The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-14
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IN C~ewmunisasiss win ths Democrats
lie Haia. says Chandler. . ne
wsuid Accept . Limited Caurt Resiew.
,,ut Would ae No Further, That lIe HAD
Beea Trsubaed ny the Advocacy II
unImited Caurt Review BY senators
Knox. spooasS and FeFaher. VINO we're
Trytns 90 inJuPe or Defeat tire MN.
WARRINGTON, May is,-washington-that
il political and official WashingtoD-has
been all wrought up to-day over the sensa-
tional episodes which occurred in the Senate
yesterday, eliminating with the statement
by Senator Lodge that President Roosevelt
authorized him TO brand as "a deliberate
and unqualified falsehood' the accusatioe
of Senator Tillman that the President had
told ex-senator William Z. Chandler that
Senators Spooner, Foraker and Knox were
trying to injure or defeat the rate bill by
ingenious constitutional arguments. II was
generally expected that the President
would make a formal response through the
press to Mr.. Tillman's allegations, and tins
White House telephone was kept busy oil
the afternoon and part of the. evening by
the many who wanted to find ont whethDr
the President would have anything to say
But nothing was forthcoming.
Ex-senator Chandler, however, Is out
tonight with a prepared statement cor
roborating much that Senator Tillman said
on the floor of the Senate yesterday. II
was explained that this statement was only
part Of the ammunition that Mr.. Chandl,"
had in store, and that the rest was withhold
for use if the President repeated formally
the denial made for him by Senator Lodge,
In speaking for thu President Mr.. Lodge
declared to be false only that part OF Mr.
Tillman's speech in which he said that thu
President had spoken i'll Of Senator'S
Spooner, Knox and Foraker, and did no.
make any statement for the President,
as he had no authority to do so, in regard
70 the allegation of Mr.. Tillman that tho
President had made a pact with the Demo-
Gratis to put a narrow review clause in thu
rate bill, and had then accepted the broad
review compromise without telling his
Democratic lieutenants that he had done so.
Mr.. Chandler in the statement which
he gave out tonight corroborated what
Mr.. Tillman had said on his point. Hs
declared that the President had asked him
to get in communication with the Demo-
Gratis for the purpose of securing their help
TO nut a narrow review clause in the rate
bill. He fully corroborated Senator Till
mans statement that the President a
told him tChandler) that Spooner, Foraker
and Knox were trying TO injure or defeat
the rate bill. In fact, IL was asserted by
Mr.. Chandler that the statement read by
Mr.. Tillman in the Senate yesterday, giving
n detailed account of the negotiations be-
tween Mr.. Chandler and Mr., Tilman, was
prepared by Mr.. Chandler himself. In
other words, Mr.. Chandler, in the face Of
the Presidents characterization OF il as "a
deliberate and unqualified falsehood,' in
sists that the President accused the Tires
Republican Senators named OF trying to
hurt or ruin the ratio measure by covert
means.
Mr.. Chambers statement was made pub
TIC AIVhT ne anu otIHulOI iiIld nul hui
two long conferences. The statement was
prepared yesterday after Senator Lodge
had branded as a lie that part Of Mr.. Till
mans remarks which related to Messrs.
Foraker, Spooner and Knox. Mr.. Tillman
and Mr.. Chandler waited expectantly to-day
for the President to say something over his
own signature about Mr.. Tillman's aliega-
tons, but when nothing came from thu
White House they decided to furnish to the
press a part OF what Mr.. Chandler had pre-
pared. Mr.. Chambers statement was
handed to newspaper representatives by
Mr., Tillman, 1t was preceded by this ex-
PLANTATION: .
Senator Tillman to-day said hat on SaS
urday, May 5, he insisted on having FROM
ex-senator Chandler a written statement
Of the various conferences by the latter in
connection with the plan of the President
to oontrol the railroad rate legislation by
alliance with the Democrats of the Senate,
and Mr.. Chandler gave him such a state
ment, made prior to Saturday, May IL, and
signed by Mr.. Chandler. Mr.. Tillman said
that he would give out a portion OF that
statement relating to the interview af Mr..
Chandler with the President on March 81,
which had become a subject matter of dis
pute, but would retain the remainder for
use in case any other parts of his statemsnt
in the Senate on Saturday should be de-
Med"
This is the portion Of Mr.. Chandeliers
statement which Mr. Tillman gave out:
"On Saturday afternoon, March 81, 1900.
a friend Of mine came into my Office and told
me of the White House conference of that