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Show rtool and Attorney General Wicker-bham. Wicker-bham. The President declared he could not recall having ald anything regarding re-garding the insurgents which could In any way Justify the reports that had been Bpread broadcast since Sat- . urday last I He was told that tho. remarks at- J trlhutcd to him were nlleced to have been made to a number of newspaper 1 men. The insurgents also are said to 1 hao taken offense at Hie general tone of the discussion of the Saturday Satur-day night conference nt the White House. The President said he had not made any such remarks as were reported. re-ported. The President Is said to have told Senators Aldrlch and Root that he was reluctant to believe Senator Sen-ator IJorah of Idaho had been engaged en-gaged In the circulation of the reports re-ports of the last few days, that he had always regarded Senator P.orah'a professions of loyalty as sincere, an 1 that, while he reei;nl.ed the senator's1 sena-tor's1 independence in the senate, be did not believe he was willing to attack at-tack nil of Die administration mea-5-ires simply because .thev were advo-cotod advo-cotod by the White House. His Activities Called to Attention of the President "Washington May 18 President Tail today authorized several of the administration senators to deny absolutely abso-lutely the stories that have been in circulation during the last few days that the President recently had denounced de-nounced the Insurgents in unmlstak- i able terms and had used language to which these statesmen took offense Reports reached the White House thnt sonit; of the insurgents, smarting under what they had heard had been said of them, were determined to de-feat de-feat the railroad bill and other of the President's measures without regard of what, might happen to them or tho party. This last phase of tho situation in the senate was discussed today at tho White House at a conference between tho President, Senators Aldrlch and |