The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-17
REGARDED TRAITOR
Chicago Tribune Correspondent Re
plies to Senator Bailey.

Chicago, May 1.-THE Tribune this
morning published the following from
Raymond, it's Washington cor e
spcndent, in answer to the attack made
upon his veracity by Senator Bailey,
of Texas:
when the Hon. Joseph ". Bailey.
senator from Texas. struck a. the
president Of the United States over my
humble shoulders, for that is all he did
on the floor of the senate today, he ap-
parently was unaware that there was
documentary evidence in existence,
DOth IN the Official Congressional Rec
ord, and in the form of written memo
randum by former Senator William z.
Chandler, absolutely proving that he
was an object Ce suspicion 10 the re 4!
friends of the presidents railroad
policy.
This is not to say that MIR. Bailey
deserved the suspicion, but that his
motives and his acts in the Demo-
cratic conferences. in the Democratic
caucuses, on the floor of the senate,
and in conference between Tillman
and Moody and through Mr.. Chandler.
with the president, gave rise to the
suspicion that he was not true to the
principle Of railroad rate legislation,
Is clear from the record itself and can
not be successfully denied.
Mr.. Bailey may be as innocent as
BABE unborn, and he says he is, but
the suspicious did exist, they have ex-
listed for weeks, they have been talked
Of in the cloak rooms of the senate on
the streets. at the White House and
elsewhere. They have been mentioned
IN many newspapers. and if they have
not been justified, Mr.. Bailey is IN
fortunate and his characte should be
relieved from aspersion
First of ALL let me quote William
r. Chandler. formerly a senator from
New Hampshire, now president of the
Spanish claims commission. He is the
personal friend of Senator Tillman he
was the Intern ediary between Tiilrnan
and the president. Whichever of the
two originated the negotiations
Chandler certainly conducted them. IT
was his evidence which has twice been
cited by Mr.. Tillman on the floor of
the senate. and it Is Chandler who in
effect has given the lie direct to the
president
In the dispatch sent by me on Mon
day to the Tribune, which aroused such
tempest in the senate, and which pro-
voked Senator Bailey to declare It to
be malicious lie and to insinuate II
was directly Inspired by the president
himself, | stated facts on the authority
OF Chandler himself 1t was he who
conveyed to the White House the inti-
nation that Bailey was a traitor. and if
the Texas senator has anyone to blame
Chandler
In the very outset Of the negotia-
tions he was conducting, Chandler pre-
pared and left at the White House a
written memorandum for the benefit of
the president. have not the text of
that memorandum before me, but quot
ing from memory, It says:
" The railroad senators want the
Bailey amendment, but Tillman is for
the presidents court review amend
ment, and will block their game
This is nearly a literal quotation.
but no one could have the text probably
without the permission of the presi-
dent.
The dispatch I sent to the Tribune
was telegraphed on my own authority
and without the knowledge or consent
of the president against whom Bailey
trained his batteries today and not
against me. I have not seen the presi-
dent since the dispatch was written and
I have not asked him for the text of
! this memorandum OF William E. Chand-
! Ter, because the text could at best add
| given / know I am correct in the
statement that during the course of the
/ negotiations William E. Chandler who
! since has accused the president of false
/ hood, made an oral report either to
the president himself or to some one
representing him, which was much
more specific. During this talk, Chand-
! Ter in explaining the difficulties in Sc
curing united action by the Democrats
stated in SO many words that he and
! Tillman were suspicious of Bailey, be-
4 lieVing he was in an alliance with Aid
4 rich, and aSsOciating with the Standard
OIL and railroad crowd in the senate.
but that Tillman was watching his
maneuvers and expected to be able to
prevent any evil effects
These were the suspicious to which
alluded in the previous dispatch as
having constantly existed, and as hav-
Ing influenced the administration be-
yond all doubt in dropping the negotia-
! ticns with Tillman through Chandler.
and renewing the efforts to unite the
Republicans on a reasonable basis of
| compromise