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Show I FAMOUS MAN WHOSE PUBLIC CAREER ENDS : The closing 'of the Sixty-second congress con-gress was also, the .closing, for the present,, at least, of the political careers ca-reers of many notable men men who have contributed much to the pages of history of the nation and who have achieved fame by the conspicuous parts they have played in the enactment enact-ment of legislation, and their contributions contri-butions to political oratory. Probably the most notable, without disparagement to the fame of others, 1b Joseph W. Bailey of Texas. Senator Sena-tor Bailey has been in congress for over twenty years, being first elected to the " Fifty-second congress and at the age of twenty-six. He immediately immediate-ly attracted attention; first by the eloquence elo-quence of his speeches and second by his tenacity of purpose and his keen Insight to affairs of public interest and his ability to take care of himself him-self in the fierce debates that characterized charac-terized the house of representatives twenty years ago. In what was probably his first speech in the house Senator Bailey proceeded pro-ceeded to make an attack upon the rules of that body.. He succeeded In drawing attention to himself, and while not so designated, he was as a matter mat-ter of fact the first insurgent. He received no support in his contention either from his own party or the Republicans, but what, in those days, were considered the idle vaporings of an exceedingly eloquent schoolboy who had broken into congress, have since turned out to be the opinion of eminent statesmen prominent in the affairs of the nation, and Bailey's views on the rales expressed twenty years ago have practically been adopted by the house of representative. |