The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-11
Before Immense Crowd South
CaroIinian Today Breaks All
Records for Arrangements
Of Public Officials.
ACCUSES ROOSEVELT OF
MALICE AND COWAROlCE
Pitchfork Ben Labels Charg-
es Hurled Against Him by
Chief Executive as bold,
Outrageous FaIsehoods."

Washington, Jan. 11.-Crowds filled
the galleries of the senate today to
hear Senator Tillmans reply to ac-
cusations contained in the presidents
communication to Senator Hale of the
appropriations committee, published
Saturday, but which did not officially
reach that senator until today in
which he accuses Tillman of improper
conduct in the matter of obtaining
public lands in Oregon No more Sc
rious arraignment of a government Of
ficial has ever been heard in the SEN
ate than that delivered by Tillman to-
day. He was listened to with the deep
est interest by members and visitors.
Tillman accused the president of
cunning" "advertising.' "cowardice,"
bold and outrageous falsehood." per-
sonal malice and with purposely with
holding facts and deliberately mis-
representing conditions for the purpose
of placing the senator in a bad light
before the world, while at the same
time having shown gross disrespect to
appropriations committee. as we'll as
discourtesy, by having made the let
ter public through the press before it
could be received by Hale.
Tillman went into detail in explain
alton that the land he endeavored to
section for each member OF his family
and that no wrong was contemplated,
and he stated he would abide by the
verdict of the American people and
the senate. He demands searching
investigation.
Galleries Indignant.
When Tillman reached the first of
his personal remarks about the presi-
dent murmers were heard in the gal
lerfes and continued to such an extent
that Fairbanks interrupted Tillman
long enough to admonish the CALLER
les that unless the rule prohibiting
demonstrations was adhered to the
galleries would be cleared.
A Good Press Agent.
After calling attention to v-'lat he
characterized as breach of courtesy
and universal custom on the part of
President Roosevelt. in giving the
communication to the press prema-
turely, Senator Tillman said 1T is
we'll understood. the president is an
adept at advertising and that he has
used the press with more skill than
any other man in politics. He realiz-
ed the importance of getting in the
first blow. though it was below the
belt and might we'll convict him of
cowardice. But he cared nothing for
courtesy, custom nor decency in thus
treating the appropriations committee
and the senate with contempt.
Promoted the Ananias Club.
Examination of the presidents let.
ter to Mr.. Hale, which might as well
have a special message of the type of
which we are SO familiar, will show
| the presidents charges boiled down.
amount to two in number. First he
promotes me to membership in the
Ananias club and charges in effect that
l deliberately lied to the senate. Sec
ond: he charges that I exerted
| the official influence of a senator for
personal benefit alone to secure the
| passage of a resolution and to press
| the department of justice to bring suit
against corporations which held SO
much public domain in the west and
| would not sell it to settlers under the
| terms of their grants from the govern
| ment.
Indictment Is Cunning.
| He has prepared his indictmen,
| with consummate skill and ability
| He is cunning in his apparent inno-
cent prerense that in making a search
| through the means of the secret ser.
vice for one kind of malefactor he had
run down another, and that il was a
case of such serious Importance tha,
| his sense of official obligation COIN
pelled him to prompt action Mark
he has been in possession of all the
| facts in this case since last July and
men will be curious to know why, il
! his seal is honest. he did not make
| them know nthen.
The Only Honest Man.
| The Oregon real estate swindlers
had secured good many thousands oi
1 dollars before the exposure in the
senate stopped people from being
anped. and yet, Theodore Roosevelt
who poses as the only remaining hon
est man in public life. in the face oil
| these facts. has felt called upon To al
tack the character of a man whose in
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