The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
Will He Act as a Co. Between
For President
HE BACKS UP TILLMAN
Reaffirms Truth Of Reports on Rate Bill
Efforts - Says President Is "Mis-
taken"--Senator Bailey Airs
a Grievance.

Washington, p, q, May l7.-Senator
TilIman yesterday received from former
Senator William II. Chandler state
|uient of his course as an intermediary
iii negotiations between President Roose-
welt and Senators 5sillman and Bailey
on fhe railroad rate bill.
The communication bears upon Sena-
tor Lodges denial for the President Of
Mr., Chambers statement, qnoting the
President Ak saying he had lost conf
,lence in Senators Foraker, Spooner and
Knox. II was offered ia the Senate
|by Senator Tillman and will be printed
ia the Congressional Record
Nit Chandler reaiIiims the essential
truth of the statement made BY him,
and repeated hy Mr. Tllman III the SEN
ate HE most interesting feature OF
Air Chambers letter IL contained in the
closing paragraph in which he ss,ysi
sOn thc whole, perhaps. 4 ought To
consider myself fortunate. X the old
Iimpcrialist days had been fully revived
1at Tie White house, one whom CON
sidcred the best of friends, Senator
Lodge, upon demand would have cnt OH
my head ana taken ii b President
Roosevelt on a charger. and should
have spoken no more Now, at least, |
have left To me the power Of speech, bft
II shall never use tx again as 4 mission
AIRY from President Roosevelt TO the De-
mocratic party
Ex-senator Chandler in his letter
writes Mr.. Tillinan taking issue square
II with the President and although he
abstains from calling the Presidents
denial false, be leaves that impression
very decidedly,
AS the page ran to the desk carrying
the manuscript of Mr. Chandler's let
ter Mr.. Tillman observed that lit would
Ia seen who was the liar.
Mr.. Chandler. in TINS letter reiterates
substantially all that he has heretofore
said on the question Of the rate negotia-
tons and reaIlirins the essential truth
OF his statement that the President told
linn that Senators Knox. Foraker and
Spoorer We're trying To defeat the rate
bill, This was denied by the President
through Senator Lodge. on the floor Of
the Senate last Saturday.
Senator Bailey Of Texas yesterday af-
ternon denounced the Washington cor
respondent Of the Chicago Tribune as
IAN unqualified, deliberate and malici'
nus liar"
The same strong terms were applied
10 story in Tuesdays Tribune jn which
Bailey was charged with traitorous con-
duct in connection with rate legislation,
and was said To have been suspected 81
treachery BY Senator 1ilIman and icr-
nfr Senator Chandler. Furthermore,
Mr. Bailey declared with dramatic en-
phasis that the person who furnished
the correspondent with the material for
hiS story, was also AN unqualified. de-
liberate and malicious liars whoever he
may be. and however high the Office he
may hold Mr. Bailey did not specifi-
cally charge that the story was inspired
by the President. but it is probable that
no public man has ever come so close TO
calling a President of the United States
n liar as the Texan did in his statement
yesterday. Senator TiIlman emphatcal-
" denied that he has ever suspected
Senator Bailey and had read a statement
from Mr.. Chandler which was practically
the same as that heretofore given ont
by the South Carolinian.