attacked w. Sinkler Manning,
.l,a Washington correspondents OF Ihe
t| wi Times" The timely interference or
- CLAMP and several Senate employees
- the encounter. Mr.. Bailey was swearing
ti.o sa,.,,5irr 10 be let at him when Mr
an, q. ord others interposed and thus prevented
- cave every promise Of being real fight
.,.,.,,,,, zrr Bailey weighs fully one hundred
- thar, the Young man whom he at
80 evevitnesses Of he encounter are an-
60 - -l,a statement that Mr.. Manning was
- .t,e, holding his own when Mr.. Clapp
-;.o5 on the scene and stopped the struggle
-. e,pt was the result Of criticism made
- senate this afternoon by the Texas Sen
..or ora dispatch printed in The New YORK
7r,,as- last SUNDAY, concerning AIR. BAILEY
,,t,,,5e on the income tax IhlS alSpaIch SET
.n-+r that AIr Bailey WAS playing into the
t.r5e of those opposed 10 an income tax ana
,,i,,a,Ad that he was not sincere IN MS a"-
,ecsc, Of his pending amendment II cha'geu
49, senator Bailey in demanding an immediate
vote had caused a spIlt OF l3le I"'OeS sup
s,eh an amendment
"a .bat the man who wrote it was AN in
s--.,,s liar He spoke OF the miserable Great
zho peaned this libel and declared that II
-. N line with the deliberate. sedate and
-.,,s,a5 7,olisv" Of certain Republicans To mis-
rarrssent the Democratic party. Mr.. Bailey IN
.i,.,ss that the dispatch inspired. pHt
...s =. doubted If any Senator vas low enough
- -.so-- 70 such tactics He spoke Of the Ne-
vial trescherous and lying newspapers
few minutes after the Senate adjourned NJ.
,ssnninR who covers the Senate proceedings Ior
his newspaper. net the Texas Senator IN the
corridor nearest the main entrance to the sen
.,. eoo- He accosted Mr Bailey and said that.
although he did not have the honor of WritloS
she article in question he wanted Ia say that II
,.as not insured by anybody MI Bailey used
an Insulting epithet in asking VINO WAS the
author cf the article MI Manning rePlled ti'''
Mr. Bafevs own course on the income TAX fu79
ticn furnished ample and tho only bases for No
article At this the Texas Senator selzed M
Manning by the throat. applying TO him the 'aIi'e
epithet When this happened the two men ma
-escbad that mart of the corridor leading 10 the
rooms Of Senator Aldrich-
When Nj Manning found the fingers Of tile
Texan tightening on his throat ne struck on
and 1,rr,er-cut Mr. Bailey on the chin
SENATE EMPLOYEES INTERFERE
- ~ This ront that two Senate employees
,n,erferea Mr.. Bailey was wild with rage ana
refzing Nj Manning's umbrella tried To S'rlA7
him with Il hut only succeeded in bending 'n-
,,,,l,~elia over the arms Of those who res'rsih@d
him Nr Manning recovered his uTnbTeii5l- anu
,bile adjusting his collar and tie remarked Ihat
;r attacking an unarmed man Nr- Bailey had
succeeded in running a perfectly good umbrella
Then the epithet came again from me nor
oyghl, enraged Texan He clinched with Nj.
Manning who struck back and twice landed "n
the co7I7tenarce OF the highest constitutional
authority On the Democratic side
T,s+ A. this moment the elevator stopped at
Che Senate floor and Senator Clapp stepped from
the car Without waiting TO learn the cause of
the disturbance Mr.. Clapp threw his arms
around Nj Bailey. The Texas Senator strug-
gled desperately 10 break from this restraint
but senator Clapp frightened his hold. and news
paper correspondents pushed Mr.. Manning away
and insisted upon his leaving the corridor. Mr..
Manning is southerrer, being native Of
South Carolina.
The speech by Afr. Bailey was one Of the most
sosthing srraignments Of a newspaper cor
respondent that has ever taken place in the
Senate The Senator not only asserted that the
writer Of the article was AN infamous liar" but
that he miserable creature, unfit 10 as
sociate with honest men