The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-18

Washington, May 1T--SenatOr Bailey
again today took the floor in the senate
10 make a further explanation Of his
connection with the efforts TO secure
an understanding between the presi-
dent and the Democratic senator's on
the railroad rate bill, baSiug his state
ment on articles i'm the Chicago Trib-
Une and the New York Tribune chaTg-
1ing him with bad faith IN that connec-
lion and giving ex-senator Chandler
Rs authority for that statement. He
had read series of letters and MEM
oranda. beginning with a request from
himself to the former senator for a copy
Of any statement This was followed by
the reading Of the following letter from
Mr.. Chandler
Chambers Letter.
Washington. May Isl ". Bailey.
United States Senator I have your
letter of today. and 1 enclose 10 you a
copy of a memorandum sent by me %
the White House on the morning of
OTandum was not dated, but my re-
tanned copy is dated April II. I did
not therein give the president any as
sUranCes as 70 your attitude relative 10
the SO-called game. because I had not
seen you and did not feel authorized
by anything Mr.. Tillman had then said
TO give any assurance i'm your name. At
8 D. m. I saw Mr.. Tillman and talked
with him fully and he then told me thai
neither he nor yourself were entering
into games with The railroad senator's.
and at $50 1 saw the president and told
him what Mr.. Tillman had said and that
ne need have no apprehension on the
subject. I enclose to YOU copies from
my diary. April IS I saw MI Moody.
and again on the 14th, and arranged
with him to see Mr.. Tillman and your
self on the next day, Sunday, the 18th.
Yours truly,
WILLIAM F. CHANDLER.
Then followed the memorandum 10
Secretary Loeb. and that was accom-
panied by an extract from MI. Char
dler's diary The memorandum was as
follows
Memorandum and Diary.
The game of the railroad senators -
TO support BaiIey's amendment and in
duce him 10 agree 10 broad right OF
court review What that is to be is not
certain. but the principal ObJeCr Is 10
beat him (meaning the presideuD. Mr..
Tillman, however, considers himself as
acting with the president to pass the
review clause with the minimum
amount Of court power and VIII not
enter into any such game
ne uldEN extract IE1G-
'Diary. April IL. At 9-15 p. m, saw
Senator Tillman at the Colonial about
railroad rate legislation At $50 at
White House saw President Roosevelt
alone upstairs Talked Of railroad rates
and many other things for more than
an hour He was very gracious At
about 1890 to Colonial, with Tiliman
until 1I.45."
The Modified Lie.
Proceeding with his remarks, Mr.
Bailey said that the New York Tribune
of today had put the matter somewhat
differently from Yesterdays presenta-
ton. thus modifying the lie" He
quoted an article in which was stated
that copies OF Mr.. Chambers letter to
the president had been in circulation
among Democratic senator's To this
statement Mr.. Bailey gave special at
tIsntion, saying that he had made in
04liry sufficient 70 assure him that not
one Of the Democratic senators had ever
seen the document. much less circulated
it. 4 did not yesterday know that any
senator on the Republican side had
seen it. but 7 am enabled to say now
that on yesterday the president showed
IT to one Of them and also TO a member
of the house, and If this statement IS
denied I can call names"
sailey's Good Faith Not ImPugned.
He then declared that if Mr.. Chandler
had never spoke another word there