The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-13

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coyery and his method uTon 10
cases in none Of which was there
failure.
to be hidden or suppressed, but tn
development Of which may tend t.
create an erroneous impression tina
the agents in question were bein:
used for purposes not within the I'M
Of their lawful duty
The communication then recite'
that Senator Tillman on February
10, last, called the attention of the
Senate to the circular Of the Oregon
land syndicate, which alleged tina
Senator Tillman was among those
who had spoken for a part OF tns
land to be disposed Of and quotes
Senator Tillman's deal as follows
81 have rot bought any land any
| where in the West, nor undertaken
to buy any. I have made some In
cuiries as one naturally would, IN
roaming through the West. I slmp'
" want the people Of the country tc
be put on notice that this swlndlel
at Portland has no warrant whateV'
er for endeavoring to inveigle others
into his game"
Enclosed, the President says, Nj
Hale would find Photographic fac
SMILES Of letters and envelopes from
Senator Tillman and his agent, Mn.
e. Lee, bearing on the matter. A
letter of Senator Tillman to Oregon
attorneys is quoted as follows:
Il wired from Wausau, Wis, as
follows, and write to confirm it:
<sWilliam E. Lee, my agent, will
see you about land. I want nine
nuarters reserved. Will forward
signed applications and money at
once. Members of my family are
entrymen. Letter follows.
("Signed) 3. r. l
s.I write now to say that wired
Mr.. Lee, who resides at Moscow,
Idaho, to go at once to Marshheld
and see you about the land, to locate
Quarters for the seven members OF
nv family, who are Of age and one
for my private secretary, j. 3
Knight, whom I desire to let into
the deal, and, Of course, he wants a
quarter for himself. -
"a Good Gamble"
"The letter continued" writes the
President, "in stating in detail what
was to be done in order to enable the
Senator to get the land. The VIII
liam E. Lee, to whom Senator Till
| man thus referred as his agent, wrote
to Reeder and Watkins. under date
| Of December Z, letter, photograph
ic COPY of which is herewith submit
ted, marked Exhibit D 4. In this
letter Mr.. Lee explains that he nae
written Senator Tillman fully as to
he status Of the land matter, ad-
vising him it was a good gamble
eut that the Senator was iectuTIng
50 that he did not get Mr.. Lees let
ter until week and half previous
". The letter continues:
"'In case Senator Tillman get:
n on this deal with some good lano
in the eight quarters we want,
I'M satisfied that he can be Of grea1
help in getting matters started from
Washington and cause the Govern
ment to get busy and do something
along the line you desire. He vii
9et I'D such E. howl that it will be I'M
possible TO do otherwise. 1t will b,
:ery important for your whole
-cheme to have man Of his inau
nee here to aid you at this end 0
he line. BY all means save 10
+ good land for us as We intend z
,e of more value than any one o
he others in this matter.
Then is quoted Senator Tillman
resolutions providing for the insti
,ution Of the land suits. after Whlc
he President quotes from the sena
.or's letter Of February IS to Aessr
Reeder and Watkins. Says the Pres
ident:
: He states that what he has don
in stirring up the question OF tn
Oregon land grant to railroads ha
Been done entirely apart from an
personal interest he has in the ma
: liter, and adds: Although l neVe
would have had my attention calle
t to it but for the Investigation as 81
5 On foot in connection with the prt
: posed purchase by me of some of tt
timber land in qestion. OF cours
if 7 decide to make the tender an
: 20 into the lawsuit. ! will bear yol
: proposition in mind. but l *ou
have you understand that nothing
do here in the Senate will be do1
J because Of my personal purchase
any of the land.
a Wanted Eight Sections.
3 If I can succeed in causing Il
: Government TO institute suit for Il
n recovery of the land and make
y easier for others as well as nlyse
It (tbe italics are mine) 70 obtain son
$ of it. 7 shall do it without rega
! 70 the dealings with your firm
81 still want TO get some Of the timb
:. land if it is possible, and as it
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