The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-01-21
TILLMAN ATTACKS OFFICERS.
Bitterly Accuses Them of Conspiracy
to Ruin His Reputation.

Postmaster General Meyer in the
Ananias Club, Senator Tillman to-
day addressed the senate. He alter
mated between acrid denunciat1on OF
these two members of the presidents
cabinet and ridicule which he hurled
at them.
Mr., Tillman said it was not pleas
ant for him to intrude his personality
upon the attention of the senate. >,
"I have enough notoriety already,
declared Mr.. Tillman, "and am not
anxious to advertise myself, but the
senate knows the rrovocation l am
under and trust W IL bear with me.
Speaking of the difference of recoi-
lection between himself and Attorney
General Bonaparte, he declared:
81 am ready to have my word put
against him in any court in Chrlsten-
dom and to let my record in the past
for truthfulness, honesty and lnteg-
rity stand against his.
He asserted that he was not only
dealing with President Roosevelt,
"but with all the cabinet officers who
are in league, because, according to
the newspapers, they are discussing
me at cabinet meetings and are de-
termined to accomplish my ruin II
possible.
when deal with as INSCRIPTIONS
men as I do now, l am prepared for
ANYTHING, even the assassin's knife.
NV mail is being held up. / am satls-
fed of that. will not say my room
has been broken into because there
are keys that can open everything in
this capitol They may not have
stolen my papers, but they are gone.
Mr.. Tillman then narrated con-
versation he had over the telephone
yesterday with Attorney General
Bonaparte, in which he asked wheth-
er suit had been brought against
the Southern Oregon Company, the
holder of the military road grant.
"He did not know" said Mr.. Tillman.
There had been some correspond
ence and discussion back and forth
as to the method that should be pur-
sued by the special counsel, he said.
I pressed him for an immediate an
swer, yes or no. He said he would
make inquiry of the clerk charged
with that business and let me know.
In the course of few minutes he re-
turned to the phone and said he
would write me letter.
After having the letter of the at
torney general read he declared that
up to this time, and after nine
months, nothing had been done in
response to the order of congress to
bring suit.
Mr.. illman referred to the motive
of the attorney general. 1--WE all
know how slow the processes Of the
law are, especially against military
affairs. We all know the process of
being ready to do it. of being 'anx-
ious to do it. '"
He referred to Postmaster General
Meyer and his statement that the
president had been in possession OF
the facts in this case only since De-
cember 1S, and characterized that as
"falsehood number one."
Mr.. Tillman announced he had re-
ceived another circular sent out by
Dorr, in. which the following state
ment was made:
"Some day I shall have justice and
reparation, and when that day comes
now not far distant there will be
a noise that will be heard around the
world"
That statement by Dorr, Mr.. Till
man insisted, was conclusive proof
that Dorr had received assurance
from the president that he would
drag Tillman down as liar and
|scoundrel.'
He wanted to know what degree of
falsehood was to be charged to the
two cabinet officers cor head clerks or
bootlicks or whatever the president
has around him.
Mr.. Tillman laid stress upon the
fact that he had not attempted to OBJ
tain any government land, but only to
purchase land that had been given a
corporation with the stipulation that
that corporation should sell it to the
public at $3.50 per acre. He insist
ed that he was entitled to full in
vestigation of these charges and to
report, as he did not wish to rest un-
der the imputations that had been
cast upon him. If no report should
be made, he said, the impression
would go abroad that the senate had
whiteWashed him and that he was