The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Tillman Urges Chandler to Give.
Full History Of Entire s
q. Matter. N. 8
DID PRESIDENT INVITE
EX-SENATOR TO SEE HlM2s
in Complete Control Of
Republican Vote, Rejects All @
Democratic Amendments
to Rate Bill Alco-
hol Bill4to Be a55i
Changed. 5
!. lBy Associated Press. .

(By Associated Press. s1 t 3isS
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE sensa
tional rate bill incident In the Senate mi
Saturday, during which A1r. Tilman. 5on II
the authority Of former Senator Chand hal I. .,sa
Ter, made statements regarding the Pres
idents course In connection with pend NJ
ing railroad rate legislation, one ofswhtch sS
statements was denied by Mr. Lodge on
behalf Of the President, had Its SEQUEL
this evening when an official statements ts3
was issued at the White House giving
an account OF the subject on. the part ot rs
the President and Attorney-G General ts'l N
Moody. The statement comprised two
letters. one from the President to- Sena-38al
tor Allison, and the other from Attorney y;' NJ
General Moody to the President, both ''ti,5 N
dated to-day. The President says: t 4$55$ 81
an no ca Sc, either In the case " OF 8$.S
Mr.. Chandler or any one eles, Was ssI
B$ there the slightest opportunity for
s any honest n'!sconceptlon of ny iat.Ss8ts At
n myself specifically " to one IN one 5a
amendment orr set OF amendne nts,jsss
& that would not be sat ttsfied d Wit h "a I, S$
amendment which preserved the &es- -E4F{$s$$ss
sental features of the Hepburn bill S55S$i IA
as II came from the House. y itsi
The President says that as to enanyi q 3oH "a
tho amendments, including the SO called
Long, Overmnn, Bacon and spoo'rnlee1f5 1S a
amendments, lie had said he should N be e
entirely satisfied 10 have them In the. blll, l,S
and suggested notifications as tofother5
amendments, but that @"ns to none (of|
the amendments) did ever say eitherM
to r.HChandler or to any one else that N
i should insist upon having them In the
bill as a condition OF my approval, and
that on the contrary, he tfI, President)E5
was careful to state that he was not try-ssA
ing to dictate any particular programme Il
Of action. i s' 5ii{ sis n s.fR# ;.{fs}#
States Position.
Proceeding, the President; says theSi
statements made by Senator Chandler
were the same in substance as those III
made TO Mr.. Allison and other senators g3
of both parties TIe said he was asked ss
to see Senator Chandler as the represent
tative OF Mr.. l'illman. In charge Of the
bill, and that the conferences Attorney;
General Moody had with Senators I'll -{3s
man and Bailey were such as had been
held with many other senators 70 deter-g5T$s
mine the phrnseologyl and discuss the -
feet of amendments proposed by them, II
The President states that he becanla &;
convinced that It was impossible for
senators with advantage" to use himfe
as an intermediary, and suggested to all
to whom he spoke that they communt- g
cate with Senator Allison whose pur- q
poses and the Presidents We're identcnl.t tSi
Tho President says further that his own AZ
opinion athatGthe Allison amendment IN no
way changed tho court review MS pro-. i.4
vided in the original Hepburn bill is also NJ
the opinion Of Attorney-G General Moody @
and Secretaries Root and Taft. s
4s Moody's Statement.
The Attorney Generals letter gives an
account at the Presidents request Of tho
conference which Mr.. Moody had by the (
Presidents direction with Senator Till-S$54
man and Bailey regarding the court
review feature, He says he advised the "
President that he should not at any yB
stage become finally committed beyond s$
recall to any form OF language In any n
part of the bill, ana the President af-s
tirmed the wisdom OF that course. Fic re-
views the decision Of interlocntory in-s
functions and concludes that there was89l
nothing in the Conversations between ss3
the senator's and himself which hound the
President to any particular amendment. ..#
Up in Senate To-day. 37
Senator Tllman talked freely Tonight
with a number of his callers about the S3
statement issued by President Roosevelt. #
He expressed his preference, however.
not TO be quoted, pointing out that what
ever he wished to say I'M the subject OF Y
the statement, he would say on the foof 3
of the Senate. Iio expects that the snues-
ton will he brought to the front IN some
way In the Senate to-morrow Ile dis
cussel the Presidents statement to-night
with former senator Chandler and he
urged Mr.. Chandler TO issue statement &
giving II full history OF the whole mat s
ter, #
Invited BY President.
senator Tillmnn wanted the fact -
40 into the newspapers that he@did
not in any way initiate the negotIatiohs
With the President regarding the DefnorsS
cratic support for the railroad rate bill IVA
and that ne did not ask senator Chandles sH4gi
TO go to the White House. tsH; #
Z Former Senator Chandler n-night rs-3Sfsi
fused to discuss the statement from the
White House, Regarding his visits 70 the NV
White House, Mr.. Chandler sad that ha 8s
~, ~ ma ANhif(4 House an