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did not have to yield to the injunction

did not have to yield to the Injunction
amendment.
HE says their principal object was to
beat my amendment and the President.
That Is an object with which I ought to
have sincerely sympathfzed. but olo
not at that time. And this document Inn
putes no bad faith other than to the raii-
road senators, and surely the Presloent
first object appears to be to beat them
He declared that. although the state
ments of the witness, ex-senator Cnanolei:
had a couple of days before been aeciansu o
to be false, yet within forty-eight hours
of that declaration that same witness was
quoted in an attempt to place him INT
Bailey in an unfavorable light. Ihe mem
orandum in question, he said. was as, uaeIu AZ.
the 11th Of April, and yet on the !4th, only
three DAYS afterward, he INT Baiieyl was
urged to attend a conference Dy the fIesl-
dent of the United States with the Attv A.aa
ney General of his caoinet 10 eoSA
us II POSSIBLE that the President dis
trusted the good faith OF man. anu ~.
invited him to confer with MS law os ..ah
rcsnecting the very measure upon Wnlcn
his good faith was questioned! II passes
belief! .h.+ oonfer-
s.If they invite a senator to that conLsr h,s,
ence. and In their own mino aisl, ,,had use
their hypocrisy cannot be htly oesctioeu.
The President did not consider tnat as aas ny
impeachment of my good fatn, anu go
proof that he did not is that, WIN !. oo.or ..sn,
him, 1 was invited through the sels Saa,s
nreyious to the time was invited TO conior
with them in relation to the vital questioh
we have here. +h,+ a
PRESIDENT with the proof before him. or
with what he regarded as proof peiore nm;
and with a suspicion in his nina, shouiu ,
permit his attorney to transmit 70 HiS ~
form of amendment upon wnicn ms L.ie0
have no words to express my contempt tol
n man who treats with others wnem ne
susnects of treachery, and only TRAITORS
will do 1t.
The Chicago Tribune Correspondent.
The senator then referred to statement
by the correspondent of the chicago 1T
bune whose story he denounced yesterday.
"Mv denunciation of his statement does
not seem to have disturbed him much' sa'"
Mr. Bailey, because he says tnat l oe
nounced the President and practically over
looked him. I suppose he considers II peihs
overlooked when / denounced hlm as an
unqualified and deliberate liar. But now
as to this memorandum of April II, wnlen
the President has. He said he had NOT the
text of that before, but he proceeoeo ~
state 1t from memory.
.Where did he see that memorandum
Let the answer come from otners; ne u,u
not see it from me, because l saw II oniy IN
the last two days. He did not get II from
Chandler 1t is addressed to Loeb with a
request that it be submitted to the Presi-
dent Again, he said that during the course
of this matter Mr.. Chandler made an ofaI
report either to the President or 10 some
one representing him which was more
specific. 1,,..o ala ,a
learn it? From whom did ne receive tue
information? Was it from the man TO
whom he said Chandler communicated II!
| will; leave the country and the Senate 10
say.
II know what are the fortunes Of war.
I know whenever circumstances happen TO
mi any man in the forefront of battle he
must bear the brunt, and ! ofrer no com
pIaint that l was compelled to bear mine
in this controversy. l know that war means
killing, and | accept the chances or ~. ~
II be civilized warfare no complaint Shall
escape my lips. But in this century of CIV
ii,zation and progress when the gospel OF
the square deal seems to be more upon tles
lips than upon the actions OF men our al
We rsaries ought to fight at least with the
honor of the prize fighter. They ought
not to strike below the belt.
What He Has Never Done.
.I have in my time made many mistakes,
been accused of many things. My enemies
delight to describe me as rash and head
strong man, Incorporate in speech and ac-
ton and unfortunately they have often had
good reason for that description. My
friends complain sometimes that am arbi-
tra-y. Many times I am obliged to ac-
knowledge the right of their criticism.
make mistakes. / have done men wrong,
although never intentionally have / ever
done any man an injustice. But l have
done some men wrong, and when I be-
come convinced of it, thank God l always
have had the manhood to acknowledge it
and to tender my apology. But with all
that may have been said of 1t, no man ever
before fmpugned my character. no man ever
charged that l have dealt doubly and no
man shall escape my denunciation who SO
charges me.
when a man accuses me. no matter
where / may be l will brand across his
forehead a liar And in after years all
men shall know him and all men shall
shun him.
No one else spoke on the subject Dur
ing the entire recital there was intense
interest in the Senate and in the galleries.
Consideration of the rate bill was then re-
sumed