Show m RE THE LIE LIEm m MEMBERS i Of CABINET I Senator Tillman Again Takes I Up the Matter of Coos Bay BayLand BayLand BayLand Land Grant Grants FLAT CONTRADICTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL POSTMASTER ALSO SHOWN TO HAVE SLIGHT RE REGARD REGARD REGARD GARD FOR EXACT TRUTH Was Jan 14 Addressing the then wr n rt t fT fw the second time In regard to the ions against him hm in connection with i lands land Senator Tillman Tiliman today made madet i utterances of or Attorney Gen G n nen 1 v t tr fr the en Bonaparte I and Postmaster General Me er H Hp quoted the portion of or Mr Bon Bonar narS arS ar s statement of last Monday In Ini Inki Tillman Tiliman had not ki i 11 ie latter said ald that id ld m nm nf of t his desire to obtain some of 1 0 aas a ds s in m question and flatly contra contrad contrattI td d I ho head of ot the department of Jus p 0 He HI 1 declared that he lie had been en vh reh frank with Mr Ir Bonaparte and had m liv 11 to 10 Interest in those kA He cd attributed Uie te attorney generals bolster the theLie theLie desire to up liPid to t a i i Lie Given to Meyer pi General Meyer was wa brought the discussion because of a statement Pt ot nn ade He by bv him regarding the Investigation said that Tillman TUlman f r the Dirr case ca Mr Mr lr Meyers Meer s effort to make it appear that e inquiry had been directed originally Dorr Do was not based on the truth lf 11 P declared that from frum the first the In ilin had hart been directed against him Till Dorr Don Mr Tillman Tiliman nan am an and not no against careful to bring out the fact as a a also o at t br if land which he attempted to get getas C as n it go government land at all but land granted as far back as 1868 under the con tion that It II should be sold at nw per perI I 1 Ire Mr Tillman Tiliman read a letter he had re rel ret red t d l from Attorney General Bonaparte n i response to his verbal erbal request made esterday for Information concerning the legal proceedings that have hae been brought i in by t the department of justice against the Oregon Land company compan for the timber and granted in connection with the Coos Hay Kay road Mr Tillman TilIman closed with a renewal of his Ills I demand for an investigation He said Laid he hes aI s prepared prepa for anything even een the knife inife nf of f the assassin Letter of Bonaparte Attorney torney General letter Is dated yesterday and reads as follows My fv Dear Senator Referring to our ourt t conversation I have to say that I find on one l th 1 with the Coos Bay wagon agon road rol ro grams was as me oe cf c those which as I 1 had told you oU had been 1 the subject of a difference of n 0 f b between tween the special counsel engaged 1105 eases caws ro s A private suit has already alred 1 i ff dr night in connection with this mat mM mata matr i iad r a ad d the question arose whether the K i ni should interfere in this suit r bring an independent suit After ireful reful consideration and a rather vol wl correspondence with the two ape spell ll aJ counsel CO I have haye decided that It would better for the government to bring an dependent action without reference to top toi i p ate cate suit already Instituted Government Suit Ordered f r therefore wrote some time since to toD toJ I I J ii D r Town nd and subsequently sub tele gap ed him hint directing that such suit F Fuld auld be brought as soon son as practicable The rue questions Qu Involved In the suit con with the Coos Bay grant and sev several eral Ml other contemplated suits stilts of minor will III be substantially determined v a decision diston in the ease already alread last t l against the harriman HAmman railroads w il felt h held the th h Oregon and California land rant pant ant titles s and lind It Js s deemed advisable i V Mr Ir Townsend nd to bring to trial If pos I Ihl ri the ft main nian suit namely that against p 4 Harriman interests and Involving the egon and nd California railroad grants grunts fore those these P other oth r far tar less Important suits n r I agree with him to this extent i ill 1 d 1 although as above stated 1 I have or 4 all the th suits brought as soon as a 1 08 I ibl I think no injury to the govern B Interest has bas been caused by the then lar n iT i proceedings in regard re rd to the theo o 4 8 Ba Ray grant and a number of other Ti 1 1 I you vou OU herewith copies from the of f the department dep a statement I th i present situation of the main suit ginst gli gt th Harriman interests the bill of I which as iou tou ou will see lee was I 1 Sei ept t 4 last ast as set forth In my m state staten n nt nf of t esterday Respectfully CHARLES BONAPARTE Attorney Y General T TI I d ita furnished by b Mr lr Bonaparte s w i that the bill of complaint against i nf e Southern Oregon company had bad l d been f I rt Sept tr 4 1906 1908 Comment by Mr Tillman Tiliman the th report of the secret ser serI I c tors in connection with his Ills with Reeder and Vat Wat n Mr r Tillman Tiliman pointed out what he de det def t he glaring Inaccuracies and sug K f ed fd Lat there should mould be some deter inn tn f th exact qualifications for numbers ip rn in n the th Ananias club He lIe de dew ire w d that Shakespeare In As You lie LIk It has put words In the mouth of i ach t ne which determined the degree de ee ra u B warrantIng a fight and quoted as foil fI 0 O ir r WP a quarrel in print by b the book booky II as y YO hare hae 18 E books book S 9 good manners I 51 iii sill 11 hal tia YOU ou the degrees The first the Retort wort courteous the second the Quip od I ni third the t Reply Churlish ho fo h the Reproof Valiant the fifth firth t nut r Check heck quarrelsome the sixth D Jie IP With Circumstance the the seventh 1 th I i fired All An these you ou may ma avoid hut Ut l th t f p direct and you may avoid that n mi ItI an if j I knew when seven Jus juss t Les s or M not make up quarrel but when hen partis ft were ere met mat themselves one of Continued on Page 2 GIVES THE LIE TO MEMBERS OF CABNET Continued from Page 1 them thought but of an If lC as if Il you ou said so then I 1 saM said M so and they shook hands and swore brothers Tour Your If If in is the only peacemaker put much virtue in If Not Pleasant But Necessary Upon taking the floor Mr Ir Tiliman nUman said Mid It was WILS not pleasant for him to intrude his personality upon the attention of oC the senate I 1 have enough notoriety already alread de declared declared dared Mr nr nYman and I 1 am not anxious to advertise myself but the Ute senate knows the provocation I 1 am under and aM I 1 trust will bear be r with me meIr Mr Ir Tillman then sent Bent to the desk dek and had rea a full copy cop of Attorns General Bona s statement replying to Mr fermer former statement t in g to his hs contemplated purchase of ot Oregon tim Urn timber timber ber bar land laud Let the People Decide Speaking Spooking of the differences of recollection tion then between himself and Attorney General Bonaparte Bona arte he declared I 1 am ready to have my ray word werd put against his in any Christendom n had and to t r ord In fr truth truthfulness honesty and integrity stand against his Mr Ir TilIman nUman asserted he be was not only dealing with President Roosevelt but with all aU the cabinet officers who are in league because e according g to 10 the news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers they are discussing dl g me at cabinet meetings and are determined to accent accomplish accomplish plait my ruin If possible I 1 was prepared to have the attorney general deny that I 1 told Urn him anything about this continued Mr Ir Tiliman I Iwas Iwas was prepared to have the of officers to tome tome me mc from the deportment department and to whom I 1 explained my m reason for ask asking askIng ing for a fraud order against Dorr Dare deny den my statement When I deal with an unscrupulous man manas manas manas as I do now I am prepared for Cor anything I even the assassins DS knife My y mall mail mailla is be behig hig held up lip p I am ant of that I will not say MY my room has 11 been Deen broken Into because there t are keys that can an open everything f In m th this thill capital They TIle may not have stolen my papers p pt but they are gone Conversation With Bonaparte Mr Ir TUlman then narrated a conversa a aIon Ion tion he had over ever the telephone yesterday with Attorney General Bonaparte In which he asked whether A M suit had been brought against agal lt the Southern Oregon company the bolder of the military rod road grant un tie 11 did Iii not p know said Id Mr Yr 1 ric There had been sums some me correspondence c m de and anda a discussion back beck and forth as 88 to the method that cheek be pursued by the ape special se cial cl counsel kf 1 k said s t I pressed pJ him for an immediate answer aner yes ps ls or no He lie H sahl saki skI hf hp would wold make mk Inquiry of ot th the clerk derk ck charged with that business bU and let l HM me J know In the th course un of a few minutes he returned to the telephone and w mid W i be would write m me a letter After having the letter Inter of the attorney atoy general Jenel read r he declared d laJ that up io to this tl time tit and a after nine Di months montha nothing had bad been done don don In to the th order of ef o congress to t bring being unit suit nt We IV all Al know knew kw how slow the of the law are hw o he said si especially against millionaires We Vc T all Al know kw the process p of being bl ready red to dp do it I of bring being ng anxious to do d It IL Bolstering Up Roosevelt The Tf fact fac was said Id Mr fr Tillman that the attorney general I had ha gone g into Ito print to holster bolster lter up the th president ChAr charged pt him hm with not Rt having t tal talked Bt d to him about abt this thia tl matter lie He le said hi he be b did di not n like to use U the adjective called cabled for hi In I this ease case cas but would woul let his hearers bearers fill til it In for themselves He lie le had bad hd been frank frk in I talking about abt the tb Oregon O rose case cl with the at attorney attorney torney general geal and an had made md a full ful ex ax explanation to Mm him hm He then referred ee to t Postmaster G Meyer and al his hil statement that the president prEl president dent dt had been b in I possession eo of or the facts fac inthis In this case cl only Oly since December IS 1 and characterized characterised that ae na falsehood No I 1 Mayers Mayeri Misstatements lie ire le also as Insisted Iniste that the postmaster malter general had med mad md a misstatement hi In I ref ret reference refe e to the time tim tim that tt the fraud order was Issued tv against t Dorr D He T II f also als referred to a statement in I an inspector report that his hi letter to Reader Reeder and ao Watkins had bad been copied ople and an carefully compared it I with a later lar statement that instructions had been given to make that comparison i now He declared ar that a constant effort I was being made mae to shield the t president i from complicity in this thi investigation of a I senator until very ver recently Mr Tillman said Paid l that tat last lu evening at athis ati athis i his instance Senator Seato Hale Hal telegraphed te phed to toI toI I Render Reeder and anc Watkins to know at St whose I Instance and an by 1 whom copies ce of Mr Tilt Till Tillmans Tn I mans letter leter had bad been made He lie said a he heI was wa told tol today t that he would not n be l able abe abeto I to gel ge an answer anwer to this tb inquiry except by mall mail and then be he said a alt an Interest in it would h have ve ceased I Mr fr TUlman announced aDDona that h he had bad b re received calved another circular sent It out by b Doer Dorr Dorrin Doerin D in which the following statement was W made Some day d I 1 shall sal have justice jostles and an re reparation and aa when W that tat dy day d comes cosseb cm now BOW JW not n far distant there the will wl be a noise n that tt will Wn be heard hear around arR the te world w Thinks It a Conspiracy That statement by Doer Dorr Dor Mr r Tillman Tiliman i Insisted was wms l conclusive proof pf that Don had bad received assurance from the president president dent that he would drag wk flown aown 0 as a Ji and scoundrel Dr They exploded their ther bomb bb here last lt Friday he declared an and now nw two mem men members bets bers N of the t cabinet bt are to tomake toI tomake make the people believe beleve that Mr Reese Roose Roosevelt RO I velt vl It is te tle ppe most mst honest heest noble noe nb disinterest disinterested ed 54 e prosecutor of great gret malefactors that I ever existed existe Dorr Dr says say be b Is going to t I get et revenge Who Wo rould could promise that to toI feln hiru two ago ao ag before the th explosion I Of the b bb b Mr wanted to know kow what de do de of falsehood was to be charged to the j gree gee wa head clerks or or Ot officers two cabinet tho the he 81 h has and whatever P president he be general him The attorney funeral around arund had bad splendid memory for fr various varlO said iaia a buthe buthe him but buthe details details of his conversation with j detail cne aton bad he could not recollect whether hI he hd I I brought brought suit or not against the te ask Southern Sutern a Sub suo s j jI I I company and had ad to I ordinate il te whether wh ther he had performed this 01 important duty for congress I Meeting of Ananias Club there should ld be a e He lie suggested that Iho of ot the the executive commutes committee h meeting of af William K 1 Chandler Ananias club with or some somo other cub member to determine detern J What degree somo should l be conferred upon t Chart harks J Bonaparte and this man Meyer Moyer I er Mr Tiilman laid stress on the fact that he ho had Timan not endeavored to obtain any gov gON government land but only to purchase land lumi laR that had land be been n given a corporation with the stipulation hal that that corporation corrad should hould sell ecU it to the public at per p el I entitled to toa toa toa arC acre a rf He lie insisted that he h was ws etite a full Investigation of these charges chare and an to ful a report as he be did not wish to rest reet ret un nfl dT rr th report imputations that had been cast eSSt ct upon him If no report should be b made madelie I he lie said the impression would go that the tu senate had whitewashed him and that he was waR guilty guity of some wrongdoing an n impression Im relon that he did not wish Wis to rest under |