New-York tribune., 1906-05-15

T1asr.,s e,nounean,ent ln the Senate that th.
President declared this statement "a deliberate
end unqualified falsehOOd" amply covered that
point, but in the light OF Mr.. Chambers wen
known animoslty 20 these Senators, and OF me
aupa-ent fact that the former Senator confused
hfs credentials, mistake in this respect is not
sf,rprisinr In the statement Of the Attorney
General IL Is shown that on April l6 he sent TO
senator Bailey rough draft OF the amend
f~enf he had discussed with Messrs. Ttllnan,
Bailey and Chandler, and that on April % or "a
this draft had been further discussed and some
verbal changes made. This accords with Sena-
ror TiIlman's account. but IL is not apparent why
arr. TiIlman then deferred introducing the
amendment in the Senate until May g. and it is
REGARDED as only natural that the President and
the Attorney General in the light of the fiascO
which occurred when Senator Bailey convened
the Democrats to adopt his amendment and Of
the long delay which ensued before Mr.. Tillman
took his next step. should have appreciated that
II was impossible for Mr.. Bailey to deliver the
number Of Democratic votes which he had de-
cIared he commanded and TO have assumed that
any negotiations If such they could be termed,
were of.
UNFoUNDED DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS.
II will be remembered that when Senator
Bailey called a Democratic conference on April
Is he was unable to obtain more than sixteen
votes for his anti-injunctlon amendment and
that no friend OF the amendment said that more
than twenty-four Democrats would vote for It,
or two less than Mr.. Bailey had represented to
Mr.. Chandler could be obtained
The Republican leaders also call attention TO
the probable fact that the President came to
realize that, even If Senators Bailey and Tillman
could make good their guarantee OF twenty-siX
Democratic votes. it would be impossible to Sc
cure a sufficient number of Republican votes in
addition TO constitute majority OF the Senate-a
fact verified, according to the view advanced by
Mr. Bailey, who says the Allison amendment is
the broadest that could be drawn, by the vote
Tor the Allison compromise.
II Is recalled, moreover, bv every one who has
discussed This subject with the President that
he has invariably maintained that he preferred
Ine Hepburn bill unamended; that If any court
amendment was TO be adopted he wanted it
limited 10 the two grounds he sets forth in his
letter, and Senators Tilman and Bailey could
have learned this fact easily from the news
papers as from Mr.. Chandler. II Mr.. Chandler
led them to believe more than this. the Presi-
dents nlends say, 1t was clearly without author
ity from the White House.
THE PRESIDENTS GOOD FAITH.
Under these circumstances, those who have
carefully examined the statement Of Mr. TiIIman,
the Presidents letter and the statement of the
Attorney General are unable to detect any ground
whatever for the allegation advanced by Mr.
Tillman that the President broke faith with the
Senators from South Carolina and Texas
II is noteworthy, of course, that the President
accepted the Allison compromise because, in his
opinion. It did not materially alter the Hepburn
bill, and the broad review Senators have made
no allegation TO the contrary. although they are
well satisfied with the compromise"
II is further declared that had Senators Till
man and Bailey kept IN closer touch with Sem
ator Allison. whom they knew to be favorable to
a and a1
on a former member of the Senate, the Presi-
dents announcement that he had accepted the
Allison amendment would have come to them as
less OF a surprise.
There is a conviction in Washington that the
tempest in a teapot which raised by the
Bailey and Tillman statements will not make
any serious impression the country at large,
in the light Of the Presidents overwhelming VIC
Tory in securing. with the assistance of Senator
Allison and the cooperation OF all the Repub-
dcan leaders Of the Senate. a competent and
comprehensive Railroad Rate bill.