The Lamar register., 1919-04-30
VIEWS OF TWO DEMOCRATS
Bailey Stands Aghast.

Washington, April 29.-Special cor
respondence) )-Former Senator JOS
eph w. Bailey in a recent open letter
to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palm
er in which the question is raised,
"Who is a Democrat? 2" brought out a
great amount of discussion both in
official and private circles in the Ma
tional Capital. James S. Ford, Bos-
tonian stopping in Washington during
the controversy expressed great pleas
ure over Senator Bailey's letter and
stated that it would attract wide in
terest throughout the country among
''those members of the party who have
been faithful TO the principles Of De-
mocracy as laid down in the days of
Jefferson"
Thousands upon thousands he
continued, "have stood in silent amaze
ment at some Of the acts and policies
of the Wilson administration and have
strained themselves TO reconcile them
with true Democratic principles. They
have wondered who is Democrat as
they have seen the administration link
itself with socialists and radicals of
the most dangerous sort, even though
those near-reds do not come out in the
open. Since the inception of the De-
mocratic party it has been a funda-
mental principle of the party to pro-
tect jealously the rights of the State
against the aggression of Federal
power, but the old idea of States
rights has been utterly abandoned by
the Wilsonian type of Democrat.
States have been overriden and the
individual rights Of the citizens have
been usurped by series of admins
tration acts until now the menace Of
Alexander Hamilton's policies in the
infant days Of the republic pale into
insignificance."
The Bostonian further states that
American history does not hold any
record of such wanton recklessness
with the peoples money as shown by
the present administration. 1t seems
now that what Senator Bailey calls
the arrogant oficeholders' cannot
talk in terms Of anything but billion.
The Democrats in power are plunging
into financial disaster for rich and
poor alike and am glad that some one
big enough in public life as Senator
Bailey has the fearlessness to remon-
strate."
Harvey Shows Up Al.
Col. George Harvey declares that it
is erroneous to suppose that Mr.. Bur
Lesson is not a practical business man,
merely because he has held political
office all his life. Col. Harvey has
unearthed contract entered into be-
tween Mr.. Burleson and his brother-in-
law on one side and the State Of Texas
on the other. Under its terms the
State furnishes the Burleson planta-
ton with 1875 convicts to work it on
the share system, the State receiving
sixty per cent of the profits and the
brothers-in-law forty per cent.
The guards who have charge of the
gang of convicts see to it that they
do n full days work. One of the
overseers testified that he worked the
men from daylight to dark, and if
there was any sign of laziness eight
cen licks" was the penalty. Detailed
statements of the profits derived by
the Burlesons from the exploitation Of
the Texas criminals are lacking, but
the fact that the contract provides
that ''The parties of the second part
shall pay to the parties of the first
part the sum of twenty-five dollars
per month for the slops," indicates
that no possible source of revenue was
overlooked by our enterprising Post
master General.
Col. Harvey feels that this Texas
contract is sufficient proof, that Mr..
Burleson is possessed of keen business
acumen, and many are inclined to
agree with him. However, it is the
opinion that the Post Office Depart
ment, and the country generally would
benefit were Mr.. Burleson to retire
from public life to his Texas ranch