The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-09

face .invpectors uhasr date of July z7. 1903. ,as Exhibtt .. This is sconndents taf report of A type usuaiy not furn- fshed. but n thls case tho metker s1s Hes ssrioah that T feelsshou}d Iputft befprs. you enclose you aisos es snxntbtts' D l. D2. D 2. D 1, and, D 2. sphotcsrApsic tslsrrams frou, eensfur Tilinan and his agent. < It appeafA that. on October 1s. iso7. sanator T1lmnn Nrora 2 letter .fExhibft DH5,3 10. Nessrs. Rseder and SWatkfns. ofr Nar6h6eId. Oregon. who were aftofnsys repressIfting people who were appIicants>for Che purpose of cerA tain wagon road land grant lands Ddrr was<.a land agent making his filings through Reeder and Watkins E .Ssnntor riiiman's letters runs In part as foilows; ss .T wired you from Wamsau. Wis. as follows. and write to coHtrmIf 1t:
 "s William E.s Lee, Answ agent, win see you about lana. I want nine quar- ters reserved. VIII forwards signed ap- plications and money at once. Members of my family are eptrymen. Letter fol. l6wA s M tsigned)
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 s-T write nowt to say. that wired Mir. Lee. who resides at Moscow, Ida, no. to go at once tp Marshneld and see yOQ AH0uL lA6 An&4Nts @0e A1&4 A2S VI for the seven members. of my family Swho are of age. ana one for my private secretary. J. B. Knight whom I desfre to let into the, deal, hnd of-course, he wants. q quarter For &hfmself Ej
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 .The letter contin( V. stating in de- tail what was to h68 done in order to. enable the Senator o$get the land. The William E. Lee tc fom senator riil- man thus referred s4 his agent wrote Dscempsr S [ W < ,ettef ' tisotosrapi.ic % ; copy w of which Is herewith subniitted, marked Exhibit D |. In this letter, Mfr. Lee explains that heS had written senator Tillman fully as to the status Of the land matter, ,advfsinIe that 1t was Ia good gamble, but thaf the Senator was lecturing. so that he did not get Mfr. Lees letter until Q week and hals previously The letter continues: <
 Tn case Senator Tillfnan gets on eight quarters VIC want. am satis- fled that he can be of great help in getting mattefs started from Washing ton ant cause the Government to get busy and do something along the line you desire. He VIII set up such a howl that it win be impossible to do otherwise. This will be very Important tVr youT WnOie scHeme te nave a ma n of his influence here to aid you at this end of the line. By all means save "a lot of good land for us. as we Intend to be Of more value than any one of the others in this matter.'~
 "On the 31st of January. 1908, Sena-
 tor Tiilman introduced in the Senate the following resolution; stwhereas. at, diverse times. various railroads and Nother corporations have .f.x l.., Of the United States, under and by vir- tue of acts of the Congress, containing conditions to the effect that such lands should be sold to actual settlers only, or. in quantities not exceeding for any one purchaser limit fixed by the act relating thereto. or at price per acre not greater than an amount mentioned in the act authorizing such grant. to the end that such lands might prompt ly become homes of citizens Of the United States, and,
 t'Whereas, it is currently reported and widely believed that the sdepart- n1ent of justice has information to the effect that certain of the corporations aforesaid. ,sor their alleged successors in title. having obtained cplorable title to large tracts of land. within a state or states of the Pacific slope by virtue of the grants above mentioned and. still holding considerable portions thereof. have varied or evaded the equitable and safutary conditions as laforesaid Imposed by the Congress kaipon such grants for the ppblic good; ] yet the Senate Is not advised that any i. acsion has beene taken By the aaeBart. ment of justice to enforce the said conditions or restore the said lands to | the public domain: now. therefore be | 1t,
 !" Resolyed. etc. that the President be. requested; if not incompatible with I the public intent, to inform the Senate what information, If any has been re-
 ceived. and what actton.s if any, has
 been taken by the department of jus- | tfce, with respect to the matters or
 things inS the preamble to this resolu- | ton. set forth aiss
 Senator was Energetic.
 | And pressed vigorously for im-
 mediate action.
 .'The resolution being laid over.