The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-05-24

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the white house. I hope, for the hon
Or OF my country, that 1t does no
proceed from the president himself.
But II be be man Of high sense
OF honor, he will see to 1T that sena
tors are not slandersd b. his subord
cnates and the miserable wretch wi
communicated to : these newspaper,
and who sought through them t,
communicate to the country a Blsndel
on me which people might discuss
rather than these issues that have
hean raised, he is unfit for niB high Of
fee, and the man who perpstrstet
that infamy will pay for it with hi!
p1si5ion; and IL the man continues tt
nold his Office 1t Is TO bs assumed that
what hs has done has been with the
approval Of his chief"
T1LLMAN SPEAKS AGAIN.
In the senate on Thursday Senator
T:liman, In replying to the letter Of
PfesidsnJ Roosevelt said:
There are only two points In the
presidents letter which I. deem
aorthy Of notice. His attempted eE.
PLANTATION is ingenious, but not ingeuu.
aus. 9e calls In question the iaaeg-
rity of purpose and utteranoe Of Mr..
Chandler by declaring:
Hs was asked TO SEQ ex-senator
Chandler as representing MIR. Tillmsn,
who was In charge o. the bill. Hs
stated to me the views f MI. Til
man with seeming authority
''Mr. Chandler has declared most
positively in q written statement that
The president. sent. fol, him Tor the
purpose OF getting into commun!ca-
zion with Senator Bailey and myself
.nd he has produced the letter Of Mr..
L1eh.
Il now d clare most emphsticslly
that no human being have I ever
given authority or even expressed q
"ish to have any conference with
Theodore & ,oseyei5 in regard to, the
pill now under consideration. Ca
the contrary have expressed the
opinion in more than one public In
Jerview that he had nothing TO do
With i6 and that 1T was the business So
or the ssnate and while I did,. at bis
II q lest, enter into negotiations with
the attorney general, 1T is we'll known
to every senator on this floor what my
attitude and feelings have been, and
lu Is most remarkable when the presi-
dent Sent for q Democrat to confer
with him about this measure that he
undertake to assert under the clrcum
stances that I sent a man to him to
Degin negotiations. The statement is
absurd rs 1t is unfair.
''The other point to which I shall
refer Is the cavalier way in which Mr..
MOODY discusses the icea Of the presi-
dent not being bound.
While contradicting in no in
stance, however slight, my statement
OF what occurred, The attorney gen
eral seems to think that the code
nonor am ing gentlemen is not biz d.
ing upun the executive aad his
cabinet. ,.--s-.-..,s.-.t.
THE president askad him to see
Mr.. Bailey and myself. We met by
appointment made by Senator Chand
lsr and talked over the vital question.
he wrote and sent to Mr.. Bailey his
understanding of our views and when
Re met subss q lently We reached an
absolute agreement both rs to form
and the substance Of proposed
amendment to which he said the
president would assert and help get
votes for.
..'Of course he was not bound not to
change, but he was bound under such
circumstances to give notice and that
was not done. Even the attorney gen
eral himself was not notified. The
charge l made and still make Is that
the rate bill, which will be when en-.
acted into Law, much better. and
stronger measure than we .hopsd to
get, has been emasculsted Of one
Of the most valuable and essen
risl amendments by the presidents
action.
IL am ready to leave the whole
question to the thoughtful and hon.
urable men and women Of this coun-
try"