Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-14
WAS A BUSY SESSION.
Broken All Records Washington
 Stirred by Lodges Official Lie.

Washington, May 14.-The fleS Of the index clerks at the state depart- ment show that the first session of the fifty-ninth congress had broken all records in he matter of completed leg islation to date. Already more than three thousand laws have been enact ed which is beween seven hundred and eight hundred more than in any preceding session up to the beginnii> of the month of May. The greater part of this mass of law was made I'D of bills of q private nature and only about 250 of the total enact ments were general laws.
 Ufiicial Washington. shaken to its depths by the presidents "lie." given through Senator Lodge, to the state ment made by Senator Tillman that MT. Roosevelt had named Senators Foraker. Spooner and Knox as enemies of the rate bill, was further astounded by the declaration of former Senator Chandler that Mir. Tillman's statement was absolutely correct.
 Senator Tlllman himself hurled a bombshell by producing statement signed by Mir. Chandler accounting in detail what had taken place at the White House conference between him. self and the president.
 After hearing Mir. Tillman, Senator Lodge. who immediately consulted the president by telephone. quickly in- formed the senate that President Roosevelt had pronounced the asser- ton to be '.an unqualified falsehood." Mir. Lodge further quoted the president as having expressed sentiments in di- rect opposition to those attributed to him by Mir. Tillman on the alleged au- thority of ex-Senator Chandler and as having declared himself to be heartily in favor of the Spooner amendment.
 Mir. Chandler when interviewed said: T realize what it means to me at the close of my life to be branded by the president of the United States as deliberate and unqualified falsiier. shall not rest under the jmputation The president has. I believe. acted on impulse"
 During the day the senate adopted the four remaining amendments con tained in the Allison compromise and voted down several propositions and amendments offered. apparently for the mere purpose of delaying the bill or of advertising their respective au- thors.
 In one of the bltterest attacks that has been made upon President Roose- welt during the debate on the railroad rate bill Senator Bailey charged that the executive had surrendered his posi- ton advocating "an effective measure" and had abandoned his demands for tsrif revision The Texas senator charged that the presidents arraign- ment of trusts had been made after his election and that before that time he had been as "silent ss the grave" upon the subject of regulating the railroads.
 The speech was in reply to Senator Carter. who hsd defended the presi- dent against criticism, saying that no one could charge hlm with corariice. In the course of his remarks Senator Carter referred to the penocrstic par U as . party of nexation and nothing more. He declared that the party hsd been frightened into c chill at the prospect of setioa- He charged that neither Senators Bailey nor Rsyner in all their cozEre>sso1si career had done anything to secure effective rzilroad rate lezislstiou-
 Senator Lofge dlned st the White House last nixat with the president suhs>q1>rfly secrrrsrie Root snd Iaft arrfved at tb< White Hcsse and