The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-18
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epssaaus0hence Vita Mr.. Chandler n
hack up hla position. Among the docu.
rnente which he p%ruhuced was the so-called
memorandum furnished Ia the President
by Mr. Chandler, upon which the accusation
waa made that documentary proof existed
Of Mr.. Tillmaa's suspicious of hte Tesaa
aaaociate In the rate bill exchanges, Thla
memorandum vas accompanied BY q note
aligned BY Mr.. Chandler, dated April IL,
ieos, and addressed 70 william Loeb, Jr,
the Presidents secretary, requesting thot
the memorandum be handed b the Presi-
dent privately. The memorandum fol-
lows.
The sam. Of the rarrbad Senators Ia TO sup
| port BaIley's amendment and induce him 10
agree 10 q broad right 81 review. what this
h 10 be il not certain. but the principal object
IL 10 beat him. meaning the President. NJ.
TIllman, however. considers himself a. ectlne
with the President TO pass the review clause
with the minimum amount OF court power
and VIII not enter into such game.
Mr.. Bailey furnished also for insertion In
the Record Of the Senate q note from him
self to ex-senator Chandler, dated yester-
day, requesting that q copy be given him
OF this memorandup, and the response OF
Mr.. Chandler transmitting the memorandum.
In that response Mr.. Chandler said;
I did no, therein give the President any
Insurance as 10 your attitude relative 10 the
eo-called game. because / had not seen you
and did not feel authorized by anything Mr..
Tillman had Then said 10 give any assurance
in ybur ma me. Al 9l5P. NJ. saw Mr.. TIlman
and talked with him fully, apd he then told
| me that neither he nor yourself was entering
into aames with the railroad Senators: and at
p:so / saw the President and told him what
Mr.. Tlllman had said. and that he need have
no apprehension on the subject.
Mr.. Chandler enclosed with this note
extracts from his diary, telling Of seeing
the President on-April II and OF arranging
for Mr.. Tillman and Mr.. Bailey to see
Attorney General Moody.
Denying emphatically a published state
ment that this memorandum had been
circulated on the Democratic side OF The
Senate or had even been seen byany Demo
cratic Senator, Mr.. Bailey, waving his
hands toward the Republicans, said:
81 say now that tho President showed
It to a Senator on that side yesterday and
like wise to a member Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, and il necessary / can call the
name of the Senator on that side to whom
the President showed i'll
As MIR. Bailey said this he made dramatic
gestures toward his Republican associates.
After reading the memorandum given
above, Mr.. Bailey declared that II did not
ssv that he playeda game with the railroad
Senator'S" but he added. with sarcastic
emphasis: Il know they played it very
successfully with some other folks know
This covert allusion to the Presidents
aooeptanoe Of the Allison amendment caused
a litter in the Senate galleries,
M. Bailey argued that there was nothing
IN the memorandum to reflect on himself.
II aid not impute bad faith or low purpose
v to those whom the writer OF the mem
orandum (Mr. Chandler npe as rail-
road Senator'S ,,,
Growing very earnest, Mr.. Bailey said that
on Saturday the President had denounced
ex-senator Chandler as a liar, and yet on
Monday the President's friends were oircu-
lating a slanderous !garbled statement Il
athe decency Of the conduct Of the man who
assaiied the good faith of an honorable
gentleman
whether the President Of the United States
had acted fairly, Mr.. Bailey Denied that
randum as an indictment Of Mr.; Bailey's
rood faith. The proof Of this denial, he
Declared, was that three days after the
memorandum had been written the Presi-
dent had asked Mr.. Bailey to confer with his
Attorney-Gene on a vital legal question
tempt for a man who treats with others
whom no suspects Of trcachery, exclaimed
the Texas Senator.
sWhere did the President see this memo
randumf' asked Mr.. Bailey. Let the
answer oome from others. He did not get
IL from me or from Mr.. C~handleV. IL was
addressed 10 Loeb; with the reQueA that 1t
be submitted TO the President
Then referring to the statement OF one
n the newspaper correspondents whom he
denounced yesterday, that an oral report
had beer made to the President by Chandler
imputing suspicion of Bailey on the part Of
tTillman in the rate bill negotiations, Mr..
spondentl learn Of the orei reportP From
whom did he receive the information? Was
Il from the man TO whom It was said
Chandler communicated itf leave the
Senate and the country to say
Dropping his voice and bowling his head,
Mr.. Bailey acknowl lodged that he had made
many mistakes, that he had even unin-
tentionally done wrong. But, he asserted,
no man ever imputed to him a lack Of candor;
no man ever charged that he acted double.
No man ever accused him without being
sought out and denounced, and any such
heId brand across his forehead "The bar, ="
30 that sall men might know him and all
men might shun him.
When Mr.. Bailey sat down there was no
demonstration Of approval or disapproval
on the floor or in the galleries, and the
Senate Immediately resumed confederation
Of the rate bill.
The galleries were well filled when Mr..
Bailey made his explanation and there were
few Senators absent from the cham Der.
De raoaived the closest attention from