The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-26

SENATOR BAILEY.
more and more notable in recent years.
He is very able as lawyer and
likes money for what it can bring him
and his family. For long time he
maintained stock farm in Kentucky.
Big retainers were offered him and
some of these lie accepted. His father
was Pennsylvania, in spite of the
fact that Bailey is intensely southern
and belongs to the old school of south
em thinkers on public questions, and
he has some very influential Republic
can friends in Pennsylvania.
Presidential Possibility.
) For two or three years. when the
talk of naming southern Democrat
for President first began Bailey was
much mentioned in that connection, IL
ne had maintained his popularity and
had not fallen under suspicion it is
quite likely that in due time he would
have become formidable in that connec-
ton. He said once that the fact he
had in bis Office a picture of Jefferson
Davis hanging ON the wall Davis, like
Bailey, having been native of Mis-
sissipp) would alone prevent his nomi-
nation ever for the presidency of the
United States.
Newcomers Would Not Follow.
The advent of many new Democratic
senators at the recent session of con-
gress increased Bailey's discontinue.
Almost to a man they disFegarded his
advice as to epolicies and went their
own way, siding with the so-called pro-
gressiye view of things. In the mean
time he had become more and more of
an issue in Texas. Almost the entire
Democratic delegation from Texas in
the house, including several men who
had previously been Baileys close per-
sonal and political friends, deserted
him. The war on him within his own
party WAS becoming so fierce as to be
exceedingly uncomfortable. He was
charged, with some show of veracity, of
having changed his coat suddenly when
it would save him from embarrassment.
Originally an advocate of statewide
prohibition, he quickly joined the
vets three years ago, supposedly
to gain sufficient support to be elected
as delegate at large to the last Demo
cratic national convention. He won
his last election to the senate only
after very bitter fight and the signs
were multiplying that his enemies in
Texas, where they take their politics
very seriously and wage political bat
ties without quarter, would at last "get
him.
Much as Senator Bailey likes the in
come that active practise of law viii
bring him, it is not unlikely that he
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| life if he could have seen his way clear
TO reelection. There is little doubt
that, foreseeing defeat, he preferred to
anticipate it by voluntary retirement.
Texas has not favored long tenure for
her senators and apparently Bailey had
lost as strongly in prestige among his
constituents as he had among his Dem
ocratic associates in the senate.
Loss to Conservative Democracy.
Bailey S retirement breaks the back
of the ultra conservative Democracy in
/ tie senate. Not few of the Southern
/ senators still hold aloof from the pro.
| gressive Democracy, now pretty well
entrenched on the Democratic side of
the chamber, but all in all with the
elimination of Bailey there will be de-
eldedly more unanimity of policy and
action among the senators of that party
The tendency of recent elections has
been decidedly toward the elimination
of Democrats of Bailey way of think.
ing Senator Percy of Mississippi
whom Bailey approved of very strongly
was recently defeated for reelection
and the radical Yardaman comes to the
senate in his place at the close of this
congress. There is a fight in North
| Carolina for the retirement Of Sim
mons, which apparently may prevail,
although the issue is still somewhat
uncertain. Kentucky has recently voted
for a more progressive Democratic sen.
ator, as Florida did last year in retir.
ing Senator Taliaferro, who was a
Democrat very like Bailey in many
ways.
OF course the Texan has still two
sessions of service in the senate as have
Paynter and Percy, unless the latter
persists in resiging for the remainder
of his time. But his influence there is
virtually confined to his own vote
Georgia forthwith sends Governor Hoke
smith, who probably will bOm large al
Washington as type of Southern
Democrat in sympathy with the new
order Of things. Many Southerners in
congress- Whiie pToelaiming themselves
az Democrats and asserting the oldtims
views about governmental affairs, have
been and still are not a little Ia sym.
pathy with the Republicans and have q
disposition 70 support many Repub
liean policies.
The newer Southern senators are dis
tlnetly Of different school. That doe
not mean thoy are Of the radical Bryan
Tyre, although slandlng for much thai
bFyaB stands for. The resignation ol
i5ailey takes On spseiai hlgnlasance be
cause q fufthafs ihat Transformation
whieh became HoFa n0liecabla thar
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