The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-25

again, Thursday, took the floor In tns
senate to make a further explanation CT
his connection with the efforts to Sc
cure an understanding between the
president and the democratic senators
on the railroad rate bill, basing his
statement on an article in the Chicago
Tribune and the New York Tribune
charging him with bad faith in that
connection, and giving Senator Chan
dler as authority for that statement. He
had read a series Of letters and memo
randa beginning with a request from
himself to the former senator for a
copy Of any statement that he might
have made that justified this statement.
This was followed by the reading of the
following letter from Mr.. Chandler:
Mr.. Chandler's Letter.
washington, d. c., May 16, 1906.
Hon. J. w. Bailey, United States
Senator-Dear Sir: / have your letter
of to-day and I inclose to you a copy
of a memorandum sent by me to the
White House on morning of Wednes
day, April II. l think the memorandum
was not dated, but my retained copy is
dated April II. I did not therein give
the president any assurances as to your
attitude relative to the so-called game,
because l had nOt seen you, and did not
feel authorized by anything Mr.. Tillman
had then said to give any assurance in
your name. At 9:15 p. m. I saw Mr..
Tillman and talked with him fully, and
he then told me that neither he nor
yourself were entering into games
with the railroad senator's; and at $3.50
I saw the president and told him what
Mr.. Tillman had said, and that he need
have no apprehension on the subject.
I inclose to you copies from my diary.
April 10 I saw Mr.. Moody, and again
on the 14th, and arranged with him to
See Mr.. Tillman and yourself on the
next day, Sunday, the 18th.
yours truly,
"WM. E. CHANDLER"
Memorandum to Secretary Loeb.
Then followed the memorandum to
Secretary Loeb, and that was accom-
panied by an extract from Mr.. Chan
dler's diary. The memorandum vas as
follows:
THE game OF the railroad senators
is to support Bailsy's amendment and
induce him to agree to a broad right Of
court review. What that is to be is not
certain, but the principal object. is to
beat him. meaning the president. Mr..
Tillman, however, considers himself as
acting with the president to pass the
review clause with the minimum
amount of court power and will not
enter into any such game"
The diary extract read:
DIARY: April 11-At 9:15 p. m. saw
Senator Tillman at the Colonial about
railroad rate legislation. At $50 at
White House saw President Roosevelt
alone upstairs. Talked of railroad
rates and many other things for more
than an hour. He was very gracious.
At about 1920 to Colonial, with Till
mar until 11:45."
New York Tribune Article.
Proceeding with his remarks, Mr..
Bailey said that the New York Tribune
of to-day Thursday had put the mat
ter somewhat differently from Wednes-
days presentation thus, modifying the
lie" He quoted to-day's (Thursday)
article, in which it was stated that
copies of Mr.. Chambers letter to the
president had been in circulation among
democratic senators. To this state
ment Mr.. Bailey gave especial atten-
ton, saying that he had made inquiry
sufficient to assure him that not one of
the democratic senator's had ever seer
the document, much less circulated it."
I did not, Wednesday, know that any
senator on the republican side had seen
1t, but l am enabled to say now that
on Wednesday the president showed it
to one Of them, and also to a member
of the house, and if this statement is
denied l can call names"
Others Were Playing a "Game."
He then declared that if Mr.. Chandler
had never spoken another word there
was not a syllable in his memorandum
concerning himself to justify the state
ment that he (Chandler) had impugned
his (Bailey's) good faith. "He does
not say that I was playing a game"
he went on, "but that others were. l
will say that the game was played to