The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-15
TEEPRESIDE
SILEVGESR HIS
LOUD acc UsSE
els Of Rate
Bill COME ferenees

tor Chandler made statemerts regar
ig the Prestdent,s course In Gomez
tion with pending railroad rate legis-
lation. some OF which staten were
denied by Mr.. Lodge on beilalf Of the
President. had its sequel this evening
when an Official statement vas issued
from the White House SWING an &c
count OF the subject onsth part os
President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Moody The settlement COM
prises two letters one from the Presi-
dent to Senator Allison and the pthe-
from Attorney General Moody to the
President The President says
In no case. either in the csseoE NJ.
Chandler or anyone elseswas there the
slightest opportunity for any nltsrep-
-esentation of my attitude or any be-
lief that pledged myself specifcafl
TO one and only onesamendmentora
of anendments,3or that would not be
satisfied with any amendment which
preserved the essential features ftha
Hepburn bin as it came from the
House.
The President saws that as to many
of. the amendments. including the so
called Long. oyerman. Bacon and
Spooner amendments, he had said he
should be entirely satisfied to hare
them in the bin. and suggested pnodihss
cations as to other am ndrrents but
.tas none (of the amendments did =
ever say either to Mr. Chandler or to
anyone else that should Insist upon
having them I'm the bin asa ccn6it icrs
of my approval, ard that o:s the con:
trary he (the Presidenrl was careful
to state that he was not trytlG to aics
tate any particular prograrnmeso OF ac-
ton The President says chat the
statements made to Senator Chandler
were the same IN substance as those
made 70 Mr.. Allison and Other Se1as
tors OF both parties. he said ne va
asked to see Senator Chandler as tles
representative of Mr. sillman N
charge Of the bilI and tliat the con-
ferences Attorney General 1Foody had
with Senator'S Tnfman and Bailey
| were such as had been held ~ "a ssal15s
other Senators TO deterr1tin e he ~ ffas-s
eology and discuss the eHectof amends
ments proposed by them he Pes
dent states that hesbecanaesconv
that 1t was impossible for Senators
with advantage5 to use kim as an
Intermediary and SUGGESTED 10 a TO-
whom he spoke that conTns ns,nf=
cate with senator Allison
The President says chat m us opiz-
ion the Allison amendmeat m no lsas
changed the court review pEoy9deG
IN the original Hepburn he IT
/ toney Generals letter g4ges an acs
count at the President,s equess Of
the conferences which ssEoodY saass
by the Presidents direction sem
ators Tllman and Bat1es ardSlg
the court review feature. essass he
/ advised the President hat he shou1e
/ not at any stage become finally corsS
mitted beyond recall any form D.
| language in any part OF the bii and
the President affirmed the wisdom Sose
that course. He reviews the discus
sion of interlocutory functions and
concludes that there was MOI : n
the conversations Between thc
ators and himself which bonna sss
President To any par-tics.l assessc-
! ment
Senator Tfllman talked freely 10
night with number his ca1iegs
about the statement issued BY Press-
dent Roosevelt He expressed lhis
| preference, howevernos to be Qaoted-
pointing out that whatever he ySslaed
10 say on the subject OF the statemeneI
he would say ON the foor OF the Ser
ate. He expects that the questson
be brought to the 'front.' the Senate
Fouowinsfs the correspoudene eIas
bracec in the statement given osst by.
the White House last eyening -rhe.
PRESIDENTS letter:
The White House yyashilgton
Nay 1895
itAlys Dear senator Allison:
aAs Senator Tilman brorghr L,
iyou- name nseounect5on With nine IN:
/ tthesstatementh he made conceruin our
lrelati the rate BIN last 50 ssszday
ccontinEe On sPase sse.s