The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-09
ROOSEVELT ACCUSES
 THLMAN OF FRAUDS
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 Mthsfto. the sffort to discover the been fruitIesa should be greatly oblfged if any information could be furnfshed me tending to show any fn-: utance where thts has been done in times past.
 Certain of the special agents. in- speetors and the like, in the several Experiments. have a highly sbecialised work to perform Tn the Treasury Department the secret service is es- pecially trained to deal with counter fsitsrs and the special agents with customs frauds. In the Postof1ce De- partment the corps of inspectors is especially trained and peculiarly fit ted to detect criminslity or abuses or fraudulent use of the mails in con- uection with the postal service. In the Interior Department the special agents of the land office and the int spectors Of the Indian bureau are trained in similar fashion to meet Spe- c1sl needs. In addition. ft Is urgently usssssary, as set forth in Mrp Roots accompanyinS report that there shall be . central force Of secret service n1en who can. be detailed for work anywhere in the government service.
 s0f course, in the investigation of specific frauds we sornetimegs come across wholly unexpected phases of misconduct. The frauds in the postal department which were unearthed some six years ago. for instance, sof- fer al case in point. My suspicious were hrst aroused by a. report made as. to the very extravagant s.and de- bauched manner of life of a certain postal lempioye. this report being made by an ofiicial of the secret service in connection with another transaction on which he was working.
 The postofiice, never. of set spur- pose, inspects any package z sent through the mails by Senator or Congreseman, but sometimes through the accidental breaking of such paclx- age. the contents are exposed. and If they are of character which makes fheir transmission by franking priv NleGe illegal. steps are taken by the Nostoface authorities to collect the full Nstage. Some of these instances rep k Vent real abuses, but in other cases A V are due to carelessness or fgnor- ahce, and very often doubtiass are en- tirely unknown to the cohgressmen themselves, and no good purpose would be served by any publicity in the matter. '9n
 Brines in Tf1fnsan.
 f"But case has jpst arisen of a different kind which 1t seems to me I should put before you, as ilsstrat- ing in striking fashion. the vsay in which Investigations begun by any of these various agents Tn the strict line of their duty may develop facts of high Importance, which the investiga- tors would not in the first instance have sought to discover which. when discovered, or2ht; not to bs hidden or suppressed out the development of Exf7af foh s~fH, x, Am.. A, A.. eous impression that the malls were being used in lines not in their lawful duty. .t.
 ,aon the 18th of February, 1908 (see exhibit A), Senator TiIlman called the attention of the Senate to cifcufar of the sale of lands In Oregon, partiet uiArly in Cook and Douglas counties. which had been granted 10 corpora lions by the government, the circular stating that the company in posses sion or the lands awas bound to sell them for S2.50 an; acre or upon their refusal would be prosecuted by the government, and that among those fwfo have spoken for part of this land is Senator Ti1lman of South Car olina, the leader of the Demccratic party in the Senate. ,a narsiwf O ausaaa- ly gets what he goes after. Senator Tiliinan denied the. statements of this carcutar, ana eAxpresSeu wish for m Investigation. and upon his request the Postof1ce Department. through it's in- ipectors made such an investigation.
 @tIe stafsd in reference to this cir . euiar:
 CT have not bought any land any. where in the West nor undertaken to suy any. have made some Inquiries -ls one naturally would, in roaming through the West. I simply want the people of the country to be put on no. lice that this1ewindier at Portland. has 10 warrant whatever for endeavorins Q .inveigle others into his game
 "I enclose the circular referred te ss Exhibit B; the report of the post of.