The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-12
rILMAN REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT
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= the feeling of getting even with Ben Tiliman and lays on the big stick with the keenest relish, doubtless be- lieving that the 'pitchfork' has gone cut of business" ; In addressing the Senate today. MT. Tillman arose to question of personai privilege declaring that for the hrst time in the history of this Government SO far as he had been able to learn, . member of the Senate had been brought to the bar of public opinion before the Senate itself. to be judged under indictment by no less person than the President of the United States. The manner of doing 1t. he said. ana the animus and zeal displayed ny the chief executive were worthy or com alteration.
 Mir. Tiliman called attention to the publication of these charges by tne President before they had been consio- cred by the committee to wnfcn they doing. the President had treated the Senate with "that contempt which mas been his won't" He declared that the President was an adept at advertising and had urged the press with more skill than any man in American puphc life. .,. Another probable reason for his great haste" said the south caroi,na n,n Senator. twas that he sought to dis tract attention from the action of the House of Representatives on Friday Tn laying part of his message on the ta- ble. by the sensational accusation against a man who has had long ser- vice in the Senate.
 Two Charges.
 .An examination of the Presidents letter 10 MT. Hale, which might just xxfH Aav a aneCiaI me8GAKe of the type with which we are so fa- rniliar," said MT. Tillman, twill show that the Presidents charges. ooiieo down amount to two in number:
 First, he promotes me to member ship in the Ananias Club, and charges in effect that have deliberately heu to fhs Senate.
 -second. he charges that have ex- erted my oficiai influence and work as a Senator for my personal oenent alone to secure the passage or res. -oiution and to press the Department of Justice to bring suit against the eoruoratiou which holds so much O. Q. the public domain in the west, anu WI. not sell it to settlers under the terms ofr their grants from the Government.
 ''He has prepared his iho,csSy ,.;,I Sy" ts sven cunning in the apparently inno- cent pretense that in making searcn through the secret service for one kino of a malefactor,. he has. run down an other. and the case of that one of such serious importance that his sense or official obligation compelled him 70 prompt action. Mark you. he has been fin the possession of all the facts m tnis 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- aaEe to the House on January 1. in which he said he had no charges oi corruption against Congress nor against any members of the present House, MT. Tillman said:
 "It follows that he found no grounds for indicting me in the courts, which no doubt would have rejoiced him over-much and all this fuss, fury and fustian about the seriousness of the case and the gravity of the oKense with which he charges me. can be at eributsd to personal malice alone.
 Referring to the Presidents letter Go Senator Hale. Mir. Tillman declared ehst the President recognized the ex- fraordinary. character of his action, ''as well as the unlawful use he has made of the secret service. ' Mr. Tflinan said he did not deny ,khe authenticity of the letter or the Telegram of which photographs were imade, and he presumed the letter from EWni E. Lee was also . correct copy but he was not aware of its existencs lunsI it was brought to bis attention by the Presidents statement and added that he was not in any way responsi- lble or Mfr. Lees fdess expressed in it 'TaI ng up the Presidents statement icoHgerning Dorr, land agent making Ianb EaIing through Reeder and Wat l& of Marshneld. ores Mir. Ttiiman
 will be noted that accused Dorl 1n he Senate of being @ swindler and ask ed the Postofice Department to is- sue a fraud order against him. DorI declared in his circular:
 So sure Is Senator Tillman of oul success that he has subscribed and paid the necessary fees for a quarter sec 4ion for himself and ten other sections for ten of his nearest relatives"
 Outrage0us FalseheOd.
 "It was this bold and outrageous faIsehood mainly that caused me to de nounce Dorr as @ swindler as well al to declare in the Senate that he had no warrant for the assertion. The sleutis which the President put upoT my trial have made their report and perusal of 1t shows to any fair-mindet man that so far from endeavoring tc
 
 they were really put to work to in vestigate me and .endeavor if possible to discover something to my discredit while the President directed the in vestiEation. say this because it ii hardly possible that postoffice in spector would set about getting pho toRraphic copies of the letters of { United States Senator and trying tt convict him of lying if the orders dit hfoh
 Let us suppose for moment that was guilty of falsehood in declaring that I had not undertaken to purchase any land What did that have to d' with Doris transparent and open us' of the mails to induce men to send hin money to purchase land? Dorr's dec laration that had paid the fees is ar Inspectors, while theySsearched the re cords for entries at Coquille, noted chat Reeder and Watkins had filed sev eraI hundred applications nowher' mentioned that any had been filed 1T my name or for me. Therefore thu falsehood is proven on Dorr and ye the President declared the assaul which Senator TillmAn made on Dor was accoFding(to the report of the in Npector. wanton assault made t' cover up Senator Tillman's own trans actions.'
 No such statement was made by tn inspector. In fact, so earnestly inten on convicting Senator Tillman is tn President that he actually commits him self to this proposition. to wit:
 '"rIllman voluntarily and withou any compulsion from any source an with nothing to conceal, brought up
 matter in the Senate which he nse not have done to cover up transaction :. which were absolutely unknown