New-York tribune., 1906-05-13
DETAILS or THE DEBATE.
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Passed Without DiUiSiOH.
IBy The Associated PresuI
Washington, May 12.-In one of the btterest at
tacks that has been made President Roosevelt
| in the debate on the railroad rate BILL Senator
Bailey charged to-day that the Executive had SUR
rendered his position advocating effective
measure and had abandoned his demands for
tariff revision The Texas Senator charged that
the Presidents arraignment of trusts had been
made after his election and that before that time
he had been as silent as the grave upon the sub
teet of regulating the railroads The Senator closed
with this statement:
But let US have no more talk in the Senate and
clay, and very common clay at that.
The speech was in reply to Senator Carter who
had defended the President against criticism. say
ing that could charge him with cowardies.
In the course Of his remarks Senator Carter re-
ferred to the Democratic party as party Of nega-
ton. ana nothing more He declared that party
had been frightened into chill at the prospect OF
action. He charged that neither Senator Bailey
nor Senator Rayner had ever done anything to
obtain effective railroad legislation
When Senator Bailey gained the floor he charged
that the Montana Senator's 'ebuEton'' was due
to the fact that he had not been mentioned hy-
Senator Rayner In his speech yesterday as
one of the Presidents special ambassadors He de-
Tended his record. the ground that during
his service in Congress his party had been IN
power only the first four years. II during the time
the Democrats were in the minority he had intro
duced bill To regulate the railroads. the Senator
said, he would have been performing act Of
buncOmbe
He repeated charges Of inconsistency on the part
Of the President in his legislative programme. say
ing that the absolute rate first eontended for hal
been deserted for the maximum rate" and thar
the President had changed his stand the subject
of suspension Of rates pending reversal by The
courts.
ATTITUDE BEFORE ELECTION.
Taking up statement made by Senator Carter
that the President had during hts campaign for the
Presidency displayed matchless courage in defy ug
the railroad power Of the country. Senator Bailey
said Of the Presidents attitude IN that election
Has the Senator from Montana examined the rec
ord on that question as he did the record OF the
the senate say when I tell the Senator from Nom
tana that in his messages Of 1892 and 1888 the PTsS-
of regulating the railroads; that. standing IN the
presence Of the American people pending the great
either in his letter Of acceptance or IN his speech
O1iv after his election in 1904 did he challenge the
railroad powers IN mortar SON SO509 % DI b 'ns csTei
in defying it prior TO his election:
Senator Carter replied that IN a public address
delivered in the city of Minneapolis before his nom
ination the President had in clear. distinct and u-
eouivocal terms announced his position upon the
subject and likewise upon necessary antitrust
prosecutions and legislation
In feplv Senator Bailey said he did not know the
President had discussed the railroad question in
his speech at Minneapolis but he had examined tbs
Presidents public messages prior to the election
and had found nothing Of that character IN them
Senator Bailey said that the Presidents secretary
had written 70 the editor Of publication Aho"H
as Freight in the summer Of 1904 declaring that
In his letter Of acceptance the President Would
speak OUT on the railroad question he said the
Presidents promise had not been redeemed Com
tinuing. he said:
do not say that the President put u IN his lst;
him that the railroads would not contribute. thar
he cut Il out will not say mat sIenoisH @ ni
put before the Senate and the country tne laSs
on Il. ana he did not speak on il.
Perhaps those insurance eSnpenlss % MI MI a1,fsnS
20 secure his election owned many OF those rai-
but the Presidents advisers from incorporating n
his letter of meSass sEss5 o. nSsy tbe eeeon
Mr. ROOSEVELT AS FIGHTER
Mr. President ] love brave man. I love a
both on occasions but he can give uD with as
much aaeTity as any man ~ i'9 ever %eI. tS oai
It IS physical contest. I srant YOU because thar
no seems 20 have endurance in these political
% 5 he hrs s & eas ne SeS 4 CONS o a9s l9 r sSe5 @
great voice that was nllins the nation with a es-
gentleness and weakness Of whisper
Then he was going 70 have The railroads Tesg,
~
be convened in extraordinary session 20 deal With
IT, but the great leaders assembled with the ProSi-
dent. prayed with him little while. and no call
was issued for an extraordinary session Of Con-
gTesS. He waited until the regular session. and
five months OF that has elapsed and still no lcgi7-
latOn- And when We DO get a BILL God save tne
country from such bill q win he,
II the President had been this heroic hsu-s
Whish the Senator from Montana would have us
believe he you know what he would have
done He would have summoned these Hepu0-
ucan leaders 70 conference from the House ard
the Senate. and he would have said TO thecl-
~Gentlemen. ] not taiEiug 70 you now as the
j e
you Theodore Roosevelt. the Republican am
talking 10 you Republican I want 60 tel
YOU that I happen TO have learned that unless
you pass good BILL the president Of the United
states intends TO veto u. And they would have
passed bin fulhlling IN some degree the laudauls
eTnectatiOns OF this people. ~ Congress had
failed 70 10 Il and he had vetoed the bill they
passed and then convened them N extraordinary
session 20 pass q good one he would have written
his name side BY side with the names OF jefferson
"sHs SITS FOREVER lN THE SUM-"
There was sunshine P0rt Of each % three hundred
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