Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-18
Friday, May Is, 1905.
Sc and utterance of Mr.. Chandler by

pose and utterance Of Mr.. Chandler by
dc claring:
He was asked to see ex-senator
Chandler as representing Mr.. Tlllman,
who was in charge OF the bill. he
stated to me the views Of Mr.. Tillman
with seeming authority
"Mr. Chandler has declared most
positively, In a written statement that
the president sent for him for the pur-
pose of getting into communication
with Senator Bailey and myself and he
has produced the letter OF Mr.. Loeb.
II ROW declare most emphatically
that to no human being have / ever
given authority or even expressed q
wish to have any conference with The
odore Roosevelt in regard to the bill
now under consideration. On the con-
trary, / have expressed the opinion In
more than one published interview
that he had nothing to do with 1t and
that 1t was the business Of Il senate,
and while / did, at his request, enter
into negotiations with the attorney
general, 1t is we'll known to every
senator on this floor what my attitude
and feelings have been, and 1t Is most
remarkable while the president sent for
democrat after Democrat to confer
with him! about this measure that he
should undertake under the circum-
stances to assert that / sent an agent
to him to begin negotiations. This
statement is absurd on its face.
1.-The other point to which l shall
refer is the cavalierly way In which
Mr.. Moody discusses the idea Of the
president not being bound.
While contradicting in no instance,
however slight, my statement Of what
occurred, the attorney general seems to
think that the code of honor among
gentlemen Is not binding upon the ex-
.cutive and his cabinet.
1.-The president asked him to see Mr..
Bailey and myself. We met by ap-
ointment made by Senator Chandlrr
and talked over the vital question. He
wrote and sent to Mr.. Bailey his un-
derstanding Of our views and when we
met subsequently We reached absolute
agre ement both as to the form and the
substance OF proposed amendment to
which he Said the president would as
sent and help get votes for.
"Of course, the president was not
bound to change, but he was bound uIl-
der such circumstances to give notice
and this was not done. Even the at
torney- general himself was not noti-
fed The charge made and still make
is that the president Is guilty Of bad
faith and the rate bin which will be,
when enacted into law, much better
and stronger measure than we had
hoped to get. has been emasculated OF
one of its most valuable and essential
features by the presidents action.
II am ready to leave the whole ques-
tion to the thoughtful and honorable
men of the country"
Soon after beginning his statement,
Senator Tillman injected the words.
This is Tillman talking now" which
caused a litter In the senate and con-
siderable laughter In the galleries.
When Mr.. Tillman had concluded
Senator Allison asked to have read the
presidents letter to him. He only said
that his object was to have the letter
made as permanent record OF as Mr..
Tillman's statement. Attorney Gener-
al Moody's statement to the president
was also read.
When the words ,'T saw the news
paper men in mass were read there
was a loud guffaw In the senate and
| In the galleries and the vice president
raped sharply with his gavel for or
der.
Mr. Nelson interposed with motion
to lay the pending amendment to the
rate bill on the table, which closed the
incident