The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-22

5eca-se NJ Moody did NOT expressly
reserve he -<ht fo- ,te president 20
tAr1v hIs allies overheard whenever
be felt it expe5ieri 20 DO So. they
1ever dreamed he vc1ld abandon
them
stress is laid tg ere president o-
the fact that 1e attorney seneral had
advised him 1-- e. any stage % be-.
cone frslig committed beyond recall
.1 any form rf ,---ls-e i1 any ra--
0f -he bill Nr Ga.I. also emraa-
sizes This i1 -te letter b. vru.- az
the c---s-f .t t-e resident The
obvious llrrose is 20 show that Mr
Roosevelt followed 'he advice. and
therefore was never committed % The
language q the amen dment drawn
by Mr MOODY himself and approved
1y the secret conference. But az
least be was committed 20 the spirit
af the MOODY Amendment u not 90
i's language Ard 10 be followed The
advice of the attorney general 60 re.
fldng 20 b. committed % the Ian.
suase 0f the MOODY amendment 90
is certain that be did not follow the
same advice ia regard 90 the Ian
glage % the STANDARD OH or Allison
amendment Both in the telegram
20 the Pennsylvania grange and in
the letter wherein be now seeks 90
justify bis double dealing the presi.
dent binds himself hand aud foo, %
The spirit and the letter of the Aid.
rich amendment. and moreover com.
mits himself beyond recall 20 the Ian.
guage oi the whole Hepburn bill n
consistencies in Mr Roosevelt are
not startling His career is GROW Z.
ed with i'C..gistencles But IN ms
clsc tie iL..rsisteIcy .T !mpor' sn'
az vel a. sartling because 81 anec,s
grave question Of the presidr ats
good faith.
Mr. Roosevelt makes an uncOu-
scious confession Of half the motive
which led him 20 abandon his Dem.
ocratic allies About this time says
he. ! was Informed by various Dem.
ocfatic senators that they could not
come 20 any agreement upon any
amendment Surely none OF these un.
named democratic senators tMr
Roosevelt ought 20 give the namesj
included Bailey and Tillman This
10 Itself Is an admission that his
dealings with the minority We're no,
limited 20 those with whom he was
negotiating. He was getting infonna.
ton behind the back Of his allies.
and he was trusting % more than the
assurances OF Senator Tillman. who
believed he could command most Of
the Democratic votes for the Moody
ameudmel; ald whose belief has
since been borne out By the vote on
the Bailey amendment.
But Il is likely that the president IS
greatest fear which he does not men.
ton although he must have exper.
fenced IL, was not about the Demo.
cratic votes, but about the socalled
Republican votes He became aware
that Senator Aldrich could command
nearly every majority senator for his
broad court review. Mr. Tillman was
fairly sure Of his forces. Mr. Roose.
welt could not count on one Repub.
lican vote besides Senator La Fol.
lettes Mr Roosevelt knew he was
beaten. And Mr.. Roosevelt faces vie.
tory with more courage than he faces
defeat.
II would have been fine for the
president 20 stand by the real friends
.oi rate regulation. TO defy Aldrich.
20 go down with flying banners 20 @
glorious defeat II he had done so the
triumph Of the syudicated railroads
would not have captured the enemy Is
communicative lf Nj Roosevelt
had dore that he would have Kept
faith n0to My 20 the gentlemen with
whom had compact as bind4ag
as any genuemans agreement can
be-he would have kept his pledge 10
N, American people Instead. he
chose surrender whose humiliation
can not be changed by his painful
and piuful attempts 10 paint r. as a
| victory
After all the best evidence that
Messrs Tillman and Bailey are In the
right Is that the people have been
betrayed 10 a greater extent than
those senators have been The AN.
son amendment Is the best evidence
that the Democrats did not get a
square deal. The whole Hepburn
bin, with It's crimes Of omission and
commission as pointed out again and
again In this newspaper is the best
evidence that the people have been
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