The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-16

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MI AMI honornbte men - Nv" cu1nisv
pNfstnsgt's tfttfe ooss ~ 'Nscorp
when W fillmnn 81 ioWr Senator AN
ON arrar Thuss VIM rtf~ctel him 10
mn ke % arr~rh werr d-istpuuintrd Ne a1ii
mefsly thtt late Yesterday afternoon 10
had ~ eived = letter from The President
which he bed hsen waiting u favorable"
opportunity to- present 49, int u might be-
mt 10 tho CopgressoH1l Record
NJ allie ~ prudiceI the Presidents lot
ter. which 49, printed iu the newspapers
thia morning and asked the clerk to rend II
scene laughter WIS caused when the clerk
In FeadinE that sentence ~ the lettor IN
whkch the Prestdcrt aid that On two pcca-
siour h. saw groups of newspaper men in
q M 80 read thes' last three words in q
meas. The reading ~ the letter ended tho
incident aud the senate resumed lts con-
sideration - the rate htll.
The prevalent hollef is that he President
VIII not have anything more To say on the
subject NJ the chs rges made by Mr.. thhnd-
ler through the medium u Mr.. Tllman.
Alrihat no could add would be embraced
In the production ~ documentary and oral
evidence concerning his dealings with MIR.
Chandler and this would ncCessitate bring
ing In names of persons who have not
been mentioned in connection with the con-
=. truyeIsy
To do this. according To friends Of the
President, and II II understood that MIR.
Roosevelt opinion II the same, would
serve only to embarrass some innocent
persons and involve the President in a
war of words beneath the dignity Of his
high Office.
II would also. according to one view.
make the President liable 10 the same criti-
cisrn that is being directed at Mr.. Chandler.
even by some of those who hold that he
had a perfect right to get mgr over the
failure of the President to notify either
Mr.. Tillman or himself OF Mr. Roosevelts
ucceptance of the so-called Allison amend
ment, this criticism being that no matter
what the justification for i'll feeling against
a former friend, there can be no warrant
for repeating remarks apparently reflect
ing on a third person, which are made
under the seal Of confidence.
The ~allusion is, of course, TO Mr.. Chan
dler's statement, which the President de-
nounced az a falsehood, that the President
had said that Senators Spooner, Foraker
and Knox were trying to iniure or defeat
the rate bill by ingenious constitutional
arauments. The Presidents friends and
many OF those who ~sympathizs with Mr..
Tillman and Mr., Chandler upon their gen.
eraI attitude contend that, admitting, for
the cake OF the argument, that the President
made such IA r emark, Mr.. Chandler was
al HnnaI In1I I'm
sinsy - s ,us
'epeea""s p'
R~oosEvELr's COURSE CONSISTENT
n 10 ,aaarted in bebal Z Of the President
chs, in his ,a,ter n Senator Allison he made
na-too,Iy slain the nosition be occupjed
T. IL doo,ipgs viii Mr. cha ndler. Grant
,natbat Mr. Chandler Mr.. Bailey and Mr..
,r;l,no.n halisvad that the President had
entered into an arrangement with them to
sna,ra Domocratic votes for rate bill amend-
Uan,s tho contention ia made that the Pres
;dan, 90 .bo,yn not ,nlv bv his own state
49,, hn, hy nIentv os outside evidence.
rrs,ing tbe course tb,t he
- rmrsrod rrom ,be heginninp of seek
80, . arroniSation NJ views
al fr;o,ds Of ,he ain an TINT its ma.
80 aa,,Id ho assured
~. prosidont has never made anv secret
30 H. niuin anosa In taIk over the rate bin
.,,,h nornnor,tio Senators with the idea of
ohta,rins ba rmonv and no worked som
,inunnsIs toward bringing together the
,arso,s o,oments Of opinion. Democratic
81 Il 40 TINT NH danger OF a
daSsa, ~ Tho measure would BIO overcome.