The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-14

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and Fnrtkar ~ trying 10 inilfr ~ drfaa'
tho hill ~ Ingenious constitutional afgu-
menta. hu' that hr had come to q compl"'e
disagreement with them. He made this
mini emphatic hy repetition; Aaid that he
would 90 thus far and no further and that HE
d@ciaton would be unalterahle Tie atd
that he wished to ~aaccrtaln whether there
would be united action In the senate among
. the friends ~ tho bill % hat " could be
surely u,ssed without Injurious amend
msnta. and he named various Republican
Senators who he thought vere true friends
Of the bill. hut said that u would take nearly
all the Democrats to carry the limitation
and def 81 all obnoxious provisions.
after the President had made his state
ment I replied that ! had reason 10 believe
that most ~ tho Democrats In the Senate
would sustain his limitation Of the courts
movers, hut that 7 was sure that Mr.. Bailey
: and Mr.. Tiilman would insist upon coupling
with the limitation some restriction upo
the mower Of the courts to issue injunctions
AGAINST the orders Of the commission
, Before had finished my statement on
: this : oint the President interrupted me.
sayinR that need not explain further
because h. was warmly Ia favor OF some
such restriction.
THAT evening I saw Mr., Tillman and told
shim what had occurred
The statement Of Mr.. Chandler as not
satisfied the curiosity Of Washington poll
ticians. What they want Is something
( from the President. Whether they will get
1T or not is problematical. Senator Lodge.
who is one Of the Presidents two closest
friends. was at the White House to-day
and had luncheon with Mr.. Roosevelt
Those who know OF this visit are inclined
to believe that IL anything more in the
Presidents behalf is said Mr.. Lodge will
say it.
As il sta nds TO might, the situation grow
ing out of the virtual accusation Of bad
faith against the President by Senator
Iillman Yesterday is just this: Mr.. Till
mans statement that the President had told
ex-senator Chandler that Senators Foraker.
/. Spooner and Knox were trying to iniure or
defeat the rate bill by covert mea ms was
denied by the President through Senator
Lodge, and now Mr.. Chandler has come
forward with a confederation Of Mr.. Till
man. II anybody CO res to 60 further
he can only ask: We'll, did the President
+. saw it, or didn't he say it?" That In oil there
il to the issue involved in what was denied
by tho President.
MIR. Tillman's statement about the ne
eo,istions Of ex-senator Chandler with
himself did not figure in the explanation
made by Senator Lodge in behalf OF the
President. Nearly everybody who has
talked with the President has known that
he was anxious to get the rate bill through
the Senate with the aid of both Republicans
and Democrats; in fact he has said that
he would prefer to have 1t passed as the
House nassed il. by an overwhelming ma
ioxitv Of both sides Of that chamber, with
out reea rd to political lines. The prospects
of rate LEGISLATION we're very poor when the
Allison compromise was presented to the
president. He approved it promptly and
lift N the Senate tbs perfection OF the ar
raneement. When the Allison compromise
was n dopted there was no further necessity
fora ction INV the President. The Democrats
declined to a ccept the q greement of the con-
servatiyes and the radical Republicans to
insert the Allison amendments in the rate
hill and the accusation of double dealing
AGAINST the President was the result.
To many people here the most regrettable
feature OF the whole affair is the charge
that the President accused Senators Spooner