The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-06
WON'T GO TO WHITE HOUSE,
BAILEY WILL NOT DISCUSS RATE
BILL WITH PRESIDENT.

acknowledgements Senators In
yited TO Confer With the President.
WASHINGTON, April 5~.--Senator Bailey,
the Democratic leader. did not Know that
his words were to bear fruit when he de-
clared in the Senate on Tuesday that If
President Roosevelt wanted to confer
with Senators about railway rate leglsla-
ton he would do well to remember that 1t
was through Democratic votes that the
pending rate measure was reported from
the Committee on Interstate Commerce,
and that the President would require Demo-
cratic assistance to secure the enactment
of the bill. Since he heard what Mr.. BaIley
said the President has conferred with four
Democratic Senators and 1t Ia expected
that he will call others to the White House.
Mr.. Bailey in the Senate to-day con-
denned any attempt on the part OF the
Executive to influence members OF the
legislative branch on the subject of legis-
lation, and it was evident from what he said
that he would not discuss the rate bill with
the President if he was invited to doso.
Il belong" he said, ito that very small
class Of Senators and Representatives who
do not believe that it is proper for them
to be influenced in the least in the perform
ance of their legislative duties by the views
Of the Executive Department.
The only time he had ever made an ex-
ception TO this rule was when President
Mckinley asked him to confer In the hope
that a way might be found to avert the
war with Spain, and this, he held, was a
perfectly proper exception.
But" he added, Il nave so often seen
ana ms applies noC ohiy 70 ,he p ,ee
President Of the unted States, but TO his pre-
decessors in that great onfce-I have 30
often seen the Judgment Of Congress over
|s ErSa,uo iaaronoo That oarlv
ruleo py the executive nnueno ,HhV ~
in my service in the other house L resolved
that it should never prevail with me"
Mr. R,ilev told how his youthful blood
q nada 70 nm f.stern when a great yir-
was inauo 10 I'm CSC n.naent' .Tha-
gina Democrat sald 10 n fIesiaenl' iHe-
Constitution OF the United States has sepa-
rated the executive and the legislative de-
r,rtuonts of this Government and nv the
~9 - ~ Laan thon, sororotad
help oil God' lnteho 10 Keep 'neih eepai"'eN
Il adopted that as my creed, and l nave
lived up to it from that day to this, " added
H. u, So,,+o
'"e ieA"s III ,.a
no" lar THESE reHarhS VIZ ~
Mr.. Bailey's colleagues on the Democratlc
side. who may be asked to confer with
pra,;dont Roosevelt ON the subject of rate
StIhSHH, nonain, 10 ha sacn should
ieg'slatloh' ieIliains T., 10 Sonota aGnnt
Nv inIi2 .omaaJ tha prasident NAV
niIi baIpeS 1919, nnoba rra ssed in hfs
Innu ~ noIinu ~ soeLin1 Democrotio
bbaain 70 SECURE the passage of rate Iegis-
neiP ~ - 60, r,h,ch he dos; rec
Tbn p.o ai Va meda M secret IF his
me ~ tn ~ me' ,ha ate law enacted
~nngH oS S Dor,ooT,tio vnIes bmt he
ny IL Wv nrafer that tho nending hill
s JWd ,,nss he senate az II nassed the
House Without regard to party lines.
uou,s,,or shoiid a ma ioritv of the Renub-
n""eSor, ~ 80 nartinme ~ 6oId omt ag1Iinst
n't'n ,v,," ~ tbn snnn. onG cha "a cter do
a ~ Wv ~, NJ PnoaevoIt he would ha Glad
70 havs the DenIocrats in the Senate vote
r,,h ,ba marin Of the Renublicans to
- ,bo onactment Of rho Hi
SanotoTa Ciav If Georgia and Foster Of
7 nniniana hotb Democrat. called ON I he
presidont nv invitation vesterday and dis
missed rate legislation with him. To-day
SENATORS Daniel of Virginia and Oyerman
of North carolina went to the White HOUSE,
ord wbiie Mr. DanieI who has the replIta..
tinn Of being a courteous Southern gentle
nv tod the renorters when thew asked
Mn, ne 70 the oh iect of his visit 10 4attand
70 vonr business and IN attend to mine"
Mr. Overmon frankly admitted that the
pras;jen+ wanted To talk over the rate bin
ENttInfIDI
Ihe pras;Ient according IN what was
said j., rho Ssnate wing of the Capitol TO-
a. ha mad i. clear hat he wants Demo
oroti j. holn to mass his kind of rate bin.
Without doubt the President understands,
w e,oryhcGv N rho Sannte docs t6at unless
a . Iiher:l coIrt review provision ia in serted
T. i, ~ uarh,,rn Nil me nno s,re viii fail
Thooro tae been no break in the ranks of
, IbIv ubo toid 70 that course, Evan SIN
ator Orerman after he left the president
WI - i''f' ~'NN.
80 80 ar nrg would not he odnnted
~, 0rorroan addeJ however thot he
,bo,obt tthings were working around so
.opS tbo jn ~ nm would Re nossed nv
nc c . - 6e il " stands ar nresent : This
idea has been mt forth by several Senator'S
YEA n"S ~ - &c u,,' ,oGi 10 lion h,,t !, is
VIZ ven, nnU aeec, eInent narhs no IN
~, aHr,s !" ~ st.nd ~ Hos VIC insist
HAT, iaH thore mist be- an adequate judicial
La, , " Tho Xii uin fail ~