Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-09

Tillman introduced the same day a further
and joint resolution containing the same re-
khibit D5.' In it 1 call your attention. to
Resolved, etc, That the attorney general
be. and is hereby, directed, authorized and
| empowered to take such proceedings, or in
| stitute such suit or suits on behalf of the
UNITED States, as may be necessary, APP
| propriate or expedient to insure a compli-
| ance with the above mentioned conditions
or to restore the said lands to the public
domain, or to report TO the congress why
such action as aforesaid has not been or
should not be taken.
Another TiIIman Letter.
ION February 10 Senator Tlllman wrote to
! Messrs. Reeder and Watkins. A photo
graph of his letter is also attached as ex-
hibit 'D5." In it 1 call your attention to
the fact that he speaks again of Mr.. Lee
as his agent and of the correspondence car
I ried on through Mr.. Lee. He states that
what he has done in stirring up the ques-
| ton of the Oregon land grants to railroads
has been done entirely apart from any per-
1 sonal interest he has in the matter, and
adds:
Although I would not have had my at
tention called to 1t but for the investigation
as set on foot in connection with the pro-
| posed purchase by me of some of ee tim
| Der land in question. OF course, IL l decide
to make the tender and go into the law
| suit, 1 will bear proposition in mind, but /
would have you understand that nothing !
do here in the senate will be done because
Fof any personal purchase Of any of the land.
II l can succeed in causing the government
to institute suit for the recovery of the
land and make it easier for "others as well
as myself the italics are mlne) / shall do
It without regard to the dealings with your
firm. | still want to get some OF the tim
-. I'D a. a. 4. Haaa4hNa ona aa a. 10 nwak-
able that Mr.. Lee or some other representa-
tive OF mine will be in your country in the
next two months. we will leave the matter
Of payment for the initiatory steps and sub
sequent proceedings in allegiance for the
present. Any contract We might make will
be entirely apart from and independent OF
my work in the senate. I will be glad for
you to hold In reserve eight OF the best
quarter sections of which you have definite
information and I will I'm the meantime
press the investigation and other work
here which will facilitate the final purchase
and in effect obvlate the necessitating OF
Iyour making any case in the. courts al
ALL
Franked Thraugh Mails.
This letter in which Senator TilJmar
requested that eight OF the best quarter
sections be held in reserve for him wa
written just four days before he announced
to the senate that he had not undertaken
to buy any land in the west. 1t is unneces
sary to comment upon his proposal. mad'
in this letter, TO use his influence as senator
TO force the government to institute a sui
which would make II easy for him person
ally to obtain some of the land. This let
ter. purely pointing to Mr.. Tillmah' per
sonal and private business, was sent in
franked envelope. OF which l attach pho
t%ographic copy marked exhibit d.
THE assault by Senator Tillman upol
Mr.. Dorr was, according TO the report o
the inspectors, a wanton assault made &
cover up Senator Tiilman-s own transac
tons.
Il call your attention 10 the letter Of Mi
Dorr TO the postmaster general and dat
under November p. 1908 exhibit Ed. Il
which he asks for relief from the case
which Senator Tillman had brought agains