New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
TI[LMAN MAKES REPLY
nRE4DS ASSASSINATION"
1ccyses Mr. BOHap0rtc and Mr.
.Meyer of FaIsfcatioR.
rF-am Tire Tribune Bureau. J

,or and reiterated the story about his desk hay
= been tampered with When Mr. TiIInan said
-. z4,eu he had deal with the President and
- members of his Cabinet he must be prepared
- ANYTHING even the assassin's knife there
-. an audible Iaugh on the floor and in the gal
eries.
~ 1fllnan read E letter from the Attorney
-ne-sI in which II said that orders had been
=, n hiring suit affecting the Coos Bay lands
-. that the decision in the Hartman
5i,q would practically settle the question
- There was not an unusual crowd in the gal
-. and comparatively few Senators heard the
.ch some o. Mr.. Tllmans friends say they
..,5 II as somewhat unfortunate for him that his
ss-sc,er should have been publicly indorsed by
s,s+or Bailey Of Texas, but Mr Tillmsn refused
:. discuss Mr.. Bailey's utterance
.ttnrney General Bonaparte's letter. which is
s.ted Yesterday. reads follows:
,fv Dear Senator Referring 70 our telephone
o0nss9f9s 5's of ibe MES Of the department that
the suit in connection with the Coos BAY wagon igor
itss been the subject Of difference OF opinion be
t'irste suit has already been brought in connec-
ION with this matter and the question arcs
,rit or should bring independent suit After
careful consideration and rather n"e'lInSe 5a
fgeS tI1ef i would be better for the government
81 b-5rg an independent action without reference
70 he 1s 6-ivste sun already instituted theTefors
ots some tis Ta.sra1be SGS q Mn. directing that such
~. shoT,Td be brought soon as practlcabie; Ihe
s:qnasv av gant and several other contemplated
@ Of minor moment NJ ceSs 6e aITeaV Instituted
nlnso . t4a TIsT-Sn7a1 railroads. which hold the
so3 sad Saoa PH 4 lnnd F6~Rsend gTs %e to Srng
rial il PosTjbe the NAN su and nVol3ng the
Oregon and California raFoad sTaaf' TTag sSee With
other far less important suits are 5reo noe stated
hin to this extent and atth9os G r bSonSRt as soon
.,t2esfs has been caused by the delay in i1sti-
tufng proceedings IN regard TO The Coos h@'
o,S number Of OtnsT matters
ipclose you herewith. copied from the dockets
nation Of tie main suit against The Hartman MAJ zI ln
sresIs tae . 6i 81 si@ last st as set forth in my
s'e1saft q efseSaasPA eBfs6TaPARTE IttorTey General
AS TO DEGREES OF LIE
.to -ero-t ~ the Secret Service in
,rertors in connection with his correspondence
r..5.r end Watkins Mr.. T1lInan pointed out "ilat
t4 declared TO be slaring inaccuracies ana sue
.sste5 thst there should be some determination oi
the exact qualifications for membership IN IN
.nariss cub He declared that Shakespeare III
As you Like It" had put words in the mouth OF
Touchstone which determined the degree y &c
xarrantng fight. and quoted as follows
O sir. we quarrel in print. by the book; as you
6sETse s so0kf The .f st the Reort courteous
ond the ouip Modest: the third the Rep.y, Shtf 4b
ish the fourth, the Reproof Valiant me 4Inl: ;+ 2
GIoruterchsck Quarrelsome; the sixth, he LIE WIT
Circumstance; the seventh the lie sTd vom
nav avoid that too. with If knew when seven
3ascss e ceTo met themselves one Of them thought
eTd they shook hands and swore brothers Your
Ills he only peacemaker; much virtue IN II.
Speaking of the differences OF recollection be-
t-eeu himself and Attorney General Bonaparte'
~r Trlman declared: u ready TO have my
,r-or5 mt against his any court in Chrlsfendom
n6 "a ies nv record in the past for tTuthfulness
honesty and integrity stand against his
He asserted that he was not only dealing with
President Roosevelt ''but with all the Cabinet off
GERS who are in league. because, according to the
newspapers, they are discussing me at Caoihet
meetings and are determined TO accomplish my
ruin If possible
at was rrepsred 10 have the Attorney General
deny that told him ANYTHING about this. con-
fuued M TiIu7sn. II prepared to have the
officers .en+ ~ me- from the Postoflce Department.
and 70 whom I explained my reasons for asking
for fraud order against Dorr ieny my state
merit When deal with INSCRIPTIONS men as
do now / an prepared for anything, even the
sssassin's knife Ny mail is being held up ! am
satisfied OF that I will not say my room has been
broken into because there are keys that can open
everything in this Capitol. They may not have
.tolen my papers. but they are gone"
Mr. Tillman then told OF a conversation he had
the telephone yesterday with Attorney cen
sral Bonaparte in which he asked whether suit
had been brought against the Southern Oregon
Company the holder Of the military road grant
He did not know said Mr.. Tman. There
bad been some correspondence and discussion
hack and forth a, TO the method that should be
pursued ny the special counsel he said pressed
him for immediate answer-yes or no. He said
hs would make inquiry of the clerk charged with
that business and let know In the course of a
feE minutes he returned the phone and said he
vogld write me a letter
after having the letter Of the Attorney General
read he declared that up l this time, and after
Hiae months. nothing had been done in response 10
ne order Of Congress bring suit
Mr. Tulmsn referred the motive Of the Attor-
hsy General. We all know how slow the processes
q the Law are, especially against milhonaires, he
SAID. We all the process Of being ready to
90 II Of being anxious 10 do it -
The fact vas that the Attorney General had gone
INTO print bolster up the President and charge
Ar JilInsn with not having talked TO him about
Ibis matter. He said he did like 10 use the
adjective called in this case, but would let his
hearers I'll & in :or themselves He had been
frank in talking about the Oregon case with the
attorney General and had made full explana-
ton TO him
ATTACK OK POSTMASTER GENERAL.
he then referred 10 Postmaster General Meyer
and his statement that the President had been in
possession OF the facts in this only since De
eenloer Is. and cha-acterized that as ''falsehood
40 a. He also insisted that the Postmaster Cen
eral had made rnisstatement In reference to the
hfne that the fraud order issued against Dorr.
ne declared that a constant effort being made
70 shield the President from completely in this IN
Festgation Of a until recently. Mr- TIL
nan said that last evening, his instance. Senator
hale telegraphed TO Reeder & Watkins TO know at
whose Instance and by whom copies of Mr. Till
nan IS letters had been made He said he was told
Vo-oay that he would be able TO get an answer
% tnis Inquiry except by mail. and then. he said
~ interest in it would have ceased.
MI Tilnssn announced that he had received an
"'oer circular our by Dorr. in which the fol-
'Hlns statement made Some day shall
nave Justice and reparation. and when that day
comes. nov not Tar distant. there will be noise
mat will he heard around the world That state