The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-18
BAILEY IS STILL
SHEDDING LIGHT
Proves That Nothing in Chand-
ler Memorandum Reflected
Upon Him.
TAKES ANOTHER FALL
OUT OF CORRESPONDENT
Admits His Own Faults, but In
sists He Is Always
Honest.

WASHINGTON. May 17-Senator Bailey
| again today took the floor In the Senate
10 make further explanation OF his con-
nection with the efforts TO secure an un-
dcrstandlng between the President and
the Democratic Senators on the railroad
rate bill, basing his statement articles
In the Chicago Tribune and the New York
Tribune charging him with bad faith in
that connection and giving ex-senator
Chandler as authority for that statement
He had road a series OF letters and mem
oranda beginning with request from
himself to the former Senator Tor copy
OF any statement that he might nave
made that justified this statement This
was followed by the reading Of the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Chandler:
Statement Of Chandler.
Washington. May 1s ] w Bailey. United
States Senator;-I have your letter OF today
md enclooc TO you copy OF men,oranoun
Ing OF Wednesday. April IL. think the mem
orandum was not dated but my retained COPY
President any assurances as 10 your attitude
relative to the so-caIled game. because l mad
not esen you and did not feel authorized by
anything Mr Tiihan had then said to give
any assurance in your name ..,
with him fully and he then told me that mel
thsr hc yourself were entering Into games
With the railroad Senators. and a! $40 saw
the President and told him what Ar. Tlllmaa
had said and that he need have no spprehrn-
sion on the subject eneiose to you copies
from my diary. April 13 / saw MI MOODY;
and again on the litb, and arranged With him
TO sec Mr, rlllman and yourself on the next
day. sunday. the 18th Yours truly,
WILLIAM e. CHANDLER
The followed the memorandum to Sec
retary Loeb and that was accompanied
by extract from Mr., Chandler's diary.
The memorandum was as follows:
Text of Memorandum.
The game OF the railroad Senators IL TO sup
port Baicy's amendment and induce him 10
agree to broad right OF court review. What
that is TO be Is not certain, but the principaI
denp Mr. Tillmsn. however conElders him
scf as acting with tho President to pass The
court power, and Will not enter Into any sucn
game
The diary extract reads:
Text Of His Diary
Diary. April IL At ais p M saw Senator
Tillman at the Colonial, about railroad rate
Legislation Al $50 White House saw Pres
idont Roosevelt elono upstairs Talked OF raii-
road rate, and many other things Tor more
about 1880 70 Colonial. with Tillman until
11i5.
said that the New York Tribune Of today
had put the matter somewhat dlnerenti.
from yesterdaX,s. PPTeseneataS9h; PPeoteS an,I snHs
Mr. Chandler's letter TO the President had
been in circulation among Democratic
Senators. To this statement Mr.. Bailey
gave special attention. saying that he had
made inquiry sufficient to assure him tnat
not one OF the Democratic Senator's had
ever seen the document. much less circu-
lated it
II did not yesterday know that any
Senator on the Republican side had seen
yesterday the President showed 1t TO one
OF them and also 10 a member OF the
House. and II this statement Is denied /
can coll names"
Not in the Game"
He then declared that If Mr Chendler
not a syllable in his memorandum con
ccrning himself TO Justify the statement
that he (Chandler) had impu5ned MS
lBaiieys2 good n fol'n' nae oSeS Se went nT on
but that others were. / Will say that
the game was played to catch others and
very successfully.
Further constituting the memorandum,
he called attention TO the fact that effort
was to beat the President; With
thy, but at the time did not" He then
called attention TO the fact that upon
the Presidents authority MI. CnandIers
yerncity had been challenged In tho Sem
ate by Mr Lodge and asked; In View
OF that fact does II lie In the mouths of
those people TO assall me Win seste-
ment like that from a man whom they
have denounced as false witness?
Continuing he said
Not an impeachment.
THE President did not consider this
memorandum an impeachment of my
good fnith. The PROOF OF that Is 1tt that'
In three days he asked me to confer with
his Attorney General on this vital ques-
tIon II is inconceivable that the Presi-
dent with a suspicion OF my integrity In
his mind. would permit his Attorney-Gen
oral to transmit to me an amendment In
measure. I have no words TO express my
opinion of those who would treat with
those whom they suspect or treachery,
and only traitors would do It,"
Senator Bailey then read briefly from
the reply OF the Chicago Tribune's corrc-
spondent TO his speech OF denunciation
mnde yesterday. and continuing, said;
MY attack does not seem to have dis
turbed tho correspondent OF that paper,
because he says he was overlooked In my
attack on the President Perhaps he re.
CARDS It as being overlooked TO be called
an unqualified, malicious liar. Ho says he
has not the Chandler memorondum be
1t, Now, where did he see 1t l did not
show 1t to him Ex-senator Chandler did
not show 1t TO hin, IL Is addressed TO MI Mi
leave It to the country and the Senate TO
say who furnished him his information
tt
Admits Own Faults.
Tho Texas Senator spoke of his own
lust been called arbitrary. dictatorlal.
In speech and rash. bur ho
declared that he had never Intentionally
lone A man an injustice. and that he had
never done a wrong without making
70 paration when the fault called TO
lis notice, He said that no man ever be-
ore had imputed to him lack OF candor
10 man had ever charged him with double
dealing and could not do now and
,scape his denunciation. Across the
,row OF such n man. he said. he would
,ut the brand OF liar, that all men
may know him and shun him.
No one else spoke on the subject. Dur
ng the entire recall there was Intense In
crest In the Senate and tho galleries
Of tho rate bill was then -