The San Francisco call., 1906-05-13

WASHINGTON, May 12.-In one d
the bitterest attacks that has beea
made upon President Roosevelt during
the debate on the railroad rate bill
Senator Bailey today charged that the
executive had surrendered his position
advocating IAN effective measure and
+ had abandoned lis" demands for tariff
revision Tie Texas senator charged
that the Presidents arraigament Of
trusts had oeeu made after his elec-
Jion and that Before that time he had
/ been as "s.leat rs the grave on thc
su5iect Of r1solltinsy ti.c railroads. The
. Senator c.ossC with this statement.
But let us have no more lalk in the
Senate and TAX in the countw aoo9t
this iron lnan. lie is clay, and vesy
common clay at taat-'
The s1cc1h WAS IN 'eply 10 Se.lae1r
Carter, Uro lad Go-sn6ed tie Pres
denl against cr-,icisn. saying taat M
one could charge h-m wiki cow1cdic,.
Senator Tillmau. .a a lengthy state
mcnt 1ade during Fac consideration Of
the ral road rate Dill, acccsed the Pre-
iGent cf wavc..ng on the r.te bilI- Lte
referred specifically to the Long
+ amendment, saying that lie dt1 so w.,a.
the purpose Of making an explanation.
4 lie said The Senator woulG be sur
prised TO know that he had been ga
+ conference kviLh the Pres dent.
TILL9fAN QUOTES CHANDLER
on LEarch 81, said TIliman, SEN
ator Caandier told me that the
President desired 10 set into commU-
nication with Tinman Tor <he purpose
Of getting Sufficient Democrats linrl
up together 10 defeat obnoxious amend
mcnts to rhe railroad rate 5il.
I Chandler quoted the President as be-
ling entirely At oj5ts with the Senatorial
lawyers. including Knox, as we'll as
4 Spooner and Foraker. and that the
+ chief executive deliberately and with
care stated That he thought thera
should be co-o9crotion on the follow
ing basis. namely. an amendment ex-
/ Pressly granting a court review, but
limiting it TO TWO points: ID An iE-
quiry whether the commission had
acted beyond its. authority ultra wires,
4 and % whether it had violated the
/ constitutional rights OF the carrier.
Mr. Chandler stated that the Pre-
i6ent repeated that he had reached i
; final decision that the right Of review
should be thus limited; that thus far
he would go. and 30 farther; that his
decision would be unalterab,e.
Proceeding. he said that Chandler
had said that the President had as
sured him that he would be in favor
Of a restriction against the issuance OF
ex parte injunctions to meet tna
wishes Of Senators Tfllman and Bailey.
After informing Bailey of the pur-
pose Of the Chandler interview. Tillm4n
said. On the next day he had told
4 Chandler that in his and in Bailey's
4 opinion there would be no difficulty in
coming to an understanding on the ba-
sis proposed by the President.
ALLISON TO INTERVENE
"On the evening of Monday Mr..
. Chandler told me he had so assured
the President, and asked him not 10 De
disturbed by the newspaper items
growing out Of the talk about Senator
Longs amendment, published in the
news spapers as one agreed upon at the
Waite House conference on Saturday,
said Tnlinan
He and Chandler had continued theIr
conferences. ard on April the ex-
Senator had some 20 the White House
TO make favorable report TO the
President on APRIL Chandler told
him that he had conferred with Sen
ator ALLISON, asE-ng him 10 intervene
in the conference then in progress. and
that the Iowa Senator had agreed o
60 So Later Mr. Allison had seen the
President
On April 10 Chandler had advised
that he CTillmaD ana Bailey see tae
Attorney General Consequently. they
had met that official on the 18th. md
ing themselves in perfect accord with
him except as to a small difference IN
the matter Of injunction.
There was abso.ute accord from the
first ca the proposition that the court
review should be limited to the inquiry
whether the commission mad exceeded
its authority or violated the carriers
constitutional rights.
Moody had then agreed to supply the
Senator's with a memoranda of ris
viezvs. and had done so. and we have
tie original of IT. said Tillman
The next day, TiIlman said, he had
seen Moody, and had assured him tha-
twenty-siz Democratic votes could ne
secured for the compromise proposed,
4 and told him lat it would be neces-
sary 10 get twenty Republican votes.
II was unde-stood taBt they shout
I work together TO get the votes neces-
sa-y to pass the compromise. The At
torney General had expressed Goabt If
+ getting enough Republican votes 10
4 assure the accept1ace Of the Bailey
inon-suspension provision. but had said
that he felt sure OF the Overm an
4 amendment
Moody. he said. had assured him that
it WAS The fixed purpose to insist upon