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Show FALL OF A POPULAR IDOL Attorney Qcnornl It. V. Dnvldson, of Texas, f """TB?! wno nn8 '"ndo sensational chnrges ugnlnst Sonator B? Joseph W. Bnlloy, disclaims any political motlvo W. behind his action nud snys ho Is not seeking tho IL . senator's position. Tho people of Texas havo UM :jQ$& heard his allegations ngalnst Balloy with bowed TV i bends. Tho senntor wns n popular Idol. Many of W'Mr lllH supporters say thoy will stick to him, right or xffii- . wrong, in consuquonco, a serious split hns tnkon fe" y place In tlio Democratic pnrty. Bnlloy Is now jTsQl'iA lighting for reelection. 8houldho win or should faJsstPj '"' '(mo' H'ln"''' Davidson or Bomcono olso bo named IKSqKjJBSlSS In his place, so Intense lu tho feeling thnt It will BfnKSM be several years before- tho pnrty enn bo remitted. Jbibs" Jn his investigations Into tho Wnters-Plorco I I Oil company, said to bo a brunch of tho Standard Oil company, which ho Is socking to drive out or tho stato, Attorney General Davidson says ho found vouchers of papers mado pnynblo to Senator Bnllcy. Thoy hnd been audited and approved by tho Standard Oil company. Tho reeling among tho people of Texas Is that Senator Bailey has not been honest with them. In his cnmpalgn for vindication ho did not toll tho people that ho had accepted loans from tho oil company. Now ho says thoso ItcsaSjWoro loans, and thnt thoy havo been repnld. But ho does not say how, rWBrrtention of tht attorney gonoral Is that tho Wntors-Plerco Oil com-pnny com-pnny secured political aid In tholr fight for readmlsston to tho Htnto in 1900. Attornoy General Davidson is generally reegarded throughout Texas as ono of tho state's shrewdest politicians. Ho afllrms that ho Is truly pained thnt Bailey should havo fallen, but thnt It was absolutely uecosBary for tho success of his suit against tho oil company thnt ho bring In Jlallay's namo. |