Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14
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senator for his own benefit to brin
suit against l.e ailroads of tte nortl
west in orieI that he might be abb
TO purchase land held by tna Sou,i
ein Oregon corr nany and -. s.an;ed I
the state of Oregon in 1868 for In
construction OF a military road.
In my public work here" said Ser
ator Tillman, Il have not hesitate,
to criticize and comment on oftcia
actions and utterances of Presiden
Roosevelt, and ! have doubtless givel
him go9a. cause to seek revenge.
have at various times arraigned hin
in the senate for tyrannical invasion O
the rights of congress. for usurpatioI
rzof authority not given him by tn,
constitution, for disobedience of Law
and neglect of duty, and particularly
In the&case of Mrs. Morris for bruta
and cruel conduct toward a helpless
woman. ! was not aware that these
darts of mine had quivered in his exec
utive hide and stung him so. but the
eagerness and intensity with which he
has presented his case against me
his making a precedent when none has
existed before. his taking from the
committee to which he has forwarded
them the papers and giving them to
the press before the committee had
considered them, indicates that Theo-
dore Roosevelt enjoys to the limit the
feeling OF getting even with Ben Till
man and lays on the big stick with
keenest relish, doubtless believing that
the 'pitchfork' has gone out of busi-
ness"
In addressing the senate Mr. Tillman
arose to a question OF personal privi-
lege, declaring that for the first time
in the history of this government, so
IL as he had been able to learn, a
member of the senate had been
brought to the bar of public opinion
before the senate itself to be judged
under an indictment by no less per-
son than the president of the United
States. The manner OF doing it, he
said, and the animus and zeal display
ed by the chief executive were worthy
of consideration.
Mr.. Tillman referred to the publ
cation of these charges by the presi-
dent before they had been considered
by the committee of the senate to
which they were referred, and declar
ed that in so doing the president had
treated the senate with that contempt
which has been his wont" He de
clared that the president to an adSer-
tising end had used the press with
more skill than any man in American
politics.
A,A thAt# III F.zv- 10
great haste" said the senator, was
that he sought to distract attention
from the action of the house of rep
resentatives on Friday in laying part
of his message on the table by the
sensational accusation against man
who has had long service In the senate.
An examination of the presidents let
ter TO Hale, which might just as well
have been a special message of the
type with which we are so familiar,
viii show that the presidents charges,
byabed down, amount to two in number.
First, he promotes to membership in
the Ananias club and charges in this
that l have deliberately lied to the
ivnate. Second, he charges that !
5nhave deliberately lied to the senate.
Second, he charges that ] have exert
ed my official influence and work as
senator for my personal benefit alone
to secure passage of resolution and
to press the department of justice
10 bring suit against the corporations
which holds SO much of the public do
main in the west. and will not sell it
to settlers on terms of their grants
from the government, He has pre-
pared his indictment with consum.
mate ability and still he is even cum
ming in the apparently innocent pre-
tense that in making search through
the secret service for one kind of
malefactor he has run down another.
and the case of that one of such Sc
rious Importance that his sense of of
fetal obligation compelled him to
prompt action. Mark you, he has been
In the possession of all these 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"
Ouray. Jan. 11.-John Schwend,
a well known pioneer stochman and
butcher. was found dead his mouse
at o'clock. having died during the
night from apoplexy. His bookkeeper
thought it Strange, Mr.. schwend aid
not report as usual and concluded to
visit the house. with the above dis
covery. He leaves wife and two chii-
dren who are in Denver but leave for
home tonight. Deceased was well.
known throughout this portion of the
state and leaves an estate, valued nj
s50.000. He was in partnership in
the market business with John Mos
tyn.
DENVER, Jan. 11.-Dr. Charles Den.
ison, pioneer physician of Denver
and an international authority on tu-
berculosis. died of blood poisoning at
st. Luke's hospital, after an illness
of only three weeks.
DUQUOIN, ILL.,, Jan. 1t.-A disas.
trous gas explosion in which twenty.
five men lost their lives, occurred yes
terday in Joseph Letters famous col.
vliery at Zeigier. A spark from the
trolley pole of an electric motor com.
ing into contact with q pocket of seas