The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-15
Tillman Declares Bonaparte and Meyer Are
Fully Qualified for Active Membership.
BITTERLY ARRA|GNS OFFICIALS IN THE CABINET
In Reply Statements Made by Attorney General and Post
master General, Regarding Oergon Land Deal,
Southern Senator INDUCES in Display
of Oratorica Fireworks.

~, SiiI VIC pEIul Dy tn&
book, as you have books for good
manners. I will name you the de-
grees. The first, the retort courte.
Gus; the second, the quip modest; the
third, the reply churlish; the fourth
the reproof valiant; the fifth, the
countercheck quarrelsome; the sixth
the lie with circumstances; the sew
enth, the lie direct. All these you
may avoid, but the Ii edirect; and
you may avoid that, too, with an IT,
l know when seven justices could not
make up quarrels, but when the par
ties were met themselves one of them
thought but of an If as If you said
so, then I said 50; and they shook
hands and swore brothers. Your if
is the only peace maker; put much
virtue in it,
Upon taking the floor Mr.. Tillman
said 1t was not pleasant for him to
intrude his personality upon the atten-
ton Of the senate.
Il have enough notoriety already"
declared Mr.. Tfllman, "and 1 am not
anxious to advertise myself but the
senate knows the provocation I am un-
der, and. I trust will bear with me-"
| Mr.. Tillman then sent to the desk
and had read a, full copy of Attorney
! General Bonaparte's statement re-
plying to Mr.. Tillman's former state
ment In respect to his contemplated
purchase of Oregon timber land.
Speaking Of the differences of recol-
lection between himself and Attorney
General Bonaparte, he declared.
fo
against his in any court in Christen
dom and to let my record in the past
for truthfulness, honesty and integrity
stand against his
Mr.. Tillman asserted that he was not
only dealing with President Roose-
welt. but with all the cabinet Off
GERS who are in league, because, ac-
cordlng to the newspapers, they are
discussing me at cabinet meetings and
are determined to accomplish NV ruin
If possible"
Not Unexpected.
Il was prepared to have the attor-
ney general deny that told him any,
thing about this" continued Mr.. Till
man. Il was prepared to have the
officers sent to me from the postof-
flee department and to whom / ex-
planned my reason for asking for
fraud order against Dorr, deny my
statement. When / deal with an un-
scrupulous man, as l do now, I am
prepared for anything, even the as
sassin's knife. My mail is being held
up. l am satisfied of that. will
not say my room has been broken into.
because there are keys that can open
everything in this capitol. They may
not have stolen my papers, but they
are gone"
Mr.. Tillman then narrated con-
versation he had over the telephone
yesterday with Attorney General
Bonaparte in which he asked whether
suit had been brought against the
Southern oregon company, the holder
of the military road grant.
Did Not Know.
He did not know" said Mr.. Till |
man. There had been some corre- |
spondence and discussion back and |
forth as to the method that should |
be pursued by the special counsel"
he said. II pressed him for an imme-
diate answer, yes or no. He said he
would make inquiry of the clerk
with that business and let
me know. In the course of q few
minutes he returned to the telephone
and said he would write me a letter"
After having the letter of the attor-
ney general read, he declared that, up
to this time, and after nine months,
nothing had been done in response to
The order of congress to bring suit.
We all know how slow the processes
IF law are" he said, especially
against millionaires. We all know the
process of being ready to do it, of
being anxious to do it,"
A Falsehcod.
The fact was, said Mr.. Tilman,
hat the attorney general had gone
nto print to bolster up the president,
md charged him (Tillman). with not
laving talked to him about this mat
er. He said he did not like to use
he adjective called for in this case,
'ut would let his hearers fill 1t in for
themselves. He had been frank in
alklng about the Oregon case with s
ne attorney general and had made
1ull explanation to him. He then {
eferred to Postmaster General Meyer {
nd his statement that the president {
lad been In possession of the facts in /
his case only since December IS, and I
haracterized that as 'falsehood num- +
er one''
He also insisted that the postmas ster
eherai mad made a misstatement in s
eference to the time that the fraud
rder was issued against Dorr. He
lso referred to a statement in an in
pector's report that his letter to
feeder Watkins had been copied, s
nd carefully compared 1t with a later
tatement that instructions had been | X
iven to make that comparison now. \
lie declared that a constant effort was T.
eing made to shield the president b
rom completely in this investigation h
senator until very recently. Il
Mr. TilIv,on |