Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-09

in open senate. after discussing the
contents of a circular regarding land
operations in Oregon. which connect ed
his name with the transaction, said:
Il have not bought any land any
where in the west. nor have L under
taken to buy any. l have made some
inquiries, as one naturally would N
roaming thru the west. 1 simply want
the people of the country to be put on
notice that this: swindler at Portland
has no warrant whatever for endeav-
oring to inveigle others into his game.
In the papers submitted to the pres
ident is a letter written hy Senator
Tillman Oct. 20, 1907, to the people
who were exploiting the land In ques-
ton, in which he said
II wired you from Wausau, Wis. as
follows. and write to confirm 1t: Will
liam. E. Lee, my agent will see you
about land. want nine quarters re-
served. Will forward signed applica-
tions and money at once. Members OF
my family are entrymen. Letter fol-
lows. B. II. L.
Il write now to say wired Mr.. Lee,
who resides at Moscow, Idaho, to go at
once to Marshfield and see you about
land and to locate quarters for seven
members of my family. who are OF
age and one for my private secretary,
]. b. Knight whom l desire TO let into
the deal, and of course. he wants a
quarter for himself"
In this letter the South Carolina
senator unquestionably makes appli-
cation for land in the west in which
hn ir1x, in sonata he had
not Undertaken to buy"
The chronology of the case is an in
teresting one. Oct. 5, 1907, Mr. Till
man wrote to Reeder & Watkins say
ing that friend in Seattle had given
him some information regarding these
lands in Coos county He asks for
information, which presumably was
forwarded to him, because OH Oct. ls
he telegraphed from Waus;tu, Wis,
that he wanted nine quarters reserved
for members of his family, and that
he would forward a signed application
and money at once.
The following day he wrote from
Chicago stating that he had missed
another letter Of Reeder & Watkins
sent to Butte, Mont. He reiterated
his telegram of the day before, again
asks for nine quarters, seven OF
which were to go to members of his
family. who were of age. and specificy
ally designates William E. Lee of Mos
COW, Idaho, as his agent, who was au-
thorized to draw on him for the pay
ment of $21 on each application.
He asks to have the papers sent to
his home in Trenton, S. c., where he
will sign them and return them to
the real estate company.
Dec of the same year William b..
Lee, who had been designated by Mr..
Tillman as his agent, wrote to Reeder
& Watkins on PAPER and envelope
bearing the name of the United States
senate.
In this letter Mr. Lee, the accredited
agent of Senator Tillman, said:
In case Senator Tillman gets in on
this deal with some good land in the
eight quarters he wants, am satisfied
that he can be of great help in get
ting matters started from Washington.
and cause the government to get busy
and do something along the. Lines we
desire. He will set up such a howl
that it will be impossible to do 9TH
erwise This will be very important
for your whole scheme to have a man
of his influence here to aid you at this
end of the line. BY all means save a
lot of good land for us, as we intend
to be of more value than any of the
others in this matter"