El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
About ''OLd Fashioned Democracy"
Mr. Bailey And Modern Progress

A-ct-AALQh J. ". BAILEY, who Is
Il TO speak az Liberty hall this
evening apparently hates the
word progressive" In the adver-
tisement OF his meeting It Is said
Bailey Is the greatest exponent IN
our country today. OF old fashioned
Democracy"
IN a recent speech he said that a
Democrat Is one who believes more
IN safety than IN progress" This n
not 2 new doctrine with the dIstinr-
ulsned ex-senator. Shortly before He
relreq from the senate be delivered
himslf OF the following.
II had my way I would make
y crime to use these automo-
Dlles on the public highways be-
cause no man has a right 70 use
tenlcle on a public highway
sneS is dangerous 70 the safety
ana lives OF other people, and an
automoble Is danEerous. Prob
-ply the time viii come when
horses VIII be educated to the
polnt Where they viii not be
afraid OF automobiles but I doubt
that. for have not seen the Tine
them.
II do not believe that any man
2qgnt 70 be permitted 70 use that
Alnu OF vehicle upon the pub
lie thoroughfares where every
oouy has right 20 travel Con
seQuently. II the senator from
Idaho viii join ne. I think we
viii strike the words. or other
vehicle out ard we win confine
the vice president 20 horses
Carriages or make him walk"
loee Conversational Record for
Jan - 1903. page l037.)
Again in DEBATING the same mat
said:
The senator from Texas OIr.
Baileyl believes that next 70 the
eog the horse Is mans best
friend The senator from Texas
believes that the horse is the
nobiest OF Gods dumb creatures,
and he does not want to see him
sppPplanted with a senseless ma
AS far as an concerned. 7
think the people had better travel
a little slower and 90 the old
way rather than travel 20 fast
and not 90 the safe way"
Again on the same day Mr.. Bailey
IF the senator Warren. OF
Wyomilgl or a citizen chose 20
use then fautomobiles) on his
own primaries ] would be the
iast man 70 interfere with him:
but ! do not think he has a right
70 90 on the public highway and
endanger the lives OF men.
women ana children by the use
OF a machine that friEhtens the
means OF locomotlon employed
for 1000 years
The horse has an ancient and
q prescriptive right TO the hlEh-
way, and / do not think he ought
% be driven from Il by those ma
chimes. I know more than one
man who has been compelled 70
sell his horses and carriages be-
cause their wives were afraid 70
use them on the highways where
these machines are used.
7 have read one OF the articles
IN one OF the magazines which
seems 70 be devoted to adver-
Using automobiles that they are
going 70 emancipate the horse
from the drudgery OF the great
cities. Il may be that they viii,
but when they do II win increase
the drudgery OF the farmer IN the
country When the farmer has
no market Tor the horse which
he has raised, and has no market
Tor his corn and his oats and his
hay 70 feed him. the horse may
be emancipated from drudgery,
but what Is to become on tie
American farmer3
y believe that at least the
government ought TO set the e1-
ample Of travelling the old way.
and let Us travel by things that
breathe and feel rather than by
machines that neither breathe nor
feel and yet produce much mis-
chief IN the world" fSae can-