The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-22

Uf N bite ftnare la'.la.e ana 4|Aalr
dealing AL told by Messrs Tlimar
and Chandler sud AL supported by
ma1g circumstance 1f uticE the
public Is well aware. stIl stands vith
lts ssse1.aI feafs-e lrshaze1 This
essential feature ls that Mr Roose-
welt broke an agreement with The
.TUma1.E Bailey minority Leadership 70
stand or fall vIfh -he Democratic
senators 90 fhs limited court review
proposition Eteu Mr Moodys state
meHt contains nothing % sha'fer the
Iriy story told b. the senators -.h0
were left 10 TIE lgrch when Mr
Roosevelt surrendered 90 Senator Al.
d-ichs railroad cres The more Mr
Moody Testimony is studied the less
% seems a yildics,0n 60 his chief
Another issue ~ yeracify g. rails.
% By Tie president vten be says b.
vas Senator TiIimaa vho opened The
negotiations But that point is quite
as lmmaterial % the main issue. the
question - broken faith. as The other
dispute over whether President
Roosevelt told the truth about seua.
tor Foraker spooue- aad Knox.
Mr. Roosevelt says somebody ask.
Cd him 10 see representative Of Mr
Tiilman He does not name the
somebody NJ Chandler says some
body asked hia tO go gee the pres.
ident Who that somebody is Mr
Chandler did not Say 90 his state
ment ~ b. not disputed by rresi.
dent Roosevelt that he summoned
Mr Chandler % the White House
Mr. Chandler regarded himself as the
Intermediary between Messrs R1ose-
Welt and Tillmau. Mr Roosevelt says
he regarded Mr Chandler as the rep.
resentatiye of Mr. Tillmsn
But the notorious facts about the
strained relations between the presi.
dent and the South Csrolinian make
n extremely unlikely that Mr. TIL.
man would have opened the negotia.
tiations Mr Tillman himself says be
had 10 pocket his pride 10 go in;o
the dicker with HIS personal enemy
IN ria Waite House o. u',.iles DO %
essary for Mr. Roosevelt 20 corrobor.
ate his version that Il was Tillman
who broached the conference. bu
this has not been done.
Yes even 10 % were ab olptely
proved that q was Mr Tillman and
not Mr. Roosevelt who proposed the
alliance between the white house and
the Democrats. this would not alter
these facts:
THAT the alliance was formed
That Roosevelt sent Moody 10 the
secret conference OF the allies as his
personal representative. wherein
they came 20 a substantial agreement
on limited rate review provision.
the precise language Of which was
prepared by Mr Moody himself and
a copy Of which Is offered IN evidence
written on department Of justice pa.
per
That suddenly, without any warn
ing the president annouuceu In a pub
DE telegram the news 20 the allies
that he had abandoned the position
in favor of limited court review.
had accepted in place Of tie Moody
amendment the one prepared by Sen
ator Aldnch and tagged with Senator
lAllisou.s name. and had deserted the
Democrats who pledged him their
unwaycriug support for an effective
rate bin meeting his views and those
OF his attorney general
Mr. Moody does not deny that the
president, the Democrats and himself
canyassed the probabilities OF get
Ting enough votes 10 put the limited
review amendment through he does
not deny that he was dabbergasted.
as he told Mr Tillman. 10 learn Of
the presidents surrender Mr. Moody
says iu his solicited letter. There
was nothing IN the conversation be-
tween the senators and me which IN
which you should deem eNpedient
amendment or In the slightest de.
sree impaired your liberty az any
time 90 aclulcsce Ia any amendment
which you should DEAN cNpcdient
and In the public interest
But all this can be true without
affecting the fact that Messrs Bailey.
Tilman and Chandler were fully con
yincod, through the assurances given
20 Mr.. Chandler, through the sup.
port Of Mr. Moody OF an amendment
drawn by the attorney general him,
SELF and through many other clrcum.
stancos connected with the secret
negotiations, of ilr R9ogoyclt8 pur
poso 20 make The nght Tor the rate
b.ll with the Democrats an his allles
. .