The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-21
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
FROM SENATOR BRADLEY.

The Burley Tobacco Society and The
Washington Times occupied the United
States Senate yesterday for somewhat
less than an hour. In the course Of
that time, William O. Bradley, a mem
Der Of that body from Kentucky, full
filed his conception Of his high office
by vilifying this newspaper The
terms used, by his own statement, were
the harshsst az his command
A special article in the Sunday even
ing edition Of The Washington Times
was the occasion. And the article was
left so little impaired BY this orator.
cal outBurst that the temptation is
strong TO pass the episode with a
laugh. But the place in which the at
tack was made, the intemperance Of
the abuse, and the discussion now in
progress IN the Department Of Justice
with officers Of the BUrIey Tobacco So
ciety, make that course unwise.
-Four points were emphasized in the
article Indicated
1. That night rider outrages have
continued IN Kentucky from December,
1906, until the present
2 That the State has been and Is
laWiess, whenever the growing and
marketing of tobacco are involved.
3. That the BuTley Society, organiz-
ed to fight the Tobacco trust, has be-
come q trust likewise and now deals
with its old enem! 10 the disadvsn-
taga of all other patrons and that it
has fostered fraud OF many kinds
+ That the National Government
would probably find itself Powerless to
correct any Of these evils
No beating round the bush marked
the article 1t had been prepared after
q much more careful study Of the sit
uation existing IN Kentucky in this
very month Of January, I9I0-a study
made upon the ground-thsn has been
given 70 1t, apparently, By Senator
Bradley. It abOunded IN dates and
names. IF these we're false II was easy
70 expose them
Instead, the Senate Is given an out
burst Of oratory- It consists Of words.
words, words Though the occasion for
It was a series Of circumstantiaI
charges there IS not one circumstanriaI
denial Not one of the crimes enumer-
ated is denied, not one Of the frauds &C
credited to officers Of the BurIev Soci-
ETY., not one Of the failures of Ken
lucky courts
The author Of the article Is described
as q petty HbeIer,7 this newspaper
is charged with ''maliciousness and
mendacity," the Tobacco trust is blarn-
ed as the primary cause o. the out
RACES, and the members OF the Burlev
Society, the State officers Of law, and
the State of Kentucky are extolled as
without peers. That Is a fair analysis
Of the entire speech.
The governors message Of January.
1905 says Senator Bradley, Is quoted
10 justify these charges regarding ex-
listing conditions" The Senator does
himself an injustice. He should read
the article before he attempts TO dis
prove It On page 6, at the foot Of
column 8, Of last Sundays edition Of
The Times ne would then come upon
this:
From this official source. then. we
have record o. crime which begins
in December, 1905, and continues
through January, 1908 The aftemut-
ed raid upon BENJAMIN IonEnecJrer
occurred October 27-2S. 1909. Now
comes the LeXin Eton Herald OF date
January (, 1910, 70 report the burning
OF $500 worth OF tobacco belongs to
Sam Baker OF Paint Lick, Garrard
county.
That the State has been and is law.