The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-15
house, Mr.. TillInan said:
No Legal Grounds.

"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 fustain about the ser
iousness of the case and tie gravity
Of the ofense with which he charges
me can be attributed to personal NAL
ice alone.''
Referring to the president letter
to Senator Hale, Mr.. Tillman declar-
ed that the president recognized the
extraordinary character Of his action
1'as well as the unlawful use he has
made of the secret service" Mr..
Tillman said he did not deny the au-
thenticity Of the letter or the tele-
grams Of which photographs were
made, and he presumed the letter
from William E. Lee was also a cor
rect copy, but he was not aware of
its existence until it was brought to
bis attention by the president s state
ment and added that he was not in
any wise responsible for Mr.. Lees
ideas expressed in it. Taking up the
presidents statement concerning
Dorr, a land agent making his fill
1ngs through Reeder & Watkins of
Marshfield, Ore., MIR. Tillman says:
''lt will be noted that I accused
Dorr in the senate of being a swind-
Ter, and asked the postofice depart
ment to issue a fraud order against
him. Dorr declared in his circular:
80 sure is Senator Tillman Of our
success that he has subscribed and
paid the necessary fees for a quarter
section for himself and ten other
quarter sections for ten Of his near
est relatives
Outrageous Falsehood.
cit was this bold and outrageous
falsehood mainly that caused me to
denounce Dorr as a swindler as well
as to declare in the senate that he
had no warrant for the assertion. The
sleuths which the president put upon
my trail have made their report and
a perusal Of it Will show to any fair
mind that so far from endeavoring to
justify the fraud order against Dorr,
they were really put to work to in
vestigate me and endeavor, if posi-
ble, to discover something to my dis
credit, while the president directed
the investigation. I say this because
it is hardly possible that a postofice
inspector would set about getting
Photographic copies of the letters of
United States senator and trying to
convict him of lying if the orders
did not come from high source.
''Let US suppose for moment that
I was guilty Of a falsehood in deelar-
ing that 7 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 to purchase land?
DORIS declaration that I had paid
the fees is an absolute falsehood and
the postofice inspectors, while
they searched the records for entries
at Coquille and noted that Reeder &
Watkins had filed several hundred
applications nowhere mentioned
that any had been filed in my name
or for me. Therefore, the falsehood
is proved on Dorr, and yet the pres
ident declared 'the assault which
Senator Tillman made upon Mr.. Dorr
was, according to the report Of the
inspector, a wanton assault made to
cover up Senator Tillman's own
transactions.
ssNo such statement was made by
the inspector. In fact, so earnestly
intent on convicting Senator Tillman
is the president he actually commits
himself to this proposition, to wit:
Tillman voluntarily and without any
compulsion from any source and with
nothing to conceal brought up mat
ter in the senate which he need not
have done to cover up transactions
which were absolutely unknown to
any one except himself and his cor
respondents, Reeder & Watkins, and
were entirely honorable and clean.
My exposure closed out the swind-
aers. Dorr, when his mail was not
delivered. retired from the land busi-
ness and became a fruit grower, as
reported by tie inspectors. The
swindlers had secured good many
thousands Of dollars before the ex-
posure in the senate stopped people
from being duped, and yet Theodore