The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-01

YET ulSCuSSeU. 1OHSTnOT w lSOn du-
vocates the initiative and referen-
DUN. Somehow they have familiar
sound. They take me back to the
populist days when we were chasing
populist orators all over Ellis coun-
ty. What has come about to change
our doctrines. There Is less reason
for them today than ever before in
the history of Texas, because there
creation of the Texas republic at
old Washington when the people Of
the state were more able to COM
pletely control their affairs as they
do today"
He said he never gets away from
the old time principles. He said
there are several kinds of religion
but there Is only one kind of democ-
racy and that is the Thomas Jeffer-
son kind, Senator Bailey exhibited
South Dakota ballot several feet
long, which he said was the initia.
tive and referendum ballot, and hd
did not want that kind of a ballot
He referred to the operation of the
erland and said il they were adopt
ed In this country elections would
become so frequent, made necessary
by the recall, that It would be al
most impossible to get the citizens
to go to the polls 10 vote. lie said
that in Switzerland during the first
ten years of this system 1873 cleo
tons were held and that in the last
election less than 10 per cent of the
people voted. They then passed a
law making it compulsory to vote
and they have a proposition pending
now to pay man dollar to vote.
Senator Bailey said there are
three separate and distinct organi-
propaganda to secure the adoption
of the initiative and referendum in
national matters as well as in states
and counties. Governor Wilson, ="
he said, does not want to apply the
initiative and referendum in ma
tional offices, but limits this sys-
TEN to state matters.
Mr. Bailey said If the system
were to be adopted at all it should
be for national offices and not for
state offices. He said he would rath-
er have safeguards for the represent
tatives at Washington than for the
representatives at Austin. Your rep
resentatlves at Austin, he said, are
only down there about ninety days
during a session, while your repre-
|sentatives at Washington are onlt
at home about one-fourth of the
time. He is up there" he said,
where you do not know what he is
doing. You know what your owr
congressman Is doing, because Jacl
Beall never did anything excep
what was right
Among his criticisms of Governe
Wilson he referred to the Carneg
lpenHion and said that he dia not \
iteve any man ahoula apply Tor
{CarneEie pension and no deuoc
would apply tor 1t unless he was
is 1titlcd TO 1t. He said that man
aat lis highly educated ana ,s il, ne,
20 hAbhiy SoutaSSA dhQ 10 LII bSi
90 health and who is not past mi
s age is disqualified for the presi
uh- cy on the democratic ticket '
the he applies for Carnegie pensi
eif He closed by appealing to
as people to vote against Cover
Wilson. but did not advise them
sy vote for Governor Harmon.
Ell II is conservativeIy estfma
10 that Senator Bailey was heard
t. from $500 to 1000 people. r,
g thousand five hundred would be
fair estimate of the crowd
As a producer OF results in til
way of making votes for Harmo
the speech was decidedly failure
Many persons could not understand
why Senator Bailey came here Z,
make a speech for Governor Har
mon and committed himself person
ally to Oscar Underwood He was
so lavish In his praise of Mr.. I'm
| derwood that he said he would be
willing to walk from here to the
gulf to make him president. Mr.
| Bailey explained this preference by
! saying that he and Mr.. Underwood
were in college together. but he did
not tell his audience that the Ala
bama representative was in line
with him in favor of protective
tariff and in opposing the initiative
and referendum. The junior senator
also forgot to tell his audience that
at a recent session of congress he
voted with the republicans on the
tariff schedules and that he assisted
in applying the white wash to
Senator Lorimer, the blond boss OF
! Illinois.
The speech did not create any
wild enthusiasm and 1t is generally
conceded that the senator's visit did
not materially help Governor Har-
mons cause in Ellis coutny.
STOMACH DISTRESS.