The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-06
BAILEY MEETS
HIS MATCH
By Ernest q. Walker.
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like ninety United States Senators are
feeling very glad that one has come
within their circle who seems capable
of combat with Joseph w. Bailey, OF
Texas. An incident OF the past week
brought him to the front and he bore
himself so well that tho satisfaction
over the trimming he gave the Texan
is still the subject of comment in the
cloakrooms.
And while Senator Charles j. Hughes.
Democrat of Colorado, is stoically re-
ceiving congratulations over the out
come of his clash with the formidable
Bailey, the Senate is beginning to take
notice of the arrival of other Demo
Gratis, who promise to come into the
ranks of forccful and effective debat,
crs. Gore, the blind man of Oklahoma,
has been getting into prominent place
The Republicans have ceased to smile
derisively when he speaks. His col
league, owen is also becoming SEN
ator of argumentative power. Accord
ingly there is galaxy of speakers ana
analyzers on the Democratic side who
promise to make the minority more re-
spected.
AS debater Senator Bailey is prob
ably the most concise, aggressive and
dangerous opponent among Democrats
and Republicans. He knows his ability
and seems mt times to use it to tants-
lie his less gifted brethren. He es-
says to lecture and to prescribe. He
tells others what they should do. He
attempted this upon the new Democra-
tic Senator from Colorado, n man whs
has an angular face, crowned with gray
hair, and who seems to be a sort or
oldfashioned, plain but grouchy citi-
zen. He has been sitting in the rear
Senate row all the session. without
hardly lifting up his voice. Out in
Denver they know him as "Charley"
Hughes a great expert in mining ana
irrigation law and leading legal light
who has spoken before the American
Bar Association and the Harvard Law
School and dabbled little in politics
occasionally.
Senator Bailey undertook to criticize
the work of the Denver convention as
he had done previously several times
in the course of the tariff debate and
defined his ideas Of what the functions
of convention were. He stepped on
the toes of the Colorado Senator by q
reference to the votes of that Senator
and roundly expressed his disapproval.
The Senate was greatly surprised when
the gray-crowned man arose unOsten-
tatiously and described his articles OF
faith. He was linking it up' with
the Texan in few brief minutes and
the senate was all attention over tho
unexpected proceeding. His language
was not quite as precise as that the
Texan uses but his sentences were well
chosen. His ideas were clearly formed.
He did not lose his temper but he ex.
planned why it did not look well in Mr..
Bailey to undertake to lecture him ana
why some of Mr.. Bailey's views about
ational platforms were not orthodox
from the Democratic point of view.
The speech, well balanced and strong.
ly delivered has opened the way for
the Colorado Senator to attain high
place mt that end of the Capitol. He
has not pitched into debate with Re,
publicans yet but plainly has the capa-
city for it and in time will be touch
ing elbows with Bailey and Tillman
in combating the Republican doctrines.
He promises to be different kind OF
an antagonist than either and may have
the opportunity to rise to greater
eminence than either of them as an
opposition force.
Senator Gore has taken upon himself
much the same class of criticism as
Senator Tillman has busted himself with
, in the many years of his Senate service.
, But he is not as violent as Senator
Tillman often is and does not shock
the sensibilities of many possible sym
pathizers by vehement outbursts, Be-
cause of the loss of his eyesight Sen
ator Gore is greatly handicapped but
HiA
/ memory is little short of marvellous
and he can follow an involved debate
y of figures and abstract data quite as
i readily and intelligently as any Sen
l ator who has two eyes.
. Senator Bacon. of Georgia, has been
a something of force as critic and
I opposition man, but he is so prolix that
i he loses effectiveness. The bulk OF
!. really able Democratic debating there
fore has fallen upon the two Texas SEN
a ators. Bailey and Culberson, and Ray
% ner. of Maryland. The latter is the
/. Democratic Dolliver, but like Mr. Dol
h liver, he comes forth only occasionally
4 and when he has a prepared speech to
deliver The tasks of exposing the
weaknesses and faults of Republican
measures, as presented for considera
ton on the Senate floor, have been
left to two or three men and this haf
been responsible for much of the com
r ment about the decadence of Demo
T cratic strength in the upper Legislative
/ branch.
Possibly a revival is at hand Tht
work of the new Democratic Senators
e seems to indicate as much. Shively
70 of Indiana, is credited with being al
q able man who might supply SOM
n strength to the personnel of his party
= in the Senate, but he has been i'll 81
p much during the extra session thai
j. there has been no opportunity to try
?, him out. He made one speech anC
:. demonstrated that he could take carr
-, of himself in debate and also discuss
i measures on plane above the com
i monplace.
IA Using Men Iii, formerly a student a