The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-28
MR.. BAILEY
In A SCRAP
Has Difficulty With
Newspaper Man.
SEPARATED BY FRIENDS
Fight Occurred IN Front Of Com
mittee Room.
senator Bailey Called w. 8. Manning
~An Infamous Liar. and the Lat
ter struck the Senator with
Ills Umbreiia.

Washington, May Ex-senator Bailey
of Texas, and w. g.. Manning, repre-
sentative Of The New York Times, In
the Senate press gallery. exchanged
blows Just as the Senate adjourned to-
day as result OF conversation they
had in reference to an article printed
by the New York newspaper. question
ing the sincerity of the Senator In his
course on the income tax.
Neither of the participants was In
jured as they were separated by Sena-
tor Clapp, Porto Rican Commissioned
Larrinaga, a number of Senate en-
pl0yes and several newspaper CORE
spondents. The versions of Mr.. Bailey
and Mr.. Manning are in substantial
agreement as to the cause OF the
trouble and differ only as to the num-
Der OF blows struck by each.
A bitter attack upon the author OF
an article in The New York Times,
charging that Senator Bailey had play
ed into the hands of Senator Aldrich
by his course in demanding an imme-
diate vote on the income tax amend
ment and had thus caused split OF the
forces supporting such an amendment
was made by Mr.. Bailey on the door
of the Senate today. Mr.. Manning ac-
costed Mr.. Bailey after the adjourn
ment of the session to inform him that
ne was tuaCCuE1lt IN 6u8Bc9sthB no
publican Senators as possible source
of Inspiration for the article. Accord
ing to both Mr.. Manning and Senator
Bailey, the former disclaimed author
ship OF the story and at the same time
stated that the inspiration for 1t had
beenA.s Bailey's demand for an i'm
mediate vote and his "hazing" Of Re
publican Senators who favored the In
come tax proposition. but who did not
support him in his demands for a vote
at the present time.
Mr.. Bailey asked who did write this
article, and at the same time declared
1t Is said, that the man who had writ
ten 1t was a ''liar." According to both
men, the Seniors language was very
emphatic and Mr.. Manning responded
that he had not had the ehonor te
write the story"
Mr.. Bailey says that the word hon.
orr was emphasized In manner In
tended 10 be offensive. The converse
ton was begun In front Of the mali
door to the Senate chamber and wa
Continued through the corridor leading
10 the Senate Committee on Finances
The two men were directly In front o
the door leading to the Finance Com
mittee and also In front OF one of tha
private elevators. Several person.
heard the word liar" spoken in a LOUD
voice and then saw MT. Bailey and Mr.
Manning clfnch. The latter claims
Mr.. Bailey hit him first. In the mix.
up, Mr.. Manning struck the Senator
with his umbrella knocking off the
Senator's hat and the Senator grabbed
Mr.. Manning by the throat. Just a.
the moment the elevator stopped at the
Senate floor and Senator Clapp and Mr.
Larrinaga stepped from the car. With
out waiting TO learn the cause of tbs
disturbance, Mr.. Clapp threw his arms
around Senator Bailey who at that time
seemed to be in u position to do serious
injury to the newspaper correspondent
a young man of very slight build.
The Texas Senator struggled desper-
ately to break from this restraint but
Senator Clapp frightened his hold and
newspaper correspondence pushed Mr..
Manning away and insisted upon his
leaving the corridor.
The speech by Mr.. Bailey in regard
to the newspaper article was one OF
the most scathing arraignments of q
newspaper correspondent that has ever
taken place in the Senate. The Sena-
tor not only asserted that the writer
OF the article was IAN infamous liar
but that he was miserable creature
UNIT to associate with honest men"
In this vein he talked for q cons1d-
cradle time. Mr.. Manning Is also q
Southerner. being native Of South
Carolina.