Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-17
TOday's Telegraphic News
Mr.. Bailey has the Evidence.

Washington, d. O., May II. Senator
Bailey today presented in the Senate the
documentary evidence in his possession
tending to discredit the published state
ments that he had acted treacherously to
his party aud had attempted to prevent
effective railroad rate legislation.
On seeing the publications yesterday
Mr.. Bailey wrote to ex-senator Chan
dler as follows:
partisan republican newspapers are
charging that you have at some time
written a communication to the Pres.
dent, or to some members of his admin
istration, impugning my good faith with
reference to the pending railroad rate
bill. / would thank you TO send to me
copy OF any communication which you
have made to the President, or to any
member OF his administration aud which
could possibly have been made the basis
of any such charge"
Ex-senator Chandltrs reply enclos-
ing his memorandum TO the President,
his letter to Mr. Loeb, aud extract from
his diary is as follows.
al have your letter of today, and
enclose to you copy of memorandum
sent by me to the White House on the
morning OF Wednesday, April llth. /
think the memorandum was not dated,
but my retained copy is dated April
18th. | did not therein give the Presi.
dent any assurance as to your attitude
relative to the sO.called game, because |
had not seen you, and did not feel au-
lhorized by anything Mr.. Tilman had
then said to give any assurance in your
name.
"At 9:l5 p. IN. saw Mr.. Tillman,
and talked with him fully, and he then
told nue. that neither he nor yourself
were entering into games with the rail-
road Senators, and al $3.50 | saw the
President and told him what Mr.. Till
man had said, aud that he need have no
apprehension on the subject. inclose
to you copies from my diary.
"April 18th saw Mr.. Moody aud
again on the l4th, and arranged with
him to see Mr.. Tillman aud yourself on
the next day, Sunday, the 18th"
The memorandum to the President
from Mr.. Chandler was a. { lows;
"The game OF the railroad Senators is
to support Bsiley's amendment and in
duce him to agree to a broad right,of
review. What this is to be ia not GER
tain; but the principal object is to beat
him, meaning the President. Mr.. Till
man, however, considers himself as act
ing with the President to pass the re-
view clause with the minimum smount
of court power, and will not enter into
any such game"
His note to Mr.. Loeb, dated April IL,
was as follows
"Please hand this to the President
privately. am hearing an important
case all day today, but could see him if
he wished to see me. at one O'Clock"
The extract from the tx-Senator's |
diary. was as follows
"rhe diary, April ll.-At s;l5 p. m.
saw Senator Tillman at Colonial about |
railroad rate legislation. At $3.50 al
White House saw President Roosevelt
alone upstairs. Talked Of railroad rate
and many other things for more than an
hour. He was very gracious. At about
1880 TO Colonial with Tillman until
ll:45." II will be noted that the date
of the Chandler memorandum to the
President April IL, was two days before
the Chandler rillman negotiations with
the President had been opened. With
Ia those two days Chandler had ascer-
TONED that Bailey vas not working with
the so.cslled "railroad Senator'S" and
70 Informed the President, who there
upon directed Moody to open usgolis.