The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-17
STORY OF RAYMOND
CHICAGO TRIBUNE MAN REPLIES TO
 BAILEY.
dence to Prove that Texan Was Under Suspicion of sena-
 tor Tf1lman.

Chicago, May 16.--The Tribune in the morning will publish L the following respondent in answer to. the attack made upon his veracity by Senator Bailey of Texas:
 Washington, D. C., May 16.
 When the Hon. Joseph w Bailey, Senator from Texas. struck at the President of the United States over my humble shoulder, for that is all he did on the floor of the Senate today. he ap- parently was unaware that there was documentary evidence in existence both in the official Congressional Record and in the form of writing memorandum by former Senator William E. Chandler. absolutely proving that he was an ob- ject of suspicion, but that his motives and his acts in the Democratic con on the floor of the Senate and in com ference between Tillman and Moody, and through MT. Chandler with. the President. gave rise to the suspicion of railrohd rate regulation, is clear from the record itself and cannot be successfully denied.
 MT. Bailey may be as innocent as a babe unborn. and he cays he is. but the suspicious did exist they have existed for weeks; they have been talked of in streets, at the White House and else where. They have been mentioned in many newspapers and If they have not been justified, MT Bailey Is unfortun- ute dHu HIS CIldA dtlck OC TC- lieved from aspersions.
 First of all let me quote William F. Chandler, formerly a senator from New ay now the q5 the the personal friend of Senator Tillman. He was the Intermediary between Till man and the President Whichever of the two originated the negotiations, Chandler certainly conducted them. It was his evidence which has twice been cited by MT. Tillman on the floor of the Senate, and 1t is Chandler who in effect has given the lie direct to the President.
 Tn the dispatch sent by me on Mon day to The Tribune which aroused such a tempest in the Senate this af- Bailey to declare 1t to be a malicious lie and to insinuate 1t was directly inspired by the President himself. Ter himself. It was he who conveyed to the White House the intimation that Bailey was a traitor and that if the Texas senator has any one to blame 1t must be Tillman's friend, William F. Chandler.
 Tn the very outset of the negotia- tions he was conducting, Chandler pre- pared and left at the White House a of the President. I have not the text of that memorandum before me but qroting from memory, 1t says
 Bailey amendment. but Tillman is for the Presidents court review amend nlent and will block their game
 This Is nearly a literal quotation, but no one could have the text proper ly without the permission of the Presi- dent.
 The dispatch I sent to The Tribune was telegraphed on my own authority and without the knowledge or consent of the President, against whom Balley trained his batteries today and not against me have not seen the Presi- dent since the dispatch was written, and I have not asked him for the text of this memorandum of William E Chandler, because the text could at best add only a few words to the quo tation have given. know I am cor rect in the statement that curing the course of the negotiations Wllllem E. Chandler who since has accused the President of falsehood, made an oral report either to the President himself or some one representing him, which was much more specific
 During this talk, Chandler, in ex- nIainine the dificulties in securing united action by the Democrats, stated in so many words that he and Tillman were suspicious of Bailey, believing ha was in an alliance with Aldrich and assoclating with the Standard Oil and railroad crowd fin the Senate, but that Tiiiman was watching his manouvres and expected to be able to prevent any evil effects. .-.--...