The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-16
ROOSGIeIPs VsraciB is Question:
 ed b] Senator Chandler
Il LYMAN MAKES STATEMENT
Not One of the Presidents Friends on the Floor of the Senate Rises to Defend Him In Answer to
 Tilman or Chandler.

Washington. May 15.-(Specan.--With his veraelty questioned. the president of the United States stands tonight accused l by distinguished member of his own party former Senator William E. Chan dler of New Hampshire. So straghtfor- ward and convincing was Senator Chan dler's statement placed officially in the record today that no member of the Sen ] ate. not even the presidents friend. Sen ator Lodge. attempted to make any de- fense of the president and take his side to try to explain away the presidents sudden turn to the Allison Aldrlch amend 1 mont
 l Late in the afternoon Senator Tillman l obtained the floor made speech and i read to the Senate Mir. Chandlers yer sion of the efforts of the president to l get the support of the democrats for railroad legislation, which means some l thing. The reading of the statement was attended with almost breathless interest on the floor and in the galleries There i is question of Senator chandler's hon. esty and integrity and none know this better than the former senator's repub- llcan colleagues on the floor of the Sem ate His record in the history of the republican party, while 1t possessed little l indorsement and often bitter denuncia- ton from democrats, never disclosed any ] thing that would smirk of dishonesty or l untruthfulness. His every word always comma nded the respect of his opponents as well as his political friends.
 Others Disposed of.
 Not only did Tllman in lr, speech and Chandler in his dgnified statement com pletely dispose of the president. but also paid their respects to MT. Moody. the at- | torney general of the United States. who yesterday stHfhed himself In the letter written by him to the president Fill- mans reference to the honor or tms particular member of the presidents cab met caused a hum and stir in the Senate, which, for several seconds, interrupted the reading Of the statement. When It had been concluded. Senator Allison rose in his place and asked for the reading | of the presidents letter given out yes terday. II was presumed that it would be followed by vigorous speech rom Senators Lodge. Beveridge or some other of the president friends. The eyes or i the galleries were centered on the repup- Iican side to see who would he first to rush to the defense of the president. Not a man stirred. Suddenly Senator Nelson | rose:
 "Mr President said he. "t move to lay the amendment on the table me # 1 Senate was HRdln Ddch oii iht ipt''i''N bate of the railroad rate bill and a mnr- mur of surprise ran around the galleries which was only checked by the vigorous use of the vice presidents gavel. In the meantime Senator Bailey had, been sit- ting ouietlv in his seat; his desk covered with documents ready to r ply to the republican speeches. None made. ana no reply was necessary. As the Iexaii expressed it after adjournment, the evi- dence was made up. and he was dulte willing for 1t to go to the jury. meaning the people Of the country "l'ho"' i"i ther argument.
 One story today is to the effect that the letter of the president yesterday was real ly written by Senator Allison or soine one other than the president. At any rate. if is certain that the letter reads more unlike any other production or Ine president than is possible to imagine. mo Roosevelt ring is wholly absent.
 Tilman Takes Floor.
 Washington May 15.-Whie the debate on the personnel of the interstate com merce commission was in progress m the Senate today Senator Tillman TOOK tue floor to make statement on behalt ot ex- Senator Chandler, which had been mornentarily expected since Senator Jodge's conveyance last Saturday Co the Senate of the Presidents emphatic cenlai of some statements attributed to MT. Chandler by the South Carolina senator | Chandeliers memoranda of his conference with the President which has heretofore | been given to the public. prefacng It With | a brief statement of his own, saylnR that on Saturday the Senate had been startied and mortified 10 hear the utterances or an ex-member denounced on behalf or the nresident as a deliberate and unqnalined saisebood" As he had been responsible for introducing the subject whleh nao caused the attack of MT. Chandler ne felt under obligations to place him right on the record TO that end he read tne ex-senator's statement.
 Tillman's Statement.
 The reading of that statement was fol- lowed by the following from MT. Tilman;
 .rbere are only two points in the Pres ioent's letter which 1 deem worthy or notice His attempted explanation IS ln- | genious but no ingenious. lie cails m 1 question the integrity of purpose anu ut- terance of MT. Chandler by declaring nc was asked to see ex-Senator Chandler as representing MT. Tllman, who was in charge of the bill. He stated to me the views of MT. Tillman with seeming au- thority.'
 MT. Chandler has declared most pos- itively in a written statement that the President sent for him for the purpose 1 nj getting into communication with Senator Bailey and myself and he has | nroduced the letter of MT. Loeb. now declare most emphatically that 10 no one human being have l ever given author ity or expressed a wish to have any con ference with Theodore Roosevelt In regard to the bill now under consideration on the contrary l have expressed the opln- ion in more than one public interview that he had nothing to do with it, ana , that it was the business of the senate and while I did, at his request, enter into , | negotiations with the attorney general 1t is well known to every senator on this i floor what my attitude and feelings nave been and 1t is most remarkable while the President sent for democrat a1ter oem- : ocrat to confer with him about this meas nre that he should undertake under the , circumstances 10 assert that l sent an avent to him to begin negotiations. The statement Is abused on its face.
 The other point to which l shail rsler | In, u,Nt MO0Iy