The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-22

During the ffeclt6f OF the statement
ny Mf. Bailey, Intense Interest Was
~ Manifested in the Senate. 49,.
Washington, May Ex-senator Bai.7.
ley again today took the floor in the
senate to make a further explanation
Of his connection with the efforts ta:
secure an understanding between the
president and the democratic senator's
on the railroad rate bill, basing his
statement on an article in the Chicago
Tribune and the New York Tribune,
charging him with bad faith in that
connection, and giving ex-senator
Chandler as authority for that state
ment. -
He had read a series of letters and
memoranda beginning with Il request
from himself to the former senator for
a copy of any statement that he might
have made that justified this state
ment. This was followed by the read
ing OF the following letter from Mr..
Chandler.
washington, D.. c., May 16, 1906
Hon. j. w. Bailey, U. S.. Senator
Dear Sir: | have your letter Of to-
day and enclose to you a copy of a
memoranda sent by me to the White
House on the morning of Wednesday.
April 18th | think the memorandum
was not dated, but my retained copy
is dated April 18th. | did not therein
give the president any assurance rs
to yOur attitude relative to the social
ed game, because | had not seen you
and did not feel authorized by ny
thing Mr.. Tillman had h said to
give any assurance in your name. AT
9:15 D. M. I saw Mr.. Tillman AID
talked with him fully and he then
said that neither he nor yourself were
entering into games with the railroad
senators, and at $50 saw the presi-
dent and told him what Mr., TillmaI
had said, and that he need have no APP
pTehensiOn on the subject. | enclose
to YOU copies from my diary. April
10 / saw Mr.. Moody; and again on the
18th, and arranged with him to see
Mr.. Tillman and yourself on the next
day, Sunday, the 18th.
Yours truly, -
civilian E. CHANDLER"
Then followed the memorandum to
Secretary Loeb, and that was accom-
panied by an extract from Mr.. Chan-
dIer'S diary. 1-.
The memorandum was as follows
The game of the railroad senators
is to support Bailey's amendment, ana
induce him to agree to a broad right
of court review. What that is to be IS
not certain, but the principal ooJect IS
" -. H. - ~ooo.jr~ tho nroCi6Hnt
Mr.. Tillman, however, considers him
self as acting with the president to
pass the review clause with the mini
mum amount of court power and will
not enter into any such game"
This was accompanied by a private
note to Secretary Loeb as follows:
Please hand this to the president
am heating an important case all day
TODAY. but could see him if he wished
at l O'clock
The diary extract read
April II at 9:15 p. m. saw Senator
Tillman at the Colonial about railroad
rate legislation. At $50 at White
House saw President Roosevelt alone
upstairs. Talked of railroad rates ano
many other things for more than al
hour. He was very gracious. At abou'
1870 o. Colonial, with Tillman unit
Has" H-. ..-.- 49,.
Proceeding with his remarks, MI
Bailey said that the New York Ino'
une of today had put the matter SOME
what differently from yesterdays pres
entation, thus modifying the lie. II
quoted today's article, in which it Wa'
stated that copies of Mr.. Chandler
letter to the president had been IN CIR
culation among democratic senators
To this statement Mr.. Bailey saw
special attention, saying that ne Aa'
made inquiry sufficient to assure a'h
that not one of the democratlc Sena
tors had ever seen the document, .mucl
less circulated it.
Il did not yesterday know that an
senator on the republican SIDE ma
seen it. but l am. enabled to say nov
that on yesterday the president snow
ed it to one of them, - and also 10
member of the house, and II tn
statement is denied l can call name.
? He then declared that if Mr.. Chan
- der had never spoken another Wor
there was not a syllable in his memo
10 Tandum concerning himself to Wstl1
the statement that he (Chandler) ha
80 impugned his (Bailey's). good tahi
. :t'fHe does not say that l was plaFin
a game" he went. or. but that othaI
were. will say that the game wa
3 played to catch others, and very SUI
cessfuHy." Further ~cOnstrulng u
memorandum he. called attention to II
that the -effort was to "beat tn
president. -. .p#a.l 49,
@ with that" he added, Il ought
1,xA ~ tho tins III