Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-18
BAILEY KEEPS TALKING.
Continued from Page One.)

ing of the following letter from Mr..
Chandler:
Washington. May 16. 1906.
Hon. J. w. Bailey, United States Sen
ator:
DER Sir-I have your letter of to-
dav and | enclose to you 2 copy Of a
memorandum sent by me TO the Whit"
House on the morning of "Wednesday,
April II. | think the memorandum was
not dated, but my retained copy IS
dated April II. | did not therein give
the President any assurances as to
your attitude relative to the SO-called
game. because l had not seen YOU and
did not feel authorized by anything
Mr.. Tillman had then said to give any
assurance in your name. AT 9.l5 +. NJ.
I saw Mr. Tillman and talked with
him fully and he then told me that
neither he nor yourself We're entering
into games with the railroad senators;
and at 930 l saw the President and told
him what Mr.. Tillman had said and
that he need have no apprehension on
the subject. l enclose to YOU copies
from my diary. April Is / saw Mr..
Moody and again on the 18th and ar
ranged with him to see Mr.. Tillman
and yourself on the next day, Sunday,
the 18th.
Yours truly.
WILLIAM f. CHANDLER.
Then followed the memorandum TO
Secretary Loeb and that was accom-
panied by an extract from Mr.. Chand-
ler's diary. The memo was as follows:
af,Nv.c
| is to support Bailey's amendment and
induce him to agree to broad right OF
court review. What that is to be is
not certain, but the principal object is
| to "beat him. meaning the President
Mr.. Tillman. however. considers him.
self as acting with the President tC
pass the review clause with the mini
mum amount of court power and viii
| not enter into any such game
This was accompanied by a private
, note to Secretary Loeb as follows:
/ please hand this to the President
privately. [ am hearing an important
case all day today. but could see hin
if he wished at l o'clock"
| The diary extract read:
| "Diary-April II at 9.15 p. M. saw
Senator Tillman at the Colonial about
rate legislation At $50 at the White
| House saw President Roosevelt alone
! upstairs. talked of railroad rates ant
many other things for more than al
hour. He was very gracious. At abou
80 to Colonial with Tillman unit
11.45."
Proceeding with his remarks Mr.
! Bailey said that the New York Fri
bune of today had put the matte
somewhat differently from yesterday
presentation thus modifying the lie.
He quoted today's article in which
was stated that copies of Mr.. Chand
ler's letter to the President had bee
in circulation among Democratic sen
ators. To this statement Mr. Bale
. gave special attention saying that h
had made inquiry sufficient to assur
. him that not one of the Democrat
l senators had seen the document. niue
< less circulated it,
Il Il did not yesterday know that an
senator on the Republican side ha
seen 1t, but I am enabled to say no
tnat on yesterday the President Shove
IL TO one of them and also to a mem
Der Ut the House, and if this statemer
, Is denied l can call Names
:, he then declared that if Mr.. Chand
Ter mad never spoken another wor
there was not a syllable in his mem
Uranium concerning himself to justif
~ the statement that he (Chandler) ha
n lmpugned his CBaileys) good fait
!? ne does not say that it was playin
Is game, he went on. but that othe,
s. We're. | will say that the game W.
o. prayed TO catch others and very su,
"a cessfully. 'D>
n. 'ur.her constituting the memora,
4, yum ne called attention TO the IA,
mr. .lat the effort was to beat the Pres
he dent MI '''e ''e'
Win that he added, Il ought