The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-12
TILLMAN SHAD0WED
BY SECRET SERVICE
PRESIDENT SUSPECTED HIM IN
OREGON LAND GRAB
Report Before Senate-Result Of In
vestigation Communicated to Up
per House by President.

washington, Jan. 10y QNecLlo1'
Of President Roosevelt secret service
men shadowed Senator Tillman of
South Carolina on the theory that
he possibly was interested in an Ore
CON "land grab.'' and the result of
that investigation is now before the
senate.
The information was contained in
a communication from President
Roosevelt sent in response ito request
made by Senator Hale to the heads
of the executive departments for a
statement Of the activities Of secret
service operatives. Exhaustive re-
plies were made by the various de-
partments and all of these were for
warded to Senator Hale by the
president. They have not been made
public and Senator Hale announced
that they would not be given out until
after they had been considered by a
subcommittee Of the committee ON ap-
preparations, which will be charged
with the duty Of acting upon the
presidents annual message relating
to the secret service and cnticising
members of congress for their re-
striction of its use.
Soon after President Roosevelt s
communication ito Senator Hale was
received at the capitol yesterday 1t
became noised about that it contain
ed a reflection upon a senator from
a Southern State. The name Of the
senator in question was not divulged
for a time and as a result the atmos-
phere of thesenate was saturated with
CURIOSITY and much speculation. When
If finally became known that Senator
Tillman was the member named. fur
ther efforts to procure int formatlon
concerning the character OF, the
charges were made, but they We're
without avail.
Advance Information.
Through the fact that several Sena-
tors had advance Information Of the
character of the report which was to
be sent to the senate, it was learned
that the investigation of Senator TILL
man followed an ;attac k which ne
made in the senate nearly year ago
upon an Oregon land company. which
bad used his name as one OF the per-
sons interested in the concern. Pre-
vious to that attack Senator T1llman
had introduced a resolution directing
tie attorney general to prosecute
suits against an Oregon railroad cor
poration which had received land
grants in the late Cos for a lme from
California point to Portland. Ore,
Mr.. Tillman had said that the Use OF
his name was without authority and
as a result it is declared that several
persons interested in the land grants
became angered.
Some of the interested parties are
reported to have sent to President
Roosevelt copies Of letters alleged to
have been written bv Senator I'LL
man indicating that he had an inter-
est either in cne Of the land com
ranies or would be benefited through
the land company's obtaining posses
sion of the grants in question. Al
ter receiving this information, It Is
sand. President Roosevelt directed a
secret service operative to investigate
I've ,>ort e,l~to" T;!lman was alleged
+, have IN lie l?ld c"seS.
The raD:i:f Selpt - the senate Is un-
derstood t. contain an account OF
the investigation made If Sonato'
Tillmar. Il is known that the secret
service operative procured phofo-
osaphic copies Of Tillman c'rEeS-
/ nondeoce. hut whether these eZhlbltS
were sent TO Senator Hale Is mot
! known.
Senator Refuses to Coumant.
Senator: Till5nan was not aware "i
the fact that his name figure" in the
reports until late today. he the"
t.,t noins to assure himself tA't nc
renorts concerning the mention OF
himself were we'll founded. but 4" 80
fused 10 comment unor The fat !''"-
ther tIlan TO say that he Wo1ld ""t
make anv statement until t." fact
Of t21e ~Se Of his name has bee dr.
c;,1l, r>~o~nrlo:"tpd. when he ""'
address himself to the subject
his seat in the senate. It is known