The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-15
Let the People Decide.


Let the People Decide.
Speaking Of the differences OF recollec-
ton between himself and Attorney General
Bcnaparte, he declared:
Il am ready 20 have my word put
against his in any court IN Christendom
ard to let my record in the past for truth
fulness honesty and integrity stand
against his"
NI~. Tillman asserted he was not only
dealing with President Roosevelt but
with all the cabinet officers who are in
league. because according to the news
papers they are discussing me at CABINET
meetings and are determined to accom-
plish my ruin II possible
Il was prepared to have the attorney
general deny that I told him anything
about this" continued Mr.. Tiilman- I
was prepared to have the officers sent to
me from the post0ffice department and
to whom / explained my reason for ask
ing for a fraud order against Dorrs deny
my statement
when deal with an INSCRIPTIONS man
as I DO now. I am prepared for anything,
even the assassin : knife My mail Is De
ing held up. ] am satisfied Of that. I
will not say my room has been broken
into. because there are KEYS that can open
everything ia this capitol They may not
have stolen my papers, but they are
gone
Conversation With Bonaparte.
Mr.. Tillman then narrated a converse
lion he had over the telephone yesterday
with Attorney General Bouaparte IN wnich
he asked whether a suit had been brought
against the Southern Oregon company,
the holder Of the military road grant
"He did not know" said Mr. Tiiman-
There had been some correspondence and
discussion back and Iortn as 10 the
method that should be pursued by the spe-
cia1 counsel" rs said. IT pressed him
for an immediate answer yes OF no. He
said he would make inquiry of the clerk
charged with that business and let me
know. IN the course Of 4 few minutes
ne returned to the telephone and said he
would write me letter.
After having the letter of the attorney
general read. he declared that up 10 this
time. and after nine months nothing had
been done In response 10 the order OF
congress to bring suit We all know
how slow the processes of the law are. -
he said. especially against millionaires
We all know the process Of being ready
to do st. Of being anxious to do it,
BoIstering UP Roosevelt,
The fact was. said Mr. TiIlman. that the
attorney general had gone into print to
bolster up the president and charged him
CTfliman) with not having talked to him
about this matter. he said he did not
like to use the adjective called for i'm this
case. but would let his hearers fill it in
I for themselves He had been frank in
talking about the Oregon case with the at
toTney general and had made a fun cx-
PLANTATION to him
He then referred to Postmaster CT neral
Meyer and his statement that the presi-
/ dent had been in possession Of the facts in
( this case only since December IS and
/ characterized that as "fGisehood No. L.
Mayors Misstatements.
He also insisted that the postmaster
/ general had made q misstat enaent IN ref
eTence to the time that the fraud order
was issued against Dorr- He also referred
/ to a statement in an inspectors report
| that his letter to Reeder and Watkins had
I been copied. and carefully compared il
with later statement that Instructions
/ had been given to make that comparison
now He declared that constant effort
was being made TO shield the president
/ from completely in this investigation of a
/ senator until very recently.
Mr.. Tillman said that last evening at
I his instance Senator Hale telegraphed "a
{ Reeder and Watkins TO know at whose
Z instance and by whom copies of Mr.. Till
mans letter had been made. lie said he
/ was told today that he would not be able
I to get an answer to this inquiry except By
mail and then. he said, all interest in fl
/ would have ceased.
! Mr. Tillman announced that he had re-
] ceived another circular sent out BIZ Dor7
+ in which the following statement was
Some day I shall have justice and re-
/ paration and when that day comes. now
/ not far distant. there viii be noise that
/ viii be heard around the world"
Thinks IL Conspiracy.
That statement by Dorr. Mr.. TiIlmar
/ insisted. was conclusive proof that DorI
I had received assurance from the prssi-
cent that he would drag TffFman dovr
Z as a liar ana scoundrel''
They exploded their bomb here last
+ Friday he declared. "and now two mem.
/ bers Of the cabinet are endeayering tc
make the people believe that Mr. Roose-
T welt is the most honest. noble, disinterest-
I ed prosecutor Of great niafefacters that
ever existed. DorT says ne Is going tc
/ get revenge. Who could promise that tc
/ Eir' two months ago. before the explosion
+ OF the bc-1bg'
Mr. Tilln- wanted to know what de-