The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
BLAME PUT ON CHANDLER.
Chicago Tribune Correspondent At
tempts to Explain.

AniCdSO, May lb.-lne lI1DuAG II the
morning Will publish the following from
Raymond" its Washington correspond
ent, IN answer TO the attack made upon
his veracity by Senator Bailey OF Texas;
Washington, d. c., May 16-When the
Hon. Joseph ". Bailey, senator from
Texas, struck at the president of the
United States over my humble shoulders,
for that is all he did on the floor of the
senate today, he apparently was unaware
that there was documentary evidence in
existence both IN the official Congress
siOnal Record and IN the form OF written
memorandum by former Senator William
E. Chandler, absolutely proving that he
was an object Of suspicion TO the real
friends Of the presidents railroad policy.
Rests on Poor Basis.
served the suspicion, but that his mo-
tives and MS acts in the Democratic con-
ferences, in the Democratic caucuses, on
the floor Of the senate and in conference
between Mr.. Tillman and Moody and
through Mr. Chandler with the president,
gave rise to the suspicion that he was
not true to the principals of railroad rate
legislation is clear from the record itself
Bailey may be as innocent as a babe
unborn, and he says he is, but the sus-
picions did exist; they have existed 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 neWspa-
Mr.. Bailey is unfortunate and his char
acter should be relieved from aspersion.
Chandler Gets the Blame.
First Of all. let me quote William E.
Chandler, formerly a senator from New
Hampshire, now the president of the
Spanish claims commission He IS the
personal friend of Senator TiIlman, he
and the president Whichever Of the two
originated the negotiations Chandler Ger
tainly conducted them. It was his evil
dence 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
a tempest in the senate this afternoon
and which provoked Senator Bailey to
declare it to be q malicious lie and to in
sinu2te it was directly inspired by the
president himself, 1 stated facts on the
authority of Chandler himself. It was he
who conveyed to the White House the in
timation that Bailey was traitor, and if
the Texas senator has any one to blame it
must be Tillmans friend, William E
Chandler
An Alleged Chandler Memorandum
In the very outset Of the negotia-
tiOns he was conducting. Chandler pre-
pared and left at the White House a writ
ten memorandum for the benefit Of the
president have not the text of that
memorandum DeIOre me, but quoting from
memory II says: The railroad senators
want the Bailey amendment but Tilman
Is for the presidents court review amend
ment and will block their game
This IS nearly q literal quotation. but
no one could see text probably without
the permission of the president.
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 president since the
dispatch was written and I have not
asked him for the text Of this memo
the text could at best add only few
words to the quotation I have given.
Claims other Information.
"I know am correct in the statement
that during the course of the negOtia-
tiOns William E Chandler, who since has
accused the president Of falsehood, made
an oral report either to the president
himself or to someone representing him,
which was much more specific During
this talk Chandler. in explaining the dif-
ficulties in securing united action by the
Democrats, stated in so many words that
he and Tillman were suspicious Of Bailey.
believing he was in an alliance with Al
drich and associating Nth the Standard
that Tillman was watching his maneuvers
and expected to be able to prevent any
evil effects
These were the suspicious to which I
alluded in the previous dispatch as hav-
ing constantly existed and as having in
fluenCed the administration beyond all
doubt in dropping the negotiations with
Tillman through Chandler, and renewing
the efforts TO unite the Republicans on a
reasonable basis Of compromise