The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-16
PRESIDENT AND MOODY.
Give Their Side Of the EsslroEd Rs

Give Their Side Of the Es&lroed Rat.
Washington. MAY Il The sensa-
sional railroad rate bill inesdeaf In
the senate Saturday. during which Mr.
Tillman. on the authority u former
Senator Chandler. made state uenta IT,.
sardipg the tresiaeats course IN con
neoison with PENDING railroad r-'e lee
ieiation some Of watch statements
were denied by Nv Lodge ON beat
a the president. bad SEQUEL Mon lay
evening when an critic a} siat molf
was issued ~ The caste h0use rlslIs
nn account az the Subject ar she mft
ct me PR dent and Attorney General
Moody The statement euu pliss a z ~
letters. one from tke pr dent 70 SER
alter Allison ard the cfhef from 49,
tola General MOODY 90 The president,
both datea Monday
The president, In his letter savs
In ne case either in the case II MIR
Chandler or any one else. Was III 3
the slightest opportunity for any t0r
est misconceptlon Of my attitude or
any belief that | pledged myself spe-
officially to one. and only one amend
ment. or set OF amendments. nor
would be satisfied with any amend.
mcnt which preserved the essent al
features of the Hepburn bin as il cam
In the house"
The attorney generals letter gives
All account. al the presidents request,
OF the conferences which Mr.. Moody
lad al the PRESIDENT direction with
Senators Tillman and Bailey regarC-
Ing the court review feature. He says
he advised the president that he
should not at any stage become final
l. committed beyond recall to any
form of any language in any part Of
the bill, and the president affirmed the
isdom Of the course
Senator Tillman talked freely Mon
day night with a number OF his call
e!s about the statement issued ny
President Roosevelt He expressed
his preference, however, not to oe
quoted. pointing out that whatever he
wished to say on the subject Of the
statement he would say on the floor
of The senate" He expects that the
question will be brought to the front
in some way in the senate at once.
He discussed the presidents statemen-
with former Senator Chandler to Is
sue a statement, giving a full history
of the whole matter. Senator Tillma1
wanted the fact to go in the newsp@-
pers that he did not in any way init
ate the negotiations with the president
regarding the Democratic support for
tie railroad rate bill, and that he did
not ask Senator Chandler to go to The
white house.
Former Senator Chandler refused to
discuss the statement from the white
house He indicated that he did not
expect to issue a statement at this
time bearing on the subject. He also
indicated that he was anxious to have
railroad rate legislation enacted Re
garding his visits to the white house
MIR. Chandler said that previous to
his invitation to call to see the prcsl-
dent on March 81, following which he
conferred with the president regarding
the pending rate bill, he had not been
| at the white house for about month
| and that previous to that invitation
| he had no immediate intention of GO
| ing there He said he did not go to
the white house as an emissary of Mr..
TiIlman, but that he went there in re-
Spouse to the presidents invitation