The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-05-16

interview Of Mr.. Chandler with the
president on March 81, which had be-
come subject matter Of dispute but
would retain the remainder for use in
case any other parts Of his statement
IN the Senate on Saturday should be
denied.
The following is the portion Of Mr..
Chambers statement given out by Mr.
Tillman:
! con Saturday afternoon. March 81,
1905, a friend of mine came into my
Office and told me Of the White House
conference Of that date in which an
understanding as to a limited court
review had been reached with Senator
Long and others, and he told me that
the president wished to get into COM
nuncation with Democrats and would
shortly ask men to come and see him.
While he was talking a messenger boy
arrived with a letter to me from Mr..
Loeb, as follows:
:" The White House, Washington,
March 81, 1906.
"My Dear Senator Chandler: The
president requests me to say that he
would be glad to have you come to
the White House to see him at $50
o'clock tonight. Will you yiease let
the bearer know whether you can
come. Very truly yours,
"eWm. Loeb, Jr.,
".Secretary to the President.
"I told the messenger I would be
there.
What Senator Chandler Says.
eat the time and place appointed
the president said to me that he wish
ed through me to get into communica-
ton with Mr.. Tillman, Mr.. Bailey and
other Democratic senators. He stat
ed his purpose slowly and carefully
and in exact substance his statement
was this; that ne had reached the
conclusion that the best plan for rail-
road rate legislation was to expressly
grant q. court review but to distinctly
limite it two two points; first, an in
quiry whether the interstate commerce
commission had exceeded its authority
and, second, an inquiry whether the
constitutional rights Of the carrier had
been violated. He said that he had
been much troubled by the advocacy
of an unlimited court review by some
Of the lawyers Of the Senate--naming
Senators Knox, Spooner AID Foraker
as trying to injure or defeat the bill by
ingenious constitutional arguments,
but that he had come to complete
disagreement with them. He made
this, point emphatic by repetition; said
that he would go thus far and no
farther and this decision would be un-
aiterable. He said that ne wished to
ascertain whether there could be
united action in the Senate among the
friends Of the b:'I so that it could be
surely passed without injurious
amendments and he named various
Republican senators whom he thought
were the friends of the bill, but said it
would take nearly all Of the Demo
Gratis to carry the limitation and de-
feat all obnoxious provisions.
after the president had made his
statement I replied that had reason
to believe that most of the Democrats
in the Senate would sustain his lin1ita-
ton of the courts powers but that
was sure that Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. Till
man would insist upon coupling with
the limitation some restriction upon
the power of the courts to issue in
junction against the orders Of the COM
mission. Before I had finished my
statement on this point the presiden:
interrupted me, saying that need not
explain further because ne was warm
" in favor Of some such restriction.
THAT evening I saw Mr.. Tillman
and told him what had occurred
/ The Principal Topic.
Senator Tillman's statement in the
senate yesterday was the principal
topic Of discussion in official circles to-
day. The senator had number Of
callers at this apartments with whom
he talked freely about the matter,
among whom were Senator Bailey and
ex-senator Chandler. Mr.. Chandler
has been urged by some of his friends
to make public statement over his
own signature regarding the denial
| by Senator Lodge of the accuracy of
the presidents remarks in reference
to Senators Spooner, Knox and Fora
ker. He declined, how ever, to be fur
ther brought into the controversy al
this time. saying he would let the mat
ter for the present rest on the state