The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-15
AN INVESTIGATION
DEMANDED BY
TIlLMAN
AssaiIs BOnaparte and Post
master General Meyer
DORR HEARD FROM AGAIN
Land Agent Says His Vindleation viii
Make Noise Heard Around the
World.

Washington. Jan. 15.-"The Ananias
club" was discussed in the Senate yes
terday by Senator Tillman, who de-
clared that statements made by Attor
ney General Bonaparte and Postmas-
ter General Meyer in reply to his reply
to charges made against him by the
president In relation to his contempla-
ted purchase OF Oregon timber lands,
made them eligible to membership in
that organization. He again defended
his action, and said in fighting the
INSCRIPTIONS men" who are determin
ed Ito destroy" him he was prepared
for anything, even assassination"
Speaking of the differences of recol-
lections between himself and Attorney
General Bonaparte the senator declar-
ed; Il am ready to have my work put
against his in any court in Christen-
dom, and to let my record in the past
for truthfulness. honesty and integrity
stand against his"
Mr.. Tillman continued: My mail is
being held up. | am satisfied of that.
| will not say my room has been bro
ken into, because there are keys that
can open everything in this capitol.
They may not have stolen my papers
but they are gone"
Mr.. Tillman said that at his in
stance, Senator Hale had telegraphed
to Reeder & Watkins to know ut
whose instance and by whom copies of
Mr.. Tillman's letters were made. He
said he was told that he would not be
able to get an answer to this inquiry
except by mail by which time, he said,
all interest in it would have ceased.
Mr. Tillman announced that he re-
ceived another circular sent by Dorr
in which the following statement was
made: Some day shall have justice
and PREPARATION and when that day
comes, now not far distant, there will
be noise that will be heard around
the world" That statement by Dorr,
Mr., Tillman insisted, was conclusive
proof that Dorr had received assur-
ance from the president that he would
drag Tillman down as a liar and
scoundrel."
They exploded their bomb here
last Friday and now two members OF
the cabinet are endeavoring to make
the country believe that Mr.. Roosevelt
is the most honest, noble, disinterest
ed prosecutor of great malefactors
that ever existed. Dorr says he is
going to get revenge. | could promise
that to him two months or weeks be-
fore the explosion of the bomb."
He wanted to know what degree of
falsehood was to be charged to the
two cabinet officers "or head clerks
or bootlicks, or whatever the presi
dent had around him. The attorney
general, he said, had a splendid men,
DRY for various details of his CONVEX
sation with him, but he could not re-
collect whether he had brought a suit
or not against the Southern Oregon
company, and had to ask subordinate
whether he had performed this i'm
portant duty for Congress-"
Mr. Tillman insisted that he (Till-
mani was entitled to full inyestiga-
ton and report because he did not
wish to rest under the imputations
against him. If no report was made
he said the accusation would go
abroad
The bill to establish postal savings
banks and the omnibus claims bill
we're under consideration during the
day.