The Washington times., 1909-01-11

II the orders did not come from high
source.
Absolute FalsehOOd.
Let us suppose for a moment that
I was guilty Of a falsehOOd in Jeclar-
ing that I had not undertaken to pur-
chase any land. What did that have
to do with DORIS transparent and open
use of the mails to induce men to send
him money 10 purchase land2 DorT S
declaration that / had paid the fees
is an absolute falsehood, and the post
office inspectors, while they searched
the records for entries at COQullle and
noted that Reeder & Watkins had nled
several hundred applications" no
where mentioned that any had been
filed in my name or for me. There
fore the falSehOOd is proven on DOTT,
and vet the President declared:
THE assault which Senator TllIman
made upon Mr.. DOrr was according to
the report OF the Inspector, a wanton
assault made 20 cOvrr up Senator TIL
mans own transactions.
No Such Statement.
No such statement was made by the
inspector. In fact, so earnestly intent
on convIcting Senator Tiuman Is the
President. he actually commits himself
to this proposition. 10 wit: Tulman
voluntarily and without. any sUmpul-
sion from any source and with ncth-ns
to conceal brought up a matter H. gic
Senate which he need not have done 3,
cover up transactions which were abb
sOlutely unknown to anyone except
. himself and his correspondents, ReedeT
& Watkins, and were entirely honorable
and clean My exposure closed out the
swiudlers. DOrr. when his mail was
not delivered retired from the land
business and became fruit grower, as
reported by the inspectors.
The sWlndleTs had secured a good
/ many thousands Of dollars before the
exposure in the Senate stopped people
from being duped, and vet Theodore
Roosevelt. who poses as the only re
naming honest man IN public life, IN
the face OF these facts has felt called
/ upon 20 attack the character OF a mar
/ whose integrity has never before beer
questioned and whose official position
( is second only TO his own.
In dol 1g this he makes a false declara
/ ton, fJr the inspectors nowhere say
any such thing as above quoted. " licF
can be proven by an eHgEpinatiou OF
4 their report.
About the Lying.
Now, about the lying. Ny letter Of
! February Is, Of which the President Sc
/ cured a Photographic copyI antedatel
! by four days my statement In tn,
/ Senate THAI ] had not bought any land
. or undertaken to buy any. and the
/ President considers tlls positive 200
. of faIsehood. ] did not say I had no
. considered the purchase Of land: l did
. not say had not contemplated the pur
/ chase of land. because / had done both
/ in my conversation nth the AttOrnel
/ General I'm regard 10 the resolution
! which introduced, and which he him
/ self prepared after we had talked owe
the whole land situation ! distinctly
. remember telling him that my interes
in the matter had been first aroused b.
my desire 10 purchase some OF the TIM
/ Der land, and that my coming To hin
was due 20 the fact that ] discovered
upon investigation that / could not Du,
/ 90 through any agency whatsoever, INA
/ could not buy IL even by law suit
1 because I was advised by very abl
/ LAWYERS I'm the West among them IN
/ Hon George Turner. Of washington
that in attacking the holders or thos'
T land grants no one would nave an.
/ standing In court except the graEtof
/ the Government itself tSee Nichols VS.
/ Southern Oregon Company, Federal lie
/ porter, vol. 1876. D. Z34J
Perhaps DisingenCous.
was perhaps disiugcnuous; bat
moments thought will convince an,
houest-mInded man that-as ! had 30
signed any papers, had not paid an
/ money. had taken nObOdy.s receipt, IN
I usual processes by which one under
takes to buy Iaud-I was speaking ac
curateIy and not falsely. Everythin
hinges ON the meaning Of the wOr
/ undertaken" and my use Of Il. Did
mean TO conceal the fact that I wa
anxious TO buy some Of this land? No
al ALL Did ] mean to attack DOrr a
a swiudIer when I myself was engage
ia "a dishonest and dishouOrable trausaG
|tlon9 That is what the President wouu
have tue people believe. Can ! be justl
charged with faIsehcod when II ! ha
told the Senate OF the entire tTansactiO
80 would have made no difference what
/ ever, while ] would have been charge
with iuJrudiug my private affairs mt
. a public discussion Just what law Oh
breaE2 What wrong did ] do or con
templaLe2- According to the report @
the Attorney General in answer TO TIA
resolution which ] introduced and whic
passed the Senate, Hartman, the Pres
dents dear friend still holds iu defiauc
Of Jaw upward or . 10000 acres of IN
best lands OF Oregon and California
and refuses 90 sell then at any prize
never expected. and could not uude
the terms of the law as I construed a
get more than seven quarter section
r for myself and FANNY. one for IN
: private secretary, and one for Mr. Lee
s making nine i'm ALL This In the aggrC
gate would mean that ! would OBJ al
s thrOua n my activity here. as the Pres