The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-16
PRESIDENT
BR0KI. WORD
ON||..R||:.A|T |: Bit.
This Charge Reiterated q,
by Tillman on Floor. 1.
Of Senate. ~
BOUND. HE SAYS, 4. 4.
BY CODE OF HONOR
Willing to Leave Entire Matter
to Thoughtful Men of the Is'5I XII
Country. i5ssS
ALDRICH AND FRIENDS .s5.S.ss re
NOW CONTROL SENATE {: \. 'l:;.I
Opponents of Effective Rate Rat al
Legislation Change Proyisi roy g NJ
Of Bill, and Will Dictate i.5
Composition Of Corn s,55
mission vote I \.
.day'is Possible. s5
sALDRICH AND FRIENDS ..8.SfH
NOW CONTROL SENATE.
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rom e our 1,egular Correspondents

,SfyrASHINGTON, May Nhie the DC
bate on the personnel Of the InterstatslSS
Commerce Commission was in prog reHss = "a
In lie Senate to-day Senator ~ Imam ~!
took the floor to make i a statement
Son behalf Of Ex-senator Chandler tl hl 9 u
statement has been m onlentarily$e expec ctegd
since Senator lodge conve ~ ~ n
Saturday to the Senate of the PRESIDENT ln1s
emphatic denial of some of ne y asser-s
tons attributed to Mr.. Chandler by tie n
South Carolina sena ato.. ,sts q,
S The senator from South Carroll a5SWaS iSSS
at his very best Ne neye r. arpeare ~ vi
Observation-Disclosures md one could MOI siL,i Il
feeling that 1t was the real Ultima q ia rs
Ing and not the Tillmans Of 5cartoo and
story-thc Tillman Of the pitcl l5S
ileying forth ;nvective ut eve ryt thing III lsss
sight. 81 7!s{ 5iSs q 5st IL sN
The galleries were crowded from theSs
opening of the session, In eXpect ia ton of
the statement Time wore u on nd s. tillsSS
nothing came from Id Mr.. lin IN, y llo III
appeared tohnve not he 81 test IN erl-gs
ttionsot making "a sta tenlentaof an 81 CHI
dc ter. Finally af few ninu les atlf ter Ihe6
rose &anci addressed Ethe chnirsisE1n stant a;
there was perfect st Illness q IL es Chain
her. si9 @ @S iis8S
lS Mr.. Tlllman read the port ton fysssi r:S
EC,handler's 2nlenOrand da q his conferen ee38
with the President which has hereto
fore been given to the public, prefacing i
$lt with Il brief statement o & his b oWnS
saying that on saturdny4the Senate had sS
been startled and mortified to hear8it the as
&utterances Of an eX-member5 denounced $
on behalf8iof the president IS AZ ID "a 80 esq
liberate and unqualified falsehood 's3s:A A. 8 4
he had been responsible for introducing !
the subject which had caused the e g t-sSs
tack on Mr.. Chandler he felt under obs
legations to place him right on the
cord no that end he read the ex-senator's 8 Il
statement. Nv "
Tillman's Charge.
The reading of that statement was fol- q
lowed by the following declaration from "
Mr.. Tillman: % 3s Hi IA
,.There are only two points In the :5s
Presidents NJ letter which deem $gs
worthy OF not lce. His attempted ex-- 85
planatlon Is Ingenious, but not inge- s3EE8
nuous. He calls In question the it-s5 5ia
tegrIty OF purpose and uttarance OF fiia5s
Mr.. Chandler by declaring: II was 53i
asked to see ex-senator Chandler as s5s
representing Mr.. Tillman, who was In
charge Of the bill. He stated to mo N \
the Views of MIR. Tlllman With seem 81
Ina authorty,' Il II "a 54$58 55ssgS
positively In written statement that
the President sent for him for the pur- s.
pose Of getting Into communlc cation $SSaa
With Senator Bailey and myself, and sfea fs
he has produced the letter Of MIR. s ss}}s e
Loeb. s58! 3sss
~ now declare most emphatlcally
that to no human being have ! ever
given authority or even expressed a ls5s
Wish to have any conference With N 3i3i
Theodore Roosevelt In regard to the il $S
bill now under consider alton. On the
contrary. have expressed the opln-
Ion In more than one publls Inter- j$
view that he had nothing to do With
Il <k.A httct HN3t
the Senate, and while did, at his y
/ request, enter into negotiations With
- the Attorney General, 1t Is we'll kno own
to every senator on this floor what
my attitude and feelings have been,
and 1t Is most remarkable, while tho
President sent for Democrat after "a
Democrat to confer With him about v
this measure that he should under-
take under the circumstances TO as
sert that sent an agent to him to
begIn negotiations. The statement Is
absurd on It's face, @
Code of Honor.
"The other point to which shall
refer Is the cavilier way In which 385f44
mir. Moody discusses the Idea OF the
President not being bound. t3.3
while eontradct'no in no In-
stance, however slight, my state
ment of what occurred the Attorney. n 5
General seems to think that the Gods
of honor among gentlemen Is not 35
binding upon the Executive and his
Cabinet, }s & 5s
"The President asked him to see 8
Mr.. Bailey and myself, We met by s
appointment made by Senator Chand,
lsr and talked over the Vital cues,
ton. He wrote and sent to M.
Bailey his understanding Of our
Views, and when we met subsequant'
Iy we reached absolute agreement,
both as to the form and the suh'
stance of proposed amendmant, to
which he said the President Would @
assent and help get votes for. 81
nof course, the President Was NOT
bound not to change. but he Was sss
bound under such circumstances TO
oiyo notice, and this was not done.
even the Attorney General himself 5
was not notified. The charge mads III BS
and still make Is that the President Is s
guilty Of badsfaith. and that tho rats
BILL, which Will be, when enacted Into i5 S5
law, much better and stronger 3
measure than we had hoped to osss
has been elnascusted OF one of tts 5ss
most valuable and essential features s S*
4 by the Presidents action, rs