The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17
LIE CHARGES FLY
IN SENATE AGAIN
Continued From First Page.

| Tillman- Bailey duo had completed their
harangues, Senator Nelson rushed IN
and moved to lay the pending railroad
| rate amendment on the table, thus pre-
| venting the situation from further de-
velopment.
| Yesterday, as soon as Senator Till
man had finished speaking, Senator Mel
son arose and asked what was the pend
ing question in the senate. Having
been informed he then directed atten-
tion to it, and once more got the SEN
/ ate machine in proper motions.
McLaurin Gets Frost. ;s
| Late in the afternoon Senator Nc
| Laurin of Mississippi secured the floor
under the fifteen minute rule, presuma-
bly, to speak to a pending amendment
to the rate bill offered by himself, but
/ in reality, as it was quickly ascer-s
tanned, to make a speech for home
consumption, in which he attacked the
president and accused him Of abiect
surrender in accepting the Allison
amendment. But the senate by this
time was weary of the matter, and the
McLaurin speech attracted no atten.
ton, even on the democratic side OF
the chamber.
1t is said on what seems to be good
4
the time when the negotiations We're
under way between himself, as the in
} termediary Of the president and the
| two democratic senators named, was IN
; | discreet enough to write letter to
| the president secretary, in which he
limited that a feeling existed that. Sen
ator Bailey was not sincere in his at
titude of friendliness toward the rate
! bill.
President Made Mistake.
This letter, it has been limited, may
l now be Forthcoming, but a great many
: people, republicans among them, hope
: that the incident may now be allowed
to remain closed. AS the incident is
:: removed in point of time, and people
. are enabled to see it more clearly IN
: it's relation to other things, the opin
! ion gains ground that the president
might have avoided all the muss il he
n and Bailey that the negotiations be
e tween them and himself were at al
j. end.
S His mistake, if there is one, was
0 made in his proceeding to the accept
ance Of the Allison amendment with
out first bringing these negotiation
with the democrats to a close. Nor
n than this cannot fairly be charged
$ against the president.
Pe'A
e tizans on the democratic side, believ
# that the president could, under any cir
t. cumstances, be guilty of bad faith
a. That he may possibly have made
h mistake is freely conceded, but beyon
f. this the general public here is unwil
le ing to go.
d 1t has been interesting to observe tn
i avidity with which the democrats use
m this incident as vent for their dis
n, appointment at not being permitted t
re have hand in shaping and enactln
rate legislation, and many folks ar
es wondering what might have happene
E. to the party as represented in the sci
er ate if vent of this kind had not bee
r. found.
Il Near Vote Now.
". The sente as in committee of tn
a:' whole finished consideration Of the rat
NJ bill late yesterday afternoon, and the
,u1 began to consider the bill in the senat
,,e proper, beginning at the first section, t
o. which an amendment was made, in a.
cordance with urgent recommendation
=, of the administration, providing thu
~ pipe lines constructed across the ist]
- mus of Panama, shall not be commo
IL carriers. - .s1r ~
Ia, to burn crude oil for fuel on The ist
~ mus at price equal to that Of coal {
-, from So to 81 ton. The bill as orr
th inally agreed to. by the senate wou
1hn, have made this impossible and place
NE the isthmus at the mercy Of monopolis
~ of all kinds. ...-,z.. .-....
M. Nearly the entire day. was given ov
LII to the. anti-pass question, which w
MS brought up by a reconsideration II
' bs day before Of the vote by which Il
'no anti-pass amendment had been agree
-, to. Innumerable amendments, some !.
ion them almost grotesque in characte
t on were added to - the amendment, al
ely were proposed largely by men w
were unfriendly to this feature Of t
legislation, but finally the amendme1
&c so loaded down, was adopted, it bef1
LS the general impression that it would
advisable to accept the proposition
that form or run the risk Of having
IN defeated altogether.
CE Passes for Ex-Confederates
AS passed, this amendment contai
very large excepted class, includi
all railway employees, attorneys, OF
GERS, ETC., and their families in adj
OF ton to ex-union and exconfedera
on soldiers the inmates Of soldiers hom
cia- classes of people The general featr
yes of the amendment has been retain'
and there will be no more passes
osl- the general public, including politicia
ent and members of the two houses Of CT
'ote gress. This provision, Of course, c
own only apply to interstate business, /
it is expected that many Of the st;
a legisl atures will supplement this /
eaf- islation at their next sessions, shutti
the off passes within state lines. and tt
minimizing the influence Of the r;
roads in political affairs.
Senator McCumber, after good
Of difficulty, succeeded In having
NV corporated in the bill provision p
nv uniting passes for men going to 8
Ill coming from the harvest fields. ~.
The consideration of the bill by
senate will proceed until the last S
ton has been reached, when the
rolo- will go to conference. The power
gain the conferees is almost without lir
lid but as their action must be interpre
= by both houses. it is not believed t
that any material alteration Of the bill !
LAM be submitted to. The house,, it is
and derstood, indorses nearly all Of
hru- amendments made by the senate t
,rna- far. as. lie. ~
and ... --------------- j -s....2
are - CHANDLER REPLIES
:reat 't ~ .., ------ n >>@5&t~s
repe-I Declares His Former Reports Of Pr
sne dents Alleged Statements True.