The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-15
SAYS TiLLMAN IN REPLYING TO
STATEMENTS BY BONA
pARTE AkIci MEYER.
UNSCRUpULOUS men
Determined On RuininG Him--knows
His Mail is Being Hed-May
Not Have Stolen Papers
"But They Are Gone"

course of a speech today replying to
the recent letter of Attorney General
Bonaparte on the Oregon iand mat
ter, speaking of the differences Of
recollection between himself and At
torrey General Bonaparte, Senator
Tilman declared
Il am ready to let my word be put
against his In any court in Christen-
dom, and to let my record in the past
for truthfulness. honesty and int asrity
stana against his"
He asserted he was not only de1i.
ing with President Roosevelt hut
with all cabinet officers who are in
the league, because, according t1 tic
newspapers, they are discussing me-
at cabinet meetings, and are lie.
termined to accomplish my tu;n If
possible"
Ready For Anything.
when | deal with INSCRIPTIONS
men as | do now. am prepared fer
anything. even the assassin's knt'c.
NV mail is being held up. / am
satisfied of that | will not say my
room has been broken into, because
there are keys that can open every
thing in this capitol. They may not
have stolen my paper but they are
gone"
Iillman then narrated a conversa.
tion he had over the telephone yes.
terday with Attorney General Bona
parte, in which he asked whethdr
suit had been brought against the
Southern Oregon company, holder of
the military road grant After max
ing Inquiry of clerk, Bonaparte told
him he would write him a letter.
After having the letter of the at
torney general 9ead Tillman declared
that up to this time, and after nine
months, nohing had been done in
response TO the order of congress to
bring the suit
Slow Processes Of Law.
Tillman referred to the motive of
the attorney general. I'VE all know
how slow the processes of law are,
espe cially against mililonaires; we
all know the process of being ready
20 do it. and of being anxious to
do it,"
The fact was that the attorney
general had gone into print to bolster
pu the president and charge him
(Tillman) with not having talked to
him about this matter He said he
did not like to use the adjective
called for In this case, btu would let
his hearers fill II in for themselves.
He had been frank in talking about
the Oregon case with the attorney
general and had made full explanation
10 him.
He then referred to Postmaster
Gneral Meyer and his statement that
the president had been in possession
of the facts in this case only since
December 49, and characterized that
as "falsehood No. T." He also in
sisted that the postmaster general
had made a misstatement in refer |
cree to the time that a fraud order !
was issued against Dorr Zone ofthe
men concerned in the land deals.D
Letter Was Copied.
He also referred to the statement !
In the inspectors report that his let |
ter to Reeder and Watkins had been
copied and carefully compared with '
later statement that instructions had
been given 10 make that comparison
ncw. He declared a constant effort
was being made to shield the presi- I,
dent from completely in this investi- '
cation of senator until very re.
Gently.
Tillmsn announced that he had re-. '
eeived another circular sent out by
Dorr in which the following state.
ment was made:
Some day shall have Justice and :
reparation. and when that day comes /
nov not far distant, there Will be a
noise that will be heard around the
world"
That statement by DER. Tillman
Insisted. was cor s,usively proof that 4
Dorr had received assurance from the
pr' sideBt that he would drag Till.
mar down as a liar and scoundreI.-
Exploded Bomb Friday.
They exploded their bomb here /
last Friday and now two members of
the cabinet are endeavoring tn make
the country believe Roosevelt is the /
mnst honst noble disinterested i
prosecutor Of great malefactors that
ever existed. Dorr saws he is going
TO get revenge. Who could promise 1
that to him two months OF six weeks
before the explosion Of the bombg~
He wanted 20 know what degree OF /
faisehOOd was to be charged 70 the
two cabint Officers ~or head clerks.
or bOotlicks. or whatever the presf
dent has around him
The attorney general. he said. had
a splendid memory for various de-
tails Of his conversation with him.