Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-01
Would Purify Politics.

crate ancestry. MIR. Bailey asked the de-
sccndant~ of the men who wore the gray To
consecrate themselves for "the fight TO
free our politics from the corroding and
corruptlng influence 81 money"
"lf YOU let no man spend money in his
campaign IL J. A. fair for one a. for an
other. The honest man with the short
purse j. not handicapped by the un-
%scrupulous man withe the long purse.
'Now. my friends. | am gong to try u
make them put that in the Democratic
platform at I'll Paso. tLong applause.) |
think they are going ID beat me. but ii
they beat me there. will appeal To the high
court of the Democrats of Texas. and they
will never beat me there" tApplau~e.l
you have honored me for twenty-five
yearS, voice. We'll do it again." ZAP
plau~e and similar ~interruptionS.)
Mr.. Bailey II believe you would. But.
my countrvmcn. | have lived Ia the full
measure of my ambitious dreams. and |
hope never again To find II necessary Ia
offer for office again. But this | do
promise. Ia enlist for life. a. a private in
the fight against the corrupt ne Of money
IN our politics. haven't much and every
dollar Is ~ honest a. any man ever owned.
But my boys are educated now. and Mr..
Bailey and myself will live from the H.
terc~t and cut into the principal n much
~ necessary for the fright. and All tine day~
~ my life that God spares me will give
my best efforts until | have driven these
%corruption~ from the politics OF Texas.
"Now. all of You here DO not like me
Voices. ives. we do")-weIl. an men do
not like me. And some Of them have rca-
~on not to. for ! have said severe things
of them. but first they said ~cvcrer things
of me. | ought not 10 nave rcialiatcd. and
am sorry now that ! did. for | impaired my
usefulness NJ that extent.
But whether you like me or whether
Won do not. won't YOU help in this fight to
save the republic tNoirrs. "Yc~i Yc~t'l
Won't you help me 10 save Texas! affirm
atise rc~ponSc~.l want your help and
here and now. without hope ~ office or re-
ward. promise that will fight IN the
days of peace a. You did IN the time of
war. for my conception ~ my duty 10 my
country"
Earlier IN his speech. referring f. the
agitation ~ the slavery question prcrr,
my The civil war. Mr.. Bailey mentioned The
prohibition agitation Of the present time.
Both sides are - crazy a. looms about
~. he commented. "N"w ,..n pros laughed
~ that because YOU thought | meant it for
the ANTS. meant il for the pros a. much
a. the ants. Certain politicians wanted IN
issue then preceding the civil war; Just
~ certain politicians want an issue now.
am willing ~ stake my life that every
community would ~ better off without any
whisky, and yet, hating secured what We
want by local option. ! am willing 10 III the
other counties 40 the same. ! can't gei
excited over it."
AZ another point. MIR. Bailey expressed
the belief that 1.-THE nobIe~t Gift ever made
was that Of $4,000 by George Littleficld
to see that Southern history j. written
right for Southern people"
The speaker urged hat Texas voter~
lay aside your malice and hate and pre-
iudireS and Selfi~hnc~- On the altar "a your
country" and vote only as the country'S
interests compel. not a. hate and prejudice
max dictate. Once. he said, for him ~
have made such IN appeal would have
aroused the suspicious that he wanted the
peoples votes for office. ..but / can make
that appeal now" ~ continued: my heart
has been purified and hope my brain has
been clarified. aud a. God j. my Judge. a
l. but my country future that an plead
ing for. The only thing they ever said
about me that nearly broke my heart was
that | hbeled the Confederate soldiers.
That was an infamous lie. | have forgiven
them everything except that-and | am
almost ready 40 forgive them that"