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


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nv ~ cpneern sHsH W tllnrsr NSHde
ne asrtisaf itn
n tsoafnr known to-day Inst sftet NJ
fiilfuan had stsfib,sed ~ M President
fhr arrsi-stien seainst dessrl F1Tsk~r
sfsHhaf end Eh1t 'hean fhf~~ safr"d
snpha themselves ~ me result " . orn.
fsrenc~ that unlesa tr'nc explanation were
made w w for the President N Tho Virtual
charge N dpuble drafting sach wpuid usVe
y a'ftement IN The hpof ~ Tho S~ns,e "
y ssbi that ms ~ thsm ~ leEs, ~ss Inclined
Nv the rpihiun thu siienor IN no Prrai.
dens's taft st,otild hs crnasf,tpd NJ m al.
mis-ioB thai he had t-en qno,ed Cprrrctly,
and cha, he intended ~ 10 guided sccord-
insiy In hia T~ereonai REMARKS
nat W. iaise'a DENTAL IN tho Presidents
behalf NJ having ever rrfected upon the
three Republican Senators made action by
them unnecessary II IL sxpected however,
that In visw ~ EX-SENATOR Chambers re-
iteration tonight ~ tho charge that the
President reflected on senators Foraker.
SpoOner and Knox the issue involved In
the question ~ y~eraoity will he revived IN
the senate to- morrow. and nm exceedingly
warm debate il predicted In some quarters.
II l. evident that ex-senator Chsndls r
has broken with the President. No doubt
nov remains that Mr.. Chandler Deliberately
ahpsted senator Tillman In his attack upon
Mr.. Roosevelt In the Senate yesterday.
Not only did Mfr. Chandler furnish Mr.. Till
man with the Information which he used
In his charge that the President had played
double with the Democrats but he said
what Mr.. Tillman intended to say before
Tillman said It. In fact, Mr.. Chandler. 40
MIR. Tillman said tonight. prepared the
statement which Mr.. TillmAD read In the
Senate and Mr.. Tillman changed IL only to
make II his own. Mr.. Chandler IN mad
clean through. He has been an earnest
advocate Of stringent rate legislation. He
is chairman Of the Spanish Treaty Claims
Commission, an office within the gift of the
President.
When Mr.. Tillman gave out the state
ment Of Mr.. Chandler tonight he said sev-
eral things which do not appear in the
statement. He said that the account which
he read in the Senate Of the negotiations
between Mr.. Chandler and himself, in which
the accusation against Messrs. Spooner,
TOTuktE dlh hiiOA 10 tOitdiiittt "uo NV
ten by Mr.. Chandler for Mr.. Tillman's use.
He also said that the point regarding the
Presidents opinion OF the attitude Of Spoon
er, Foraker and Knox was only an Incl
dent in the question at issue. The main
point, declared Mr.. Tillman, was that the
President had sought Democratic help for
the rate bill through ex-senator Chandler
and had then thrown the Democrats over
board.
chandler was the only Republican I
would have worked with TO help the Presi-
dent, ;" said Mr.. Tillman. we had been
in the Senate together, had served on the
Interstate Commerce Committee, and had
similar views ON the rate question. Ee was
| the only Republican | would trust Ia these
negotiations, but l didn't trust hin. until he
fully explained the President e attitude. and
only after he had gone over the case pre-
sented time and again did | consent to enter
into these negotiations to help the Presi-
, dent.
Il think the entire matter Is now up to
Attorney-Genera Moody. When We heard
that the President had told newspaper men
| that he accepted the Allison amendment,
Senator Bailey and l went to the Attorney
General and asked him about 1t. He was
astonished, had never heard Of IL, and his
| parting words we're. Gentlemen, | am
completely fa~bbergasted.'
II never used that word fabbergasted, '
| added Mr.. Tillman, but it's a good one, and
I'm going to add il to my vocabulary"
In discussing the controversy tonight
ex-senator Chandler said;
Senator Tillman gives out a portion Of
my statement to him with my consent and
approval. | reiterate the statement there
made and the statement made by Senator
Tillman in the Senate OF Saturday. | do
not now, out l will later. make a response
in my own way to the Presidents charao-
teriza ton to the effect that my assertion
quoted by Senator Tillman was 'unquali
fedly false"
WASHINGTON, May l4.-Secretary Root,
Secretary Taft and Senator Lodge had a
long conference at the White House last
night. 1t is surmised that it related to the
Tillman-C Chandler statement about the Pres
ident's reported negotiations to secure
Democratic support for the rate bill and
the accusation Of Mr.. Chandler that the
President accused Senators Foraker,
Spooner and Knox Of trying to injure or
defeat the bill. The conference was begun
shortly after 10 o'clock n did not adjourn
until 1910 o'clock. When Mr.. Root, Mr..
Taft and Mr.. Lodge came away they de-
clined to tell what the conference was
about.