Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-14
CHARGE IS REPEATED.
Tillman Gives Out a Statement
by Chandler.
POSITION OF PRESIDENT
Efforts to Form a Bipartisan Com
bination.
INTERVIEW AT WHITE HOUSE
Ex-senator's Report of What Was
Said About Court Review in
Railway Rate Bill.
INTERVIEW AT WHITE HOUSE

Senator Tillman made public last night a
nished to him by ex-senator Chandler con-
corning the allegations regarding the Presi-
dent made by Senator Tillman in the Sem
ate last Saturday. Mr.. Chandler emphat-
ically backs up the incidents related by
Senator Tillman, and, indeed, the paper
from which Senator TNllman read in the
Senate was In the main the same document
given out last night. The statement fol-
lows:
Senator TiilInan today said that on Sat
urday. May 5, he insisted on having from
ex-senator Chandler written statement
of the various conferences by the latter in
connection with the plan of the President to
control the railroad rate legislation by ALI
ance with the democrats of the Senate, and
Mr.. Chandler gave him such a statement,
made prior to Saturday, May II. and
signed by Mr.. Chandler Mr.. Tillman said
that he would give out a portion OF that
statement relating to the interview of Mr..
Chandler with the President on March 81
which had become a subject matter of DIS
pute, but would retain the remainder Tor
use in case any other parts of his state
ment in the Senate on Saturday should be
denied"
Mr. Chambers Statement.
Chambers statement given out by Mr. Till
man:
ION Saturday afternoon, March 81, 1906,
a friend of mine came into my Office and
told me of the White House conference OF
that day. in which an understanding as to
a limited court review had been reached
with Senator Long and Others, and he told
that the President wished to get INTO
communication with the democrats. ana
would shortly ask me to come and see MIN.
Whilehe was talking a messenger boy ar
rived with a letter to me from Mr.. Loeb, as
follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON. March 81, 1906.
My dear Senator Chandler:
The President requests me TO say that he would
b. glad to have you come to the White House to
see him at $50 o'clock tonight. Will you please
let the bearer know whether you can come!
Very truly yours
Secretary to the President
Hon. W. f. Chandler, 1921 street.
Il told the messenger / would be there.
The White House Interview:
"At the time and place appointed the
President said to me that he wished
through me to get into communication with
Mr. Tillman. Mr.. Bailey and other demo-
cratic senators. He stated his purpose
slowly and carefully, ard in exact sub
stance his statement was this: That he
had reached the conclusion that the best
plan for railroad rate legislation was to ex-
pressly grant a court review, but TO dls-
tinctly limit it to two points: First, an IN
curry whether the interstate commerce
commission had exceeded its authority ana
second. an inquiry whether the constftu-
tionai rights of the carrier had been vio-
lated. He said that he had been much trou-
bled by the advocacy of an unlimited court
review by some of the lawyers of the Sen
ate-naming Senators Knox. Spooner and
Foraker as trying to injure or defeat the
bill by ingenious constitutional arguments,
but that he had come to complete dls-
agreement with them. He made this point
emphatic by repetition said that he would
go thus far and no farther and that his de-
cision would be unalterable He said that
he wished to ascertain whether there couid
be united action In the Senate among the
friends of the bill so that 1t could be surely
passed without injurious amendments. and
he named various republican senators who
he thought were true friends of the bill, but
said that II would take nearly all the demo-
Gratis to carry the limitation and defeat all
obnoxious provisions.
President States His Position.
After the President had made his state
ment replied that had reason to believe
that most of the democrats in the Senate
would sustain his Limitation of the courts
powers, but that / was sure that Mr.. Bailey
and Mr. Tillman would insist upon coupling
with the limitation some restriction upon
the power of the courts to issue injunctions
against the orders of the commission. Be
fore 1 had finished my statement on this
point the President interrupted me, saying
that need not explain further because he
ton.
THAT evening / saw Mr.. Tillman and told