Show I INVESTIGATION Of SENATOR TILLMAN President Makes Public Details Of One by Inspectors And Service Agents WILL MAKE REPLY MONDAY If r null I III co l lurtIs In of nud AIKI J mAde md public dt II IIan o au an br po In 1 lolI N r or enMor N conn with a grab In frK I AI A h he heIr Ir the c i Hale In ht nl 10 t the IAU r to the h or Ch the s d de Ir for a or of the er nf tI th 11 the to ho hit That Mr MI Tillman ud hili hie all a R a II alor In an t to ore the Iha i t to lImpel A cor pOU tU It control oC e eland land nt Imm rom th In f that he end and his hla family and hi his J n B Knight might profit through the or of some or of the tha lAnd Jand The fht the his hili i I 1 In 1 In InI I tan rr for th conduct or of busi business n ness fr pa II I fw few were ra fa Wit wI h Ii h opportunity or of reading the Ule report to Lo Senator Hale Hal but hn did rad nad tM the report port took tooka a vIe or nr It Ait although most ot of i the th senators to belIeve that tbt Mr lIr had done don anything In vio violation yb lation r f hi ills oath I nal did not th the tact that President wis wa Rh Ing nut ut tho th a him to Q aller hi to make k lit iii until Monday 11 He that h he could n nil make hI his reply so 80 oom plato Oil as I h would for tomor tomorrow row rowa ani that he would there ther therefore fore remarks h he might hay t until Monday Monda When II h muke ingke A to the tp 1 Nn was waa made by him t to eal that when h he had the the railroad grant Iw hl to obtain or tamp of the land Ind I to th names namee of at him himelr gel cud members or of hI his family but he heI I I that as aM at mo t he e could have gotten of O only a few rew hun aNd IONtI Sc hi his elton were n alter after all cli In of at the and not espe elpe claU daily In hb own wn interest AN MONDAY Immediately alter UI the conclusion ut the prayer Monday Mr Cr mea men n will uk salt the reco tUoi of the chair on I question ot of Ide trem him hili custom of eJ speaking rea h he will read ad his hla thur thu Insuring mo vare a tilt till to tn what tie he desires to say flY he would be If able to 8 give In Ina a all othan Ich Th The to Senator lIal 1115 lIalI I len long and In ad th thru are an appended numerous copl of oC letterS written rIUn by Senator and his m X 1 1 IM that they Ity did m make an effort to HeU secure ev tsI I quarter ot of the land and the report of the inspectors wito Investigated the of the land agent It w was through this that the alleged or of Till Tillman man wa 11 brought to light and tate fully It p p that It was al at his hla th WU WAS be begun un LJ I TO A lIALE The nt communication to Hal lIal fellows rollow Tho Whit nou Jn Jan JanI I J INS My 1 Dear Senator nII have re requested quested the departments of the not only those thOM to you OU dill did not to give me alt all the about the th u uce of lIal at t specIal agent inspectors etc tc in III their departments which will enable me to put before you 1011 aU all the tact facts which a as I take It your our committee de desIre sIre elre to 4 have bave I have hav transmitted the these report port I herewith h I I tal atten attention attention tion to the repot reports I of the secretary of ft sets tM the secretary tar of the treasury tury and aDd the att Let It roe me Ut at the outset Icy Iny cr td agreement with the vIew that It Itt t ii not oril only Ih the right but the duty 1 ty o of Congress to 0 Investigate the worKings ot oC the secret Met service Ie or detective lIy by whish AI alone me tile he gO government oan n ef factually safeguard rd itself against wrongdoing crime and bring to millie criminals I 1 am well awa aware or the th to chase Inherent In any ny effective e live system or secret ret service system for the measure Of the effIcIency ot of the I s alaG aiso the measure mure of the aerl tI tf lr the abu of till the system It It bt be to wrong pu purposes or dl di directed In An any Improper manner It I is to the tho publiC lublIc Interest thAt there be vigilant Inquiry Into the or this both b by bythe the heads of the executive departments and by N r A ny It remains true truo that this t Is Indispensable abla It Ir the tho popular interest Is to bu be lule ada safeguarded and wron wrongdoer doors continuing to f tear the low laW To show how indispensable detectives are when work of II a obar Meter aeter must be done I refer you to the of the Immigration slon alI appointed hy by Congress and largely largel compo composed ed or of senators anil ami Uv tives which has hall found It absolutely to employ detectives In or order tier der to achieve the best result In m my or of the to the Ih lower hou house I have set forth at length the reasons why In my Judgment It Is eminently that In addition to the special or Inspection service of ef each department there should b be In some one department pro pre LM lb of a service whIch an be used uM at need nead In any In order to achieve the end which I have d described I would lik to state here that very frequently accusations Uon have been en made to me privately by or of tire the two to the that the He secret service nice had bad b bela u used ilK as a 11 ioe or of morals or orto orto to shadow and other public Hitherto the et f tort fort to discover the hails for such aUth ule alle baa ba always been trum fruitless I should be greatly obit obliged II if any could be furnished m me to any liny III where title has been done don In time last CertaIn hf r the agent to tar end nd th Ilk lit in the soral WI depart tn hap a work tr I i In the depart n ii th t h Itt service I t 11 to d deal with and aM aMu u Ui with frauds I 1 t I h e le the corps ll for r l I ii epe ally end and d H I II to l 01 or r u ues of u I IlIon Iii lIon Ion I with tit the In Int t t r 1011 I rk i 4 ii t the special Itt I r the he land rnO and the n nIc 1 Ic t rot r Ih the 1 luru are II fashion to III mt present ht I I In It il I IM nee sr U lie lie set I forth h lit Mr tr foots 1001 cc ac report Orl that Ih there hall chill be b bl l 1111 Ivr of rel service loan ann annh ah h au 11 be 00 fur u ork anywhere I th I II g t ro 5 cv ice i Jf If III Ia 0 the Cf f fruda w mU wholly cases or of mis la ladu du t I Th frantic In the lbs postal d which a t ore seine me his NIS ago P r 01 instantS oger a case MA In point M MY suspicions were I by a report a as to 0 th the cry r nt and d debauched u r lit it life ur of s II postal m III th the orl by br Lit an of or ret Nr In cOD With 1111 llon Oil Io he w warn et I work o it II ass a with tI III or Of th abuse Ut th frankIng privilege The lJ n eu 4 r sat t tU purpose U I y een sent through U the malls by a or nn Jl but through II the tho breaking of pae th the Contents are re nd If thy lire are of a which their thell It b franking II I 1511 tepo tre r taken laken b by th the authorities I the full rull III of r th ral abuses bu but In other they be Ii are t 10 1 or t and vy eary I often In a are tuly unknown t to Ut UI h IU an I III II fl ROOd loud purpose would lie ke served rv by fly y publicity In iii the hut a eaI 11 has haa just lit if i kind It Sean MoIna to ill III illI I 1 shoUld put ul you OU U as in III tM Ike way war in III w wbk begun b by lIAr ciui these tl ip In the he r f their duty lut na develop tat tarts of f ht t will which t the In ul nut nul In Ibe lb I iwI ln have ft to v h when h discovered not lICIt to te IMI he ur or I bt the d tie of naty tend to tt al ste ito that the agents In III were I I need for purposes not IHM the line be sf ef their dUl dUlA duty A On th the or of I INI r see AI A hor calle lbS or of th the senate to a III of a MIca It rm fur tor the sale or if ifland land In In 0 and Douglas whIch been ell glinted to br bg tb the guy the Meting Une that Iha the In Ion on or of the and WI we bOund to sill 1 Im for 1 25 UI La Laor or tepee their be prose ut by tM the and that thus who till have spoken rr for fora a part of hi land t is or or of Ina tb the leader ladr of th Democratic pert party In the Cal lIat a aman man maa all pU gets what he IC goes tM after ner TIllman denied the tate insets tit of If tM this circular end and a wish for tor An llon end lid Upon hi his the department t i It Its I mAde au much 11 an anIn In tl II He d In mere to Q this thle circular 0 1 Ita hare not bought boucht on ant land laad any anywhere where In t the west nor undertaken t buy bur any I hu b made some Mi II would I in through the ne west t I simply want th the people if r the country to be put on II ei ties that this hi swindler IU at ha hano hano no warrant whatever for lor endeavoring to inveigle uth other Into his ilia game TIL LN 1 I the circular referred to a as exhibit It B th the report ot of tile the In or under date dato of Jul July 21 2 INS III as C This I iii a confidential re report report port of a type usually nt not furnished but In this case elle the matter II I so IKI serious that I feet fael that I huld huid put It before berOt you 1 you OU also as exhibits plo facsimiles 0 of letter and aDd on n and telegrams from Senator Tillman and his It E Lee It appear that on Oct 9 18 1107 Tillman wrote a let exhibit DI D to MeNn Reader and Watkins at Marsh Marshfield field Or who ho were attorneys repee people pl who were r applicants applicant fur tur the purpose of obtain obtaining In wa wagon on road land grant rant land Dory DolT was wasa as asa a land Ind making hi filings through and Senator Tilt Till Tillman man letter runs In part a follow I wired you OU from Wis Vis a as follows follow And write to confirm It WIlliam A Leo my agent will see you th thc leni nr J I nt nine lena reserved Will forward signed a anti mon money st at one once Mem Member bore ber or of my are Let tH follows Signed 0 D 13 It T r TI rl l I write now to say aay I wIred Mr Lee who at Moscow la Ida to go 10 goat at ones once to tn and see you about the land Ind to locate quarter quarte for the seven n member ot of my family who arc ot of age ge anti ant on fur m tuy private tary J D B KnIght whom I desire to let It Into the h ISI and or of course h he wants a qUArter for tor himself The letter Itter continued stating In d dc I tail laU what was wae tl tO be done In order to enable the senator to get the tho land The Mr I Lee to Q whom Senator Tillman thu all aR his bIll Agent wrote to leeder and nad WatkIn under date of Dec 7 1 iL ii letter a photograph ot of which Is 18 hire bre With submitted marked exhibit In this letter Mr Lee explaIns that I ii bail written Senator Tiliman tullY at a to the status ot of the tho land matter ad Ising him that It was a Good gamble but that the senator WM was lecturing so that h be dill did not get Lees letter until untila a week and Ii a half atei The letter e ehl 4 in hl aes Ii Senator Tillman goes In un on this deal daal with some good land tn In the tiIt quarters we atit I am satisfied that h he can oan be or of great at help In 10 getting matter matte started from and cause the government to Nt get bUll busy and do something the line you u lie JIll will set lIp Ift a howl that Olat It will vilt hi to do otherwise This Thill will be very important for your our whole scheme to Ita hare a man or of his he here to Aid you OU at t this end nd or of the hue 14 11 all means mean save a lot of good land for us as a w we Intend to be of more aille than anyone any one ot of the In this mat matter ter IAN On the lilt of January Jannar 1918 1003 Senator Introduced In 1 the senate the following resolution beres At divers times time various railroads and other corporations have receIved large lante grants ot of publIc lands ot of th United States State under and b by Vir Virtue tU tue or of or of Congress containIng con to the effect that such lands should be sold to settler only or In not ox for tor an anone any anyone one purchaser a limit fixed by tile the lIt act relating thereto or at any price pr par acre not greater Ulan than an amount men In the act ct authorising grant to the end that such lands might promptly becom th the pro property ot of the of 01 h tie United Sates and arad It I currently reported and widely believed that the depart uncut of justice baa 1101 to the effect that certain ot of the corporations or their alleged IU successors In title having colorable title to tt the tract of at land within a taLe stat or elate of Ut the slope b by virtue of 01 the tho grants above mentioned and Still holding considerable portions portion thereof have violated or evaded Y ed the he equitable net condition as by the upon such Ich gran grants for Ih the public good yet the senate I is not that any artion tics ball D taun by tile the department or of to ti enforce n tI the said Id or ci reet rester u Use said lands land to the pu public domain now therefore be It et h That the president be requested Ir not nol with willi the to Inform the sin sinaN a aa a aN what If any h has been received and what action It on any has hall been taken 11 by tb the department ot of justice with respect to the matters and things In the preamble to the resolution set forth end and for tor un Im mediate action rh being laid over Pen Sen Senator ator ater Introduced the same Mme day a further anti and joInt resolution containIng the same me recitals but concluding as follow etc oto That the tho attorney general boI be and III I hereby directed authorIzed and to take such proceedings or institute such suit or suits 01 behalf of the United States as an may be necessary appropriate or ex expedient to Insure a compliance with the abovementioned or to restore the said ald lands to the public dl domain maln or to re report Mt to the why such actIon ILl as baa not been or should hot he be taken OF TIL TILLMANS On Oll Feb II 11 Senator Tillman Tiliman wrote to Mesere Header and Watkins A photograph of his ble letter te Is attached as exhibIt Di In It I Mil call your Our atten attention attention tion to the fact that he Speaks ks AgaIn or of Mr X Lee as his hll agent and or of the correspondence carried on through Mr Mrie LN ie JI 1 states that whAt he has haa done deMleIn In hi stirring up UI the of the Or Oregon Oregon egon land hand grants to has haa liMn been done entirely ly apart from M any person III 1 interest he has haa In the tho matter anti and adds adde Although I would not have had m my attention called to It but for lor the investIgations all an set on root foot In eon con connection with the proposed o by me in ot of some ot of the timber land In ques question tion or Of course It If I decide to make the tender and go Into the lawsuit J I Jwill will b bear the proposition In III mind but butI I I Would have you that nothing I do In the senate will willbe be done dono because of on any personal pu pur purchase chase ot of any allY of the land It If I can oan succeed In causing the tho government to suit for tor the recovery of th the land and mako It easier ealer ro for otla oth en a as well as lf the quotations Ire are mIne I shall hall do It without ro re rogan regard gan gard to the tho dealings with your I stIll sUII want to get some ot of the Umber timber timberland I land nd It If It i and us It is II that Mr Ir Leo or some somo other of mIne will be In your our country In the next two months month we will leave the matter or of payment for lor forthe the steps and subsequent pro In fur for thu tho present An Any contract we might make WIll WIllbe willbe be entirely apart from and In pend pendent ent of 01 nl my work hero in III the senate enate I 1 will be glad for tor you to b hold ld in III reserve eight of tile the best of t which you rou have InformatIon and I 1 Will wUi In tb the press the investigation atlon and other work hero which will facilitate the purchase and In strict obviate the n necessity elty ot of your malUng case caM in III the court at atall atall all This letter tetter In which Senator Till maIn requested that eight Ight or of the belll beat be hd Iii hi reserve for or him was waa written Suet four days das be before fOre ho be a |