The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-14
Statement Which Was Denied
by the President Backed by
Ex-senator Chandler.
Debate on the Rate Bill Serves to Com
pletely Unmask the Occupant
of the White House.

Washington, May Ex-senator Till
man. who yesterday made a statement
in the senate covering the details of his
and Senator BaiIey's negotiations
through ex-senator Chandler with
President Roosevelt regarding the rate
BILL tonight made public portion of a
written statement made to him by Mr..
Chandler of his various conferences
with the president of this subject The
portion given out by Mr.. Tillman is
largely a repetition OF the first part of
his statement in the senate YESTERDAY
It covers, however, that portion where
Mr.. Tillman had quoted Mr.. Chandler
: saying that the president had stated
that he had come to a complete dis
agreement with the senatorial lawyers
who were trying to defeat or injure
the bill, naming Messrs. Knox. Spooner
and Foraker, regarding which state
ment Senator Lodge subsequently said
he was authorized to say from the
White House that it was an unquaIi-
fed falsehOOd.' On this subject Mr..
Chandler. referring to the president,
said in his written statement:
He said that he had been much
troubled by the possibility OF an I'M
limited court review by some of the
lawyers of the senate-naming Sena-
tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker-as
trying to injUre or defeat the bill by in
geniOus constitutional arguments but
that he had come to a complete dis
agreement with them. He made this
point emphatic by repetition"
Mr.. TiIIman's Statement.
The statement given out by Mr..
Tillman follows
d Senator Tilln1an said today that ON
Saturday. May 3, he insisted on having
. fIOm ex-senator Chandler a written
statement OF the various conferences
by the latter in connection with The
plan Of the president to control The
railroad rate legislation by alliance
with the Democrats of the senate, and
Mr.. Chandler gave him such a state
ment. made prior to Saturday, May u,
and signed by Mr.. Chandler. Mr.. Till
nan said he would give a portion of
that statement relating 70 the inter
view of Mr.. Chandler with the presi-
dent on March (Which had become
a subject matter of dispute, but would
retain the remainder for use in case
any other parts of his statement in the
senate on Saturday should be denied
The following is the portion of Mr..
Chambers statement given out by Mr..
Tillman:
Chambers Testimony.
ION Saturday afternoon. March 81.
1906. a friend of mine came into my
Office and told me of the White House
conference of that day in which an un-
view had been reached with Senator
Long and others and he told me that
the president wished to get into COM
munication with the Democrats and
would shortly ask me TO come and see
him. While he was talking a messen-
ger boy arrived with letter to me
from Mr.. Loeb, as follows:
The White House, Washington,
March 81 1906.
My Dear Senator Chandler-The
president requests me to say that he
the White House TO see him at $50
o'clock tonight. VIII you please let
the bearer know whether you can
come? Very truly yours,
WILLIAM F. LOEB, JR.
g Hon. w. Z. Chandler, 1921 1 street.
Il told the messenger 1 would be
there.
RooseVeIt's Exact WorGs.
''At the time and place appointed the
president said to me that he wished
through me TO get into communication
with Mr.. Tillman. Mr.. Bailey and other
Democratic senators. He stated his pur-
pose slowly and carefully, and in exact
substance his statement was this: That
best plan for railroad rate legislation was
TO expressly grant a court review, but
70 distinctly limit IL TO two points; first,
an inquiry whether the Interstate com
thority, and second. an inquiry whether
the constitutional rights of the carrier
had been violated. HE SAID THAT HE
HAD BEEN MUCH TROUBLED BY
COURT REVIEW BY SOME OF THE
GhpnN'o R0DV FnIIND H