The National tribune., 1906-05-17

| the President was not a man OF iron,
| but man Of clay, and very common
clay at that" Then Senator Tillman. Of
South Carolina, entered the arena with
a long. carefully-prepared statement,
which he explained he would read from
| typewriter manuscript, because the
i matter was so extremely important
that he could not trust himself to speak
extempore.
i In this he said that on the evening
of March 81, 1906, ex-senator William
E. Chandler told him that the Presi-
dent desired to get into communica-
ton with him in regard to the Rate
bill, and desired his help against GER
tain Republican Senators, naming
| Knox. Spooner and Foraker, who were
trying to destroy the bill by amend
ments. In the course of the negotia-
tons between the President and SEN
ator Tillman basis of understanding
| was reached that the court review
should be limited to two points:
1. An inquiry whether the Commits
sion had acted beyond it's authority.
2. Whether it had violated the con-
stitutional rights of the carrier.
| MeSsrs. Tillman and Chandler agreed
with the President that far, but urged
in addition some prohibition upon the
Courts issuing ex-parte injunctions.
The President said that there was no
need OF enlargement upon that point
| as he was heartily in favor OF such
| restriction. After conference with
Senator Bailey the President was in
| formed that there would be no diff
Guilty I'm mastering enough Democrats
to aid the Republicans in carrying the
bill through as against the insurrec-
| tionary Senator's headed by Senator
Aldrich. These negotiations went on
until April 49, when Attorney General
Moody was brought into the consuIta-
| ton as the representative of the Presi-
dent and his adviser on the law. Per-
feet accord was arrived at with Mr..
Moody, who framed an amendment,
which was accepted by Tillman and
| Bailey, and for which they promised
to get rs votes and possibly one or two
more, while the President was to get
20. thus making 1t a sure thing. They
continued to regard the amendment as
| binding until they learned of the Presi-
dent summoning the So newspaper cor
| respondents to the White House, NAV
4, and announcing to them that all he
| wanted was the Allison amendment
This was notice that Democratic help
was not wanted, and that he dissolved
| relations with Tillman, Bailey and the
men whom they had brought to the
Presidents support.
Senator Lodge called up the White
House by telephone. and inquired Of
the President as to the correctness Of
Mr.. Tillmans statements receiving
| from him reply that SO far as the
statement reflected upon Senators For
aker. Spooner and Knox 1t was "a de.
liberate and unqualified falschood."
Senator Bailey called the attention Of
the Senate to the fact that the Presi-
dent had not denied that he had sent
ex-senator Chandler to see the SEN
ator from South Carolina. and Senator
Lodge said IL must be perfectly obvi-
| Gus that the President admitted that
he had had conversations with Senator
Chandler on the subject. as he had had
with dozens and scores of other men,
Senator's or not, Of both parties.
The whole importance OF this cpl
sode depends upon the operation Of
the so-called Allison amendment.
Whether ii is more liberal to the rail-
| roads than has been expected or de-
sired can only be determined by prac-
tical operation. The whole Rate bill
IS an experiment. and no man can tell
just how it is going to work out In
actual practice. SO that Ii Is waste
of time and nervous energy to go into
spasms over a provision the actual
workings of which not even the wisest
railroad man or lawyer can foresee.
The Democrats are naturally cha
passed from their hands back into
| those Of the leaders Of the Republican
| Party. and ii is to be expected that they
will say bitter things about the new
provision.
Ex-senator Chandler supports Till
man by the statement that he (Chand-
| ler) was summoned to the White
House. informed that the President
| was much troubled by the course of
Il Z.
| that he had come to a complete dis
| agreement with them. and that he
| wanted To know IL he could secure
! Democrats enough to pass the bill In
| the form that he desired. Mr. Chand-
| Ter saw Senators Bailey and Tillman.
and made the arrangement as Tillman
narrated. The President announces
that he will withhold reply to Chandler
and Tillman uatil Acknowledgement
Moody's return.
The telephone officials are quite sure
that the long distance telephone is
! modifying the dialects of the United
States In a most remarkable disappear
ance Of the peculiarities which once
marked the Yankee. the Southerner and
possibly residents of other portions Of
the country. They account for this by
| the fact that when one speaks through
the telephone he naturally raises his
voice, and adopts what he would con-