The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-01-14

as to declare in the senate that he
had 40 warrant for the assertion.
Let us suppose for moment thar
| was guilty of faisehood IN de-
cIaring thatI had not undertaken b
purchase the land. What did that
hare TO do with DORIS transparent
and open use OF the malls to induce
men TO send him money to purchase
land? DORIS declaration that had
paid the fees is an absolute false
hood and the Postoftice inspectors.
;a;le they searched the records for
.sies at coquille and notsd that
..seder and Watkins had fled several
hundred applications no where mem
tioaed that any had been filed in my
name or for me. Therefore the
falsehood is proven on D6rr. and yet
the President declared the assault
which Senator Thiman made upon
Mr.. Dorr was according 10 the re-
port of the inspector a .wanton as
sault made to cover up Senator Til:>
mans own transactions.
Mr.. Dorr, when his mail was not
delivered retired from the land bust
ness and became a fruit grower a.
reported by the inspectors. The
swindiers had secured a good many
thousands of dollars before the ex-
posure in the Senate stopped people
from being duped, and vet Theodore
Roosevelt, VINO poses as. the only re-
manning honest man in public life,
in the face of these facts, has TEL.
called upon to attack the character
Of man whose integrity has neye.
before been questioned, and whose
official position Is second only 10 his
own.
Now about the lying: Myletter
of February IS Of which the presi
deEt secured a Photographic copy an
tedates by four days by statement ii
the Senate that had not bought any
land or. undertaken to buy any, and
the President considers this positive
proof of falsehood. did not say !.
had not considered the purchase OF
land. 4 did not say j had not con
templated the purchase of land be-
cause I had done both.
10 It.l r s1,nna l.0
What wrong did 1 do or contemplate?
According to the report OF the Attor-
ney General in answer to the resolM-
ton which. i introduced and whic.i
passed the Senate, Hartman, the
Presidents dear friend, still holds in
defiance of law upwards of two mil
lions of acres of the best lands of
Oregon and California and refuses e..
sell them at any price. 13never ex..
pected and could not under the terms
of the law, as construed 1t, get
more than seven quarter sections TO.
myself and family. one for my prig
yate secretary and one for Mr.. Lee.
making nine in all. This in the ag-
gregate would mean that | would
obtain through my activity here, as
the Presidents charge is, nine quar-
ter sections or fourteen hundred and
forty acres at cost of $4,000. Will
the president undertake to say that
II have lost my right to buy land he
cause am a Senator? Can the
President deny that my activity se-
cured the passage OF the resolutions
instructing the Attorney General To
bring suit for the recovery OF ta.s
land for the use of actual settlerscs
II Hartman and others like him az,
made to disgorge by reason OF tifes
suits shall the fact that 1 was en-
deayoring to buy little 2pittanee %
the land be used as the jhasis of :
charge of. being a liar and a corrup.
Senator to be disgraced?
II have not attempted to deceive
anybody: / have not told any false
hoods; have not broken any law;
l have not been guilty of any i'm
moral conduct. l had the right to
purchase the land IL could. but my
judgment told me I'll was unsafe a.
an investment. 1wonld like N get
some OF IT yet and # the. Attorney
General and his successors shall not
die of old age before anything IL
done 1t may be possible that may
have the opportunity to purchase
some of those timber lands OF which
he made mention in his report.
Through my action attention has been
directed in a compelling way to the
need of prompt action by tn !, Depart
ment of Justice. Whether i ever
get any of the land or not does not
matter if Hartman and others Of,
that ilk are made to discorse the
large holdings, which they have
stolen and are attempting to hold.
The President gloats over the
fact that my letter was written Just