The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-16
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, May 15:--The Tillman- !
Roosevelt episode. failed to create a
ripple in the senate yesterday It didn t
come up at all until after 3 pm, when
Mr.. Tillman arose and read a part OF
the statement prepared by former Sen
now-famous negotiations between the
president on the one hand and Senators
Tillman and Bailey on the other, when
Chandler was the intermediary.
After the reading, Mr.. Tillman in
dulged in few remarks of his own, the
most interesting being that Attorney
General Moody was not gentleman.
stead of resigning from the cabinet in
a huff, as the democrats had hoped
he would do, promptly sided with the
president, thus knocking their case sky
high.
After Mr.. Tillman had finished, Mr..
Allison arose and had read the letter
from the president to him and the let
president, explaining their side Of the
controversy, and here the matter ended.
It is unlikely that it will be alluded
to again.
President Was Angry.
The question of veracitv between
the president and Mr. Chandler remains
undisposed of, but this is a personal
matter between those gentlemen and
has no bearing on the main case. The
president greatly surprised his enemies
by the. mild tone of his letter to Mr..
Allison. 1t had been believed by many
that once the president took up the
usual vigorous style. The disappoint-
ment Of these people was, therefore,
keen when they found the president as
mild as a dove.
For this mildness Of manner I under
stand the president is indebted to sew
eral Of his advisers. It was his original
purpose to go after the Bailey
Chandler people hammer and tongs, and
with this idea uppermost in his mind
It is said that on Saturday evening he
made rough draft of letter which
I he intended sending to Mr.. Allison.
Next day he was labored with by the
attorney general, the secretary of state,
the secretary of war and by one or two
others, with the result that this original
finally sent to Mr.. Allison is said to
have been largely the work of Secretary
Root. So the storm has blown over
and nobody has been hurt. The presi.
dent has lost no prestige. and the demo
Gratis have made no political capital.
Pipe Line Tangle.
1t looks as if the senate has got itself
into a good deal of tangle over two
OF It's amendments to the rate bill, one
making pipe lines common carriers, ard
the other prohibiting common carriers
from transporting in interstate com
merce their own products r.
When the senate, as such, gets holC
OF the rate bill it is now considering as
in committee of the whole. it is likely
that both these amendments will BIZ
revised. $500 =
Senator Foraker cited a case showing
how. inluriously this amendment would
work. Cincinnati is raising $4,000 .OO(
with which to build pipe line for nat
n,Hral gas from that city to the gas fields
of West Virginia. Should the bill a:
1t now stands become law. the city
would be prohibited from transportine
gas for itself in this pipe line anC
would be compelled to transport it fo1
all other persons.
Senator Hopkins of Illinois cited al
instance of how the amendment as q
present worded would affect the Unio1
Oil company a formidable concern il
southern California, which wants to pc
into the east as a competitor of tb,
Standard Oil company
Applies in All Possessions.
The amendment at present apnlie
. not only to the United States, but +,
all territory controlled by it, includin,
Panama. This Union oil company ha
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