New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-12

tbought viii convince any honest-minded man mat
as af ba not tsSn gI o5dyg receipt the usual
esses by which one undertakes , eG E ETerv-
thing hinges the meaning of the wore a,4ea
the fact that I was anxious to buy some OF me
land: not al-Dd mean 70 attack bo5 5st3S a.
and dishonorable transaction! liat - he
the President would have people belieEe tdu + ne
justly charged with ialsehood when, II hSa IOia
the Senate of the entire TRANSACTED II NoI baLe
made no difference whatever WINE M1iu affairs
been charged with lntrudins my PI'a'e ~
! Just what law did l break? What wrong did
do contemplate According 10 ne re tPI,'tior
fIarTinan the Presideat's dear friend still holds
in 5edsne Of law inward of two millions OF acres
of the best lands OF oregon and CaIoI!a an, ~
refuses to sell them any price. never expecleq
and could not under the terms Of the law as
construed 1t get more than seven quarter seeaue
for myself and family, one Tor my praftaee ~ All
tary and one for Nj Lee making nine "a Ho1id
obtain through my activity here as the FTe as0
acres at cost Of $500 Viii the President under
take to say that have lost my Ts6t 10 ouf IeI,
tIst nv activity secured the passage Of the reso-
luton instructing the Attorney General to bring
actual settlers? II hartman and others like him
are made to disgorge by reason OF these SUITS
little pittance of the land he used as the hasa Of
e charge Of being q liar and corrupt Senator TO
be disgraced?"
Senator TiIlnan then told how his attention had
been brought 20 this land while in Spokane, wash
in October. 1907. He wrote he said, TO Reeder ana
Watkins asking for information. and telling them
HIS desire 70 purchase Of the land Il posi-
hIe Desiring 70 find out if the conditions of the
grant to the State OF oregon made it possible Tor
purchasers and not actual settlers" to buy at
81 80 an acre he teegTaphed TO the librarian OF the
Senate for a copy OF the act. He met Mr.. Lee at
Moscow Idaho and talked with him on the sub
lect arranging that he would go 10 Marshield and
investigate in person He authorized Lee 70 draw
on him If he found that the lands were what they
were represented 70 be.
Lees authority my agent said the Senator
never went beyond an examination Of the land
and Il the application filed, 10 see that / got
good timbered lands instead Of rocks and marshes
STUDIED STATUS OF LAND.
Mr.. TTIman went into detail IN explaining his
effort 10 learn the exact status Of the lands ana
/ said he got an opinion from Senator Turner ~
Washington After returning 70 Washington IN De
cember he let the matter drop, believing It 20 be q
very doubtful proposition" until Mr.. Lee showed
him a letter from Reeder Watkins, which MI
Tilnan said had been stolen from the desk IN ms
committee ROOM along with other papers in this
case and declared that the theft was probably by
some OF the Secret Service sleuths. He went on:
! When Reeder & watkins indicated their desire
that I should exert nay influence in the senate H. !
wrote the letter OF February TO- OF Whlch ne
President obtained Photographic copy IN III, ne
! from my Investigations and after i inference
with the Attorney General. I introduced the Two
9T2ey n ST 46F Fol 9as and the
which became law instrIctlng MN 10 1ns'blIse
! taken form in the Senate before I knew anything
and was in no way influenced by them.
/ I stin anxious 10 obtain some of the ana
watkins to that effect but my faith in them, and
! In the whole scheme died when rrcelIfI me
/ the widespread circulation Of them
Mr.. Lees report to him, he said had also led
him TO believe that Reeder & Watkins were not
"of the caIibre and character TO be employed in
a matter of such magnitude He continued:
Dorr. of whom had never heard before ye;, was
to invest and using my name as | have IadIeaded;
ee 10 h oT WTen to him or Ff lied any appea
tions. therefore felt it incumbent on me 70 eX-
February ~. and asked the PoEtoftice authorizes
| to issue fraud ORDER I pressed the passage Of
! the Joint resolution in the Senate. and on April
90 it became law. on March is I was taken Ill
sailed FOR Europe. returning october e. -,,
! Of Swung ON q Senator, when that Senator had
exposed a fraud which was being poTpetrated on
fs P Po do WITH the Change IN the law Of Which the
vices So the Presidents animus is not against me
on the ground for which he has attacked
bnt one Of personai malice engendered by hatred
because Of my course in the Senate during the ast
DENIES GUILT IN ANY RESPECT.
| I have not attempted to deceive anybody; have
not told any falsehoods; have not broken any
duct. | had the right to purchase the land II l
could but my judgment tod me It was UNSAFE as
! and # the Attorney General and his successors
I shall not die of old age before anything is done
/ it be possible that may have the Opportunity
10 purchase SOLE 1l IN, o9e 7jSroI,c nv ac
/ lion attention has been directed in a compelling
! 1nent Of Justice. Whether I ever get any Of the
land or not does not matter II Hartman and others
| ings which they have stolen and are attempting
The President italicizes the words as well as
myself as though it We're GnaHfqi Immoral "a OF
in this chamber any question affecting mis- per
in this position. bit I must submit that 10 the
! judgment of the Senate and the country. I had had
IN add as Senator desiring to enable
The Is sua and IS He hates me
and would destroy me If he Goul 9lct that ny, letter
was written lust four days before he announced
| in the Senate that he d had not undertaken TO
| fentton that I have lied to the Senate. The rec
ords show that in the interim the p0Tr circular had
! the exposure Of Dorr. l said in the Senate; In
those VINO are themseves vulnerable to o., CONVICT .;
| dent seems 10 work that theory.
combination of the swindlers Reeder & Wat
| kns in Marshheld and Dorr in Portland Il did
flashed on my mind; and. remembering Lees some
T Scations Of the fTm of Reeder watkins
cided at once 70 see to it that my name anne should
! Hence my action in the Senate, a.,
The President BUSINESSES WIFI Il wave " tIt'
| hand any possibility Of my honesty by saying; 1t
! is unnecessary to comment on his proposal made
i'm This letter to use his influence a Senator to
| force the government to institute suit which
| would ma easy for him personally to obtain
| some Of the land II might he we'll to inquire
| whether or not the Attorney General has been
ordered not obey the law Of Congress passed
last April which I. will cali the Tnan 1 T7o
! nerta law ordering suit to be instituted for the
recovery Of these lands Ny culpability IS Of such
magnitude in contemplating the purchase Of 40
acres of land at g 30 in tho ewes OF TINS
sticker for official rectudeln others-that it may
| he found that he IS determined to block my So
| called a-ious transactions
| BRINGS HARTMAN INTO QUESTION.
The nan Who announces TO Congress that he.