The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-08
SENATOR j. w. BAILEY
MAKES ANOTHER CORRECTION.
Writes Letter That Indicates n
Preference for Pro Chairman

The following matter appeared in
this mornings issue of the Fort
Worth Record as a special;
Gainesville, Texas, August 7-N
II. Dougherty tonight gave out tile
following Geographic correspondence
between Mr.. Dougherty and Senator
Bailey:
Senator J w, Bailey Washington.
ID. c.: Today's Dallas News has a
special from Austin which says that
a close friend of Colauitt told hin
that while you and Colquttt last au
tumn were going to the cotton pal
ace in Waco in a carrioge you said
substantially 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. Ordinarily ! would
support Tom Ball for any office I'M
Der the sun, but this time | am for
you against the world. | feel sure
that no such conversation occurred.
If not, would you wire Record and
Post?
w. H. DOUGHERTY
United States Senate, Washington,
D. c., August 4, 1911.-Mr w. II.
Gainesville, Texas.-My
Dear Friend, Your telegram of last
night reached me this morning and
you are right in thinking that | have
never at any time said to anybody
that | would support Mr. Colquitt
against Tom Ball. No part of the
Austin story as reported in your tel
egram is exactly accurate, but there
is some foundation for a part of it,
for | did say to Colquitt at Waco
that | believed he would have an OPP
ponent for denomination, and 1t is
entirely probable that | expressed
myself as favoring his denomination,
because it was then and is now my
opinion that he is entitled to the
same consideration as his predeces-
sors 1t is also true that | related TO
Mr.. Colquitt, as one of the evidences
of a purpose to contest his renomi-
nation that | had been asked by
those who knew my relations with
Tom Ball, if | would support him Ia
case he became a candidate for gov
ernor. but the balance of the CONVEX
sation as reported is almost exactly
opposite to the truth | said distinct
ly and without any qualification that
would support Tom Ball for COVER
nor. or for any other office for which
he might offer himself as candi-
date, though | expressed the very
decided opinion that he had no
thouht of running for any office next
year. do not suppose any man VINO
Knows me could be made to believe
that | would support Governor Col
saitt against Tom Ball. have
Ikhown Ball for fifteen years and
during all that time we have been
close personal as we'll as political
friends When | was lighting Tor nv
lfte-indeed, when | was fighting
for my good name, which is more
than my life-Tom Ball did every
thing he could to help me, while
| Governor Colquitt did not lift his
| Hand in my behalf | have no
| grudge against Colquitt for his
course in that campaign, because
had opposed him when he was
candidate for railroad commissioner
and | had no claim upon his politieal
! friendship had no right TO expect
anything of him further than that
| he would not join in circulating
tthose infamous calumnies against
lime, and, so far as ! know, he met
/ that expectation | would therefore
! cheerfully support him for a renoni