Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-14
MR.IILlMAN' REPLY
Gives President Few a Prods
Of the Pitchfork.
HE DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION
Wanted to Buy Land-I.and Held Un-
lawfully Exposed she Wrong and
the Fraud-Is Not Guilty of Crime,


MI. Ililman arose to question of
personal privilege, declaring that for
the first time in the history Of this
government, so far as he had been able
10 learn, member of the Senate had
been brought to the bar of public
opinion before the Senate itself to be
judged under Indictment by no less a
person than the President of the
United States. The manner of doing
It, he. said, and the animous and zeal
displayed by the Chief Executive were
worthy Of consideration.
The Senator limited his scathing of
the President being warned by his
physician against overexertion. He
said:
''One Of the truest and best senti-
ments In English literature is this
from Tennyson: sSoiling another
will never make ones self clean.'
Later on in this session it is my
purpose to devote some time to bring
ing Theodore Roosevelt face to face
with his true self and let the people,
of the United States see what charac-.
ter of man they have been so bowed
down TO. For The present ] content.
j 8 ysel1- VIII zpPIying to him this quo
tation from Spencelsss Fair Queen
He RACES throughout the whole
world, neither is there any that can
restrain him, Of late he has grown
especially presumptuous and pestilent,
barking at and biting all alike wheth-
er they be blameworthy or innocent
None are free from his attacks. He
spares neither the learned wit nor
the gentle post, but rends and tears
without regard Of person, reason or
time -
SIN my public work here" said
Senator Tillman, "I have not hesi-
tated to criticise and comment on the
Eoficial actions and utterances of Pres
ident Roosevelt and I have doubtless
given him good cause to seek revenge.
+! [ was not aware that those darts Of
mine had quivered in the Executive
hide and stung> him so, but the eager
ness and intensity with which he has
presented his case against me, his
making a precedent, when none has
existed before, his taking from the
|-eommittee to which he has forwarded
them the papers and giving them to
the press before that 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
the keenest relish, doubtless believ-
ing that the 1Pitchfork' has gone out
Of business
| He declared that the President
was was an adept at advertising ane
had used the press with more skill
than any man in American politics
| "Another probable reason for Iii:
great haste,' said the South Caroline
| Senator, "was that he sought to dis
tract attention from the action Of th'
House Of Representatives on Frlda.
| in laying part Of his message on tn
table, by the sensational accusation
against a man who has had long ser
vice in the Senate.
"First, he promotes me to member
ship in the Ananias Club, and charge
| in effect that I, have deliberately lle'
to the Senate.
sesecond, he charges that I hav
exefted my official influence and wor
as a Senator for my personal bench
alone to secure the passage OF reso
luton and to press the Department
Of Justice to bring suit against IN
corporation which holds so much 9
the public domain in the West an
will not sell it to settlers under Ia
terms Of their grants from the go'
eminent.
He has perpared his indictmeI
with consummate ability and skll
He is even cunning in the apparent
innocent pretense that in making
search through the secret service Il
one kind Of malefactor he has ru
down another and the case OF tn;
one, Of such serious Importance, tn
his sense of official obligation cor
pelled him to prompt action. MAJ
| ba hoe hean in the possession