Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-14
Confers With Advisers,
but No Statement
is Given Out.
MOODY WON'T TALK
Stickney Advises to Spare In
dividuaIs, But Fine Rail-
way Companies.

Washington, May 14.-Attorney Gen
eral Moody and Senator Allison confer
red with the president today on the sit
uation that has arisen concerning the
railroad rate bill in the senate. On
leaving the executive Office Moody said
he would make no statement in answer
to that made by Tillman in the senate
yesterday, and that if any answer is to
dent. He would not say. however, such
a statement is to be made.
Stickney Heard From.
Washington, May 14.-Senator Mel
son today had read in the senate tel
egram from President Stickney of the
Chicago Great Western railway, stating
while he was in full sympathy with the
main features of the amendment pro-
posed TO the interstate commerce act,
he desired to protest against the injus-
tice of imposing fine and imprison-
.ment on officers and agents of rail-
way company for allowing rebates.
Make the penalty" he said, ''as high
as you please against the railway COM
pany. This is the only way to reacn
the railway czars and grand dukes"
Knock Out Two More.
Washington, May 14.-When cOnsid-
Grafton of the rate bill began today in
the senate the Daniels amendment
which was under consideration when
the senate adjourned Saturday was
laid on the table and a substitute pre-
sented by Morgan, which included be-
sides a delay requirement a provision
for a judy trial in certain contingencies
was defeated.
Attacks Were Bitter.
Washington, May 1.-THE senate
proceedings Saturday were devoted eX-
clusively to the consideration of the
rate bill, and they included many in
teresting and some sensational feat
ures OF the latter class was a state
ment by Tillman, covering the details
of his and Bailey's negotiations, through
ex-senator Chandler, with the presi-
dent regarding the rate bill. and Lodges
reply for the president to that state
ment. Scarcely less exciting was an
attack made upon the president by
Bailey and a defense by Carter. In
his statement Tillnan said the presi-
dent had referred slightingly to Knox,
Foraker, and Spooner, and in his ans
wer said he had been trapped into
doing something that he did not un-
derstand.
Severe Attack on ROOsevelt.
Perhaps" said Mr. Bailey in his at
tack. these insurance companies
,,Iinb ,raro contributing tho fupdc of
widows and orphans to secure his cleo
tion, owned SO many of these railroad
bonds that they deferred not only the
president, but the presidents advisers
from incorporating in his letter a mes
sage of hostility against the railroads
preceding the election
Continuing, Bailey said:
MIR. President, | love a brave man.
/ love a fighter; and the president of
the United States is both on occasion.
But he can give up with as much alac-
rity as any man who ever went to bat
tie, either civic or political. He fights
furiously when it is a physical contest.
| grant you, because that is question
of courage as well as endurance; but
he seems to have no endurance in po-
litical contests here. Why. he was 60
ing to revise the tariff. and his friends
called him off, and then that great
voice that was filling the nation with
a demand for tariff revision, suddenly
sank into the gentieness and weakness
Of a whisper.
Leaders Changed Program.
Then he was going to have the rail-
roads regulated, and it was announced
that congress would be convened in
extraordinary session to deal with it,
but the real leaders assembled with the
president, prayed with him a little
while, and no call was issued for an
extraordinary session of congress. He
waited until the regular session, and
five months of that has elapsed and
still no legislation. And when we do