The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-17

Washington, Bay l7.-Senator Bailey oi
Texas yesterday virtually accused the
president OF the United States of being IN
.unquaiified. deliberate and malicious
liar" He did not mention the president.
but the whole inference 10 be drawn from
his denunciatory remarks was that Mr..
Roosevelt was meant.
This backhanded rapping at Mr.. Roose-
welt occurred on the floor OF the senate,
and while IL did not create any percepu-
BILE excitement at the time, perhaps De-
cause those who heard IL did not qult9
grasp Mr.. Baiey's meaning. the whole
town was talking about IL last night ana
there is expectation OF an even more sen'
sational scene in the senate today
Mr. Baileys outburst was consequence
OF later phase OF the Baiey-Tillman
Chandler charges that President Roose-
welt entered into an arrangement win
Senators Bailey and Tillman through eN'
Senator Chandler to secure Democratic
support in the rate legislation fight ana
had broken the compact without notice
While the attack of the Texas senator
Was directed against the Washington cor
respondents who had sent dispatches 10
their newspapers indicating that Senator
Tiliman was suspicious of Senator Bal
ley's honesty in their indirect dealings
with the president he gave his opinion
that this charge emanated from the
White house.
In a second speech on the same subject
Mr. Bailey qualified previous utterances
nv intimating that a subordinate or the
Presidents had been responsible Tor the
newspaper allegations. but he declared
that IL this subordinate continued 10 re-
tain his position II has TO be assumed
that his chief approved what he had
done.
There Is no getting away from the fact
that Mr. Bailey pointed the finger or sus-
picion at President Roosevelt ana that ne
had the president in mind al least when
ne made his first remark on the subject
memorandum upon which the ahegn-
tion OF suspicion OF Mr. Bailey's good
faith on the rate bill negotiations was
saia 70 have been based was furnished 10
Mr.. Bailey last night and he will prooa-
hlv nut IL into the record OF the senate's
proceedings today and make some re-
marks I'm line with those he made yester-
day and OF the same character.
This memorandum, as IL is called.
was written according 10 claims made
by ex-senator Chandler and by him
given or sent TO President Roosevent.
IL said in substance, that the rail-
road senator's" were trying 10 form a
combination 10 secure the adoption o.
Senator Bailey's anti-injunction and
broad court review amendment put
Senator Tillman knew of this an1
would block their game. without
attempting 10 interpret this brief note,
Il may be said that the meaning
sought to be obtained from IL In Ger
tain quarters is, that as the railroad
senator's" were forming a combination
20 support Baileys amendment Senator
Bailey must be I'm the combination.
Liar, liar. liar was the refrain
OF the Bailey -Tillman Chandler 80
quiem heard In the senate II was
varied with the cry OF Cuckoo" There
are several kinds OF "cuckoos' in
Washington, and the prevalent idea
that all of them only echo the calls
that come from the White house is an
error.
Senator Tillman read in the senate
a letter from ex- Senator -Chandler-re-
iterating what he had said about his
negotiations in connection with the
presidents efforts to get Democratic
support for the rate bill, and conclud-
ing with a contention that there was
no reflection upon the good taith 1f
Senators Foraker, Spooner and Knox
in the statement in which Mr.. Chan
dler said the president made. and which
the president denounced as false, to
the effect that these three senators
were trying to injure or defeat the
rate bill by ingenious constitutional
arguments.
But by far the more sensational feat
ure OF the revival of the incident was
the denunciation by Mr.. Bailey OF