Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-05-26


Ter that Knox, Spooner and Foraker
''were trying to injure or defeat the
rate bill by ingenious constitutional
ties" TiIlman told also of a conference
which Chandler had arranged for him
and Bailey with Attorney General
Moody. with whom the Democrats had
agreed on a certain amendment. Hence
the presidents sudden support of the
Allison amendment was regarded as
bad faith, and Bailey said that the
president was not a man of irOn but
a man of clay, land very common clay
at that"
Lodge of Massachusetts, after tele-
phoning to the White House told the
senate that the president had author
lied him to say that the report of his
reflection on Knox, Spooner and For
aker was "a deliberate and unquali-
fed falsehood." Chandler in pre-
pared statement for the press corrobo-
rated what Tillman had said and gave
out a letter from the presidents sec
rotary asking him (Chandler) to the
White House.
In a letter to Senator Allison the
president declared that he did not ask
Chandler to open negotiations with the
Democrats, but that he understood
Chandler to be the Democratic ennis
sary, and that he had said to Chandler
exactly what he had said to others.
He had accepted the Allison amend
ment, as it did not change the scope Of
the court review provision Of the Hep
burn bill. He ignored the story of his
remark about the senators. Attorney
General Moody in letter to the presi-
dent indicated that his chief was not
committed to any particular amend
ment. Finally Tillman replied in the
senate, saying that the presidents let
ter was ingenious, but not ingenious.
Tillman denied emphatically that he
had authorized Chandler or any one
to confer for him with the president.
He held that the president was bound
to give the Democrats notice of his
change after comforting with them.
This controversy stirred the senate
again when Bailey denounced as ode
Of a dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
and the New York Tribune in which
it was said Tillman had told Chandler
that he distrusted Bailey and suspect
ed him Of dealing secretly with Aldrich
and the Republican conservatives. Till
man promptly denied that he had ever
been suspicious of Bailey. Bailey not
only denounced the correspondent, but
said tho F;spatch was inspired in the
White HoC.>" and that the man who
inspired it, however high in office, was
a liar
Rate Bill Passed, II to 3.
With only three dissenting voices on
the final roll call May Is the much
amended Hepburn rate bill, which had
been before the senate for ffty-two
days, was adopted The dissenters
were one Republican, Foraker Of Ohio,
and two Democrats, Morgan and Pet
tus Of Ala bama. Many others on both
sides said they were not satisfied with
the BILL but voted AYE rather than
be recorded against a measure. which
was in the direction at least of fed
eral regulation of railroadaarates and
on which the supreme court might
make ruling as to constitutional ,limi-
tations. Just before final passage the
senate cut out the words sin its judg- 4
ment' where it was provided that the
commission should fix rates which in
its Judgment We're just and reasonable. /
The retention of these words was one
OF the features of the Allison compro-
mise, through which it was thought