Show I LOSES PAPERS FROM HIS DESK SK Documents Bearing on Oregon Land Case Mourned by Senator Tillman Timan W Washington Jan Tan 9 In the prepa preparation prep ration Of ef his hil speech p h in reply tox to presidents charges Senator S Tillman Tiliman n has lias li failed C lel to find a number of papers bearing upon the Oregon Orgon tend land rase ete tie itt fit connection conn Uon with which wll h the th present p nt con cOlt controversy COI y arte aro Thew TE papers J were score lie he edys sYE enclosed in a large targe Ir p envelope and an left Mft in his private d dok k in his hi commit committed ted tto t riSom rom at the HIP capitol when lw he b left lef Washington last March Marh on account a ae of his hlA limbos illness but they cannot now be found The Tue senator sent r dOt deft d not mit charge harge that the papers have ben been abstracted r by a government detective who wh may ma have lao been ben shadowing him but dos does d s say sy that it I would tx be l possible for such fuch of official to gain access ace to his room rom and to his desk desk both of which were fast fastened fastened ened ene with only ordinary locks JOks and tHe tTe te papers he says are very important in inthe inthe the preparation of his caw case cl and would go far f to substantiate hIs defense d Not Nor Notwithstanding NotWithstanding withstanding the toe wt Mr Ir Tillman TilIman ose ox ex expresses presses his confidence in his 11 ability to tomake tomake dent make satisfactory reply to the preel president He will wi be hoisted by his own pe petard p petard tard tar declared delare Mr Ir Tillman Timan Mailed a Typewriter Senator Tiliman is affording affo fn an illus illustration ius never comes COle of the singly old ol adage adge that j trouble In to the difficulty about tho the Oregon Orgon lands Postmaster Barnes of ot Washington is trying to t collect colet from fron him a bill bl of or 16 6 for Cor carrying through the malls mails a government typewriter which the i senator had h franked from fromI I his home In South Carolina to Wash Vash ington Mr 11 Barnes Bare insists the senator should pay py postage at letter rates Te T postmasters notification to Mr Till Tillman TI Tillman man mar was contained In a letter leter In which he ald said Inasmuch as matter of ot this thi charac character character tem ter ter Is 15 not entitled to transmission through the ml under the frank pro provision provision vision Islon It I Is being beng held for Cor the post postage pos postage age The box weighs fifty pounds and andas anda as a it I is sealed It is chargeable with wl postage at the rate rte which amounts amount to 16 Kindly remit the amount due and an have the package re removed remove removed moved move at your our earliest erlet convenience convenience As the typewriter is government property Senator S tor Tillman Tiliman replied to Mr Barnes Drs by saying ying in effect that he collect olet fr Its ls owner Following is the th lull fui fut text tet of his letter leter Letter LetterI Leter I have your letter leter notifying me mr that the typewriter mailed mane at Trenton S C Cunder Cunder Cunder under my m frank trank and addressed to me an here is held hed for postage During my m service serice in the senate typewriters have hae ben been franked to and from the same place pla as public documents n anti and an I am amnot amnot amnot not aware of any law or ruling on the subject The Te typewriter belongs to the senate and not to me and has his been used In my m public correspondence Un Under Under Under der the circumstances I decline to pay the 16 6 demanded because it i is not Justly justy mine You may sell sel the type typewriter typewrIter writer wrier or deliver delver It I to the arms of ot the senate ars as you see fit ft Had I known that It I was riot not lot I could have shipped shipp d Uby tt bY express or freight tr But in this nits cas s it l would be one department of the government sending the property of another de department nt of the government for tor the collection of or postage on matter mater that has hns always been ben franked heretofore Senator Tillman devoted dote the entire day to the preparation of ot his reply r ply to I Ithe the presidents charge against him which h he will wi make in the shape shap of a speech in the senate on Monday Monda He Ie Helias Ie has lias ha found Coun himself embarrassed to no small smal degree dege by b the te of a number I of documents bearing barIng case i but tells his friends that Pj j of the disappearance of or these papers per fo e will wi make a showing that will wi satisfy them and that he had no wrong in intention Intention in connection with wih the Oregon lands He lie has talked freely frely with lh visitors re to regarding regarding garding the te line lne of his defense defens but has requested the tho newspaper men to re refrain re retrain train frain Crin from quoting him because S of ot his desire desir not to present m case cast c piece piecemeal meal miI HIS lIis speech will j o 70 words in length and will m be t delivered from manuscript Mr Tillman is a arpid rapid talker and it Is ia not nt believed bleve that he will wi consume more mor than an hour of ot the tha the senates time Comparatively few lew senators have called caled on him today but but their failure In this respect say sy the senators friends nd has ha ha been b e due duo rather to a Q desire to W afford Jum ty ly to get out his statement without in thai tan to a lack of ot Interest In him hm 1 |