Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-13
Nd. TILLMAN WAS saADowED.
Roosevelt Suspected Him In Connec-
ton With Oregon Swindle,

Washington, Jan. by direction
of President Roosevelt, the secret SER
vice shadowed Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina, on the theory shat
he possibly was interested in an o. e.
gon land grab" and the result Of
that Investigation is now before the
Senate.
The information was contained in
a communication from President
Roosevelt, sent in response to a re-
quest made by Senator Hale to the
heads of the executive departments
for statement of the activities of
secret service operatives. Exhaus-
tive replies were made by the various
departments, and all of the results
forwarded to Senator Hale by the
| President
Not Yet Made Public.
They have not been made public,
1 and Senator Hale announced that
they would not be given out until
after they had been considered by a
subcommittee of the committee on
appropriations, which would be
charged with the duty Of acting upon
that portion of the Presidents an
nual message relating to the secret
service and criticising members Of
| SohSiSSS lOl lHSli iSSlllCLlOi VI ltS
use. Soon after President Roose-
velt's communication to Senator Hale
was received at the Capitol yester-
day, it besame noised about that it
contained a reflection upon a Senator
from Southern State.
The name of the Senator in queS-
tion was not divulged for time, and
as result the atmosphere of the
Senate was surcharged with curiosity
and much speculation, When it fin
ally became known that Senator Till
!nan was the member named, further
efforts to procure information con-
cerning the character Of the charges
was made.
Why Tillman was Shadowed.
Through the fact that several Sem
ators had advance information Of the
character of the report which was to
be sent to the Senate, it was learned
| that investigation of Senator Till
man followed an attack which he
made in the Senate nearly year ago
upon an Oregon lanl company, which
| had used his name as one of the per-
sons interested in the concern. Pre-
Vious to that attack, Senator Till
man had introduced Il resolution di-
| recting the attorney general to prose-
cute suits against an Oregon railroad
corporation, which had received land
grants in the late sixties, for line
from a California point to Portland,
Oregon. Mr.. Tillman had said that
the use of his name was without au-
thority, and as result, it is declared
that several persons interested in the
land grants became angered.
Some of ,hC interested persons are
reported to have sent to President
| RnnCnva1t Of loft
have been written by Senator Till
man, indicating that he had an in
terest in one of the land companies
that would be benefited through the
land company's obtaining possession
of the grants.
Slcuth Trailcd TiIlman.
After receiving this information,
1t Is said, a secret service operative
was directed to investigate The part
Senator Tillman was alleged to have
| In the land deal. The Presidents S
message to the Senate IS understood
to contain an account of the investi-
cation made Of Senator Tillman. 1t
is known that the secret service pre-
pared Photographic copies Of Sena-
tor Tillman's correspondence, but
whether these exhibits were sent to
Senator Hale Is not known
Senator Tillman was not aware of
the fact that his name figured in the
reports until late IN the day. He
then took pains to assure himself
that the reports concerning the men
| tfon OF his name were well founded
but he refused to comment upon the
fact further than to say that he would
not make any statement until the
fact OF the use of his name had been
oficially promulgated, when he would
address himself to the subject from
his seat in the Senate. It is known,
however, that Mr.. Tillman regards
the mention Of his name as an at
tack upon himself by the President,
and he has indicated to friends that
he will not mince matters is his
reply. He also has declared to those
with whom he conversed that he
would welcome the opportunity to
express his views and explain the
situation.
On February 10, 1908, Senator
| Tillman rose in the Senate to a uues-
tion of personal privilege and said
that his attention had been called to
a scheme of swindling in which his
name had been used rather unpleas-
antly and without the slightest war;
rant. The Senator held in his hand
a circular headed, "How to make
$1,000 out of 5000" This circular
called attention to certain land
grants In Oregon and to the activity
of Senator Tillman in having the
Senate investigate them. 1t stated
that Senator Tillman takes eleven
quarters" and that the law suits to
be instituted in order to recover
these lands were promised to be
presented with great vigor, because
Senator Tillman was behind them.
Commenting upon this situation, Sen
ator Tillman at the time said: