The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-20

special message to the House on
January 4.
l have made no charge Of cor !
ruption against Congress nor
against any member of the present
House ii l had proof OF such
corruption affecting any member
Of the House in any matter as to
which the Federal Government
has jurisdiction. action would at
once be brought.
This would simply be doing
my duty in the execution and en-
forcement Of the laws without
respect to persons. But do not
regard it as within the province
or duties Of the President to re-
port to the House alleged de-
linquencies" Of members, or the
supposed corrupt action" Of
member "in his official capacity"
1t therefore follows that he has
'ound no grounds for indicting me
n the courts, which, no doubt. would
,ave rejoiced him oyermuch, and
II this fuss, fury, and fustiaD about
he seriousness Of the case and the
,ravity Of the ofense with which he
.harges ME can be attributed to per
;onal malice alone.
On January 4 the President de-
Jared what he conceived to be his
relationship to the House and that
would not do certain things. On
anuary 5 he wrote a letter to Sena-
Ut Hale, doing the very thing 10
egard to a Senator which he had
eclined to do toward member Of
he House. Why this 6ifferenceo
my public work here I have not
.esitated to criticise and comment Oh
ae official actions and utterances o!
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, and have
doubtless given him good cause t.
eek revenge. have at varioua
ines arraigned him in the Senate
Cor tyranical invasion Of the rights
: Congress, for usurpation OF au
,.hority not given him by the Con.
stitution, for disobedience Of the Law
md neglect Of duty, and particularly
n the case Of Mrs. Norris, for brutal
md cruel conduct toward helpless
| voman. I was not aware that these
'arts Of mine had quivered in the
! Executive hide and stunS him 50
nut the eagerness and intensity with
rhich he has presented his cas<
against me, his making a preceden
vhere none has existed heretofore
| ?is taking from the committee tt
which he had forwarded them the
apers and giving them to the press
efore that committee had consid
| red them, indicate that Theodors
| Roosevelt enjoys to the limit th'
ceiling Of getting even with Bel
Tillman, and lays on the big stici
With the keenest relish, doubles
believing that the pitchfork has goa'
ut Of business.
In his letter to Senator Hale
ind OF page the following:
But a case has just ariseE Of
different kind, which it seems to
me I should pat before you as IL
lustrating in striking fashion the
way in which investigations be-
gun by any Of these various agents
in the strict line Of their duty
may develop facts Of high impor-
tance, which the Investigators
would not in the first instance
have sought to discover, which,
when discovered, ought not to be
hidden or suppressed, but the de-
velopment Of which may tend to
create an erroneous impression
that the agents in question were
being used Tor purposes not within
the line OF their lawful duty.
It is well to note that the Presi
lent recognizes the extraordinar!
character of his action as well as tn
| unlawful use he has made OF tn
Secret Service He pretends that hl
,ase against me has been worked VI
,y accident, by reason of the disccV
Try of the inspectors in investigatin:
he Fraudulent transactions OF on
Bryon R. Door. and that the fact
ought not to be hidden or suppress
ID" The President says:
Senator Tillman denied the
statements Of this circular, and
expressed wish for an iuvestiga-
ton; and on his request the Post
Office Department, through its in
spectors, made such an iovestiga-
ton. He stated in reference to
this circular:
~ have not bought any land
anywhere in the West nor under
| taken to buy any. I have made
some inquiries, as oRe naturally
would, in roaming through the
West. I simply want the people
Of the country to be put on notice
that this swindler at Portland has
no warrant whatever for endeav-
or;ng to inYeigle others into his
game"
The President then goes on to
state:
This is confidential report OF
a type usually not furnished, but
in this case the matter IS so Sc
rious that 7 feel should put 1t
before you. I enclose you also
as exhibits D1, D2, D4 and D5,
Photographic sac-slmilies Of let
ters and envelopes and kilograms
from Senator Tillman and his
agent, William E. Lee.
I do not deny the authenticity OF
the letter or the telegram, Of which
photographs were made. I presume
the letter from William E. Lee is
also a correct copy, but I was not
aware OF its existance until now,
and I am not in anywise respon-
sible for Mr.. Lees ideas expressed