New-York tribune., 1906-05-13
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loose in the Senate to-day. The Democratic
leaders threw off all restraint and gave full
vent to their untrammelled indignation. indulg-
ing in flood Of abuse and invective against
the President. Senator 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 common clay at that
When Mr.. Bailey had finished his incorporate
remarks Senator Tillman played the last card
on behalf of his party. representing the Prest-
dent, on the authority of a third person. Of
course. as having severely criticised Senators
Foraker, Knox and Spooner and as having char
acterized them as enemies Of railway rate legis-
lation, an assertion which utterly failed Of its
purpose and which brought a prompt denial
from the White House. No one of the Sena-
tors named rose to Mr. Tillman's bait. and Sen
ator Lodge who Immediately consulted the Pres
ident by telephone, quickly informed the Senate
that President Roosevelt had pronounced the
assertion to be IAN unqualified falsehoOd-" Mr.
Lodge further quoted the President as having
expressed sentiments In direct opposition to
those attributed to him by Mr.. Tfllman on the
alleged authority 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 contained in the Allison
compromise and voted down several propositions
and amendments offered. apparently. for the mere
purpose Of delaying the bill of advertising
their respective authors.
DEMOCRATS HIGH HOPES
Almost from the beginning of the railway rate
debate the Democrats. led by Senator Bailey.
have believed that they occupied a point Of
great strategic advantage. and that it would be
impossible for the Senate to pass a bill which
would prove satisfactory to the President with
out the aid of Democratic votes, and the leaders
Of the minority have been boasting among
themselves that they had actually induced the
President "tO Clevelandize his party" they
expressed IT, With this end in view. speciOus
proTers OF assistance have been made to those
who differed from the Republican majority and.
according. to Mr.. TiIlman. Mr.. Bailey promised
the support OF twenty-five Democratic votes for
a combination of his amendment and that Of
fered by Senator Long. That Mr.. Bailey would
never have been able TO deliver so large Demo-
cratic vote for his amendment does not appear
to trouble him now in the least. although that
fact was clearly demonstrated yesterday when
the Bailey proposition was rejected by a vote
Of "a to %, with three Republicans and only
twenty Democrats voting for it.
When therefore. Senator Allison with charac-
teristic wisdom and ability. devised compro-
m
the anger of the bahled Democrats knew no
bounds, and Mr.. Bailey has even permitted him
self. in public debate, to taunt the members Of
his own party with having forfeited great
strategic advantage. 1t had been hoped by
the Democrats to use on the stump the allega-
ton that the Republicans could not pass rate
bill through the upper house without their
sistance as an argument in support of the
charge that the Republican party was dominated
by and subservient to trusts. an argument by
which it was hoped that the Democracy could
regain much lost ground in the coming Con-
gress campaign. Incidentally Mr. Bailey hoped
in this contest to demonstrate his own fitness
TO succeed Senator German as leader Of the mi
nority in the Senate
AS soon as the rate bill was taken up to-day
Senator Carter took the floor and replied to the
attacks which Senators Bailey and Rayner made
on the President yesterday. Mr.. Carter pre-
sented an able defence of Mr. Roosevelt. and
incidentally referred to the ineffectiveness Of
Mr. Bailey's career in the Senate, insisting that
both Mr. Bailey and Mr.. Rayner belonged 20 the
party of negation." White with passion Mr.
Bailey replied with TRADE against the Presi-
dent and bitter personalities against the Sena-
tor from Montana. concluding with the asser-
ton above quoted.
TIILMAN ATTACK FAILS.
Soon after Mr. Bailey had finished speaking
Mr.. Tillman moved the adoption Of his court
review amendment. and then proceeded to relate
to the Senate a history OF his alleged negOtia-
tions with the President. carried on through the
Attorney General and ex-senator Chandler. who,
Mr. Tillman said. took part in the conferences
as the special ambassador of the President En-
tirely ignoring the fact that the Democrats had
1fafiV NJ fha
President a support which they never could have
commanded. Mr. Tillman charged. by imDlica-
tion. that the President had been guilty Of
breaking faith with the minority by approving
the Allison compromise. The evidently conf
Dental character of the conferences TO which
Mr. Tillman referred appeared IN no way TO
deter the Senator from South Carolina from re-
vealing not only their purpOrt. but the gossip
which had passed at them in regard to the
Senate His hope Of melting Senators Knox and
spooner who have from the first sought earn
estly TO perfect the Hepburn bill. TO some form
Of extravagant and indignant refutation OF the
alleged criticism of the President was as evil
dent as it was futile.
When Senator Lodge had consulted the Presi-
dent by telephone. ne took the floor and said:
The President says that the statement at
tributed 10 Aim by Mr.. Chandler is a deliberate.
unqualified falsehood." He then quoted the
President as saying;
Senator FOraler's name was never mentioned
IN any conference have had, with Mr.. Chandler.
Senator SpOOner's name was mentioned only TO
express unqualified approval of the SpOOneT
amendment, and as TO Senator Knox said that
/ did not agree with some Of the provisions Of
the Knox amendment but that ! thought Mr..
Knox had made very strong argument
After the last amendment provided for in the
Allison compromise had been adopted several
minor amendments were rejected and aIF. Till-