The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-16
His Recent Experiences in the In
dian Territory Make Him
Independent.
HE OPENS THE SCANDALS.
In His Suit Against Chief Pleas
ant Porter of Creek Nation.
Nominee Exposes Gangs
Work.
REFU Bio SrE.TsT,

HEFtB Bill" srF5"TsT.
Nayn"svlIis. No. SEPT Here n =.
laski County thc complaint OF Arthur y.
Murphy. E-T ubl;can rfornInee ,or Congress
IN ths Sixteenth District. regarding the
treatment which ne received az the head
quarters I1st Monday Is not surprising
HIS experiences with the power. Of the
E.pubiican party have no: been o. the scr;
I 10 make him enthusiastic about the man
ayers of his political faith
Last week there va c-lie' FOR trial in
. the Pulaski. court his suit fo- 50 90
damages aGairs; General Peasant Porter.
( cfief II the cre=S Nation. t5r violation
of contract fl disTniss.ug him as attorney
foF IN" Nation. after fifteen months zery-
Ice c"Ias 10 the fact tha; Porter recent
y SUSTAINED i broken arm. the cas-, Vas
Continued ur.til n~xr March.
Meanwhile. MurQIy'5 efrort to get even
with tas Republican politicians. VINO bav.
Been trying 10 quiet hin. must D.. h.lt
N aoeyancs- For tn9 sCIt assifs. Porter
I = chisHy = ve!l-iirec:sd ATTEMPT To-
sHo~ Up tSy sv-lsiled reform tactic, -.
{ ms Roosevelt iLTn .fli,-ra.i8f. Ths a.r,,-
3 s-si'a= no" on HI- ~ 10, Circ.Er CONT
=" q STORY 81 mIspldceI Cou-a-rc. t-sr
@ @".s'd snake the confidence Oi auy young
I Politically. Murphy i. fl, p.c,,II.- ,.,
ti"t- IL ui- afii'laEIJ, that sr.. or, m. re-.
us r -"Ioiis the government %: rns Ia
LII . - ,-'"Fs. ~A!cn are cISsFz.efui are
Su- III AuipnE. APPEALING 10 tn. higher
S-shoi4l..-,- was i0lI L. make charges ~.
:,1 111 70 lie vas not sustaining. ana !osI his
When Nr. Murphy was ssk-,s ub,, 49,.
gl po.itical Speech n could make S1r
ffesicei!t Roosevelt. tn view O; ~. ~r.,rssa
- hea preferred against Federal sD-
3 - All he a
roosevelt had been impose: upon. Consul
ri4"s LAX TIE President do. not think
! ~ -. co-4d hs imposed upon b. any
!hclsid9a- OF any set o. men. II IL dificI,i,
70 see how Murphy VIII DC able 20 s.siIsrs
n.s charges with his sUppur, or dis usrty
DISMISSED WITHOUT WRITTEN
CHARGES
murphy still claims to DO a friend o.
National Committeeman 7. J. Akirls. Yet
before rs brought suit against Pleasant
forter. AkiEls mad Practically all Of III.
I"sirndstsrs Of the sixteenth District "a
70 Murphy and ask him rot 10 air re
,acts IN the case for political re.sorls-
,,trurphy was ensry. but again held mat
AElhs was acting uncer the orders OF
Secretary Hitchcock and puts roa bane
~ to " Washington.
Murpny was APPOINTED attorney for tn.
TEX Nation January J. 1913. under a
contract. according 10 the papers on fIs
u court here, which made his dismissal
.-p"Hieni 1iYn preferred charges Sev.r-
th-ie-s. Murphy sas dismissed March q
E-S without written charges having b..n
Jr"ferred. four Gays after the sO-called
B0Hsp2Tie report had been made pubic
according 10 tho depositiorIs or H.. he-.
Murphy nae gone to Washington. wh.r.
SECRETARY Hitchcock Of the Interior De
partlnent asked HIM concerning condi-
tons in the Territory. Murphy talked OF
drunkenness among some Of the sp-
pointees.
The FIRST result was the loss O, Clarence
IL Z. nRF 4 IL
fgent j. Blair ShO-nfeIdt OF Muskos.e
and a crOny Of Shoenfeldt ard Porter.
snoenfeidt and Porter Sere up IN arms. A
telegram Nas rece.yA by Murphy from
Porter. while in Washing ton. asking him
why ne hsG TIade the charges. Murphy
told Charles J. BOnsparte wnen he went
into the Territory tnst FOrter did not
know what 10 Va. dong when he signed
From that tine o. there was trouble.
Murphy found himself IN fight with the
strongest organization Of politicians irrsg-
inabie- lie found that Snoenfeidt vas
backed by the late Senator Quay or
Penn sylvanis. and Senators Clark and .
Warren q Wyoming. and :. string Of their |
friends. who mad Investments In tie Ter |
As the Indian Terri,or5, scandal became 1
Charles J Bouaparte and Clinton n. 4
Woodruff there To investigate The d.lo--
this investigation wss carried On Tne 4
two Investigators went only TO Nuskoges. /
where they spent three days n company l
of sho%nfeldt and Douglas.
MURPHY'S FRIENDS EXCLUDED.
The deposition OF James "A. Harris. vice 1
president Of the Wagner. ]. T. National /
Bank. tells OF this investigation lie vas
4 witness to prove that IN. conduct of
Schoenfeidt and Douglas was not Of the
sort TO justify their retention in the Fed
eral service
10 Trdi2u whore frEGSffgxfsgYa I
was held. When Harris went To the Of
flee subordinates tried to induce him to 20
away, while oiners tfied TO persuade ann
that he would be cOntrsdicted on the
stand.
According to Harris. Schoenfeldt took
hrl into a private room and argued with
him before he was permitted 10 appear
before Bonaparte and Woodruff. When
Harris had finally testified. ne asked that
other men be called to substsntiste what
be had said but the commission refused
Practically the only Witnesses who were
examined in the case were Schoenfeldt.
Douglas and one or tao Of their friends
Nurphy's friends Were excluded
To show what h. could have proved be-
fore the commission, Murphy has filed
the depositions "f a dozen or more wit
nesses corrobora;ing his charges OF
and misconduct. These wit
nesses. according 10 their affidavits, were
taken from all classes ot citizens,
made. but Murphy insists ths; he .hail
have his entire salary up 10 the end Of
his appointed Term NrefleT the FED
eral machine will try 10 wear him out is
To show now closely woven the Indian
Territory gang Is. Murphy cites a tele-
gram he cent April Is 1874. the day Of a
trial he had before Schoenf-ldt. to Thomas
j. tkins. then State chairman. The next
day Douglas received a telegram from ".
A. Jores. Indian Commissioner. reading
20 follows: Murphy wires Schoenfeldt I
5rsIns- See Shoenfeldt AZ once
Up against sucn Il stiff game as that
Murphy finally decided TO file hi. suit
y hict he did June - 1904 Papers were
served on Pleasant Porter the next day
n 81. Louis.
FOLK SENDS WIRELESS MESSAGE.
Tells Chairman TaREsrt That He May |
Expect Another After El~cstOu.