The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-12

I demand it. I declare most emphat- ically have never sought to conceal my effort to buy land; ] spoke to the Attorney General about 1t; l explained to the agent of the secret service tile | whole transaction when I gave him the Dorr circular and the letters which had been sent me concerning 1t. The ques= l tion of motive will at last control and t cannot be shown that I nave any req son to conceal anything. I invite com- parison of my private life and my public work as a man and a senator with The odore Roosevelt or any other nan, and l feel absolutely sure of the ground upon which I stand"
 Additional Remarks. k In addition to his speech, which had been prepared in advance, MT Tillman had prepared other brief remarks which he read.
 Tt has been expected and desired" he said, that having made by own defense, I should turn my batteries on my as- sailant. I do not feel that my strength is sufficient for the double task. My physi- | clans have warned me against oyertaxing i myself
 l "The President lives in a glass house with even glass floor in it and should remember the old adage He has exerted 1 all the power of the government to de- | stroy me, sbut 1 feel that l stand un- scathed because if all other arguments | fail to convince men, the character for rectitude, itruthfulness and honesty which I l have builded in the 61 years of my life would at least be my bulwark. Men who have always been clean and honorable do | not suddenly become liars and hypocrites at 61 without any necessity.
 Later on in this session it is my pur- l pose to devote some time to bringing l Theodore Roosevelt face to face with his | true self, and let the people of the United States see what character of man they l have been so bowed down to. For the present I content myself with applying to him this quotation from Spencer's Fairy i Queen: He ranges throughout the whole world, neither is there any that can re- strain him. Of late he has grown es- pecialy presumptuous and pestilent, bark | ing at and biting all alike, whether they | be blameworthy or innocent. None are | free from his attacks. He spares neither the learned wit nor the gentle poet but rends and tears without regard of per- son. reason or time.'"
 When Mir. Tilman concluded his re- | marks there was no further outbreak of applause, the vice president having ad- | monished the occupants of the galleries against making such demonstrations MT. Tillman was congratulated by a number of democratic senator's
 The Senate then took a recess of 10 minutes in order that the visitors might leave the gallery without disturbing the | proceedings and upon being called to or der transacted its routine business.
 Too Limited.
 Not long after he had concluded his speech Senator Tillman received cable gram from a London newspaper asking him to express in 50 words his opinion of President Roosevelt, and saying that if he would do so the tolls would be paid at the other end. The senator declined to comply with the request.
 The Dorr Case. Washington, January l1.-That the Dorr case, In which. Senator Tillman was in- volved, was brought to the Presidents attention for the first time on December IS, 1908, was asserted tonight by Postmas- ter General Meyer in a statement made in response to an inquiry from the As- sociated Press. Senator Tillman, in the course of his speech today, said that the President ''has been in possession of all the facts in this case since July last and men will be curious to know why, If his zeal was honest, he did not make them known then"
 Mir. Meyers Statement.
 
 "The inspectors report is dated Port l land. Ore, July 27, 1908. It was received l by the chief postoffice inspector August :, B. 1908 The case being an alleged viola | ton of the fraud section of the postal 1 laws by Ryan R. Dorr, it was sent to the assistant attorney general for the post l office department August 5, 1908, for &C., tion It was returned to the chief inspect or September 8, 19o8 with the recommen- dation that a fraud order be not issued i as it was not shown that Dorr was con- 1 ducting a fraudulent business. "The matter was again referred to the assistant attorney general on account | of the receipt of letter dated Novem- Der 22. 1eos written by Dorr, In which i he requested the department to furnish | him with copy of the inspectors report 1 for publication, so as to clear him from l the imputation of fraud put on him by | Senator Tillman.
 December 1T. 1908, the report was hand | ed to the Postmaster General by the aS- sistant attorney general.
 December IS, 1908, the case was brought to the attention of the President for the l first time, and on the same date instruc- 1 tions by wire were sent to inspectors who had made the investigation, to procure ! either the original Tillman letters or pho l tographic copies in order that the inspect or's statements as to Senator Tillmanu letters might be verified.
 '"These proofs, presented by the inspect | ors in person, reached the President Jan uary A. The investigations were made en- tirely by the postoffice inspectors, and the secret service agents were in no way