Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-05-18
RAILROAD BILL
cHANpLER's CONFERENCE WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
IS GIVEN OUT BY TILLMAA
Roosevelt DIsasrees With Leading Re.
publican senators-seeks Sup
port From Democrats.

port From Democrats.
Washington.-Senat .Tillman. who
on Saturday made statement In tho
Senate covering the details OF his and
Senator Hailey's negotiations through
ex-senator Chandler with President
Roosevelt regarding the rate bill. to.
night made public portion OF the
written statement made to him by Mr..
Chandler OF his various conferences
with the President on this subject.
The following is the portion OF Mr..
| Chambers statement given out by Mr..
| Tillman:
"On Saturday afternoon. March 81,
| 1906, q friend OF mine came into my
office and told me OF the White House
conference OF that day In which an un.
derstanding Us to limited court re.
view had been reached with Senator
Long and others. and he told me that
the President wished to get into CON.
munication with the Democrats arI
would shortly ask me to come and seeS
him. While he was talking a messen.
ger boy arrived with letter to mo
from Mr.. Loeb. rs follows:
Tho White House, Washington,
March 81. 1906.
".My Dear Senator Chnndler-Ths
l
would be glad to have you come to the
White House to see him ut $3.50 to-
night. VIII you please let the bearer
know whether you can come? Very
truly yours.
Secretary to the President.
"'Hon. William Z. Chandler. 1921 I
street.
II told tho messenger I would be
there.
.At the time and place appointed
tho President said to mo that he
wished through me to get into COM
munication with Mr.. Tillman. Mr..
Bailey and other Democratic senators.
He stated his purpose slowly and care
fully, and In exact substance his state
ment was this: That he had reached
the conclusion that the best plan for
prcssly grant a court review. but to
| distinctly limit II to two points: first.
| m inquiry whether the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission had exceeded Its
authority. and. second. an inquiry
whether the constitutional rights OF
the carrier had been violated.
"Hc said that he had been much
troubled by tho advocacy OF an unlim-
tied court review by some OF tho law.
ycrs Of tho Scnntc-nnminE Senator's
Knox. Spooncr and Fornkcr-ns try
ing to injurc or defeat the bill by In!
gcnious constitutional arguments. but
that he had come to q complete disa''
grccmcnt with them. He made this
point emphatic by repetition: said that
he would 70 thus far and no farther
and that his decision would be unnltcr-
able. He declared that he wished TO
ascertain whether there could be
united action In the Senate among the
friends Of the bill so that II could be
surely passed without Injurious
amendments. and he named various
Republican senator's who hc thought
were truc friends OF the bill, but said
that II would take nearly nll the Dem
ocra,s TO carry the Limitation and de-
feat all obnoxious provisions.
After the President had made his
statement. I replied that had reason
TO believe that most OF the Democrats
in the Senate would sustain his limi-
tation Of the courts power. but that
was sure that Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. TILL
man would insist upon coupling with
the limitation some restriction upon
the power OF the courts to issue injunc-
tions against the orders OF tho com
mission. Before had finished my
statement on this point the President
interrupted me. saying that need not
explain further. because he was
warmly In favor OF some such restric-
tons.
THAT evening saw Mr.. Tillman and
told him what had occurred