The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-01-20
P1CHfORK IN USE.
RIVTTptNy ,c,,,-c.,
CABINET OFFICERS OF CON.
SPIRACY.
Speaks in Senate With AvOwed Pur.
pose OF Placing BOnaparte and NIey.
CT III the Ananias Club.

Club, Senator Tillman today address
ed the senate. He alternated between
acrid denunciation Of these two MEM
bers Of the presidents cabinet and
ridicule which he hurled at them.
Mr.. Tillman said it was not pleasant
for him to intrude his personality
upon the attention of the senate.
Il have enough notoriety already"
declared Mr.. Tillman, land / am not
anxious to advertise myself, but the
senate knows the provocation 1 am
under and 1 trust will bear with me-"
Speaking Of the difference of recol-
lection between himself and Attorney
General Bonaparte, he declared"
81 am ready to have my word put
against him in any court in Christen-
dom and to let my record in the past
for truthfulness, honesty and integrity
stand against his
He asserted that he was not only
dealing with President Roosevelt. "but
with all the cabinet officers who are
in league, because, according to the
newspapers, they are discussing me at
cabinet meetings and are determined
to accomplish my ruin if possible.
When L deal with as unscrupulous
men as L Go now, ] am prepared for
anything, even the assassin's knife.
MY mail is being held up. 1 am salts
iled OF that. l will not say my room
has broken into BECAUSE there are
Keys that can open everything in this
capitol. They may not have stolal,
my papers, but they are gone
Mr.. Tfllman then narrated a CONVEX
sation he had over the telephone YES
terday with Attorney General Bona
parte, in which he asked whether
suit had been brought against the
southern Oregon Company the hold
er Of the military road grant. He
ald not Know" said Mr. Tillman.
1here had been some correspondence
and discussion back and forth as 10
the method that should be pursued
by the special counsel, he said I
pressed him for an immediate answer.
yes or no. He said be would make
inquiry of the clerk charged with that
business and let me know. In the
course of a few minutes he returned
to the phone and said he would write
me g letter.
After having the lerter Of the at
torney general read ne declared that
up to this time and after nine months,
nothing had been done in response to
the order of congress to bring suit.
Mr.. Tillman referred to the motive Of
the attorney general 1--WE all know
how slow the processes Of the law are
especially against military affairs. We
all know the process Of being ready
to do it, of being anxious to do it,"
He referred to Postmaster General
Meyer and his statement that the
president had been in possession of
the facts in this case only since De-
cember IS, and characterized that as
'falsehood number one"
Mr. Tillman announced he had re-
ceived another circular sent out by
Dorr, in which the following state
ment was made:
Some day L shall have justice and
reparation, and when that day comes,
now not far distant, there will be a
noise that will be heard around the
world"
That statement by Dorr, Mr.. Till.
man insisted, was conclusive proof
that Dorr had received assurance from
the president that he would drag Till
man down as liar and scoundrel."
He wanted to know what degree of
falsehood was to be charged to the
two cabinet officers cor head clerks or
bootlicks or whatever the president
has around him."
Mr.. Tillman laid stress upon the
fact that he had not attempted to OBJ
tain any government land, but only to
purchase land that had been given a
corporation with the stipulation that
that corporation should sell it to the
public at $3.50 per acre. He insisted
that he was entitled to a full investi- |
cation Of these charges and to a re-
port as he did not wish to rest under |
the imputations that had been cast |
upon him. If no report should be |
made, he said, the impression would |
go abroad that the senate had white |
washed him and that he was guilty |
OF some wrong-doing, which he did |
not wish to rest under
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