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Senator Bailey Makes a
Further Statement. 81
Submits Proof. y.
LETTER or CHANDLER 4
I'm SENATOR'S E FAVOR.
Says He Assured President Ha#
Need Have No Fear AS to At-as5S5
58 titude Of the Texan. sfssI
WAS NOT CIRCULATED
u. 4 AMONG N THE Dem 0CRAl'T|sz I
Memorandum IS Made Public
Through Republican Papers 81
Said to Have Been Shown Ssssss 2siss
to Only a3Select Few,
and BY President Or sI5s.s
His Secretary. sss;5
Says He Assured President He
Need Have No Fear AS to At 81
titude Of the Texan. ss3
WAS NOT CIR CULATED 5l4sI1
AMONG THE DEMOCRATS.
His Secretary.
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< WASHINGTON,D. G.. May Il Senator
Bailey made a statement In the Senate.
this afternoon. IN which he demonstrate AZ
almost to a certainty that the stortesgHR
s4nt out from Wasting ton that tha aJ're esl-S#
dent had deserted tho 4 Democrats who
were fighting for a limited court revieW3N
In the rate bill because he had
reason to doubt the loyalty Of Senator
Bailey to ~ that proposition emanateds III
from the White House, II note from the
President himself. ID !,as SStsS
Hls statement of the sequence Of events NJ
leading up to and following the flinxSS
With the President OF FL a memorandum
by ex-senator Chandler, on which the
President is asserted to base his claim
OF having rea son to doubt theg sincerity
of8the Texas senator, made 1t bsolutely
certain that the President uses the note
from Mr.. Chandler as a mere pretext.SE
Days after it was received. the President
made a personal effort to get In COM
municaticn with Mr.. Bailey sufficiently va
close as to Induce him to confer wi thSsss
Attorney General Moody with regard to-
a limited court review prov ision. 3tI tt can
mot be believed that the President would
have tried tos& bring about 4: this confer.
5GnCO&l uHu
the sena tor from Texas. j. The stron gest&g
portion of the statelllent Is. M Bttile eyS
to-day was his declaration tha t t vas
1lnconceiva Bile that the President, With
what he thought proc + before him OF saT Il
mans insincerty,is should have. permitted
his attorney general to transmit to him
the form Of agreement on which ~ his
friends were expected to unite with the
friends OF the man under suspicion .Sal
4 4 eft n
and extracts from the diary Of that: gem
tleman were quoted by &Bailey3Sa and n
helped to make his indictment Of the
President all the more terrible. 5sas5gs35s
Crowd Was Expectant. M zsSsss ;S5e
The Senate had spent an hour and a.
half discussing Z the proposed anend,W
ments to the rate bill before Mr.. b Hey
took the floor, Tho galleries were crowd.53
ed. There was a flutter, Of expectations
when the IexaD arose. Represen tatlye#
the Presidents son-ln-laW,$@
was one OF the congressman Ing az seat S4
in tho rear OF the Senator's He did not
know he was to hear his father-in-laws
proven guilty Of dupltoty, and brought
unuerE strong suspicion OF having miss
stated facts. @ 5 YIN Y
Mr.. Bailey made some apology for again
obtrudlng upon thcS time of this Senate.M
alluding to the events Of yesterday. when
he denounced the orrespondents&o of d the "a
Chicago Tribune. and the New York iris -$
bune, for publications, saying the Presi-
Of the Texan. and then sent to the desk
the following note: L Ne ssj
"Unlted states Senate,
washington, d, G.. May 16. 1906. III $5
Hon. William u. Chandler, Wash-SS
lngton, D. c. 33
"My Dear slr,-Partlsan Republican q NJ
newspapers are charging that you have iiis
at some time written ~ communication Z
to the President or some member Off,
his administration mpugning my good i5s
faith III reference to the pending rall-8l
road rate ..>.ll.
II would thank you to send me Asss5s
copy of any communication which F2i@
you may have made to the President 8i,s
or to any member OF his administers !s
. tlon and which can possibly have been s3ss# s#
made tho basis Of any such charge,
VERY respectfully, yours. 5ss
~, w, BAILEY Bs
Senator Chandler's Peply.
Z MT. Bailey then sent TO the desk the
following reply from AR. Chandler, who
was sitting near him: 9H
3''Washlngton, d, c. Mayi16. 1906.
"Honorabe j. w. Bailey, United States
Senator. Z x 8a
"Dear sir.-I have your letter OF to-
day, and | enclose to you copy of
n memoranda sent by ME to the Wh1te5sf8
House on the morning of Wednesday. ss8
April nth. / think the memorandum S3g8
was not dated, but my retained COPY
,s, dated April 1lth ! did not therein
give the President any assurance as to
your attitude re.ariye to the sos "a
called game because | had not seen s5s
vnu and did not feel authorized byylsiIss
ANYTHING Mr., Tilman had then said to
give any assurance in your name, & M
At OILS Il. NJ, I saw Mr.. Tillman and tly&
talked wl,n him fully, and he then told s5S
ma that neither he nor yourself were
entering into games With the railroad H SN
senator's, and at $50 I saw the Presit- kg
dent and told him that Mr.. Tillman Ss
had said and that he need have no
annrehenslon on the subject I ems
enclose To you copies fropf my diary,
Anru 18th, | saw Mr., Moody; and 58
again on the lith and arranged with sS
him TO see Mr.. Tillman and yourself A{ RS
On the next day Sunday, the 18th. &St4
Yours truly.
"WAI, e. E.al,IIANDLER.'s.SiB B-S
The Memorandum. Mi
Mr. Bailey then had read the follows iSS
Ing memorandun, furnished 20 the preal-
dent by Mr.. Chandler;
Z "The game OF the railroad senator's Bff5lS
is! to support Baleys amendment and
induce him to agree to, II broad right Sssss
OF court review. What that is To be IA
is not certain, but the principal 0br8yssS
ject is TO beat him, meaning tho Press.
dent ''Mr. Tillman, however con-S5,s
sldefs himself a. acting With thx