The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
HE ATTACKS
ROOSEVELT
Bailey Calls President MAN
Of Clay, Not IrOn."
GIVES TlLLMAN LIE
Rate Bill Causes a Big RumPu'
Between the Senate and the
White House.

WASHINGTON, Ma" 1.-THE volca-
no Of wrath which has been smoking
and emitting noXious OdOrs ever since
it became obvious that Republican har-
mony would rob the minority of that
political capital which 1t had hoped TO
gain from the railway rate legislation
broke loose In the senate. Party lead
ers threw off all restraint and gave
full vent TO their untrammeled indigna-
tion, iudulging in food OF abuse and
lnyectlve against the president, Sena-
tor Bailey finally shouting out.
Let US have no more talk in the
senate and in the country about this
IRON man. He is clay and very com
mon clay AT that"
When Mr. Bailey had finished his
violent remarks Senator Tillmau play
cd the last card on behalf OF his party
representing the president, on the au-
thority Of a third person, Of course, as
having severely criticised Senators
Foraker, Knox and Spooner aud as
having characterized them as enemies
Of railway rate legislation. an assertion
which utterly failed Of its purpose and
which brought prompt denial from
The White House
No one of the senators named rose
TO Mr.. Tillman's bait. and Senator
Lodge, who Immediately consulted the
president by telephone. quickly in
formed the senate that President
Roosevelt had pronounced the asser-
ton TO he IAN unqualified falsehood." -
MIR. Lodge further quoted the president
as having expressed sentiments In di
rect opposition TO those attributed to
him by Mr.. Tillman on the alleged au
thority Of ex-senator Chandler and as
having declared himself TO be heartily
in favor of the Spooner amendment
During the day the senate adopted
the four remaining amendments con
tanned In the Allison compromise and
voted down several propositions and
amendments offered, apparently fol
the mere purpose of delaying the bill
or Of advertising their respective au-
| lhors.
In one Of the bitterest attacks that
has been made upon President Roose
Welt during the debate OH the railroad
rate bill Senator Bailey charged that
the executive had surrendered his posi-
ton advocating IAN effective measure
/ and had abandoned his demands for
/ tariff revision. The Texas senator
charged that the presidents arraign-
ment OF trusts had been made after his
election and that before that time lie
| had been as silent as the grave" upon
the subject OF regulating the railroads.
The speech was IN reply TO Senator
/ Carter. who had defended the presl-
dent against criticism. saying that no
one could charge him with cowardice.
/ In the course OF his remarks Senator
/ Carter referred to the Democratic par
| ty as party Of negation and nothing
more. He declared that the party had
been frightened into chill at the
prospect Of action. He charged that
neither Senator's Bailey nor Rayner in
all their congressional career had done
anything TO secure effective railroad
rate legislation.
When Senator Bailey gained the
floor he charged that the Montana sen
ator's ebullition was due TO the fact
that he had not been mentioned by
Senator Rayuer in his speech few
days ago as one of the presidents spe
cial ambassadors.
He defended his own record on the
ground that during his congressional
service his party had been i'm power
only the first four years. He repeated
charges of Inconsistency Oh the part
of the president in his legislative pro
giHmme. saying that the absolute
rate" first conteuded for had been de.
serted for the maximum rate and
that the president had changed his po
Sition on the subject of suspension OF
rates pending a reversal by the courts.
Senator Lodge dined at the White
House last night with the president
Subsequently Secretaries Root and
Taft arrived at the White House and
joined the president and Senator Lodge