Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
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saying that the Senate was the last refuge
Of The technical lawyers
The poor bin would have been entirely
dsstroysd." he declared. III the lawyers had
| 1t was perfect Kilkenny cat affair. These
rival detective agencies OF the law are
about to be retired from business by the
He was glad that the President had
taken a hand and shown himaslf leader
the most superb moral leadership the
son he said: "EIe has been my guide and
counsellor ever since have been engaged
in considertns this question. MT. Allison
gaxed in the public service. and BE thdr
hear the charge mads that he had been
ssa n.s sonE f. a ss e. a
. constitutional lawyer. Mr.. Allison had .
broader and better comprehension Of ieRis-
lation than any man Of the present genera
effect Of the Allison amendment would be
to put afhrmatively in the bill what was
already In II. Nor did he believe the Pyeei-
eennd saa By sssa ,se
sharps. II you will" He had no question,
therefore. Of the soundneas Of the new
propositions and he was willing to accept
them.
clapp Defends the President.
Senator Ciapp also defended the President
the greatest Of an the many moral victories
that have stamped him as an ideal Amert-
can citizen. He also contendsd that the
rights to 80 into the courts under the Con-
Htttutton had always been In the bill. He
prophesied that when the hysterta Of the
hour should have passed away It would be
found that In the essentials Of the bill there
had been no change, True, the Presidsn.
been eowafdiy position. inconsistent with
his character. Also. he might have taken q
position for the House BILL but that. too,
might have brought more favor, but the
President had not considered that feature
and had taken q firm position standing the
greatest Of all tests-that of being greater
than self
Senator Long gave the genesis of the Long
amendment, saying that 1t had been pres
pared In conference with Senator Allison;
ana that at first 1t was In the language of
the Allison amendments.
He had sought to do nothing more than
to af11rmatfvely confer jurisdiction in the
courts, and he was not opposed to defining
that Jurisdiction.
Mr.. Long said he had considered the Aln-
son amendment. That provision was. he
SAID, entirely satisfactory to him because
ne oiq not consider 1t essentially different
from his own amendment
~ Is very evident that the grand old re-
publican party is united" remarked Mr..
Tillman.
President Contradicts Chandler.
During the adoption OF the final Allison
amendment some time after Senator TILL
man had completed his statement, Mr.
Lodge came into the Senate chamber. He
said he had not heard Mr. Tillman. but
that he had read portions of his statement.
He said he could hardly believe that part
In which ex-senator Chandler was quoted
py MI. Iiilman as saying that the Presi-
dent said he had come to q complete Dis
agreement with senatorial LAWYERS" mem
tloning Senators Knox, Spooner and For
aker. Senator Lodge. continuing said he
had gone to the official stenographer and
obtained the exact sentence used by Senator
Tfllman, and had called up the White House
on the telephone, that being the most rapid
way of reaching the President
read the sentence to the President"
said Senator Lodge, land he said I'm repiy
that the statement which l read to him
attributed to him by Mr.. Chandler-was a.
deliberate and unqualified falsehood: that
Senator Forakers name was never men
toned at all in the conversations; that Sena-
tor Spooner's name was only mentioned by
him to express a cordial approval Of Sena-
tor Spooner's amendment. AS to Senator
Knox. he said that he did not agree with
a portion of his proposed amendment but
thought that he made very strong ar
gument for granting aff1rmatfvely the ju-
risdiction or authority of the court
II think Mr.. President" continued Mr.
Lodge, that 1t Is mere act OF Justice
to allow this statement to go out with
that which was read and attributed to the
late senator from New Hampshire"
AS Mr.. Lodge seemed to have finished Mr.
Bailey asked If the senator would tell the
Senate whether 1t admitted by the ex-
ecutive that the alleged conference took
place.
President May Make Statement.
II did not cross-question him In regard
to the statement by the senator from South
Carolina, for 1 did not hear the statement
myself. and the President has not read one
word of it. 1 imagine tomorrow that when
he has read the statement in full he will
make reply which will satisfy the curiosity
OF the senator from Texas"
1T was not matter of curiosity" re-
sponded Mr.. Bailey. He explained that II
1t were true that the President had not
held the conferences, that also ought to go
into the Record, because he took 1t that
the senator from South Carolina was Just
as willing as the senator from Massachu-
sets that the President of the United
States would have the full benefit of the
truth. II think 1t also important" he con-
tinued. for those of us this side who
had no communication to know whether
an ex-member of this body assumed an au-
thority not granted to him."
Mr.. Lodge made the remark In closing
that 1t must be obvious to the senator from
Texas, from what he dodge) had read
that the President admits fully that he had
a conversation with ex-senator Chandler
the subject. 'as he has had with dozens
and scores of senators of both parties In
this chamber