The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
Angered by Colleagues,
He Resig is From
Senate.
ACTION CAUSES
BI G SENSA TON
Finally Ic Yields to Popular
Demand and Withdraws Resig-
nation After Acceptance Has
Been Refused by Vice
President Sherman and
Governor Colquitt.

Hashincton. Mnrch t.-Senntor JOS
! cph ". Huilc. added 10 the excitement
end 10 tho e,trnordinnry episodes sur
rounding: the adjournment of the sixty
first Congress- to-dn,, by rcsigning Ill,
J Office Senator from the Stntc of
! Texas, mud fc,y hours later With
! drawing his designations.
/ Angered by tho attitude Of his DEM
4, ccratic colleagues In favorinE the
I resolution approving tho new Consti .
| tuition Of Arizona, 10 whose ranicai
features Mr. Railey, has declared his
Z und;'ins opposition he wrote his resig-
, ration and took it 10 the Vice l'reSi-
I dent. with the reaues, hat he an
I lsonnce II TO the Senate aIr. Sherman
/ declined 10 have anything to do With
4 Senator Bacon. i,nportuned in like
! manner 10 announce it, took a ami-
+! Mar position Thersupon tho Texan
! teleSrap ed il to Governor u e Col
I auiit, OF Texas VINO promptiN refused
4 10 accept II rerlying as follows /
~ decline 10 accept rnur rcSiE-
/ nation " o senator fr"r, Te,s-. unl
| rcsuertfuiIyi osl> ,ou 4" withdraw 1t,
! ILeasc wire fully
} Meanwhile, the resignation was I.
! subject OF excited discussion ahcu,
! the capitol. Many OF MIR Eaney.s
| Democratic colleagues expire sed re-
! gret al his action and those who
/ N
slider his action. Not 2 few prcrhe-
sled that ne would think better Of his
! decision after he cools of 4, and wcull
! withdraw the resignation
lie Withdrnus II.
lie did withdraw IT, and this eve
| ming made public the following tele
gram sent BY him to Governor Col
uuitt
'IcM know how uralternhly am op-
r
F! rs the Initiative, referendum grl re-
tall, md would not be willing to
remain Ia the SENATE or IN any braucl,
Of .fhc public service - majority Of
the party friends associated with ne
| ,>ere willing 10 give their erproYaI of
them.
~ construed the vote of the pemu-
cratic Senators IN the senpte this
morning on the resolution approving
their support 10 those vnreries. and
under that impression prompt, ter J
dered my resignation.
THE nblest aud most conspicuous
Democrats who voted that wnr hayc
given me their assurance thnt they
did not Intend their votes to he so con
strued. mud hive made. through SEN
ntor Bacon, statement IN the omen
! Senate expressly declaring that they
utterly disnpprovc them
"Cnder these circumstances and NJ
their earnest request, aa well as Mt
your own request, supplemented by
many messages from my friends IN
Texas 9nd some from other Stnges 1
have concluded to withdraw my resis-
! nation. am willing TO work 10 the
| limit of my strength 80 long a. cnn
serve the public and NJ the snme time.
obey whit understand 20 he the
f: commandment Of Democratic princi-
/ pies, hut no Office could tempt me for
! one moment to compromise with "a
! oolic,, which certain In the emf
! '.Oulh destroy the government estab-
J sished by our fathers"
Tiiiman Discusses 1t.
Senator rillman, of South Carolina
a ftel he heard that Mr.. Bailey had
. withdrawn his resignation. issued
statement in which he EXPRESSED pro
| found regret at the Texans action
charaoterizing it d .'precipitate and
unwisely done in he heat OF pa ssion
which he will regret as soon as he
cools off He declared Mr. Bailey
the ablest man in the Senate without
| exception, and one OF the best equipped
men in public life and that he had
known for years that there was
coterie in the Senate envious Of Mr.
Bailey and plotting against his assum-
ing leadership. The Senator has played
into their hands by his action. Mr..
Tillnan said.
II know Bailey was mad" said an
other Senator. but never thought he
would use his rage as Ratchet 10
split open his own head
Eleven Of tho Democratic Senator's
sent 10 Governor Colquitt tho following
telegram:
We. Democratic sena tors speaking
for ourselves and for other Demo
cratic Senators, regard tho proposcd
resignation of Senator Bailey as a
ational calamity. and we urge upon
! the people of TeXs TO demand that he
Withdraw the same ana that he con
'inue to serve in the Senate. in which
ne Is the undisputed and most con
spicuous leader"
Thls telegram was signed by Senp-
tors Bacon. Foster. Overman, Taiia-
ferro. PAINTER. Bankhead, Percy, John.
ston aylor. Watson and Fletcher
Willie Senator Bailey predicated his
RESIGNATION upon the vote Of he Demo
Gratis on the Arizona Constitution,
many of his friends looked upon the
vote as the last straw In series of
snubs intended to show Mr.. Bailey The
futiiity of aspiring 10 the Democratic
leadership OF tho Senate Close oh
servers of recent Developments In the
Senate know that a, movement agains,
him has been growing on the Demo
cratic side during the past few weeks.
and many people here believe now that
the hlituster led by Senator Stone. OF
Missouri, and backed by large Demo
cratic following. was due partly to
desire to show Mr.. Bailey that his III
fuence was waning. By withdrawing
his objections to the tariff board bill
In order to set an agreement for a
vote on tho I4orimer contest, Mr. Bailey
alienated considerable Of his follow
Ing.
When the Lorimer-tarif board com
pact was made It was the belief on