The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-17
OGggNps CHANDLER.
Tlilman Says Presidents Explanation
10 ingenious. but Not ingenious.

Washington. May ls While the de-
bate on the personnel Of the interstate
commerce commission was In progress
In the senate Tuesday Senator fillman
took the floor to make statement On
behalf OF ex Senator Chandler, who had
been momentarily expected since
Senator Lodges conveyance last Sat
urday to the senate OF the presidents
emphatic denial Of some statements
attributed to MIR Chandler by the
South Carolina senator.
Mr.. Tillman read the portion OF Mr..
Chambers memoranda of his confer.
ences with the president. given To the
public. prefacing il with a brief state
ment OF his own, saying that on Satur-
day the senate had been startled and
mortified to hear the utterances Of
an ex-nember denounced on behalf of
the president as a deliberate and I'M
qualified falsehood"
AS he had been responsible for in
Producing the subject which had
caused the attack on Mr. Chandler, he
felt under obligations to place him
right on the record To that end, he
read the ey-senator's statement. the
same statement as made on last Sat
urday
llilman is talking now" said the
South Carolina senator. as he made
statement. This caused litter in the
senate and considerable laughter in
the galleries. When Mr. Tillman had
concluded. Senator Allison asked to
have read the presidents letter to him.
He only said that his object was to
have the letter made as permanent of
record as Mr.. Tillman's statement. At
torney General Moody's statement TO
the president was also read
When the words, Il saw the news
paper men en- masse" were read there
was a loud guffaw in the senate and
In the galleries, and the vice president
raped sharply with his gayel to re-
store order
Mr. Nelson interposed with a motion
to lay the pending amendment &c the
rate bill on the table, which closed the
incident
Mr.. Tillman: There are only two
points in the presidents letter which
deem worthy OF notice. His attempt
ed explanation is ingenious, but not
of purpose and utterance of Mr.. Chan
dler by declaring, He asked to see
ex-senator Chandler as representing
Mr. Tillman, who was in charge of the
bill He stated to me the view of
Mr.. Tillman with seeming authority
"Mr. Chandler has declared most
positively in a written statement that
the president sent for him for the pur
pose of getting into communication
with Senator Bailey and myself, and
he has produced the letter Of Mr..
Loeb.
4 Il now now declare most emphatic
ally that to no human being have
ever given authority, or even express
ed a wish to have any conference witt
Theodore Roosevelt in regard to tn
bill now under consideration.
"On the contrary, ! have espresso
. the opinion is more than one public II
, terview that he had nothing to do wit
It, and that it was the business OF tt
senate, and while I did at his reques
l. enter into negotiations with the a
l. torney general. it is well known t
. every senator on this floor what M
attitude and feelings have been, ant
| It is most remarkable. while the presi
dent sent for Democrat after Demo
crat to confer with him about this
measure, that he should undertake, un
der the circumstances, to assert that
] sent an agent TO him to begin nego-
tiations The statement is absurd on
/ its face.
The other point TO which | shall
/ refer Is the cavil way in which Mr..
Moody discusses the idea of the presi-
/ dent not being bound, While contra
dieting in no instance. however slight,
/ my statement of what occurred, the
attorney general seems to think that
I the code of honor among gentlemen
/ Is not binding upon the executive and
his cabinet.
The president asked him TO see Mr..
Bailey and myself. We met by ap-
pointment. Mr. Chandler, and talked
over the vital question. He wrote and
sent to Mr. Bailey his understanding
OF our views and when We met suhse-
quently We reached an absolute agree
ment. both AS 10 the form and the sub
stance OF proposed amendment 10
which he said the president would as
sent and help TO get votes for
"Of course. the president was not
bound not 10 change. but he was bound
under such circumstance 10 give no
ticc. aud this was not done. Even the
attorney general himself was not mott
fled The charge made and stu
makes is that the president Is guilty
~ bad faith. aud that the rate hill
which. when enacted into laW. would
BE- much better law than ~ had
hoped go get has been rmasrulated oi
one 90 Its most valuable and essential
measures hy the PRESIDENT action.
ans ready to leave me whuie
question to fhe lHnushffaI aud honor
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