Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-15
TILLMAN COMES AGAIN.
Made Another Speech In Senate Yes
terday,


Washington, January 14.-With the
avowed intention Of placing both
Attorney General Bonaparte and
Postmaster General Meyer in the An
anIas Club" Senator 1illman today
addressed 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 personality
upon the attention Of the senate.
Il have enough notoriety already,
declared Mr.. Tillman, "and I am not
anxious to advertise myself, but the
senate knows the provocation I am
under, and I trust will bear with me- -
Speaking of the differences Of recol-
lection between himself and Attorney
General Bonaparte, he declared:
Il am ready to have my word put
against his in any court in Christen-
dom, and to let my record In the past
for truthfulness, honesty and integri-
ty 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 determined
to accomplish my ruin If possible"
when I deal with as INSCRIPTIONS
men as I do now, I am prepared for
anything, even the assassin's knife.
My mail is being held up. l am sat-
istied of that. l will not say my room
has been broken into, because there
are keys that can open everything In
this Capitol. They may not have stol-
en- my papers, but they are gone"
Mr.. Tillman then narrated a con-
versation he had over the telephone
yesterday with Attorney General Bon
aparte in which he asked whether a
suit had been brought against the
Southern Oregon company, the hold
er of the military road grant: He
did not know" said Mr.. Tillman.
"'There had been some correspond
ence and a discussion back and forth
as to the method that should be pur-
sued by the special COUNSEL he said.
II pressed him for an answer, yes or
no. He said he would make inquiry
of the clerk charged with that busi-
ness and let me know. In the course
of a few minutes he returned to the
phone and said he would write me a
letter."
After having the letter of the attor-
ney general read he declared that up
to this time, and after nine months,
nothing had been done in response to
the oruer of congress to bring suit.
Mr.. Tillman referred to the motive
of the attorney general. 1--WE all know
how slow the processes Of the law are,
especially against millionaires. We
all know the process 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 one"
Mr.. Tillman announced he had re-
ceived another circular sent out by
Dorr, in which the following state
ment was made:
Some day 1 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..
Tillman insisted, was conclusive proof
that Dorr had received assurance from
the president that he would drag
Tillman down as a liar and scoun-
drel."
He wanted to know what degree Of
falsehood was to be charged to the two
cabinet officers. Mr.. Tillman laid
stress upon the fact that he had not
attempted to obtain any public 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 insisted that he was enti-
tied to a full investigation Of these
charges and to a report, as he did not
wish to rest under 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 guilty of some wrongdoing he
did not wish to rest under