The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-15
GIVES THE LIE
TO MEMBERS
Of CABINET
Senator TiIIman Again Takes
Up the Matter OF Coos Bay
Land Grant.
FLAT CONTRADICTION
OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
oosTmAsTER GENERAL ALSO
SHOWN TO HAVE SLIGHT RE-
GARD FOR EXACT TRUTH.

SHOW " III = OGsO''' -
GARD FOR EXACT TRUTH.
rrssbfnEton. Jan. 14.-Addressing the
..-.+s for the second time I'm regard TO the
.u.vatious against him in connection with
,-.9on lands. Senator Tillman today made
- ., the utterances Of Attorney Gen
- Bonansrte and Postmaster General
,f,--sr He quoted the portion Of Mr.. Bon
-o-.a-s statement of last Monday in
el5,icb the latter said that Tillman had not
IA him of his desire to obtain some OF
~. lands in question. and fatty contra
ss.,od the head of the department of JUS
- ne declared that he had been en-
.;rslv frank with Mr.. Bonaparte ana had
xiv explained to hiH4 his interest in those
l' he attributed the attorney generals
attitude TO a desire to holster up the
president
Lie Given to Meyer.
postrssfer General Meyer was brought
info the discussion because of statement
rosde bv him regarding the investigation
Mr. Movers effort to make it appear that
he inquiry had been directed originally
s-s,rsf Dorr was not based on the truIn-
lie declared that from the rirst the m
1rirv had been directed against him CIill-
mani and not against DorT. Mr.. Tiilman
IS also careful to bring out the fact
nat the land which he attempted 10 ger
,-as not government land at all, but iand
granted as far back as 1858 under the con
dition that # should be sold at $50 per
acre.
Mr. TilIman read a letter he had re-
ceiyed from Attorney General Bonaparte
in response to his verbal request made
Yesterday for information concerning the
legal proceedings that have been brought
nv the department of justice against the
OREGON Land company for the timber
land granted in connection with the Coos
Mr.. Tillman closed with renewal of his
demand for an investigation. He said he
knife Of the assassin
Letter of 6onaparte.
Attorney General Bonaparte's letter is
dated yesterday and reads as follows;
Ny Dear Senator: Referring to our
te!ephonic c0nvers alton have to say that
find, On exaninalion Of the files of the
department that the suit IN connection
with the Coos Bay wagon road grants was
one CT those which as / had told you had
been the subject of difference of opin-
ion between the special counsel engaged
in these cases. A private suit has already
been brought in connection with this mat
ter and the question arose whether the
government should interfere in this suit
or should bring an independent suit. After
careful consideration and a rather vol
luminous correspondence with the two spe-
Ciai counsel. / have decided that It would
be better for the govgnment to bring an
independent action without reference to
the private suit already Instituted.
Government Suit Ordered.
~ therefore wrote some time since to
B. D Townsend and subsequently tele-
graphed him directing that such suit
should be brought as soon as practicable.
The questions involved in the suit con-
nected with the Coos Bay grant and sew
eral other contemplated suits Of minor
moment will be substantially determined
by a decision in the case already insti-
tutsd against the Hartman railroads
which held the Oregon and California land
grant titles. and il is deemed advisable
nv Mr. Townsend to bring to trial, If pos
sible, the main suit namely that against
the Hartman interests and involving the
Oregon and California railroad grants,
before these other far less important suits
are tried I agree with him to this extent
and although as above stated. / have or
dered all the suits brought as soon as
possible, I think no injury to the govern
ments interest has been caused by the
delay in proceedings in regard to the
COOS Bay grant and a number of other
matters
u iEclose you herewith copies from the
dockets of the department a statement
OF The present situation Of the main suit
against the Hartman interests, the bill of
complaint which as SoU viii see was
filed Sept : last as set forth in my state
ment Of yesterday. Respectfully,
CHARLES BONAPARTE.
Attorney General
The data furnished by Mr.. Bonaparte
showed that the bill Of complaint against
,le southern oregon company had been
HE'D Sept. T. 1905
Comment by Mr.. Tiiiman.
AHslyzing the report of the secret ser
wee inspectors in connection with his
correspondence with Reeder and Wat
Ahs. Ar Tillmau pointed out what he de-
-treQ 10 be glaring Inaccuracies and sug-
s-sted that there should be some deter
IAHatiou Of the exact qualifications for
-irmDerSLlp in the Ansnias club. He de-
4aaleo That Shakespeare. in AS You
Ike It. has put words in the mouth of
LylcnStone which determined the degree
- .T q De vaTanting fight and quoted as
U. sir We quarrel in print. by the book:
q you have books for good manners. 1
NJ vi name YOU the degrees. The first. the
,V5,9It Courteous; the second. the Quip
,Itooest; and third, the Reply Churlish;
.-5 fourth. the Reproof Valiant; the fifth.
sle Counter Check quarrelsome: the sixth,
ne lie With Circumstance: the seventh.
We Lie Direct All these you may avoid
~. lle lie direct. and YOU may avoid that
~ WIN an If I knew when seven jus
- could not make up quarrel. but when
~'7 parties were met themselves one of
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