Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-12


Il, ayurinS to Justify a.. lIaud orirl
againS, Dorr. they were really pat
10 work To inNtHtiEalr me. and Ell
dralor il possible To discover s1mr.
,nins 20 my diScrrdit Mh.!y the rryS!
dru, direct. 4 the ins"~, .;lti' u. s,N
this because II is hardly possible tina,
4 rostoihrr Inspector "':li set about
getting photographic Z, p''H OF IN"
letters Of United s., $ Senator
and irving To convict h"H {: Wing IL
The ord Is DID not com, nrm a hiHh
source
Suppositious Case.
"Il us suppose for =, HunIrnt ma
wa> guilty of ials,G i Iii II"
riur:ny THAI | had not n"d"rtak"n I"
i.!rchus, any land. " L did that
have To do With Dor transparent
and open usr OF the ma, &" induce
mon TO send him money to pHltha'"
l.,HG' Eulr's d,'claratlnH inor hal
pait the fees il, an ahSu'" g. iaIS"hhod
and the pu,iutliCr M>W ''"IN. whi'"
lh,\ searched the rrroi Il, ter 'hl!lH9
al Cuuuill,, and noted int R""d'r
amt WATKINS had iilrI oN"rl hun
dI,I IpnlicatiuNs' no Wh.!'' m"nt.on-
|, Il mat ANY had been fixed ~ my nam"
.r J.. M Therefor" n' ia.S' ho"a
Is urn>,n ON potr. and Vt III" Pr'S'
Arnr g., cI.rrd nh, aSsa&l which S"H"-
tor lllllman made Upon VI ID ~ va
arcuI,llup to the rrpor; q, tn" ln$p""
tor 4 Want,n assault II Il" t" cover
up Srralnr TiIlmHE'e 'aH transact
ltI,.
No Such Statement Made.
mo >uch statement w.. mad" 10y
tn" Inspector In fact. II earnest
Il mtrut Oh conNlrtimr : naj"r IN
man j., the President hr actually
commits himself II this proposition.
20 vi: Tihlman volunta. - ans! WITH
uur any cUmpulSinn from any S"urr"
and with nothing To rW'r'Al brought
up . mat. tr IN thr S"n,':'. which h''
need Mt have don" to cover up tran
SactiunN which were absolutely M
huown To- anEun" cNCepr linn -'lf anu
his corr. SpOndrntS. Reed and Wa
hins. aud were entirely honnrab!"
|amd rirHn My exposure r.os"d "H'
the Swindl"r%. Dorr. VIII II his mail
Was not delivered retired from the
land business and hrCam" fruit
grower a ported by th' In.prrtorS
The. HMludlrrs had secured a good
MANY rhnuSAnds of dollars h"furc III"
,xpoSl., in the Srnai" stepped poo,
nj. from being dup"d and >''' Thee,
dprr kunr, V"lt who poses ~ IN" only
rvmainir. nu,lrSt man in public lite.
IN be- face Of these facts, has f"!'
called uuun TO attack til" character
of q man whose integrity has never
b T re- h",n quest toned. aud whose ~.
fetal position is second only 20 his
own.
Senator'S Statement in February.
Now about tn" lying: My letters
0f February 18TH Of which III" Pr s.
lrrI secured a phOt orraphiC copy
| autoi,at'N by tOu: days my statement
in tn" Senate that | mad rot bought
am land G. undertaken tC huy any
ard tn" President considers this posi-
tive proof e ial.'chCod. did not
say had 10. considered tn" pGr"1a>"
Of land: did not say ! had not con
trmplatrh !ht pIrchaS" If land be
cauS" | had don" both. In my Cdl-
vtrsation with tn" Attorney Cen T"
ia r.@ari 10 the resolution which
introduced and which h" himself
prepared after We had talked over
the whol. LAND situation. distinctly
remember telling him that my in
tcrcSt in the matter had been first
aro"s. d hv m desire to plrcha5 Sc
81 m" Of the timber Land and thu, my
coming to him wa> due to the fact
that discovered upon investigation
that could not buy t even by law
.uir because | was advised by very
abb" lawyers in tn" Wfst. amCne
them the Hon. G"Org" Turner. G
WashinC;0 on that i'll attacking the
holders of those land grants no one
would hav" any staining in court OK
cept the grant. r. tn Government il
srIf
Only Technically Inaccurate.
was perhaps di,lnC"nuous. but Il
moments thought WIZ convince an;
! hon, st minded man hat as had not
signed any papers. hli not paid any
money. had taken n"hn!y's rec lit
III" Usua! processes b. which on" nn
dcrtakcs to bly land was speaking
accurately and not falsely. Every
h.n- hin2c< on III" meaning of the
word 'Undt rtak"n. and my lis" t
it. Did mean to conceal the fact
that | vas anxious TO lay some Of the
land' Not a; all. DID mean 20 at
tack Dorr as a swindi"r when | my,
self was engage in dishonest and
dishOn0rablr transact ~ That is
! what TIL PR Sidcnt would have p.u
pie Relieve Can BE- Justly charged
. with falschood when ii had told tn"
S"nat" Of III" entire ram action il
would hav" made no d;ff renee what.
ever whil,. | would havr been charged
with intrudinc nv rrivA'" affairs into
public dIaCusSiOD?
What Law Broken.
JUS what law did ! "v"at? VIVA;
NJ ne lid do or Contemplate? AC
COrding 10 III" TcpUr; 81 n" Att"rn' ,
General in answer Ia IT, resolution
which introduced and hirh paS-' q
the Scn2fc Hartman. n, President :