Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-11

where none has existed heretofore, his
taking from the committee to which he
had forwarded them the papers and Civ
ing them to the press before that com
mittee had considered them, indicate thai
Theodore Roosevelt enjoys to the limit
the feeling of getting even with Ber
Ttllman. and lays on the big stick Will
the keenest relish, doubtless believing that
the pitchfork has gone out of business.
In his letter to Senator Hale | find or
page , til" following:
- But a case has just arisen of a diff
ferent kind, which it seems to me I
should put before YOU illustrating
In striking fashion the way in which
Investigations 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 i'm the first instance have
sought to discover. which. when dis
covered. ought not to be hidden or
suppressed. but the development of
which may tend to create an erroneous
impression that the agents in question
wera being used for purposes not
within the line of their lawful duty.
Unlawful Use of Secret Service.
1T is we'll TO note that the President
recognizes the extraordinary character OF
his action as we'll as the unlawful use he
has made of the secret service. He pre-
tends that his case against me has been
worked up by accident. by reason of the
discoveries of the inspectors in Investigate
ing the fraudulent transactions of one
Bryan Il. Dorr. and that the facts ought
not to he hidden or suppressed.
The President says:
Senator Tillman denied the tate
merts of this circular. and expressed
wish for an investigation: and upon his
request the Post Office Department,
through its inspectors. made snch an
investigation. He stated in reference
to this circular:
''''I have not bought any land any
where in the west nor undertaken to
buy any. | have made some inquiries.
as one naturally would, in roaming
through the west. | simply want the
people of the country to be put OH
notice that this swindler at Portland
has no warrant whatever for endeav-
orins 10 inveisle others into his
The President then goes on TO state:
This is q confidential report of a
type usually not furnished. but in this
case the matter is so serious that l
feel | should put it before you. I in
close YOU also as exhibits D1. d.. DE-.
D4 and d.. Photographic facsimiles of
letters and envelopes and telegram
from Senator Tillman and his agent,
William F. Lee
Il do not deny the authenticity of the
letter or the telegram of which photo
graphs were made. | presume the letter
from William T.. Lee is also Il correct
copy. but ! was not aware of its ex-
istence until now. and l am not in any
wise responsible for Mr. Lees ideas ex-
pressed in it.
The President says:
'''On October -, 1907 Senator Till
man wrote a letter Exhibit d - to
Messrs. Reeder & Watkins of Marsh
field. Ore. who were attorneys repre-
senting people who were applicants
road and grant land: Dorr was land
agent. making his filings through
Reeder & Watkins. Senator Tillman's
letter runs. in part. as follows:
1 wired you from " ausau. Wis.
as follows. and write to confirm 1t:
William r.. Lee. my agent. will see
you about land l want nine quar-
ters reserved. Will forward signed
applications and money at once.
Members of my family are entrymen:
write now to say l wired Mr.. Lee.
who resides at Moscow, Idaho, to go
at once to Marshfield and see YOU
about the land. to locate quarters for
the seven members of my family who
are of age. and one for my private
secretary. j. b. Knight, whom / de-
sire to let into the deal. and. of course,
he wants a quarter for himself
- The letter continued, stating in de-
tail what was to be done, in order
Instigated Inquiry Into Dorr.
1T will be noted that l accused Dorr
in the Senate of being a swindler, and
asked the Post Office Department to issue
fraud order against him.
"Dorr declared in his circular:
SO sure is Senator Tilman OF Our
success that he has subscribed and
paid the necessary fees for a quarter
section for himself and ten other
quarter sections for ten of his nearest
relatives
'It was this bold and outra geous false
hood mainly that caused me to denounce
Dorr as swirdler, as we'll as to declare
in the Senate that he had no warrant for
the assertion.
THE sleuths which the President put
upon my trail have made their report, and
a perusal of it will show to any fair mind
that so far from endeavoring to justify
the fraud order against Dorr they were
really put to work to investigate me and
endeavor, if possible, to discover some
thing to my discredit. while the President
directed the investigation. l say this be-
cause it is hardly possible that q post
office inspector would set about getting
Photographic copies of the letters Of a
United States senator and trying to con-
vict him of lying il the orders did not
come from a high source
Let lis suppose for a moment that ]
was guilty of falsehood in declaring
that | had not undertaken to purchase
any land. What did that have to do with
DORIS transparent and open use of the
mails TO induce men to send him money
to purchase landr
DORIS declaration that | had paid the
fees is an absolute falsehood, and the post
Office inspectors. while they searched the
records for entries al Coquile and noted
that Reeder & Watkins had filed several
hundred applications. nowhere mentioned
that any had been filed in my name or
for me. Therefore the falsehoOd is proven
on Dorr. and yet the President declared:
The assault which Senator Till
man made upon Mr.. Dorr was, accord
ing to the report of the inspector
wanton assault made to cover up Sen
ator Tillman's own transactions
mo such statement was made by the
inspector. In fact, SO earnestly intent on
convicting Senator Tillman is the Presi-
dent he actually commits himself to this
proposition. to wit: Tfllman voluntarily
and without any compulsion from any
source and with nothing to conceal
brought up matter in the Senate which
he need not have done to cover up trans
actions which were absolutely unknown to
any one except himself and his correspon-
dents, Reeder & Watkins, and were en-
tirely honorable and clean. My exposure
closed out the sWinders. Dorr, when his
mail was not delivered, retired from the
land business and became a fruit grower,
as reported by the inspectors.
Presidents Declarations "False."
The swindlers had secured a good many
in the Senate stopped people from being
duped, and yet Theodore Roosevelt. who
poses as the only remaining honest man
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