Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-14
DEMANDS AN INQUIRY
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proceeded to read enough of it to show
that the military road grant from Coos
bay to Roseberg. in Oregon, was one of
the cases upon which the Attorney Cen
eral was instructed to bring suit.
| II must remember" said Mr.. Tillman,
| that 1 am dealing not only with Theo-
dore Roosevelt but with all the machin-
cry of the government 1 was prepared last
| Monday to have the Attorney General
| and officials of the Post Office Depart
ment deny my statements.
! when I deal with this sort Of men
must be prepared for anything, even the
assassins knife. I have reason to believe
| that my mail has been tempered with.
| There are also some papers missing from
my room. The room may not have been
broken into for there are great many
keys. but these papers bearing upon the
Oregon land caSe/are gone.
| He then told the Senate of his telephone
conversation with Mr.. Bonaparte. and how
he had asked Mr. Bonaparte whether he
had brought suit In the case involving
the land OF the military road branch.
"He didn't know" exclaimed Mr.. Till
man. The senator said he had asked Mr..
Bonaparte to answer his question direct
| 1y, yes or no. and the Attorney General
had said that he would find out in a
| minute from clerk but had come back
and said he would write a note and ex-
plain it. Mr.. Tillman then sent Mr. Bona
parties letter to the desk and had 1t
read. He continued:
No Suit Brought.
'Jt follows that up to this time, nearly
a year since the passage OF the resolution,
nothing has been done in the way of
bringing suit against this company.
1.-THE motive may be entirely satisfac-
tory. We all know how slow the law is
especially against millionaires, how easy
1t is not to do it. no matter how anxious
here. But the fact remains, the cold fact.
that the Attorney General rushed into
print to bolster up the President, denying
my statament and creating the impression
that he had obeyed the law.
And to that degree his action was-1
don't like to use adjectives-I'll let you
fill it up
Charges Direct Falsehood.
Senator Tillman went on to say that the
Attorney General was not the only cab
met officer who dipped into the matter.
He quoted from the report of the Post
master General in relation to the report
of the post Office inspector on the Dorr
case and declared that the Postmaster
General had made a false statement that
it was an absolute falsehoOd. He said the
investigation of Dorr was merely an ex-
cen1ber 18 instructions were sent to the In
spector to secure photographs of the orig
inal Tillman letters to be verified. Full
copies Of his letters were in possession Of
the department last August.
The Postmaster General had declared
that the case was sent to the inspectors
in Portland to investigate Dorr. Senator
Tfllnan declared that he had letters from
president of the company with which
Dorr was connected, showing that the
fraud order was issued against Dorr last
February so that there was nothing to
investigate
The only thing that the President
wanted" cried Senator Tilman, was to
see what proof they could get on Till
man. They can squirm and wriggle as
they plea Sc. but they cannot get away
from the fact that they began to in
vestigate me six or eight months ago."
Senator Tillman again characterized
the Postm.lster's General statement as
an absolute and direct falsehood.
Senator T1llman then read from a cir
cular which had been issued by Dorr last
November. in which he threatened
vengeance on those who had brought him
into trouble before. and said that when
he got vengeance it would make noise
which would be heard around the world.
The bomb had exploded last Friday.
Senator T1llnnln went on to say that two
cabinet officers would have people believe
that President Roosevelt was the most
and the most d:'sinterested prosecutor of
great malefactons. He would leave it to
fair-minded people to Judge for them
selves, and would ask the Senate to weigh
and consider with special care the exhibits
he had made to Determine who Is the inno-
cent man and who is the guilty.
Quotes Shakespeare.
Mr.. Tilman said that in refreshing his
memory on the subject of lies he had
read again the famous quotation from
GAS You Like IT, He declared that
Shakespeare has put words in the mouth
of Tombstone which determined the de-
gree of a lie warrauting fight, and
quoted as follows:
20, sir, we quarrel in print. by the
book; as you have books for good man
ners, 1 will name you the degrees. The
first, the retort courteous; 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 circumstance; the
seventh. the lie direct. All these you may
avoid but the lie direct, and you may
avoid that. too, with an If. 1 knew when
seven justices could not take up a quar-
rel, but when the parties were met them
selves one of them thought but of an if,
as, If you said SO, then I said So and
they shook hands and swore brothers
Your if Is the only peacemaker but much
virtue in it,
Denounces Cabinet Officers.
Il have not used ifs. have been think
ing of what degree these two cabinet
officers. boot lickers, or wratever else
you may call these men with which the
President has surrounded himself, whose
oily and eelish ways 1 have shown. should
be allowed in the .Annanias Club or
whatever you choose to call it. I shall
consult with other prominent members of
that association, get meeting of the
executive committee. and have William
E. Chandler, or some other analytical
mind, determine just what degree we
should confer on Mr.. Bonaparte and Mr..
Meyer
He then produced correspondence be-
tween himself and Russell r. Dorr, father
of the Dorr referred to lin the evidence
submitted by the President. He said that
the elder Dorr promised restitution on
the part Of his son, and said that he MIR.
Tillman. would do what he could to have
1.-THE fraud removed II Dorr would mend
his ways.
Demands Investigation.
Il am not losing sleep over this natter
declared Mr.. Tillman, but it is high time
that 1 should be investigated. We in this