The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
CHANDLER HAs ENoUaH.
Wants to Be Free From AdmlnIstra-
 tion's ssoifcies.

Special to The Baltimore Sun
 Washington, The resignation of former Senator Chandler rom the chairmanship of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, information con- corning which reaches Washinxton in an indirect and unofficial way, Is re- garded as indicative of a purpose on the part of Mir. Chandler to free him. self from all association with the Ad- ministration so that he may have greater liberty of opposition to Mir Roosevelt should he be. candidate for a third terfn
 MT. Chandler has shown a great deal of courage on number of occasions and 1t Is well known that his former re- gard for MT. Roosevelt was entirely ~ispelled by the episode with reference to the court review amendment to the Railroad Rate bill of the last Congress It was through MT. Chandler that the President and Attorney General Moody solicited the assistance of Senators I'll man and Bailey to procure the adoption of the amendment presented by the Ad- ministration restricting court review which when 1t was about to be adopted was suddenly abandoned by the Presi- dent without notice to either Attorney General Moody, Mir. Chandler or Sena- tors Bailey and Tillman. Mir. Chandler promptly resented and exposed what he and the two Senators regarded as ar act of bad faith on the part of MT Roosevelt and made public a detailed history of the transaction which wat very generally accepted by Senators as proving that the abandoned amendment which was in exact accord with the Presidents previous utterances on thf subject, had been prepared for and ap- proved by the President, and that its abandonment to accept the broad court review amendment which had the ap- proval of Mir. Aldrich. who up to that time had been a determined antagonist of the President In the rate bill light was nothing less than a surrender to the railroad influences.
 MT. Chandler pointed out explicitly the circumstances under which he had been drawn into the fight, asserting that he represented the President and Attorney General in procuring the as- sistance of Senators Bailey and Tillman to canvass the Senate in support of the Administration amendment. and that he had given the Senator the assurance of Mir. Roosevelt's good faith, which MT. Roosevelt subsequent action proved not to be Justified. It was thought at the time that the fearless course pursued by Mir. Chandler would result in his retirement from the commission, but apparently both he and the President had reasons for not wanting to force
 the issue at that time. Mir. Chandler probably retaining his position with the view of making it apparent to the public that, having told the truth, he recognized no reason why he should retire.
 If MT. Roosevelt should be nominated for e third term the entire history of the rate legislation will be threshed over in the campaign, that Issue being one upon which he will claim the sup port of the people It is claimed that an actual review of this legislation will disclose vacillation and final shifting of ground on the part of the President. and that if the full truth becomes un- derstood, the President will receive less credit than is now accorded him.
 MT. Chandler is in posttion to dis cuss this question with more complete ness than most any other man, and his retirement from the public service ts regarded as significant of purpose on his baft to use all the ammunition he has in opposition to Roosevelt if he should run again for the Proficiency, which MT. Chandler has probably con cluded he is likely to do. The immedi- ate reason given for Mir. Chandler's resignation Is the appointment on the spanish treaty Claims Commission of MT. pdpgherty who, 1t is said, he held