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jtye Chatham Hftor j T Stye Chatham ttccordr H t H. A. LONDON, RATES OF ADVERTISING, Editor and Proprietor, Iers of subscription, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly in Advance One squire, one inaertioa ' "" ' $1.00 One square, two insertions 1.50 One square, one month 3.50 For Larger Advertise- ; ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. 5 VOL XXVIII, PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 17, 1906. . i NO. 40. 1 Of c I II II -fck it it it it it it tt OR V SEARCH FOR KT DlrinONb IN CHAPTER XII. Continued. "Impossible, according to your story, tut it is the truth for all that. I got off the path, andicould . not find my way back. She led me to a road God knows where! and left me." '"When?" "How can I tell? The night lias been n age." ' "Granting she led you for an hour jou would scarcely suffer her to lead jou longer that would allow her to return to the Abbey, and come to my rescue at the time I speak of." "Have it as you will; it makes no dif ference now. She got me out of the tray, and that was her object in be ing there. Go on." I came to the end of my narrative, and then suggested that the theft might be traced to one of the servants. "Anything to shield Brace," he said bitterly; and then, stamping his foot, lie added, "You know he took it" It was useless reasoning with him in lis present condition. "You stand convicted by your own statement," he continued. "What or dinary thief would be fool enough, taring obtained the diamond, to wait there, risking, discovery, and jeopard izing his own life for the sake of butchering you? If Brace was the thief such a thing is possible; for he must kill both you and me to profit by the possession, of the diamond. Where is lie now?" "With Lola, in the woods looking for Jou."' "What? Already?" he exclaimed in alarm. "He is losing no time. Where are the woods?" . "We are in them now," I replied, as jre had passed the cross roads. He stopped short. Shaking off my land, he muttered in a tone of dread: "Are you three hunting together?" 1 "Be reasonable. Van Hoeck," I said. '1 am," he said; "leave me here." I made no reply, and we stood there la the middle of the road, he quaking yith fear, and turning his head from aide to side to catch the sound that might confirm his fears. He looked like a hunted beast, that knows not .which jray to escape the hounds. "What's that?" he asked, under his Ireath, quickly. "There's some one on the roiid. It's his step. If you have any mercy, save me from him." While I was turning to look p the road, to see if his fears were justified, he groped about until he sought hold of my arm. I had heard no sound, but his finer sense was not at fault. On the brow of the hill which we were now de 6cending stood the gaunt figure of Brace. The light of the rising sun shone upon him, but we stood in the 6hadow of the wood, -where the mist still hung over the sodden earth. "I do not hear him; where is he towr"' Van Hoeck whispered. "He is standing on the hill, a couple et hundred yards behind us. He does not see us." 'If we could but get to the Abbey! Forget what I said, Thome. Have pity on me," he murmured. "What do you want me to do?" "Lead me back to the Abbey. If I esc-apf that man now, I may protect myself after." ' ' I saw no possible reason for refusing compliance with this request,'1 and taking his arm, I led him along that side of the road where the shade was deeper. But before we: had gone a dozen yards, a shrill 'whoop rang through the echoing woods to our right, and .Van Hoeck again stopped. I looked In vain over the brake" for Lola, whose cry I recognized; but, glancing up the road, I perceived that the Judge had heard the signal, and was coming after tis. At the same moment Van Hoeck, starting forward, cried "Quick, quick- he sees us he is com ing down upon us:" and then, after another dozen yards, "do you want him to overtake us that you stick to mis cursed road?" "I am looking for a path; we cannot Push through the brake," I replied. Glancing over my shoulder I saw the Judge, his shoulders bent forward, his arms swinging-from side to side, bear ing down upon us with long strides, and rapidly diminishing the distance between us. . . "He is gaining upon us. How far re we from the Abbey?" asked Van "Xearly two miles; we will run for " if you like." We ran for some distance. Again looking back, I saw the Judge still Plodding on, with the same rhythmic svving of his long arms. Running had Biven us no sensible advantage. Van Hosr-k's ear told him this. Drops of tooteture stood onhis livid face, the re-. eutlr f terror rather than exertion. "There is no one in sight no one fan call to for help?" he asked. , "V one. . I see a footpath through t' wood, if you think that will be 6afc." v"YeS' ye anything Is better than tn!s open road." We took the path 1 iiad caught sight of. lc was a good sound bridle War, covered with short turf; we ran along Uselessly. The angle we made shut n ti)e v:ew from the road. Brace tould not cot off the corner without it it "fc iftr THE THE BIQQEST THE WORLD iritititiz getting entangled In the undergrowtn of briers interwoven with the tall brake. He must follow in our steps to over take us. The danger lay in the straightness of the path, which kepi the view open from the road. Our escape depended upon our finding a by-path that might deceive him as to the course we had taken. I explained this to Van Hoeck as we ran. "It is time we found one now if we are to escape," he answered. The next step brought us to a foot path that cut the bridle way at right angles. had- been meadow-grass, "and wlSPEBe came steady swing of his bent should ers. He had caugtvb sight of me from the bridle way, and struck out at once into the thick of the undergrowth. I did not in the slightest degree par ticipate in Van Hoeck's suspicions and fears, and having, as I hoped, suc ceeded in diverting from him the ob ject of his dread, I was indifferent as to whether the Judge overtook me or. not Had I been in the humor to enjoy a joke, I think I should have enjoyed giving him a long chase for nothing; but circumstances were too grave for that. I pursued the path until it dipped down and waited for the Judge to come up. In a few minutes he stood before me with his arms folded on his chest, his feet planted apart, and a particularly stern look on his gaunt, weather-beaten face. "He has given me the slip; has he given it to you likewise?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I gave it to him. I helped him to escape." "Stand up. Gentleman Thorne, and let up look each other in the face." I stood up. He held out his hand and I gave him mine. "Now, standin here hand in hand and face to face, say, air we the no blest works of natu or air we not?" I could not go so far as to admit that his appearance realized my high est ideal of nobility, but I understood his allusion and replied: "I believe you are an honest man, if that is what you mean. Brace." "It is; and that is my opinion like wise. Let us sit down and hold a com mittee. Now, pardner, will you tell me why you let Israel git?" "Because the poor wretch is half distracted with the los3 of the dia mond and his fear of you." "WThy do he fear me?" "He believes that you took the dia mond, and intend to have his life, in order to get the reversionary share, or something of that kind. And now, tell me why you pursued him wnen you saw he wished to avoid you?" "Because he did so wish for one thing," and, he added, with emphasis, "because he's got to speak. Israel's got to speak," he repeated, with still greater decision. "A man what has presentiments as a thing is going to be took so accurate as his'n, must nt'rally have presentiments what's what's gone of it whenit's took." . Looking down the gre in alley toward the road, as we turned off from it, I could see nothing of the Judge. I thought we had beaten him. But we advanced now with great difficulty. There was room only for one in the path, yet I had to keep hold of Van Hoeck's hand and guide him, for the brake met before us; the trail ing brambles that crossed the path caught his feet; at every step he stum bled. It was hopeless to continue. Already I fancied I caught a glimpse through the trees of the Judge swing ing along the bridle way. "Your only chance is to get among the brake and throw yourself down while I go on," I said. "I can go quicker alone, and, coming behind, he may imagine that you are still before me." "Show me where to go." I opened a way through the brake, led him behind a thicket and bade him lie down. As he carried out this in efrnpKon I srot back into the footpath, and was then enabled to trot along at a'brisk pace. It was only Just in time, for, looking back a couple of minutes later, .1 perceived-the Judge plowing "his way through brake and bramble, which came well up to the level of his breast, with as little djfficultj as though i1 r "And suppose'he cannot tell you?" "Well, then he's got to try till he do. As a jedge, I've had to try a pretty considerable number of bad lots, but a more blamed, unprepossessing lot than Israel I never yet sentenced to a well aimed gallus. End, mark this, pardner, ef Israel was charged with this crime, and it was my duty to direc' the jury as to the verdic' they. should well and truly find, 1 snoum direc' them to bring him in guilty, or I'd lock 'em up till they did." "You are as unreasonable in your suspicions as Van Hoeck is in his, but you have not his excuse yeu are riot under tke influence of fear." "Because I have " nothing to be afeer'd on, Gentleman Thorne." "Tell me kow on earth it is possible for a man in Van Hoeck's condition a man absolutely helpless, as we know him to be to accomplish a feat or this kind?" ' "I don't say he did it, pardner I don't say he took the Great Hesper; on tht other hand, I doi:t say he didn't 'ut I am free to maintain that he knows all about it. If you ask me how he knows, I'd tell you as I don't know. There's a many things we don't know, but that's no reason why we shouldn't try fur to find out. We ain't so everlasting clever that there's nothin' more to be larnt out o' this al mighty universe, take my word for it. And, .though we hey drawed a pretty good lot of truth out of the well, we ain't yet come to the last bucketful not by a long way. One of the things we hev got to learn concerns Israel's presentiments, and," he added em phatically, "I'm going to larn it." "We must get back to the house. The police must be sent for." "I don't see what harm they can do, and it's the reg'lar thing, and so they ought to be called in," he said, rising from the: trunk on which we had been holding this discussion, "l am going for Israel. So long!" I hesitated to separate from the Judge. "You must promise me, Brace, not to commit violence on Van Hoeck." "If you mean by violence taking of his life away, I will give you my word not to be violent with him. There's my hand on it.". On this understanding we shook hands and"pafte3. Tlepl ringed again into the wood; I returned to the Ab bey. That was between 7 and S o'clock. At 2 o'clock I went once more into the wood. Lola was wanted. The police officer from Southampton, on hearing my story, deciired at once that the theft had been committed by a servant, and that Lola must be found at once, to know if she had seen the thief as he escaped by the window, and could identify him. To find Lola, however, was not my sole object. The protracted absence of Brace and Van Hoeck excited my misgivings, "and, despite the Judge's promise, I al ready reproached myself with having abandoned my blind partner. The Judge's notions of justice were pecu liar and based upon me rough usage of California miners in the days when they made and executed their own laws. I believed him capable of ap plying torture, only stopping short of actual murder, to wring from Van Hoeck the secret which he believed him to hold .with respect to the lost diamond. I retraced my steps to the spot where I had helped to conceal Van Hoeck. The -broken brake marked a distinct trail, and in a pit less than a hundred yards from that point the undergrowth was beaten down, as if a struggle had taken place. Was it not possible that Brace had gone further than he intended and killed Van Hoeck? Had he concealed the body and fled with his daughter to escape the consequences cf his act? Asking myself these questions, I fol lowed a track from the pit that brought me to the bridle way. Look ing for further traces of a passage through the brake, I made my way toward the road. Again I perceived broken brake, and following the line, I threaded my way between the trees upon the slope of the hill until I emerged from the wood upon the high bank that edged the Abbey road at that part. It was near ly as "possible the point where Van Hoeck had stopped me in the morning upon hearing Brace im our rear. Look ing up the road, I saw the finger-post at the cross-roads; looking down, I saw that which took by breath away with amazement Brace was trudging along the road toward the Abbey, with Van Hoeck holding his arm on one side, and Lola his hand upon the other an incomprehensible picture of unity, friendly. assistance, and reliance It was true that without assistance Van Hoeck could not -have found his way along the road, and very possibly that, without the restraint of her father's hand, Lola would not have walked by his side; but all doubts as to the existence of a friendly under standing between the two men was dispelled from my mind by what fol lowed. Arrived opposite the bridle path leading up into the wood they stopped, and consultation ensued between the two men. I could hear their voices at ticnlations "that they were discussing some point; it ended by Brace going to the side of the road, and craning his neck to see if any one were in sight. I crouched down beside the thicket, which partly concealed me. When I cautiously raised my head and looked again. Brace, still standing opposite the bridle Avay, was drawing his arm out of the sandy bank that there skirted the road. I ducked my head, as once more he peered to the right and left. They were gone, all three, when I looked again. When I thought it safe to venture. I went 1o the spot where Brace had stood. There was a rabbit hole in the sandy cutting, partly hidden by the traTrilrig "growth- Trem the everhang Ing edge. I took off my coat, turned back my sleeve, thrust in my arm, and drew out the leather case in which the diamond had been taken from my wrist! It was empty. To be centinued. "Why does Mrs. Clubwoman look so sad?" "The world's injustice to wom an has just struck her forcibly again." "How was that?" "She happened to think that Martha Washington isn't called the Mother of her Country .1' Cincinnati Times Star. "Aren't you afraid that a great many people will criticise you for becoming rich?" "Yes" answered Senator Sorg hum. "But the chances are that if I had stayed poor they ..wouldn't have noticed me, even that much." Wash ington Star. CZAR OPENS Russia Makes Her Representative HOPEFUL VIEWS PREVAIL With Pomp and Panoly , Perhaps Hitherto Uneqnaled Constitutional Government is Inaugurated in Rus sia. When the Sovereign Beads His Speech From the Throne in the Winter Palace Address Merely a Brief Exhortation to Co-Operation. St. Petersburg, By Cable. Without a single hitch and with only a minor incident to mar the memorable day the Russian Parliament was inaugu rated. The weather was superb, and the stage management of the impres sive ceremony in the Winter Palace, where Emperor Nicholas, surrounded by courtiers and all the pomp and panoply of power, delivered the speech from the throne, to the mem bers of the two houses, was perfect. Such a spectacle perhaps never be fore has been witnessed on the earth's stage. The message in reality was less a throne speech than a greeting' and required only three minutes for its deliver-. Upon entering the chamber the Em peror baited in the center of the hall and the metropolitan, Antonius, ad vanced to meet him and held out the cross, which his majesty reverently kissed. Then, bending forward, the Empei-or clasped the hand of the met ropolitan, raised it to his lips and kissed it, the metropolitan return ing the salutation. -The Empress, who had in tho mean lime advanced and taken their places on either side of the Emperor, greet ed the sacred emblem, and the repre sentative of the Church in a similar maimer. Spoke in Finn Voice. His majesty rose and looked dvn upon the wonderful scene, then de livered his message to the Russian millions. The Emperor spoke with a firm, steady voice which was heard distinctly in every corner of the hall, emphasizing deliberately every word. Such p. hush fell on the assembly (hiring the reading that the snap of a camera shutter wos sharply audi ble. The Emperor's speech was as fol lows: The Czar's Speech. "The supreme Providence which gave me the care of our fatherland moved me to call to my assistance in legislative Vork elected representa tives of the people. In the expecta tion of a brilliant future for Rus sia, I greet in your persons the best raea from the empire, whom I ordered my beloved subjects to choose from among themselves. "A difficult work lies before you. I trust that love for your fatherland and your earnest desire to .serve it will inspire and unrie you. "I shall keep inviolate the insti tutions which I have granted, with the iirm assurance that you will de vote all your strencih to the. service of your eountry, . especially to the needs of the peasantry, which are tso close. to my heart, and to the. Edu cation -of the people, and their econ omical welfare, remembering that to the dignity and prosperity of the State not only freedom but order founded upon justice is necessary. "I desire from my heart to see my eople happy and hand down to my Cotton Killed in Northern Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., Special. A spe cial from Decatur, Ala., says anoth er heavy frost fell Wednesday night in the Tennessee river valley and that this frost and the one of Tuesday night have killed all the cotton that was up, in that section of the State. In some places the entire ciod. will have to be replanted. Frost Kills Cotton Greenville, S. C. Special. Effects of the recent cold have been far-reaching in this and adjeinimr counties. Ail lowland cotton has been either killed or badly injured. In many lo calities farmers have already gone to work to plow lip the damaged crop and will plant the land" in corn. Some will replant in cotton. The terrific bail storm of last Sunday so injured the crop that it could not stand the cold and frost following. Cottoi: planted on the high lands has farec" much better, though has been iWed to some extent. Memorial Services at Sichmond. Richmond, Va., Special. Beautiful and impressive services were held in honor of the 16,000 Confederate sol diers who sleep in Oakwood Cemetery. There was a parade of local military. Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Col. John W. Gordon being chief marshol. Gover nor Swanson was the orator of the occasion. PMIiT First Experiment in Government son an empire secure, weii or and enlightened. " ;s ; "May God bless tie work that lies before me in unity with the Council of the Empire and the imperial Douma. May this day be the day of the moral revival of Russia and the day for the renewal of its highest forces. " Approach with solemnity the la bors for which I call you and ba worthy of the responsibility put npon you by the Emperor and people. "May God assist us." Memebrs Dissatisfied. Emperor Nicholas read slowly. Tbi admirable and even cordial tone ol the sovereign in renewing his pledget and asking the coperation of parlia meit for the regeneration of thl country was only negatively satisfae fory. Courtiers and spectators othel than members of the national Parlia ment led the cheering, but the mem bers were ominously silent, expressing neither approval nor disapproval What rankled most was the failurl of the Emperor to mention amnesty and later when the members assembr ed in the Tauride Palace, away frori the spell of the throne room, manv of them were with difficulty restrained from precipitating .matters by offer' ing resolutions on the subject. Th Constitutional Democratic leaders however, who. dominated everything; were anxious not to weaken the replj which the lower house will prepare to the speech from the throne, in which issue with the crown will be joined, and succeeded in staving ofll premature action. .The Emperor and the Empress af ler leaving the palace entered a launch, passed down the river, board ed the imperial yacht Alexander and returned to Peterhof. The crowds on the banks of the river and island heartily cheered the imperial party. There was no ot.hei incident. Parlament's First Session. "The scene around the Tauride Pal ace was in striking contrast with that at the Winter Palace. Each, indeed, was typical and told an eloquent story. At the Tauride Palace, tens of thousands of people were acclaim ing their representatives; at the Win ter Jr'alace legions of military and courtiers by the hundreds cheered foi the Emperor. Nevertheless, the pro ceedings of the lower house were not spectacular; in fact, they were most tame in comparison with those at the Winter Palace. The only genuine flashes of fire which showed real tem per of the members of the House, were when Prof. Mouromsteff, who had been elected president of the low er house, invited government officials and clerks to leave the hall and when Ivan Petrunkevitch, in a few eloquent words from the rostrum, told -thtj auditors that the first thought of tha Parliament should be for those thai have suffered in the cause of liberty, who now filled the prisons and whose. arms were stretched out in hope and confidence to the people's represents tives. : More enthusiastic cheering man tnat wmen greerea-mis appeaj never Avas heard in a political con vention in the United States. V Constitution and amnesty were th keynotes of Prof. Mouromtseif'l speech. Dispatches' received here from alj parts of Russia indicate that the op ening of the Parliament was cele brated everywhere. Bapitst Missionary Union Meets. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. Th(l Missionary Union of the Souther! Baptist Church met. Reports were read by rlie corresponding secretary, Miss A. W. Armstrong, and the trcas urcr. Miss E. Y. Ricker. both of Mary- land. The convention of the church I opens Friday. Glass Factory. For Lexington. Lexington, Special. Lexington i to have a new industry in the shapi of a glass factory. A company hai been organized and the capital ol $15,000 required has all been subscrib ed. Among those interested an Messrs. J. R. McCrary, D. F. Conrad W. H. Walker and J. T. Hedrick, and Mr. Thomas Gallagher, of Pennsvlva lia. The new company iuteuus, tt .nake miirors for furniture of whici the Lexington factories use o-i-eal juantity. Boy Killed by Accidental Dischargi of Gun. .. Randleman, Special. While play ing with a pistol at his home hen Delmar, the nine-year-old son of Mr D. H. Hill, fatally injured himselJ the bullet passing almost through hij body and lodging in his back. Ait operation was performed at once but death ensued within a few Wxuwuaf tej the accident. THE WORK OF CONGRESS What is Being Done Day by Day Bj the National House and Senate. Senator Daniel Concludes. Tn the Senate Senator Daniel con eluded his speech on the railroad rate bill. Taking, up the question of the extent of the review to be had by the courts in rate cases and repeating briefly his objections to Mr. Bailey's proviso for the non-suspicion by the courts of the orders of the inter State commerce commission, he said he did not agree with those who con tended that there was no other way of protecting the interests of the ship per. In cases where the courts have sus pended the rates of the commission, Mr. Daniel suggested that a substan tial bond be required of the. railroads He took - issue with statements that a review would mean re-trial so fr as the taking of testimony was con cerned, -"or he declared that the inter-State commerce commission wa3 the most competent tribunal to take such testimony. Admitting that the bill was far from complete, he said it would provide for a swift hear ing before such a tribunal and that was positive, verifiable progress in the right direction. Defining the terms "just compensa tion" and " reasonable races." Mr. Daniel adopted the former expression as broadly covering what .a rate should be. Second Section Completed. The Senate completed the con sideration of the second section ofi railroad rate bill and just befo; . adjournment listened to readi sections 3 and 4 without considei any amendments offered to them. The purpose of this reading was to bring the consideration of the bill up to the point of taking up the Allison compromise amendments. . -As number - of verv imDortant changes were made in the second sec tion, including a provision restoring the imprisonment penalty of the act of 1887,' and an amendment suggested by Senator McCumber imposing a penalty of fine and imprisonment against the shippers who secure re bates from transportation companies. The latter amendment was incorpo rated for the-avowed purpose of hit ting the trusts. Another amendment adopted was offered by Senator Warren. It gures the government business a preference over all other traffic in time of war. A long seriea ci changes also were made at the in stance of the inter-State commerce commission. Many of these were verbal, and all were intended to im prove the administrative features of the law. . Six Propositions Agreed On. Conferences in the Senate which resulted in positive agreements on six propositions to be incorporated in the Allison amendment .to the railroad bill were ratified by additional con ferences of Senate leaders represent ing Republican factions. That there could be no further misunderstand ing this data for the . basis of the agreement was prepared and exchang ed : "The Allison amendment is to com ' prise six propositions: "First The words 'fairly remun erative' in section 4 of the bill are to be stricken out; "Second- The words 'in its judge ment' in the same section to be re tained; - "-..., "Third Jurisdiction is vested in the United States circuit court to hear and determine suits against the com mission; "Fourth -No ..preliminary injunc tion or interlocutory order is to be granted without a hearing and notice; . "Fifth The application for pre liminary injunction or interlocutory decree is to be heard by three judges ; "Sixth A direct appeal from the interlocutory order or decree to lie c-nly to the supreme courts of the United States." Buyin of Sheels Made Open. Shells and projectiles for the Navj Department will, after June 30, 1906, be purchased by the Bureau or Ordin ance in the open market instead of, a is now the practice, in secret mark ets from firms engaged in the manu facture of the articles. This change ir. existing conditions was brought about through the efforts of the chair man of the appropriation committee, Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, who offer ed an amendment to the naval appro priation biil, which the House had under consideration, directing that the Secretary of the Navy should ad vertise for proposals for shells and projectiles so that all firms engaged m the business of their manufacture may have an opportunity to compete. Much time was spent in consider ing ihe question of enlistments in the navy and lie failure of recruiting of ficers to properly enforce the law as to minors. ' The deb are on this amendment ex tended over much of the seesion and tt times grew decidely animated. " Telegraphic Briefs John Hitchcock, a prisoner in the Virginia penitentiary, lost his chance of a pardon by Governor Swanson by ti-ying to escape. S. G.. Duckworth former agent of the Equitable life Assurance Societj v as indicted by the Parkersbnrg (W. Va.) grand jury in eight cases of rob bing the. society by means of bogus death certificates. LIVELY DISCUSSION Senator Tillman Brings Out His Evidence SHOWS PRESIDENT HAS CHANGED New Hampshire Ex-Senator's Written Acconnt of His Conferences With President as Intermediary Between, Executive and the Senator. Wshington, Special. Senator Till man, who made a statement in tho Senate Saturday covering the details of his and Senator Bailey's negotia tions, through ex-Senator Chandler, -with President Roosevelt regarding ; the rate bill, made public a portion o , a written statement to him br. Chand ler of the last-named 's various eon-' : ferences with the President on this subject. Theporlipn given out , by ? Mr. Tillman j' largely a repetition of , the 'Vst part' of his statement in the Senate. It covers, however, that por tion where Mr.' Tillman had quoted Mr. Chandler as saying that the Pres- ident had stated that he had come to- , a complete disagreement with the sen atorial lawyers who were trying to de feat or injure the bill, naming Messrs. Knox, Spooner and Foraker, regard ing which statement Senator Lodge subsequently said he was authorized to say from the White House that it ' was an unqualified falsehood. On this subject Mr. Chandler, referring to the : , President said in his written state ment: "He said 'that he had been much troubled by the advocacy of an unlimited court review by some of the lawyers of the Senate, naming Sena tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker as trying to injure or defeat the bill by ingenius constitutional arguments, but . that h had come to a complete dis agreement with them. He made this point emphatic by repetition." The statement given: out - by Mr. Tillman follows: ' . "Senator Tillman said that on Sat urday, May 5, lie insisted on having from ex-Senator Chandler a written " statement of the various conferences by the latter in connection with the plan of the President to control tho railroad rate legislation by alliance with Democrats of the Senate, and. . Mr. Chandler gave him such a state ment made prior to Saturday, May 12, and signed by Mr. Chadler. Mr. Tillman said that he would give out a portion of that statement relating to the interview of Mr. Chandler with the President on March 31, which had become a subject matter of dis pute, but would retain the remainder for use in case of any of his state ments ki the Senate Saturday should , be denied." The following is the portion of Mr. Chandler's statement given out by Mr. Tillman: "On Saturday afternoon, March 31, 1906, -a friend of mine came into my ! office and tdld me of the White House conference of that day in which an . understanding as to a limited court review had been reached with Sena tor Long and others, and he told mQ that the President wished to get into communication with the Democrats ; and would shortly ask me to come and see him. .While he was talking a messenger boy arrived' with a letter 1 to me from, Mr. Locb as follows: ,, ; , '"The White House, Washington, March 31, 1906. ' ' ' My Dear Senator Chandler : -The President requests me to say that .-. he will ?be 'glad to have you come to the White '"House at 8.30 o'clock to-' ' ' night. Wili you please let the beare know whether you can cornel " 'Very truly yours, " 'WILLIAM LOEB, JR, . " 'Secretary to the President. " 'Hon. W. E. - Chandler, 1421 I street,'" . "I told the messenger, I would be there. , "At the time and place appointed the President said to me that he wished, through me, to get into com munication with Mr. Tillman, Mr. Bailey and other Democratic Senators He stated his purpose' slowly and carefully, and in exact substance his - statement was this:. That, he had ,r reached' the conclusion that the best plan for railroad rate legislation was to expressly grant a court review, but ' to . distinctly limit it to two points ; . first an inquiry whether the inter- , State commerce commission had ex ceeded its authority, and second, an ' inquiry whether the constitutional rights of the carrier had been violat- ed. - "He said that he had been much troubled by the advocacy of an un limited court review by some of the t. lawyers of the Senate naming Sena tors Knox, Spooner and Foraker as . trying to injure or defeat the bill by ingenious .Constitutional argumentSj 'f but that he had come to a complete disagreement 'with them. He made this point emphatic by repetition; said that he would go thus far and f i no further , and that his decision : ; would be unalterable. He said that he wished to ascertain whether there could be united action in the Senate ' among the friends of the bill so that it could be surely passed without in jurious amendments, and he xiamed . various Republican Senators who he thought were the friends of the bill, but said that it would take nearly all . the Democrats to carry the limitation and defeat all obnoxious provisions;
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