The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-26
BAILEY OUSTED
Brilliant Texan Leoses Hold 0a Senate
Democrats.
mo LONGER THE LEADER

Bailey's Following Among the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate Have ALI De.
serted Him. His Vote in the Lor-
inner Case Was the Beginning Of
His Trouble.
A dispatch from Washington says
the star of Joseph Weldon Bailey as
the intellectual leader of the Senate
democracy is waning.
No longer is Mr.. Bailey permitted
to speak unchallenged for his demo-
cratic colleagues. His assumption of
the cffice of spokesman is being re-
pudiated daily, his statements are
criticised, and even denied, and his
opinions are flouted.
The Texan has been placed in such
a position by the verbal assaults of
his colleagues that hereafter he will
be regarded merely as one Of tn SEN
ators from the Lone Star State, ana
as expressing his own views rather
than those of the com bied democracy
n the senate.
His support has. ,dw:ndled to two
senators-Simmons of North Caro-
lima, and Thornton of Louisiana. To
these three men has been derisely ap-
piled the appellation of ''The Three
Musketers, with Bailey as Athos,
Simmons as Aramis, and Thornton as
porthos.
It had been apparent for some time
that the fall of Mr.. Bailey was i'm
pending Equipped with superb
mentality, gifted orator, and able to
handle himself effectively in debate,
there were few senators, until the
present congress, disposed to cross
swords with him. His adroitness in
emerging unscathed from an unror-
tunate position he had adopted, his
quickness in turning verbal somer-
saults and his use of irony and pa
thos, Of sarcasm ana appeal have
been a source of admiration to the
senate and the galleries and of confu-
sion to those who interrupted him.
The Texan never has been troubled
by the need of being consistent and
his course in the senate has been
marked by astonishing about faces
| which in the case of a man of weaker
mentality would have precipitated his
political ruin at once.
The first serious blow to Mr.. Bal
ley's assumption of leadership suffer-
ed was in connection with the Lori
mer case last winter when only ten
Democrats voted with him to retain
the Illinois boss in the senate.
The Texan was unable to hold even
this following on March 4, when at
the instance of Senator Owen of Ok
lahoma, the senate voted on the prop.
osition to approve the constitutions OF
Arizona and New Mexico.
Only two Democrats voted with
Bailey, and the Texan became so
piqued that he resigned his Office Of
senator, but upon reflections with
drew his resignation few hours la
ter.
Senator Stone of Missouri always
has been a thorn in the side Of Bal
ley and never has hesitated to ques-
ton the Texans democracy. The new
democratic senator's, who assumed
their seats at the beginning of the
present extra session, have followed
the tactics of Mr.. Stone, with the re-
ult that Mr.. Bailey is being subjected
to some rough handling in debate
He early announced his opposition to
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
but has been able to obtain only two
recruits-Simmons asa Thornton.
The Texan has found himself as
sailed by Reed of Missouri, Hitch
cock of Nebraska, and others andre
Gently found his democracy attacked
by John Sharp Williams Of Mississip-
pi
Mr.. Williams has not the smooth
oratorical flow of Bailey, but he is
unquestionably one of the best rough
and ready debaters in either branch
o congress. While a member of the
house he had ample opportunity for
ractice, and as minority leader, made
a record which proved of value to the
democracy.
Mr.. Williams and Mr. Bailey differ
on the tariff and Mr. Williams, who
is deep student, and man of wide
reading is undoubtedly the better in
formed on this question than is the
Texan. Moreover he is good law
yer and has lot of nerve.
The results of the bouts up to date
have been favorable to the Mississip-
plan and the anti-Bailey democrats,
who have long been looking for some
one able to cope with the Texan, are
wearing broad smiles of satisfaction.
From now on it may be expected
that the daily sessions of the senate
will be enlivened by frequent tilts
between Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Bal
ley.
The men opposed to the latter
make no secret of their purpose to
expose his democracy and to make it
clear to the country that he is not
their representative and that if he
claims to be he is making false rep
resentation