The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-03
Calls Him Political Degene-
rate, Moral Coward and
Other Harsh Names
SENATOR ASHURST
DEFENDS FRIEND
Government by Initiative and
Referendum Serves as an
Excuse for Attack Full
Of invective

WASHINGTON, Jan. Senator
Joseph W Bailey, in a four-hou
speech, today, delivered what has
been widely advertised as his valedic-
tory 10 the senate. His topic was the
isms Of modern day politics.
The Texas senator had staged hts
spectacular finale adroitly by previ-
Gus announcement that the speech
would be a masterpiece, According
~ the galleries were thronged to
their capacity, and almost every menu
Der Of the senate was in his seat
Bailey speech was plea for the
mainten 1nce of representative DEM
ocracy as against a pure Democracy
embracing the initiative. referendum
and recall. In support Of his posi-
ton he called 10 his defense the writ
ings of the trainers of the constitu-
ton and it's defenders from the days
of James Madison, the father IF the
constitution, and Thomas Jefferson
to Woodrow Wilson, the president-to-
be.
incidentally Bailey took fling at
woman suffrage, and his remarks
were received with mingled applause
and Kisses from the fair occupants Of
the galleries. Senator Gallinger,
president pro tenn. rebuked the ga
ieries for the outburst.
Senator Ashurst. of Arizona in q
brief speech following Bailey, defend-
ed his States constitution. which en-
braces the initiative. referendum and.
recall. against the attacks OF Senator
Bailey.
References TO Hearst.
/ Then Senator Bailey referred to
William r. Hearst, saying:
Il have here u magazine, owned by
one William r. Hearst, a moral per-
/ vert political degenerate, and pfy-
sical coward
MI Asharst: Mr.. President
The president pro tempore. Does 3
| the senator from Texas yield TO the
| senator from Arizona p,
Mr. Bailey: Il do"
Mir Ashurst: II would be false to
friendship"
MIR Bailey: III you want to reply
| to him you reply outside, Do not
| interrupt ME for that"
Mr.. Ashurst Il will when you get
through. sir"
| The president pro tempore: The
senator from Texas declines to YIELD"
Mfr Bailey: THE miserable dog who
| has assailed me for years and expects
to escape my denuuciation is mistaken.
He has in this magazine an attack on
me I'm which he says that Senator B.
| liz SO and SO in the senate. This let
ter is dated on the 26th of February.
| in 1900, and / did not become a sem
ator until the fourth OF. March, 1901.
Attacks on Public Men.
! THAT Is the kind OF attacks that ara
made on public men. There in MOTH
| ing in this letter to which / object, bur
| YOU know, Mr.. President. If they Will
pretend t4stt Ae%-StaIe- Letter Like
shev did this-when I studied law they
saught me that TO receive stolen prop-
arty. knowing it was stolen, made q
] man as guilty as the thief who stole
at believe that is as true in morals
/ as It is true in law. II they will say
/ they stole letter or paid one thief
| To steal it, and they can find no mama
! mentioned in it. it does not make any
difference how honorably ii may be-
mentioned, they can use 1t as basis
from which TO attack you. The only
opinion attributed To me in this letter
/ is that ! would be opposed TO any law
that would authorize any officer to
come into my business place and de-
smand to see my books, in order to see
what profits | was making. Would
| not anybody else be opposed TO that?
| Vet that is the only opinion attrf-
! buted to me / do not know whether
| / ever said that or not suppose
:
! say it. for it expresses distinctly my
/ ppinion.
| "Mr. President. / will believe I Will
/ p9y n flarqas fsarea9sf this 'sssa ass s*
! Though early intended 70 aliude TO stss
| so far as Ii related 10 me. THIS
! whole attack upon the senate OF tho
/ United states perhaps illustrates Al
we'll as ANYTHING else could the char
! acter OF the whole crusade. For years
Z u fss 20 Fxa 49,
zine bears. has been assailing the
| American public with statement after
statement that the whole United
states senate was practically in tho
/ employ of the Standard on company.
vet when they find people who ara
base enough TO sell these files OF this
! Standard Oil company, they find only
/ three or four senators with whom
there was any correspondence, ana
with some Of them not any corresponds
! ence revealing official corruption.
Letters of Archboid.
why, Mr. President, this man In
one of his speeches in 1908 read -
letter which, Mr. John ID. ArchboId
| had written to a senator here EN-
| closing q certificate OF deposit Tor
$50. 600 That senator replied thAe
! that certificate of deposit related 70
! a transaction wholly apart from any
official duty, or any official question.
/ Hearst replied by publishing another
letter in which Mr.. Archboid had
called to the attention of this senator
a certain bill known as the Jone9
bill, and thought to create In the pub
lie mind a belief that the $50,D00 cex~
tificate had some relation to the
Jones BILL and yet Hearst had in MO-
possession that minute letter 81 th4%
senator returning the certificate ~
$4,000 dated ten days before thMS
letter concerning the Jones bill WMM
ever written. III
+ Senators, whose character Ii nafG@
II men may he assaiied In this waH3 sss
The senators listened with ANS
| ment to the language used hY III IN
senator from Texas. referring III u
Hearst. II was quite evident III n
however, that Senator Ashurst hal L