The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-17

upon point Of no Importance in itself, but |
only as affecting his attack upon me. give |
to you further statement as follows:
Summoned by President.
Prior to March 81 had not seen the president |
for long time. l did not go to the White |
House as representative OF Senator Iaiman,
but solely because the president summoned me
there by the letter from Loeb, and | waited
for him to express his object. 1t was unmis-
| takably stated to be communication with MI
Tillman, who had the rate bill In charge, and
| other democrats of the senate for the purpose
of securing the adoption in the railroad rate
! bill Of court-review clause limiting the In
quiry to the question whether the commission
had exceeded its authority or had violated the
constitutional rights Of the carrier.
| knew and he knew that 1t was impossible
for him to open conferences with Mr.. TIL
man unless he was fully satisfied that the pres
ident had absolutely given up all intention OF
coming to an agreement with the senators who
had been making the contest for an unlimited
court review. And In stating his object he said
! that he had parted from them, finally naming
| Senators Knox, Foraker and Spooner as the SEN
| ators who had made the arguments In the senate
4 to sustain that view. and he used, as nearly
4 as can recollect, the language given In my
i statement repeated by Mr.. Tillman. ~
I The conversation included the understanding
! which he had that day reached with Senators
Long and Allison. the fact that not over one
third of the republican senators could be relied
on to vote for the limited court review, and
that 1t was vital that the support Of nearly all
the democrats should be obtained. "
Tillman Was Suspicious.
When an hour later I visited Mr., Tillman
and told him my mission from the president,
found him distrustful and suspicious. He ques-
toned me closely to what the president had
said, and I related to him as accurately as
could the statement made by the president to
, me- and l convinced him the president had
, ceased to hope for compromise with the sena-
tors named and the other advocates OF an un-
Than
was the case, he readily consented to cooperate
} with the president, and said that he would see
Senator Bailey and report to me the result,
which he did, saying there would De pesiect
accord upon the Limitation Of the right OF re-
7 view if carried forward in connection with a
? limitation of right to issue ex-parte 1n1unc-
, ton. -.
: The conferences thus begun were on the 18th,
l Mt INV suggestion, transferred to Attorney Gen
eral Moody and at once resulted In an under
standing that the effort could be made TO hmlt
! the right of court review as stated IN the
: Long amendment and in the paper drawn ul
+ ON April 16 by Mr.. Moody and later perfected
a by Messrs. Moody, Tillman and Bailey.
y Was it not natural and essential that the
- president should have satisfied me that ne mac
; finally separated on the question OF court re
q view from the senators who were principal op
ponents Of any limitation of that review wh1ci
8 they believed would be unconstitutional AM
Mr.. Tillman? Is it possible that went direct!
4 that night to Senator Tillman at the Colonia
. hotel and poured into his ears deliberate an
e unqualified falsehood? H.,
d Consider next the statement which the presi
dent says he thinks he made Instead OF IN
r. one narrated by me. Senator Foraker says
a was not mentioned. am quite sure ne Is Ills
- taken. Senators Knox and Spooner' ne say
we're mentioned but that all that was sa,
u. about them was as to Senator Knox Inc pres
a dent did not agree with portion of his propose
d amendment, but he thought he had made
l. strong argument for asserting afhrmatlVely ID
| senate
20 | Spooner he says. only mentioned by him 8
~ express cordial approval of Senator spooner
-, amendment.
s. This s1ooner amendment was not offered in til
to senate until May 10, but learn that 1t ha
lg been in existence and shown to the presider
re- whether as early as March 81 does not appea
ID But this is certain. that If the president mad
n. that night told me that he cordially approve
- | of it, and I had so reported to Mr.. Ttllmal
Ill there would have ensued no conferences lookin
to corporations; therefore, the president, as
that amendment had in mind conversation
some other time with some other person.
1e True Anyway, He Says. =
sn 1t should also be borne in mind that. the repo
"a I made to, Mr. Tillman Of the presidents co
10 versation is comparatively harmless and inc
10 fensive Here it is: He said that he had be-
C. much troubled by the advocacy Of an unlmit
MS court review by some Of the lawyers Of t
at senate, naming Senators Knox, Spooner a.
h Foraker trying to injure or defeat the b
n by ingenious constitutional arguments, but tn
:" he had come to complete disagreement wi
II | them. :
~ l. = What is there in the above words that Is U
n true Or should give grave offense to the senate
at named7 They were the great constitutional la
e. yers Of the senate making ingenious argumer
I'd against any limitation of court review, and tn
ell were troublesome and likely to be troubesol
10 In any attempt to carry the Long Moody limit
'o0 ton in the senate by the votes of twenty-five
= more democrats and twenty or less republic
or senators. 80 r.
as What harm was there In the presidents So
he ing he had come to a final disagreement wi
he them on the day when he had held VIII
ed House conference with view to uniting repl
- lican and democratic forces in farrying limi
". lican and democratic forces in carrying limi
y, upon? He could say it in or out of their pr
ild ence without giving offense to them
no Nor was it very strong expression to
he that they were trying to injure or defeat
ut, bill by ingenious constitutional arguments
mo- did not mean that they We're trying to def
he the ILL if it could be amended to meet tn
20 views. -. r. =
- - Mr.. Knox had declared it to be unconstttutf
II al unless amended. and that was the gene
position Of the opponents of limited court revi
which led the president on that day to concl,
1t would be best to expressly grant the jurisG
ms ton to review, but to rigidy limit it to the
no objects named. The only harm that 1
e.? see that has come in the whole business
!: the abandonment Of any attempt to carry t
ul- limitation of the review without any preyi
ate noice to Senators Tilnan and Bailey
les, On the whole, perhaps, 1 ought to consi
lar myself fortunate. If the old mperialist d
IRE had been fully revived at the White House,
al whom l considered the best of friends sena
go g., Lodge, upon demand, would have cut off
~ mead and taken 1t to President Roosevelt OF
AIS charger and should have spoken no more N
on at least, l have left to me the mower of So,
can But shall never use it again as mission
but from President Roosevelt to the democr
az party. - William n rhona1a,
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