The Washington times., 1909-01-11

did NOT make them known then.
The President announced i'm his special
message TO the House on January 4.
No Corruption Charges.
ct have made no charges of corruption
against Congress nor against any mem
Der Of the present House. II 7 had proof
OF such corruption affecting any member
of the House i'm AIRY matter as to which
the Federal Government has iurisdic-
tion. action would AT once be brought,
This would simply be doing my duty
i'm the execution and enforcement Of the
laws without respect to EercOns. bat 7
do not regard II as within the province
or the duties OF the President tC report
TO the House alleged dalinQuenCies' OF
members. or the supposed corrupt sc-
uon. OF a member in his official ca
paCity.'
It therefore follows that he has found
no grounds for indiCtinE me in the
courts, which, no doubt. would have re-
Jotced him oVermuch, and all this fuss,
fury, and fuStian about the seriousness
of the case and the gravity OF the Of
Tense with which ne charges me can be
attributed 10 personal malice alone,
Reason for Revenge.
On January 4 the President declared
what he conceived to be his relation
ship to the House and that he would not
do certain things. On January 5 he
wrote letter to Senator Hale. doing
the very thing in regard to a Senator
which he had declined 10 do toward
member Of the House. Why this differ
ence? In my public work here I have
not hesitated TO criticise and comment
on the official actions and utteranCes o.
President Roosevelt. and / have doubt
less given him good cause to seek re
venge- / have at various times ar
Iaigned him in the Senate for tyrannl-
cal invasion of the rights of Congress,
for usUTpatiOn of authority not given
him by the Constitution. for disObedi-
ence Of the law and neglect OF duty
and particularly in the case of Mrs.
Morris. for brutal and cruel conduct TO-
ward a helpless woman. I was not
aware that these darts of mine had
quiveTed in the Executive hide and stung
him so, but the eageTness and intensity
with which he has presented ms case
against me, his making pIeceuEut
where none has existed heretofore, his
taking from the committee TO Wlnch ne
had forwarded them the papers ana CIV
ing them 70 the press before JhaI con- lL.,,
mittee had considered them ln0lcstJV
that Theodore Roosevelt enjoys 10 the
/ limit the feeling Of getting even VIII
Ben. Tillman. and lays on the pig SUCK
ueving that the pitChfork has gone out
II his letter to Senator Hale I ind
on page 8 the following.
Quotes From Letter.
But a case has just arisen of a differ
ent kind, which 1T seems to me L should
put before you as illustrating in strik-
ing fashion the way in which invesu-
cations begun by any OF these various
agents in the strict line of their duty
may develop facts of high importance,
which the investigators would not IN
the first instance have sought 10 dis
cover, which, when discovered, ought
not to be hidden or suppressed, but the
development Of which may tend TO Gre
ate an erroneous impression that the
agents in question were being used FOR
purposes not within the line of their
lawful duty
II is well to note that the President
/ recognizes the extraordinary character
Of his action as well as the unlaWIul
use he has made OF the Secret Service
He pretends that his case against me
has been worked up by accident, by
/ reason Of the discoveries of the inspec-
I tors in investigating the fraudulent
! transactions of one Bryan R DOrr. and
/ that the facts ought not 70 be hidden
| or suppressed" The President says:
Senator Tinman denied the statements
J Of this circular. and expressed a WISH
for an investigation. and upon his re-
. 1Tesf the Postoffce Department.
/ through its inspectors, made su2h an
/ Investigation. He stated in reference 10
/ this circular.
! About the Circular.
/ T have not bought any land anywhere
I IN The West nor undertaken TO buy any
/ I have made some inquiries, as one nat
I uraIIy would. in roaming through the
/ West I simply want the people of the
country TO be put on notice that this
swiudle at Portland has no warrant
whatever for endeavoring 10 inveigle
others into his game
/ The President then goes on 10 state:
! This is a confidential report or a type
usually not furnished, but I'm this case
/ the matter is so serious that I feel j
/ should put IL before YOU. / inclOse you
/ also as exhibits D1. d. do, d., and Do
B photographic faCsimileS OF letters and
envelopes and kilograms from Senator
TIIImau and his agent. William f. Lee
do not deny the authenticity or the
letter or the telegram, of which photo
graphs were made. / presume the letter
from William r. Lee IS also correct
c0uv. but I was not aware Of its exist
eure until now, and ] am not In any
wise responsible for MT. Lees Ideas eE-
! pressed In g.. The President says.
President Says.
ION october 20. lJIt. senator Human
wrote d letter Exhibit Dbl to Messrs
Reader & watkins, OF Marshheld. ore.
F. who were attorneys representing people
n who were applicants for the purchase Of
certain wagou-road and grant land
4 Dorr was a land agent making his ID
Ings through Reeder * Watkins. Sen
ator Tuman's letter runs, in part, as
follows.
d" 4 wired sou from Wausau, Wis, as
follows. and write to conform 1t: 'Wu
liam p. Lee. my agent. viii see YOU
about land. 7 want nine quarters re-
served VIII forward signed applica
tlns and money at once. Members
of my family are entTyueu. LetLel
fellows. lSigued j. r. IT. I write nov
To say I wired Mr. Lee, who resides
Moscow, Idaho, 90 90 at once 10 Marsh
field and see you about the land. 10 To-
cate quarters for the seven member
of NV family who are OF age. and one
for my private secretary, J. D. Knight
whom I desire TO let into the deal and
Of course, ae wants quarter for him
self
'Tha letter continued. stating I'm de
+, tail what was 90 be done, Iu order q
/ enable the Senator 10 get the land.
Accused DOTT
IL will Doe noted that accused DOT
iu the Senate OF being q swlndler. an'
asked the Post0ni.e Department 20 IS