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Show TILLMAN TO HOIST ROOSEVELT ; WITH HIS OWN PETAitB, SO HE CLAIMS Valuable Papers Are Extracted From the Senator's Desk, Bearing on the Land Frauds Congressmen and Senators Remain Away From ' the White House Much FeJhg Is Exhibited in the House pert of Mr. Ilammerstcln that the duty : bo paid. v Mme. Doria, one of Mr. Hammer-sfeln'.-t Mi.yng contraltos, declared " she would go to jail rather than pay. I "I consider it an outrage." said i -Mme. Doria. "I have won all my costumes cos-tumes and after they had passed tho ciiHtom house and Into my possession I get a bill for $350. I told the Inspector In-spector only yesterday that I would i:o to jail rather than pay such an unjust un-just tax. Ho gavo mo until todav to pay and told me that if 1 did not "pay then he would take mc to the Tobs. . But 1 shall never pay." Washington. Jan. 9. In the prcpar Itlon of his ppeech in reply to the Pri-iddcnt'H (barges. Senator Tillmati ns failed to find a number of pap its bearing upon .the Oregon land case in connection with which th: present controversy arose. These papers pa-pers were, ho nays, enclosed in a large envelope, and left in his private desk In hi committee room at the capi-to capi-to when he left Washington last March on account of his Illness, but thpy cannot now be found. The senator does not (barge that the papers have been abstracted by a povcrnment detective who may have been shadowing him. but does say thnt it would have ber-n possible Tor any such official to gain access to his room and to his desk, both of which nere fastened with only ordinary lock. Tho papers, he pays, an- very important im-portant in the preparation of his case and would go far to substantiate his ripfen-ve. Notwithstanding the loss. Mr. Tillman expresses confidence In hie ability to make satisfactory reply to tho Prep 1 dent. 'He will bo hoisted by his own petard," pe-tard," declared Mr. Tillman senltlous- Jy. Washington, Jan. 9. Thai the house doe? not Intend to Htop with its action ac-tion of yesterday In rebuking the President, Pres-ident, in connection with his strictures stric-tures regarding tho secret service, was evidenced today when, at the instance in-stance of Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, and without a dissenting vote, it Adopted a Bweeplng resolution of inquiry in-quiry Into tho amount or money appropriated ap-propriated for the present fiscal year , for detecting frauds and the efforts ' icado to bring to trial offenders analnet the law. Tho resolution called for the ap-, ap-, polntmont of a commission of five ' member to conduct the Investigation and to Bend for persons and papers nnd to administer oaths. The sum of $5,000 was appropriated. it Is understood that there will bo nothing further from the President on tho matter of tho secret servico resolution adopted by the house yes-lerday. yes-lerday. Tho lint of Saturday callers fmm congnws usually is largo, but today there wore only four representatives to peo tho President, two of theso to introduce friends. The callers from the senate were also few. |