The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-14
TILLMAN SUPPORTS
rate BILL CHARGES
ISSUES PART OF A WRITTEN
STATEMENT By MR..
CHANDLER.

greement with Senatorial Lawyers
Who Were Tyring to Defeat or Injure
the Measure-This Declaration the
One Which Senator Lodge Said He
Was Authorized From the White
House to Say Was UnquaIihedly
False,
Washington, May Ex-senator Till
man, who yesterday made a statement
in the senate covering the details of
his and Senator Baileys negotiations
through ex-senator Chandler with
President Roosevelt regarding the rate
bill, tonight made public portion of
a written statement made to him by Mr..
Chandler of his various conferences
with the president on this subject. The
portion given out by Mr.. Tillman is
largely repetition Of the first part of
his statement in the senate yesterday.
1t covers, however, that portion where
Mr.. Tillman had quoted Mr.. Chandler
as saying that the president had stated
that he had come to a complete dis
agreement with the senatorial lawyers,
who were trying to defeat or injure
the bill, naming NGessrs. Knox Spooner
and Foraker, regarding which state
ment Senator Lodge subsequently said
he was authorized to say from the
White House that 1t was an unquali-
fed falsehood. On this subject Mr..
Chandler, referring to the president,
said in his written statement:
''He said that he had been troubled
by the advocacy of an unlimited court
review by some of the lawyers of the
senate-naming Senators Knox, Spoon
er and Foraker-as trying to injure or
defeat the bill by ingenious constitu-
tional arguments, but that he had come
to complete disagreement with them.
He made this point emphatic by repe-
tition." The statement given out by
Mr.. Tillman follows:
Senator Tillman said to-day that on
Saturday, May s, he insisted on having
from ex-senator Chandler a written
statement of the various conferences by
the latter in connection with the plan
Of the president to control the railroad
rate legislation by alliance with the
democrats of the senate, and Mr.. Cham
dler gave MIN such a statement mace
prior to Saturday, March u, and sign
ed by Mr.. Chandler. Mr.. Tillman said
that he would give out a portion or
that statement relating to the interview
of Mr.. Chandler with the president on
March 81, which had become subject
matter of dispute, but would retain the
", nfhnP
parts of his statement in the senate on
Saturday should be denied.
'The following is the portion of Mr..
Chandler's statement given out by Mr..
Tillman:
ION Saturday afternoon March 81,
1906 a. friend of mine came In to my
office and told me Of the White House
conference Of that day, in which an un-
derstanding of limited court review
had been reached with Senator Long
and others, and he told me that the
president wished to get into commune
cation with the democrats, and would
shortly ask me to come and see him.
While he was talking a messenger boy
arrived with letter to me from Mr..
Loeb as follows:
+" The White House,
Washington, March 81, 1905.
"'My dear Mr.. Chandler: The presi-
dent requests me to say that he would
he glad to have you come to the White
House to see him at $3.50 o'clock to-
night. Will you please let the bearer
know whether you can come?
every truly yours,
William Loeb, Jr.,
Secretary to the President.
Hon. W. H. Chandler, 1421 street.
"I told the messenger would be
there.
"'At the time and place appointed
the president said to me that he wish
ed through me to get into communica-
tion with Mr.. Tillman, Mr. Bailey and
other democratic senators. He stated
his purpose slowly and carefully, and
in exact substance his statement was
this: That he had reached the conclu-
sion that the best plan for railroad
rate legislation was to expressly grant
q court review, but to distinctly limit it
to two points; first, an inquiry whether
the interstate commerce commission
had exceeded its authority; and second,
an inquiry whether the constitutional
rights of the carrier had been violated.
He said that he had been much trou-
bled by the advocacy of an unlimited
court review by some of the lawyers
of the senate, naming Senators Knox,
Spooner and Foraker, as trying to in
11re or defeat the bill by ingenious con-
stitutional arguments, but that he had
come to a complete disagreement with
them, He made this point emphatic by
repetition, said he would go thus far
and no further, and that his decision
would be unalterable. He said he wish
ed to ascertain whether there could be
united action in the senate among the
friends of the bill, so that 1t could be
surely passed without injurious amend
ments. and he named various repub-
iican senators who he thought were
true friends of the bill, but said that
st would take nearly all the democrats
ITO carry the limitation and defeat all
obnoxious provisions.
"After the president had made his
statement, replied that had reason
to believe that most of the democrats
In the senate would sustain his limita-'
ton of the courts powers, but that
was sure that Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. Till
man wuold insist upon coupling with
the Limitation some restriction on the
power of the courts to issue injunctions
against the orders of the commission.
Before I had finished my statement on