New-York tribune., 1906-05-13

the novel sensation OF being accurate once in q
WHILE" said Mr. Bailey.
Never, ne continued no matter what might De
said on the loor OF tho Senate should he alloW
himself 70 be provoked 20 violent controversy he
reviewed his interviews with the Attorney Cen
eral, and then said there one great moral 70
be drawn from the unfortunate circumstances OK
this bill That. was the danger OF the result OF In
ferference with the legislative branch OF the
ernment by the executive. However bad the present
situation was, he believed that the future would
draw a valuable lesson from the history OF this
experience
DoLLIVER ATTACKS THE SENATE.
There was a slight stir in the Senate when SEN
ator DoIliver took floor. he said he would not
speak IL he had not been called witness by
Senator T7llman. He did not intend TO scold. but
he could not forbear 20 say that Congress had spent
nearly a year magnifying little questions and neg
lecting important matters OF railroad legislation
He had endeavored TO have action taken at the
last Congress-. but without success. He declared
y e%hes enc ss Wen as as 1T3 o1et,eneI m Gestions sayinS
that the Senate the last refuge OF the technical
''The- poor bill would have been entirely. de-
voted SO much time to one ANOTHER T. was per. per.
agencies of the law are about to be retired from
business by the prospect OF the passage OF the Dill
He was glad that the President had taken hand
ana shown himself leader-the most superb
Mr.. Allison he said, had been his guide and coun-
selor ever since ne had been engaged in consider
ing the question. Mr. Allison had been for more
than thirty years engaged in the public service
and he (ATr DOlliveT) did not intend to sit silent
and hear the charge made that Mr. Allison had
been trapped into doing something that he did not
understand. He declared that while not a
stitutional lawyer, Mr.. Allison had broader and
better comprehension Of legislation than any man
OF the present generation. He asserted that the
only effect Of the Allison amendment would be to
put afirmatvely in the bill what already in it.
Nor did he believe the President had been misled,
for he also surrounded by constitutional law
yers, legal sharps. If you will" He had Ques-
ton, therefore, OF the soundness Of the propo-
sitions, and he was willing to accept them.
CLAPP DEFENDS MR.. ROOSEVELT.
Senator Clapp also defended the President against
aspersion, saying he had achieved the greatest Of
all the many moral victories that had stamped
him as an ideal American citizen. He also
tended that the right to go into the courts under
the Constitution had always been in the BILL He
prophesied that when the hysteria Of the hour
should have passed away it would be found that
in the essentials of the bill there had been no
change. True the President might have kept aloOf,
but that would haYe been cowardly action, tn+
consistent with his character. Also, he might have
taken stand for the House BILL but that, too,
would have been inconsistent. Either course might
have brought more favor, but the President had
not considered that feature, and had taken a firm
stand. enduring the greatest of all tests-that Of
being greater than self.
Senator Long gave the genesis Of the Long amend
ence with Senator Allison and that at first it was
in the language OF the Allison amendments: He
to confer Jurisdiction in the courts and he not
opposed to defining that jurisdiction
Long said he had considered the Allison amend
factory to him because he did not consider It
essentially different from his own amendment,
Mr. Lodge came into the senate chamber. He said
read parts Of his statement. He could hardly be-
quoted BY Mr. Tiiiman as saying that the President
SAID SAID ne had come to complete disagreement with
spooner and Foraker. Senator Lodge continuing
ODsihe1 Ine e1acL seneencS use9 py oeLaLor IN
the President
TILLMAN CHARGES DENIED
Il read the sentence to the President" said sena-
tor Lodge 'and he said in reply that the statement
which I read to him-attributed to him by Mr..
Chandler-was deliberate and unqualified false
hood; that Senator Foraker's name was never men
toned at all in the conversation; that Senator
Spooner's name was only mentioned by him to
press a cordial approval of Senator Spooners
amendment. AS to Senator Knox. he said that he
olo not agree with portion Of his proposed
strong argument for granting afHrmatIvely the
jurisdiction authority OF the court
Il think. Mr.. President" continued Mr. Lodge
that it is mere act Of justice allow this state
rbued to the late Senator from New Han HampsRr pT
As Mr.: Lodge seemed to have finished, Mr. Bailey
asked II the Senator would tell the Senate whether
II was admitted by the Executive that the alleged
conference took place.
IL old not eross-question him in regard to the
1 n6,iad maze by the Senator from South Caro-
statement myself, and the President has not read
one, one WORD OF It. imagine tomorrow. when he has
[ead the statement in full. he will make a reply
Mneh wlu satisfy the curiosity Of the Senator from
1T was not matter Of curiosity" responded
MT MT Balley. He explained that if it true that
aIs S [Tesent ] NJ had not held the conferences, that
II thaf the Senator from South Carolina was just
me me resident Of the United States should have the
Tu!I . benefit Of the truth.
those OF us on this side who had no communica-
uon 70 Know whether an exmember Of this body
| assumed an authority not granted to him."
must be oB6ns sde to the the ansar n 5o closing that
| what he LODGE had read that the President
Sdmits fully that he had conversation with ex-
| In this chamber
ALLISON AMENDMENTS UP.
Ihe Senate when it met to-day almost immedi-
ately entered on the consideration OF the remaining
Allison amendments relating to the Jurisdiction of
the federal courts the orders Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission The first of these pertained
to the venue of courts and provided that in cases
where two moro carriers were affected the venue
cipal Office. To this Senator Rayner offered as an
amendment, a provision in the language of the
cases in which the carrier alleges violation of the
that the commission has exceeded its Jurisdiction.
The Maryland Senator was cut off before he had
Of the rule iInitng the duration Of speeches
The Senator from Rhode Island seems to be in a
great hurry to rush this matter through, said
MI Rayner, but he not so anxious to proceed
tunity TO explain this point"
Mr.. Rayner was not his provision, but even II It
were were, the whole subject would be covered by the
| later by Mr.. Allison.