New-York tribune., 1909-01-09

been received, and what action II any; ~esDect
to the matters and things in the preaniOie u -'
resolution set forth
And nressed vigorously for immediate action.
The resolution being laid over. Senator llHhiai.
introduced the same day further ana JONI
resolution containing II e same recitais but coii-
Guiding as follows:
Resolved etc. that The Attorney General be and ,n
he h hereby directed authorized and enpoEere@d @
TO take spch din or sfas sa as may be
NECESSARY appropriate expedient to insure conc 10
restore the said lands to the public domain or 70
report to the Congress- MY . sucP hs afsiI fsken
On February 10 Senator Tillman wrote TO
Messrs. Reeder and Watkins. photograph %
this letter is also attached as Exhibit u .. III
IT l call your attention to the fact that ne
speaks again of Mr.. Lee his agent and OF tne
correspondence carried on through MT Lee. he
states that what he has done in stirring up ILe
question OF the Oregon land grants 10 ryoTa
has been done entirely apart from any peiso
interest he has i'll the matter ana a0us'
Although would have had N my se 4enSG 69 foo1
called to IT, but for the yeosed purchase BY me
OF some the timber land III question VI coIa @ So
II m decide E 70 bna1 akS soF 5e pToposion in mind
would have you understand that nothing 90 hi mere III
purchase OF any of the land. II can succeed IN IN
recovery OF the land ana make it easier for Others
as tccgI myself 1.-THE italics are mine me FTesSei,t
any regard 10 the dealings with your ffn ssi stiiI
want to get stme of the timber iaIG' Il ca m some
tTer renresen; alive Of mine will be in your coun-
matter Of payment for the nitatory steps and sub
sequen proceedings IN aoeys%nGH % % bor entiTeI apart
from and independen5 OF my my W ToT hold in reserve
,gbt OF the best Quarter sections of which you have
definite information. and VIII III tne HIe.tit MN
WiTi facilitate the Anal purchase and in effect ct
obviate the necessity of your making al! caSe -
the courts at all
FRANK USED FOR PRIVATE BUSINESS.
request
od that eight Of the best quarter secIlohs pe
held in reserve for him was written JUS - u
days before he announced IN the SeIalS s i +be
had not undertaken to buy any lAhd III ~ I!
West II is unnecessary to comment upoiI III"
nroposal made in this letter, to use his innu-
ence as Senator to force the government 10 ~
stitute a suit which would make II easy t9I
him personally to obtain some OF the iaHa IiiIs
letter purely pertaining TO Mr.. Iliinlan Ili pc
sonal and private business. was sent III
franled envelope of, which I attach photo-
graphic copy marked exhibit D s. rr
The assault by Senator 1iliman upon nI, 80 -
was according to the report OF the lhspectoIS p.
q wanton assault. made to cover up Senator
Tlman's own transactions ~, I>orr
| call your attention to the letter OF MI ooIf
.. +ba pos+r,aster General. under date of NO
y-erober % 1905 (exhibit E) in which ne ASKS
for relief from the cases which senator LlIllti"
had brought against him, saying that ne mao 10
l-DoTIadre that Senator Tillman desired ms
oners tfons to be kept hidden and secret IN On
general public knowledge The Tep1It VI - 80
inspectors seems to indicate that TINS Nous rs
man. Mr. Dorr, acted in good faith. but that ne
used Senator Tilman's application lor laho 90
on advertisement Very truly yours,
al THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
To Hon Eugene Hale. acting chaiFinan .a On
mittee on Appropriations. United Std'es "
ate.
The first exhibit contained inthe communlea-
ton Is Senator Tillmans personal eHplana'lol'
roade on the floor of the Senate on February lS'
1ens in which he complained Of an alleged uh-
authorized use OF his name in circular lssuen
b,, trvap p Dorr. president of the St Paul ana
Pacific timber syndicate, OF Portland This CIT
c,1lsr saws that Senator Tiinlan was interesteh
IN an action to compel the Southern Oregon
company to sell TO applicants about lO"'"oo acres
Of timber lands which had been granted 10 'ne
Coos Ray Wagon Road Company on conolt'o"
that il should be sold in quarter sections Tor
price not exceeding 81 so an acre. In that state
r,,ent Senator Tillman denied that he had bought
anv lands anywhere in the West and declared
further that he had not undertaken 10 buy any
REPORTS OF INSPECTORS
Al the request of Senator Timan the Post
office Department withheld mail addressed 10
Bryan r Dorr and to the timber syndicatE
pending an investigation of their business by
q q Riches and Z. c. Clement postoffce in
spectors The inspectors report TO G. D. Lynn
,nspector in charge at Spokane, Wash, is given
by the President. It shows that thorough IN
uuiry was made OF the operations Of Dorr and
a number of other Oregon real estate agents
who were receiving applications for the lanas
held by the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company
Among the persons and firms mentioned IN the
report as interested in the lands were James NJ
Conro of AIarshfield and George j. Schaefer, OF
Portland, and Reeder and Watkins, of Marsh
field. The Tiliman letters were addressed chief
" TO Reeder and Watkins.
In their report to the inspector in charge at
Spokane Riches and Clement found there was
no evidence that Reeder and Watkins were not
acting in good faith in receiving applications
for the land AS TO the action Of Dorr against
whom the case more specifically directed. it
was found that he was unwarrantaby extrava-
giant both in his statement of conditions and MS
terms This was attributed 70 his inexperience
in business, his energy and enthusiasm and de
sire to make good" in the West. The inspec-
tors. however. were convinced that Dorr had no
criminal motive in his actions, and sincerely
believed he would be able to keep his promises
AS to the use of Senator Tillmans name by
Dorr the inspectors found that the facts con-
cerning the applications Of Senator Tilmsn and
his family IL purchase nine quarter sections OF
the land justified the real estate agent in using
the Senator's name as an advertisement The
action OF the Postofice Department in withhold
ing from delivery mail addressed TO Dorr was
recommended to be rescinded.
Exhibits which follow the report IF the in
snectors are copies OF the envelopes in which
letters from Senator Tillman and his agent Lee,
were sent TO Reeder and watkins. II is shown
that the letters written by Mr.. Tiilman
franked and that a letter written by Mr.. Lee
was on Senate stationery and inclosed in SEN
ate envelope, although postage was paid The
most striking passages from these letters are
contained in extracts quoted by the President
in his letter to Senator Hale.