Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
PRESIDENT ACCUSED.
Roosevelt Charged With In-
 sincerity by Tillman.
CODE OFHOyOR SHOULD BIND ALL MEN
Says Executive Asked Chandler to See Mir. Bailey and Himself Re. garding Rate BiIl-Was Gull.
 ty of Had Faith.


 See Mir. Bailey and Himself Re.
 garding Rate BiIl-Was GuiI-
 ty of Bad Faith. WASHINGTON, May 18 = Senator Tillman renewed his attacks on the president in the senate when the ses- sion opened. He said he had waited l for the presidents friends to produce the letter addressed to Senator Allison, 1 but they had not done so, He read l Chandler's statement corroborating | Tillman's former statement about Chandler opening negotiations at the presidents request. In replying to the presidents pub lished statement that Chandler came as the representative of Tillman the South Carolina senator raised his hand and stated most solemnly Gemarking aside, This is Tillman talking nowD that he had never sought conference or expressed desire for conference with the president on the rate bill at any time.
 With that statement I leave the matter to the judgment of the thought full and honorable men of the country he said
 Mir. Allison then rose and presented the presidents letter and the accompa. nying statement from the attorney general and asked that they be read by the clerk and go into the record.
 Mir. Tillman then said:
 "There are only two points in the presidents letter which deem worthy of notice. His attempted explanation is ingenious, but not ingenious. He for second time calls in question the in- tegrity of purpose and utterance of Mir Chandler by declaring: He was asked to see ex-Senator Chandler as representing Mir Tillman, who was in charge of the bill. He stated to me the views of Mir. Tillman with seeming au thority.'
 "Alr. Chandler has declared most positively in a written statement that the president sent for him for the pur- pose of getting into communication with Senator Bailey and myself. and he has produced letter of Mr. Loeb to prove 1t.
 'I now declare most emphatically that 10 no human being have I ever given authority or even expressed q wish to have any conference with Theodore Roosevelt in regard to the bill now under consideration On the contrary. I have expressed the opinion in more than one published interview that he had nothing to do with it and that it was the business of the senate and while I did at his request enter into negotiations with the attorney general it Is well known to every sen ator on this floor what my attitude and feelings have been. and it is most re. markabe while the president sent for Democrat after Democrat to confer with him about this measure that he should undertake under the circum' stances to assert that T sentans agent to him to begin negotiations The state ment is absurd on it's face. 'The other point to which shall re- fer is the cavalier way in which Mir. Moody discusses the idea of the pres. dent not being bound. While contra dieting in no instance. however slight my statement of what occurred, the at- torney general seems to think that the code of honor among gentlemen is not binding upon the executive and his cabinet.
 "The president asked him to see Mr. Bailey and myself. We met by ap' pointment made by Senator Chandler and talked over the vital question. He wrote and sent to Mfr. Bailey his un- derstanding of our views, and when we met subsequently we reached abso- lute agreement both as to the form and the substance of proposed amend ment to which he said the president would assent and help get votes for.
 "Of course the president was not bound not to change. but he was bound under such circumstances to give notice, and this was not done. Even the attorney general himself was not notified.
 "The charge made and still make is | A Al. Al ...tls zxG had