The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-09
CUNNING THE POLITICAL CARDS
IN THE TEXAS GAME.

In a letter in answer to a tele-
gram Senator J w. Bailey writes to
his Gainesville friend, w H. Dough
erty, some things that are calculat-
ed to create a ripple on the political
puddle in Texas.
1t was recently charged in a spe-
cial from Austin that the junior SEN
ator had unqualifiedly declared him
| self for Governor Colquitt for re
| election in next years campaign
| language being attributed to him as
| follows Colquitt, they are framing
up to run Tom Ball for governor
next year and they have tried to get
me to promise to support him. Or
dinarily ! would support Tom Bal
for any office under the sun, but this
| time | am for you against the
| world In the light of the present
| lineup as a consequence OF the re
cent prohibition campaign the pub
| LEGATION of the Austin special which
thus placed Senator Bailey in the at
titude of supporting Governor Col
quit was accepted as a perfectly
| natural coalition The junior sena-
| tor had, in the beginning of the
| campaign, declared against the prln-
| cipes advocated by his friend Tom
| Ball and in favor of anti prohibition
with the governor Mr.. Colquitt,
practically leading the anti forces. It
was but natural to suppose that for
the sake of that union in which
there is supposed to be strength
Senator Bailey would stand hitched
and not kick out of the arrangement:
made by himself-the Bailey-Col-
nuitt combination. With expectan-
cies for an overwhelming anti pro
hibition victory Senator Bailey |
could easily have concluded it was +,
to his political interest to cultivate
such a coalition But that over
whelming majority did not material
ize. Analysing the results the junior
senator has evidently discovered that
Texas democracy runs very decided
" to the dry idea The shadow OF
Tom Ball persists in manifesting IT.
self as a gubernatorial possibility
Texas pros have declared that they
are first for prohibition and will not
allow even the Bailey question to
break their solid front Under such
conditions this latest action of our
Junior senator seems to- clearly indi-
ate that it is unsafe to trail with i
he Colquitt forces and Senator
Bailey realizing this takes adyan l
-age of an opportunity offered
the inquiry Of friend to
to dance the back-step to (
the tune OF goodbye Oscar. Senator
Bailey has placed himself in a posi-
ton to be accused of trying to beat
the prohibition Bailey democrats to !
the protective power of Tom Balls |
growing shadow, but it is not the !
charge of this writer that such is his
purpose. 1t might be further intima-
ted that his letter to Mr. DOugherty
is but the paving of the way to an
other change of heart on the prohibit
ton question, but this paper charges ,
The Junior senator with no such
If, as some may charge,
his whole matter is but an effort
10 inject the Bailey issue to the dis
of the pros, we would re-
ply to<that by saying the simplicity
Of such a movement would not be
for a moment by such a
political general as Senator Bailey.
The Junior senator knows the sta9-
ing qualities of at least that cOnsid-
cradle portion of the Democrat
party which is now being termed bv
the press as prohibition Bailey
democrats. and he knows full well
that they are lined up for prohibi-
ton and are going to fight for the /
principles of that moral cause to /
finish To us the Waco gabfest, /
which the senator admits furnished /
basis for the Austin special, and |
this latest published letter from
Senator Bailey to Mr. Dougherty
constitute another one of those pc
culiar combinations which his intl-
mate friends term as some more OF
Joes fool doings.' Politically this
continual changing of front is cal
culated to injure the cause OF the
Junior senator. for every time he
changes he makes more people mad
All that we are able to make out
of this latest contribution to politi-
cal mystery is that it seems to be
the opinion of Senator Bailey that
Governor Colquitt's gubernatorial
suit is not going to wear through
! two terms