The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-17
chandler. Former statement The letter

Dear Mr.. 1illman.
AS the tclcphonlo denial by Press
lsidtnt Roosevelt gent TO the Seha te
n through Senator Lodge remains III
the record Of May 18th, 1t seems to
Il me that | should take come notice of
N [, which do by noW reafllrming the
I n nttai truth Of, the statement I
made Id you. md which YOU repeated
$tit1Stt6 Senate Much MS / regret that
sss.sss4 hhsty action Of Senator Lodge
y yshs AZ. President has forced an
siss,+ between the President and my. !.
sTseif, the extreme Language he used
gfnnkes such issuc ainnvoida BILE and l
4 cannot shrink iron, or evade II. nj
+ Though / cannot use toward the Cl,inf
Executive OF the nation Language Ike
Il his own.
Summoned by President.
e "upon our respective statements !
submit the controversy with conf
III terce 10 the Judgment OF those Who
know me. For those who do NOT
know me. there Is fortunately cir"
8itcur1stantinl evidence Of high order
& (which shows that tho President could
.srot have omitted to make IN STU.
sssFstnncc the statement which he az
4snies, Nor could lie then have made
" the whole statement ho now sopsti-
tutes. Hts impulsiveness has led him
&into serious error upon polnt OF no
iriportancc in Itself, but only us ilf-
fcctinE his attack upon me. .;ive
Mo you further statement rs follows:
Ig 4 4"prior to March 3lst I had not
secn the President for long tlmn
did not 90 to the White tloI,se IS
Representative Of Senator rIllr1,ai,.
But solely because the President sum-
f r,oned me there by the letter from
Mr.. Loeb, and ! waited for him to
4 express his object 1t was uniris-
Stakably stated to be n communication
to Mr. Tillman, who had the rate bill
In charge, and other Democrats OF
the Senate, for the purpose OF secur-Y
i Ing the adoption IN the abroad rnte
bill OF a court-revicw clause limit
T Ing the inquiry to the question
whether the commission had ex-
\ cecded its authority or had violated
the constitutional rights Of the car
& ricr. I'll
tsfl.1 knew, and he knew, that it was
4 impossible for him to open confer
3sences with Mr. Tlln1an unless ne
was fully satisfied that the President
lHQ aUSOlulelS 6lNSii up ii's>,'>s>''
Y OF coming to an agreement with the
senators who had been making the
contest for an unlimited court review,
ann In stating his object he said that
he had parted from, them finally,
mamma Senators Knox, Foraker and
B spooner as the senators who had
made the arguments In the Senate
70 sustain that view, and he used, as
nearly as can recollect, the Ian
q ouaoe oIven In my statement repeated
by Mr.. TiIman.
Got Tillrnan's Consent.
E when an hour later visited MI
( Tillman and told him my mission
from the President | found him dis
1rustful and suspicious lie cues
toned me closely as to what the
President had said, and related TO
him as accura tely as could the
statement made by the President 70
me, and convinced him that the
s President had ceased to hope LOT
compromise with the senators named
and the other advocates OF an uh
limited court review. When told that
this was the case ne readily con-
Eented to cooperate with the Pres'-
dent.
81 ne HEESluchS SaJS 0S''SNS'
aker was not mentioned. ! am quite
sure he is mistaken. Senator'S Knox
and Spooner, he says. were men
toned. but that all that was said
about them was, as to Senator Knox,
that the President did not agree With
ABORTION Of his proposed amendment,
and as TO Senator Spooner, that his
name was only mentioned by him te
express a cordial approval OF Senator
Spooners amendment.
..lf the Pres ident had on that night
told me that he cordially approved OF
It. and had 50 reported to Mr LII
man, there would have ensued no
81, conferences looking to cooperation
1.-THE only harm that l can see
That has come III the whole business
Was the abandonment of any attempt
10 carry that Limitation OF the review
without any previous notice to Sen
,tors rllman and Bailey.
son the whole. perhaps, I ought
70 consider myself fortunate. If the
Sid imperalistic days had been full
revived at the White House, one
whom ! considered the best of friends,
senator Lodge, upon demand would
nave cut off my head and taken 1t
IL President Roosevelt on charger,
and l should have spoken no more.
Now, at least, have left to me the
power OF speech.
"But shall never use It again as
missionary FROM President Roose'
Welt to the Democratic party.
Sincerely yours.
"WM. u, CHANDLER"
Ex-senator Chandler, looking as savae'
MS the proverbial meat-axe his Wontee
EXPRESSION, stood Immediately pehih'
senator Tlllman during the reading 0
the statement, leanIns negligently asalhs
the Intel of the main door 10 the ct'ilfa
Der, holding brand new straw nat y
his hand and appearing to have rathe
bored interest in the whole matter
Bailey Again.
Immediately upon the conclusion Q
the reading OF Mr.. Chandier's statement
Mr.. Bailey arose again. This time Il
appeared somewhat excited and angr!
He said that his attention had pee
called to another article printed IN IN
New York Tribune OF to-day, This ar
ticle is presumably from the pen
Richard lie Fearn. head OF the Trlbun
Bureau here Mr.. Bailey said 1t was 6
S..yh 1