The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-09-20
The Exit Of Bailey

Inc Dallas Times-Herald, Dem.
prints the following:
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey has
been the issue in Texas for ten years.
His brilliancy his magnetism and his
most remarkable ability to make and
hold friends won for him first a seat
in Congress and then the position of
United States senator. He has been
highly honored by the people of Tex
as but his political experience has not
been a bed of roses. When he was
first elected to the Fifty-second Con-
gregs Bailey was not well known. He
was boyish fellow who wore his
hair long and assumed the air of an
old fashioned statesman. Many
! laughed at him because he dispised
| the conventionalities of Washington;
Eastern newspapers gave the Texan
column after column, for in him they
found their own conception of the
breezy, wild Southwest. Early Bailey
speeches in the Senate were as pic
turesque as they were eloquent Early
in life he was a radical, even more
so than William j Bryan. AS the
years went on he became a deeper
student of political economy and as
he grew in wisdom he became more
conservative His radicalism was
changed to a broad, sane view of pub
lie questions. Bailey had all the
characteristics of Bryan in early life.
Both were young men trying to make
Using that was bound to come as a
result their radical views The only
difference is that Bryan continued
along the lines that first won him
fame Bailey tempered his enthusi.
asm; Bryan kept up his Chautauqua
lectures
In later years when Bailey had won
his reelection time and again with
feeble opposition, he became the idol
of Texas and won the admiration OF
the country His brilliant speeches in
the halls of Congress packed the gal
leries. Foreign diplomats came to
hear the eloquent Texan. The entire
nation paused as he spoke. There
was nothing too good for this trans
planted Mississippan in the opinion
OF the voters OF the Lone Star State
He had spread the fame OF this Com
monwealth 20 all parts Of the globe
you are from Texas, are you?' re
marked the stranger ooh yes that's
the place Joe Bailey comes from
Some OF us blame Bailey for being
vain, but we Texans are really to
blame Nothing he asked for from us
was denied him. We even anticipated
his desires Texans pushed aside
Horace Chiffon. an old school demo
Graf. to give this Adonis his seat In
the United States Senate
But Bailey stumbled. He did some
thing his friends said was not wrong
and If II was wrong Joe Bailey was
too honorable and too trusting to con
slider II wrong Mr.. Bailey accepted
a loan from II Clay Pierce, the OF
magnate, and about the same time he
advised Mr. Pierce how to get his
ousted-ol company back into the
state as a new concern Mr. Bale!
stoutly defended himself. He with
stood two legislative investigation
and was exonerated in both. He APP
pealed to the Texas people and they
INDICATED him The majority of the
Texas voters said that they believed
that Joe Bailey was honest and those
who believe in popular government
must admit that he went TO the pro
per tribunal for vindication.
But all this controversy made en-
! emles There were old Chiffon men
] followers of the school of democracy
Z The defeat Of their candidate still
I ranked in their breasts. They wer'
willing to even up old scores ant
they Joined the anti-Bailey men. Bal
ley In times gone by had disagree,
. with Bryan on public questions. Ill
oven went so far as to accept an In
vitation TO debate with Bryan, bu
D. that great Chautauqua lecturer fearel
" to meet the eloquent Texan. The "a
b bid Bryan men became anti.Baileyitet
j. Slowly but surely the SNOWFALL OF OF
] position gathered In weight and me
e mentum as Il sped down the politlca
l. hill Then there was a great body O
p earnest Texans who disagreed wit