The Washington herald., 1911-01-22

to testify. in which event 7 meant to say
that believed in a government of whit
| men. even II 1t were necessary to EN-
| pioy shotguns.
An Election Murder.
Going back to your. inquiry" Senator
Bailey continued. Il was met in the
street on election-day by the deputy
sheriff and informed that a man had
been killed at Browns store. A gans
of rowdies. I was also told, had ridden
from Tailholt to Spences Mill. where
they served notice that the ballot box
was not to be taken to Hazlehurst. The
deputy sheriff asked me to get the box.
l agreed to go IL permitted to pick my
assistants. Thirty reckless but honor
able young men accompanied me. Four
miles from town stopped and said: We
may have trouble l advise you to choose
leader. We are about to enter the
Black Swamp and may be ambushed.
There ought to be a responsible head
to this expedition The choice fell on
Major Bailey in the report of the Con-
gressional investigating committee. We
got the box and took 1t to Hazlehurst."
WAS there any friction?''
Eyes: a little" Senator Bailey replied ;
but he did not dwell upon the episode
conditions did not suit me in Missis-
sippi." he went on to say. land I started
for Montana. Arriving at Gainesville. in
Texas, to visit a college friend. found
beautiful country and people of my
kind. Furthermore. there were scarcely
any negroes. I formed a law partner
ship. and Gainesville has since been my
home"
':TelI me about the first speech you
ever delivered" I said
1.-The occasion has gone from my mind.
came to the House of Representatives
in December. 1891. In January following
i spoke against the power given to the
Committee on Rules. That was my first
speech in Congress. The House was
Democratic. Charles F. Crisp was the
Speaker. My Texas friends advised me
to keep still. Nineteen years have passed
and the country appears to agree with
the position / took at that time"
Never Prepares Speeches.
II should like to know" I said. ''how
you prepare the speeches you deliver in
the Senate"
Il do not prepare them. and therefore
am not just to myself. No man should
address the Senate unless he has care
fully worked out what he means to say,
both as to fact and form. But I have
not the time to write down my speeches
in advance. All that I do is to look I'D
the authorities I purpose to quote. How
ever, wrote the speech against free raw
because it was doctrinal and
intended more for the country than the
Senate
batter and an orator.
An orator entertains; a debater must |
INFORM and explain
you do not always agree with the |
Democratic party?' I said.
But I have invariably been a party |
nan. I never scratched a ticket in my |
life. though I have wished at times that
he ticket had been differently made. 1t
s a great honor to serve in either branch |
# Congress. but there has not been a day |
When / would have surrendered my con-
cience or my judgment for seat in |
ither house. / remain within my party, |
lowever, but II its platforms depart from !
Democratic principles I withhold my p- !
roval and usually voice my dispproval |
o that 1 can consistently renew the bat |
lie in the future for the things in which |
believe
None of the Public's Business.
You are known as a great constitu-
ional lawyer" I said. What caused
GU to take up that branch of the law?"
Il have not specialized with respect
D the Constitution. Specialists are not
God. all-around men. But the Constitu-
on is the base Of all our laws. and as
UGH I have studied it as well as II
ould.''
You are reported to be the owner Of
string Of fast trotting horses?' |,
That is a subject 1 never talk about
ublicly. If I own fast horses 1t IS
one of the public's business. Yet. as al
latter Of fact, I have a stock farm in
entucky. l would not go to Europe to
lie mountains, or the seashore. 1t would
, waste Of time from my point of view. 1
hen, after being under a long strain, {
y fingers twitch and cannot sleep, I
lard a train for Kentucky, where I l
ak over the blue grass on my farm l
r 36 or y hours. 1t is my only recrea- I
IN and Immediately restores me to nor
al physical conditions. It
Copyright. 1911. by James B. M0rowJ I'D