Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-16
SENATOR BAILEY
IN GREAT RAG[
Texas Statesman Denounces
Newspaper Correspondent
As a Malicious Liar
PRESIDENT ALSO BY INFERENCE
Article Appearing in Chicago Paper
From Correspondent Supposed to be
Close to Roosevelt, Rouses the Ire of
tho Southern senator--chandIer's
Statement to TiIIman-The Rate Bill.


Washington, May 16.3The calm Of
the senate's discussion OF the railroad
rate bill was disturbed today by per-
sonal interruption by Senator Bailey,
who rose to a question OF personal
privilege to make reply to the charge
made in a Chicago paper yesterday by
Washington correspondent to the
effect that Bailey had been RESPONSE
BILE for the failure of agreement be-
tween the president and Senator Till
man. Former Senator Chandler was
given as authority for the statement
that Tillman had been suspicious of
Bailey, WHO, 1t was also stated, was
really opposed to rate legisla tion, and
was also In constant conference with
Aldrich with the purpose Of defeating
the rate bill. After the statement had
been read. Bailey took the floor and
said deliberately: I have taken no
part in the question OF veracity be-
tween the president and Chandler, and
had not even given any public ex-
presSon on the question of good faith.
because I knew nothing about either
question. / had never conferred with
the president directly nor with Chan
dler. 1t was therefore a matter of
great surprise to me when the senator
called my attention to the extract
which 1 have read, and that the corre-
spondence it was understood was sent
by correspondent who is very close
to the white house and is presumed to
speak with some degree OF authority
concerning transactions there. l do
not know as to the truth Of that and
I do not charge that his statement was
made with authority. But l denounce
the publication as an unqualified, de-
liberate and malicious lie. ienounce
that correspondent as an unqualified.
deliberate and malicious liar. l or-
nounce the man who Inspired hhe
statement as an unqualified, deliberate,
malicious liar, whoever he may be and
however high the office he holds"
Bailey said that he had had his at
tention called to another article print
ed in a New York paper, which was OF
the same import and equally SANDER
Gus concerning himself. He said the
newspaper correspondents generally
are as honorable as senators, but he
had learned that correspondents OF a
Chicago paper and New York paper
we're two chief cuckoos," a term APP
piled to newspaper correspondents IN
clined to write articles colored in ia
yor of an administration. The Texas
senator said he hoped these men had
gotten their information from the pres
ident himself The statement was re-
ceived with absolute silence, which
continued until Tillnan had taken the
floor also on the question of personal
privilege, because the article quoteo
had stated that he had been suspicious
of Bailey. This he denied, and declar-
ed his great esteem and admiration fol
the Texas senator, and that their cor
dial relations had always existed. This
closed the incident.
TiIlman and Chandler.
Senator Tillman today received from
former Senator William E. Chandler
q statement of his course as intermed-
iary in the negotiations between Presl-
dent Roosevelt and Tillman and Bail
ev on the railroad rate bill. The COM
n,,,nication bears upon Lodges denia
for the president, of Chambers state
ment, quoting the president as saying
that he had lost confidence in Foraker
Spooner and Knox. 1t was offered in
the senate by Tillman and Will DC
printed in the Congressional Record
The most interesting feature OF the
letter is contained in the closing para
graph, in which Chandler says:
Ion the whole, perhaps ought te
consider myself fortunate. = the old
imperialist days had been fully re-
vived at the white house, one whom
] considered the best OF friends, Sena-
tor Lodge, upon demand. would have
cut off my head and taken it to Pres
ident Roosevelt on a charger. and
should have spoken no more. Now al
least, have left to me the power OF
speech, but I shall never use it again
as a missionary from President Roose-
welt to the democratic party"
Chandler, in his letter says: As a
telephone denial by President Roose-
welt to the senate thru Senator Lodge
remains in the Congressional Record
of May 18th, it seems to me should
take some notice OF IT. which l do now
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