The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-20
HITS THEM HARD
Senator TiI|man Says Both Bona.
parts and Meyer Are
TEDDY'S BO0TL!CKS.

Bitterly Accuses Them Of Being il
a Conspiracy With the President
; to Ruin Reputation-He Charges
the Acknowledgement and Postnlas
ter General With Lying.
Washington, Jan. 14.-With the
avowed intention Of placing both AT.
torney General Bonaparte and Post.
master General Meyer in the Ananias
Club" Senator Tillman today ad-
dressed the senate He alternated
) between acrid denunciation Of these
two members of the presidents cab
met and ridicule, which he hurled
at them.
Mr.. Tillman said it was not pleas
ant for him to intrude his personal
ity upon the attention Of the SEN
ate.
II have enough notoriety already,
declared Mr.. Tillnan, "and I am not
anxious to advertise myself, but the
senate knows the proyocation I am
under, and I trust will bear with
me-"
Speaking of the differences of re-
collection between himself and At
torney General Bonaparte, he declar-
ed:
'''I am ready to have my word put
against his in any court in Christen-
dom and to let my record in the
past for thruthfullness. honesty and
integrity 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 if
possible"
when I deal with as unscruD-
ulous men as / do now, I am pre-
pared for anything, even the assas-
sins knife Ny mail is being held
up. am satisfied of that. will
not say my room has been broken
into because there are keys that can
open everything in this capital.
They may not have stolen my pa
pers, but they are gone
Mr.. Tillman then narrated a con-
7ersation he had over the telephone
yesterday with Attorney General Boz
fnaparte, in which he asked whether
a s11ithad beea--brought-ag against the
Southern Oregon Company, the hold
er of the military road grant. He
did net know" said Mr.. Tillman.
"Therc had been some correspon-
dence and discussion back and
forth as to the method that should
be pursued by the special counsel, =
he said. 81 pressed him for an i'm
mediate answer, yes or no. He said
response to the order Of congress to
bring suit.
Mr.. Til1man referred to the mo-
he would make inquiry of the .lerK
charged with that business and let
me know. In the course of few
minutes he returned to the phone
and said he would write me a let
ter
After having the letter Of the At
torney General read, he declared tha.
ND to this time, and after nine
months nothing had been done n
tive oe the Attorney General. We
all know how slow the processes of
the law are, especially against
millionaires. We all know the pro-
cess of being ready to do it, Of
being anxious 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 18th and characterized that
as "falsehood Number L.
Mr.. Tillman announced he had
received another circular sent out
by Dorr, in which the following
statement was made:
Some day I shall have justice and
reparation, and when that day comes,
now not far distant, there will De
noise that will be heard around
the world That statement by
Dorr, Mr.. Tillman insisted, was coll
elusive proof that Dorr had receiv-
ed assurance from the president
that he would drag T:llman down.
as a liar and scoundrel.
He wanted to know what degree
of falsehood was to re charged to
the two cabinet officers cor head
clerks or bootlicks or whatever the
president has around him. NJ"
Tillman laid stress upon the fact
that he had not attempted to obtain
any government land, but only &c
purchase land that had been given
a corporation with the stipulatio:
that that corporation should sell i
to the public at $3.50 per acre.
He insisted that he was entitled
to full investigation OF these
charges and to a report, as he did
not wish to rest under the lmpu
| :, i'm,
, r no report should be made he sal5
The impression would go abroad thai
the senate had whitewashed him ant
that he was guilty Of some wrong.
doing which he did not wish to res
, under.
Stabbed Seventeen Times.
f Atlanta, Jan. 13.-While boE'