The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-12

the type with which we are so fa-
miliar, will show that the presidents
charges boiled down. amount to two
In number.
First, he promotes me to member
ship in the Ananias club, and charges
in this that ! have deliberately lied TO
the senate.
Second, he charges that have ex-
erted my official influence and work
as senator for my personal benefit
alone to secure the passage of a reso-
luton and to press the department of
justice to bring suit against the cor
poration which holds so much of the
public domain in the west and will
not sell it to settlers on the terms of
their grants from the government.
Even Cunning.
He has prepared his Indictment with
consummate ability and skill. He is
even cunning in the apparently inno-
cent pretense that in making a search
through the secret service for one kind
of malefactor he has run down an
other, and the case of chat one was
Of such serious importance that his
sense of official obligation co,nI ellco
him to prompt action. Mark you, he
has been in possession of all the facts
in this case since July last, and men
will be curious to know why, If his
zeal was honest, he did not make
them known then"
Quoting from The presidents mes
sage to the house on January 4, in
which he said he had no charges If
corruption against congress nor against
any member of the present house, Mr..
Tillman said:
1T follows that he found no grounds
for indicting me in the courts, which
no doubt would have rejoiced him
overmuch, and all this fuss, fury and
fustian about the seriousness Of the
case and the gravity of the offense
with which he charges me can be at
tributed to personal malice alone"
Unlawful Use.
Referring to the presidents letter
to Senator Hale, Mr.. Tillman declared
that the president recognized the ex-
traordinary character of his action,
"as well as the unlawful use he has
made of the secret service" Mr.. Till
man said he did not deny the authen-
ITCHY OF the letter or the telegram of
which photographs had been made,
and he presumed the letter from Will
liam E. Lee was also a correct copy,
but he was not aware of it's existence
until 1t was brought to his attention
by the presidents statement, and ad-
ded that he was not in any way re-
sponsible for Mr.. Lees ideas expressed
In it.
Taking up the presidents statement
concerning Dorr, land agent making
his filings through Reeder & Watkins
OF Marshfield, Ore, Mr.. Tillman said:
Outrageous Falsehood.
1T will be noted that I accused
Dorr in the senate of being a swindler
and asked the postoffice department
to issue fraud order against him.
Dorr declared in his circular so sure
is Senator Tillman of our success that
he has subscribed and paid the neces-
sary fee for quarter section himself
and 10 other sections for 10 of his
nearest relatives 1t was this bold
and outrageous falsehood mainly that
swndler as well as to declare in the
senate that he had no warrant for
the assertion. The sleuths whom the |
president put upon my trail have made |
their report and perusal of it will
show to any fair-minded person that
so far from endeavoring to justify the |
fraud order against Dorr, they were
really put to work to investigate me |
and endeavor if possible to discover
to my 6iscredit, while the |
president directed the investigation. | |
say this because 1t is hardly possible |
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