The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-17
Senator TiIIman Brings Out
Ills Evidence
SHOWS PRESIDENT HAS CHANGED
New Hampshire Ex-Senator's Written
Accouat Of His Conferences With
President as intermediary Between
Executive and The Senator.

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of his and Senator Bailey's neeotia-
tions, throt III ex-senator Chandler,
with President Roosevelt regarding
the rate bill, made public. a portion of
a written statement to him br. .Chand-
Ter of the last-named's various con-
ferences with the President on this
subject. The portion given out by
Nh. Tillman is largely a repetition of
the first part of his statement in the
| Senate. 1t covers, however, that por-
ton where Mr.. Tillman had quoted
MI. Chandler as saying that the Pres
ident had stated that he had come to
a complete disagreement with the SEN
atorial lawyers who were trying to de-
feat or injure the bill, naming Messrs.
Knox, Spooner and Foraker, regard
ing which statement Senator Lodge
| subsequently said he was authorized
to say from the White House that it
was an unqualified falsehood. On this
subject Mr.. Chandler, referring to the
President said in his written state
ment: "He said that he had been
much troubled by the advocacy of an
unlimited court review by some of the
lawyers of the Senate, naming Sena-
tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker as
trying to injure OF defeat the bill by
ingenius constitutional arguments, but
that he had come to a complete dis
agreement with them. He made this
point emphatic by repetition The
statement given out by Mr.. Tillman
follows:
"Senator Tillman said hat on Sat
urday, May 5, 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 Democrats Of the Senate, and
Mr.. Chandler gave him such a staye~
ment made PROV to Saturday, May
Y, and signed by Mr.. Chadler. Mr..
Tillman said that he would give out
a portion of that statement relating to
the interview of MI. Chandler with
the President on March 81, which
had become a subject matter of dis
pute, but would retain the remainder
for use in ease of any of his state
ments in the Senate Saturday should
be denied.'
The following is the portion of Mr..
Chandler's statement given out by
MI. Tillman:
ION Saturday afternoon, March 81,
1906, a friend of mine came into my
Offao onl fa1l mo % 4L,o JVIi4, IIo,,-o
conference of that day in which an
understanding as to a limited court
review had been reached with Sena-
tor Long and others, and he told me
that the President wished to get into
communication with the Democrats
and would shortly ask ,"e to come
and see him. While he was talking
a messenger boy arrived with a letter
to me from Nh. Loeb as follows:
"'The White House, Washington,
March 81, 1906.
MY Dear Senator Chandler
The President requests me to say that
he will be glad to have you come to
the White House at $50 O'Clock to-
night. Will you please let the bearer
know whether you can come?
livery truly yours,
".WILLIAM LOEB, JR.,
Secretary to the President
"'Hon. W. E. Chandler, 1927 1
street,"
Il told the messenger l would be
there.
"At the time and, place appointed
the President said to ne rhat he
wished, through me, to get into com
municatiOn with Mr.. Tillman, Mr..
Bailey and other Democratic Senators
lie stated his purpose slowly and
carefully, and In exact substance his
statement was this: That he had
reached the conclusion that the best
plan for railroad rate legislation was
to expressly grant Il court review, but
to distinctly limit it to two points;
first an Inquiry whether the inter-
Fate commerce commission had ex-
ceeded its authority, and second, an
inquiry whether the constitutional
rights of the carrier had been viOlat-
ed.
He. said hat lie had been much
troubled by the advocacy OF an un-
limited court review by some of the
lawyers of the Senate-naming Sena- /
tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker as
trying to injure or defeat the bill by
ingenious constitutional arguments,
but that he had come to a complete
disagreement with them. He made
this point emphatic by repetition; |
said that he would go thus far and
no further and that his decision
would be unalterable. He said that
he wished to ascertain whether there
could be united action in the Senate
among the friends of the bill so that |
it could be surely passed without IL
furious amendments, and he named
various Republican Senators who he
thought were the friends of the bill.