The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
Denies That Ke Has Been Dis
honest or UntruthfuI.
HE WANTED THE LAND
And Wants 1t Yet to the Extent
Of l ,44O Acres.
Declares Roosevelt Is Actuated
by Motives of Revenge.

| man today replied to charges made
against him by the president of having
exerted his official influence as a SEN
ator for his own benefit to bring suit
against railroads of the northwest in
order that he might be able to pur-
chase land held by the southern Ore
gon company and granted to the state
OF oregon in 1868 for the construction
of military road.
| In my public work here said Sen
ator I1llman, Il have not hesitated to
crlticlse and comment on the official
actions and utterances of President
roosevelt and L have doubtless given
MIN good cause to seek revenge I
| nave at various times arraigned him
| IN the senate for tyrannicaI invasion
OF the rights of congress, for usurpa-
! tion or authority not given him bv
ne tne constitution, for disobedience of
lne law and the neglect of duty and
particularly in the case of Mrs Morris
Tor brutal and cruel conduct toward a.
nelpless woman. [ was not aware that
tnese darts OF mine had quivered in
bI,3 t the hlde and stung him so
out the eagerness and intensity with
Whlch ne has presented mis- case
against me is making A nrece6en+
When none has existed before, his TAX
ing from the committee to which he
mas forwarded them the Daners and
giving them to the press before the
committee had considered them indi
Gates that Theodore Roosevelt enjoys
70 the limit the feeling of getting even
with Ben Tillman and laws on tha ebie
stick with the keenest relish do1,bt7
less believing that the 'pitchfork' has
gone out of business"
Personal Privilege.
IN addressing the senate Mr.. Till
privilege declaring that for the f3rst
time in the history of this government
so far as he had been able to learn a
MEMBER OF the senate had been
Drought TO the bar of public opinion
before the senate itself to be indeed
under indictment by no less a nerson
than the president of the United
states. The manner of doing II. he
saiq ana the an1mus and zeal display
ed by the chief executive were worthy
or consideration. Mr.. TilIman called
attention to the publication of these
charges by the president before thew
had oeen considered by the committee
OF the senate to which thew were re-
1erred and declared that in so doing
the president had treated the senate
with that contempt which has been
ms Wont. he declared the president
was an adept at advertising and had
used the press with more skill than
any man in American politics.
Another probable reason for his
great haste, said the senator was that
ne sought to distract attention from
the action of the house of represent1
tives on Friday in laying part Of his
message on the table, by the sensa-
tlohal accusation against man who
has had long service in the senate.
An examination of the presidents
letter to Mr.. Hale which might lust as
we'll have been a special message of
the type with which we are so familiar
viii show that the presidents charges
boiled down, amount to two in number
First. he promotes me to member
ship In the Ananias club and charges
in this that 1 have deliberately lied to
the senate.
Second. he charges that I have ex-
erted my official influence and worked
as a senator for my personal benefit
alone to secure the passage of a resolu-
ton and to press the department of
justice to bring suit against the cor
poration which holds so much of the
public domain in the west, and will not
sell it to settlers on terms of their
grants from the government
HE has prepared his indictment with
consummate ability and skill: he is
even cunning in the apparently limo
cent pretense that in making a search
through the secret service for one kind
of Indicators he has run down an
other and the case of that one of such
serious Importance that his sense of of
fcial obligation compelled him to
prompt action. Mark you. he has been
in the possession of all the facts in all
these cases since JULY last and men will
be curious to know why if his zeal was
honest he did not make them known
then
Quoting from the presidents message
to the house on January 4 in which he
said he had no charges of corruption
bers of the present house, Mr.. Tillman
said:
Charges Personal Malice.
at follows that he found no grounds
for indicting me in the courts, which
no doubt would have rejoiced him over
oil
fustian about the seriousness of the
case and the gravity of the offense
with which he charges me can be at
tributed to personal malice alone"
Senator Hale - Mr.. Tillman declared
that the president recognized the ex-
traordinary character of his action "as
well as the unlawful use he has made
of the secret service" Mr.. Tillman
said he did not deny the authenticity of
the letter or the telegram of which
photographs were made and he pre-
surned the letter from VIM. z. Lee was
aware of its existence until it was
brought to his attention by the presi-
dents statement concerning Dorr, a
land agent. making his filing through
Reeder and watkins of Marshfield.
Ore Senator TiIlman said:
eft will be noted that I accused Dorr
in the senate of being swindler and
asked the postoffice department to is
sue a fraud order against him Dorr
declared in his circular so sure is SEN
ator Tillman of our success that he has
subscribed and PAID the necessary fees
for a quarter section for himself and
ten other sections for ten of his nearest
relatives 1t was this bold and out
rageous falsehood mainly that caused
me to denounce Dorr as a sWindler as
wei as to declare in the senate that he
had no warrant for the assertion.
1.-The sleuths whom the president put
on my trail have made their report and
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mind that so far from endeavoring to
Justify the fraud order against Dorr.