Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-12
CHARACTERISTIC TILLMAN
TRADE OF INVECTINE,

In my public work here said SEN
Icriticise and comment on the official
actions and uttcrances Of President
Roosevelt and | have doubtless given
him good cause to seek revenge
have at various times arraigned him
in the senate for tyrannical invasion
of the rights Of congress, for usurpa-
ton Of authority not given him by tho
constitution for disobedienco of the
law and the neglect of duty and par
ticularly in the case of Mrs. Norris for
brutal and cruel conduct toward a
helpless woman. l was not aware
that these darts of mine had quivered
in the executive hide and stung him
so. but the eagerness and intensity
with which he has presented his case
against me, his making a precedent
when none has existed before, his taxi
ing from the committee TO which he
had forwarded them the papers and
giving them to the press before the
committee had considered them. indi-
Gates that Theodore Roosevelt enjoys
to the limit the feeling Of getting even
with Ben Tiltman and lays on tho 'bi.
stick with keen relish. doubtless be
lieving that the pitch fork has gone
out of business.
In addressing the senate Mr.. Tillman
rose To a question of personal privi-
lege. declaring that for the first time
in the history Of this government, so
far as he had been able to learn. a
member Of the senate had been
brought to the bar Of public opinion.
before the senate itself, to be judged
under Indictment by no less q person
that tlfe president OF the United
States The manner of doing II. he
said. and the animus and zeal display
ed by the chief executive We're worthy
of consideration.
Mr. Tuman criticised the publication
of these charges by the president be-
fcre they had been considered by the
committee Of the senate TO which they
were referred. and declared that in
so doing the president had treated the
senate with that contempt that has
been his won't" lie declared that the
president was an adept at advertising
and had used the press with more
skill than any man in American poll
tics
another probable reason for his
great haste said the senator. "was
that he sought to distract attention
from the action of the house Of rep
ON Friday in laying part
Of his message on the table. by the
senatorial accusation against man
who has rad long service in the SEN
ate
~An cXamn alton Of the presidents
letter TO Mr. Hale. which might just
rs well have been . special message nf
The type with which We are now so IA
misiar viii show that the presidents
charges. boiled down. amount TO two
IN number.
First he promotes me 10 member
ship in the Anauias club. and charges
IN this that I have deliberately lied
o the senate
second. hfTharges that ! have-'rN-
'rted my official influence and work
"a AS "a senator for my personal beue- /
NJ alone to secure the passage or "a /
resolution and 20 press the department !
Df justice to bring suit against the /
corporation which holds SO much of
he public domain in the west aud VIII
not sell 70 10 settlers on terms of their /
grants from the government
He has prepared his Indictment I
With consummate ability and skill He 4
s even cunning IN the apparently in. I
iocent pretense that. in making a /
Icarch through the secret service for I
me kind of maiefactor. he has run i
lown another and the case Of that one /