New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Bailey Introduced Shotgun Into Mississippi Politics

times in the morning and sometimes in the
evening, the Democrats of Hazlehurst,
where we lived. were preparing to choose
delegates to the county convention. l con-
cluded TO attend their meeting when it oc-
Cured. ON my way / met young man
and told him where | was going.
"Ics no use he said Your father, DR..
Lockwood and Ben" Ford will run the
whole thing, as usual.
my father was as true and good a man
as ever lived. Lockwood and Ford were
good men, too. Well, / persuaded my
friend TO go along with me and | picked
UP about twenty more young men before.
got TO the meeting place | had myself
elected chairman because | had learned
parliamentary law at college. My associ-
ates and myself managed everything.
Bailey. senior Lockwood ami Ford sent
contesting delegation To the county conyen-
tiOn, saying, among other things, that l
was disqualified because | lacked four years
| of being a voter But we were seated
| Then my father proposed that | give his
delegates half vote each You may have
your chairs to sit in I said but we shall
do all the voting ourselves And We did.
Until four or fy, years ago was called
| radical on the railroad question. Now ]
am said 10 be a conservative. | told our
people years ago that Mr. Bryan believed
that the government should own our trans
portation lines. did not nor have |
changed my mind. ] think the railways
should be permitted 10 charge a fair price
f,r good service and that every shipper
! should get the same rate for the same ser
vice under similar circumstances. II the
national government ever begins To bother
about the small details Of supervision and
regulation. it will overlook the big matters
that are Of vital importance to every one.
..you lived I'm Mississippi rs boy?' l
ssil IN Senator Bailey, digging for personal
Information that until now has never been
given out
"yes. ! was born in Copiah County MY
frs, money was earned by carrying green
bricks from the moulders TO the drying yard.
7 owed q. and that Is the way ! paid the
debt also pulled fodder. stripping the
dry sbarp blades and EusHs from dead
stalks of corn. No work is harder for a
= ho,, unless il is hearing off green bricks
in a brickvard. earned some money and
| borrowed some more and entered the Uni
vereity of Mississippi ! had bachelor
uncle an Irishman When he heard what
had done he sent me funds with which 10
nav NV debt and my expenses at the uni
rorsitv He also made II possible Tor me
90 ,aLo Law at Cumberland College in Ten
| roesoe The course was a year. bu' II "d'
-, ,bo.ouph as any in the country.
..,.ou,odoys the ordinary law course Is
,hraa ti,nes as long. which Is well enough
far tho vourg man whose bills are paid
tnt g a hardship for the young man VINO
,,,n., derend on himself besides 1t deprlves
h,r, 90 the training he would get If he be-
gan practising as lawyer TWO 'e"'S e"'
lier. .,,,,r,ol
~ Hazlehurst and opened an ONCE Du' ''7
49, CT torn, Of cour' my fees were enough
IN stmrort me the rest oi the year NY "'
,,i.,ta,, into practice was the defence ol
an old citizen who had cut ano'heI ''''%''
with a knife during politlcdI Heoa'''
refused TO take the case at hrs', "''' ''7 '''7
that the man ought to be pui'SI,u an
rpnisbed hard. / also believed u'"' 'e 'u'
como IN me because the Judge was =
If mv family and because some VI .'.'
members Of the jury probably wou'u We >.
Irctart to see me lose my hrS' '"'e -
court. r,d M right
The Judge sent FOR me ! han 10 ''7n' ''..
he said to refuse to defend any on'
charged with crime. told tn the Io@ 5a@sg wa. q
,,, suspiclons Moreover lHe IVA"
, M. IVY s'' T., nv opinion. and should go e
hui''' .ti,' g a coward ! said and II
JAZZ JAZZ, I.a man whom he cut should shoo
w., "u,, ~ y" .igbr after the Judge had threat
''''" a"", ~ g. asJen me to take tho case
acreed to act II the man were !" .p'",
49," ,,a sc.ond time. lie did come the iol
NE 1,,.,ng u,5 Goy. and / charged him 500 NJ!
lowing ""I ,1 nave escaped but for mis-
CHEM ,,,c WI" among the jurymen. VA
uhdels'"''''', ,.a. dned 500 and jail sen
Ha'eS -" ,,,r,y DAYS I refused TO sign
,e'.og enc" "' ,or , his pardon. saying that al
'','' re,%" had done enough to defeat The end
Ol justice,