The Detroit times., 1909-01-11
HARTMAN HOLDS 100000
ACRES OF STOLEN LAND
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letter TO Mr.. Hale, while might just as
| we'll have been special message Of
the type with which we are SO fami-
| liar, will show that the presidents
charges. boiled down, amount 10 two
! in number.
First, he promotes me to member
| ship In the Ananias club and charges,
In effect, that | have deliberately lied
to the senate.
Second, he charges that have ex-
erted my official influence and worked
as senator for my personal benefit
alone to secure the passage OF a reso-
luton and to press the department or
justice TO bring suit against the cor
porations which hold SO much OF the
rublic domain in the west and will
not sell 1t TO settlers under the terms
of their grants from the government
He has prepared his indictment
with consummate ability and skill. lie
is even cunning in the apparently in
Eocent pretense that in making q
search through the secret service for
one kind OF malefactor he had run
down another Of such serious import
ance that his sense OF official obliga-
ton compelled him to prompt action.
Mark you, he has been In the pos
session OF all the facts in this case
since July last, and men will be cur
ious to know why, II his zeal was
honest, he did not make them known
then.
The Oregon real estate swindlers
had secured q good many thousands
OF dollars before the exposure in the
senate stopped people from being
duped. and yet Theodore Roosevelt.
who poses as the only remaining hen
est man In public life, in the face OF
these facts, has felt called upon to
attack the character Of a man whose
integrity has never before been ques-
toned, and whose official position is
second only to his own. In doing this
he made a false declaration. for the
government inspectors now here say
no such thing as the president quotes,
which can be proven by examination
of their report.
Hartman Won't Sell.
"Just what law did | break? What
wrong did | do or contemplate? Ac-
cording TO the report OF the attorney
general. in answer TO the resolution
which | introduced and which passed
the senate, Hartman, the presidents
dear friend, still holds In defiance of
law upward OF 1000 900 acres OF TIE
best lands OF Oregon and California.
and refuses to sell them at any price.
| never expected, and could not under
the terms of the laws as | construed
II get more than seven quarter sec
lions for myself and family, one for
my private secretary, and one for Mr..
Lee. making nine in all. II Hartman
and others like him are made to dis
gorge by reason OF these suits, shall
the fact that was endeavoring to buy
n little pittance Of the land be used as
the basis OF a charge of being liar
and ascorrupt senator-to be dis!
graced?'
The senator then related in detail
how he sought TO attain land through
Reeder and Watkins, OF Marshfeld,
Oregon. the gist of which was that ne
did nothing improper E..
He continued: ~
THE man who announces to con-
gress that he, Theodore Roosevelt as
sumed the right 20 permit the steel
trust to absorb its geratest rival con-
trary to law, would doubtless not hest
tate to help his dear friend Hartman
in holding 100000 acres OF the public
domain. because BEN TI1LLMAN has
contemplated and wanted TO buy l .440
acres. The president having convicted
TILLMAN. proceeded to clear Dorr in
both cases contrary 10 the facts and
smllingly retires from the center Of
the stage, which It is his greatest de-
IL. al n, -
looks TO have the American people
and the senate give their approval 20
his verdict await that verdict calm.
ly and without fear. and will gladly
abide by II.
II court the most searching inyesti.