Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-06 | Page 4 | Young 'Joe' Bailey's House Debut in Anor Far-Son Succession

f Y Young o ng Joe Baileys Bailey's House Hous Debut but 1 Is Another Son Father Succession d By HERBERT PLUMMER 1 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Another Another son of a aam famous am us father will make his hL debut on capitol hill bill next March when Joseph Jo o Joseph seph W. W Bailey of Texas takes his s seat scat at atas as a member of the house of Not since young Bob LaFollette o of Wisconsin took over the senate S scat of his father perhaps has the capital cap capi tal been so interested in a 1 family succession suc sue cession as ao it is In that of the Baileys Baney Old J Joe Bailey was a power on capitol hill bill for twenty five years of his hL political career He was Vas typical of ot the old school of at capitol statesmen Considered one of the foremost orators ora tors of the senate he still is remembered remembered for his long black double- double breasted coat broad brimmed black blackhat blackhat blackhat hat and flowing black tic tie For ten years he served as a member member mem memo ber of the house and for thirteen as asa asa asa a member of the senate He resigned his seat scat in 1913 after he had been criticized for acting as an attorney for lor a big oil concern If It young Joe has ambitions to fol follow follow fol- fol ollow ol- ol low in the footsteps of his father as asa asa asa a member of at congress S he has his work cut out for him Like his father he is starting out in the house But it was in the senate that the theelder theelder theelder elder Bailey won his reputation In his day he was regarded as one of the leading constitutional lawyers in con con- gress He believed d in a strict interpretation interpretation Interpretation inter inter- of the con constitution and was fond lond of declaring that he had no patience patience pa pa- tience hence with modern innovations proposed proposed pro pro- posed as modifications of that docu dotu ment Perhaps Old Joes ablest speech in the senate was the one he made maden in n farewell on this subject For four tour hours he ho spoke while almost every senator remained in his seat scat and the galleries packed He was regarded as one of the most eloquent orators of or his time The son was his fathers father's law partner partner part part- ner ncr and intimate after atter his retirement from rom the senate Those who know him say that he shares the old political cal doctrines that once were his fathers father's Baileys Bailey's entrance into national poli poli- tics swells the number of sons wh have succeeded in their fathers' fathers L positions Ii I Young Bob LaFollette i is rIia J s the most outstanding example Bu But But there are many others 1 Senator Bankhead of Alabama si sits sti in the scat seat once occupied by hi b his father Senator Freddy Hale o of 01 Maine occupies the post held by his father so Ion lOng Ion oni Over in the house Paul Kvale 0 of If Minnesota carries on for his hla father who was burned to death seven several years ago There too Charlie Crisp of at Georgia serves where his father fathe arose to be speaker Crisp seeking a senate post