The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-28
GRAMMER FIGURES
IN LAND sQUABBLE
Former Virginia Clergyman Takes
Prominent Part in Okla
homan Contest.
+. BLOCKS McMCRRAY GAME
senator Gore Praised for His
Stand on Behalf Of
Red Men.
BLOCKS McMURRAY GAME

Rev, Or Carl +. Grammer, former
@rrrtur Of Christ Episcopal charch'
Norfolk and rector Of fasni0haole
church Ia Philadelphia for the past
rIe years, has played an important
bart it develops. IA the indian lana
aitsirss which are to h@ investigated
by q congressional committee follow
iag sensa ,Ioual charges by senator
Gore. OF oklahoma, That he was ot-
ferea S25.pa9 bride to hold up IN mis-
fight t. save millions Gf dollars worth
ii Indian lands from the grasp OF
greedy politicians.
AS president Of the indian Rights
Association of Philadelphia, II appears
thaf Dr. Grammer received 8 letter
last winter from CHIEF AtCurtaIn, OF
the CheCtaw tribe, asking his associa-
zion to become Interested in land al
fairs Of the uklahoman Indians, and
warning MIN against J. Frank McMur-
ray. a McAiester Okla who had just
CLOSED indisfdG-i contracts with sew
eral thousands If the red men.
Or. Grsmmer agreed 10 take the
matter up with the Federal authorl-
ties aud after some correspondence
With President TAFT and other Off
eials in Washington, conference
vas held in the national capital, in
which the president, the secretary ot
the Interior, delegates representing
the tribes 81 Indians and others par
ttcipated AS result OF the con-
regcnee, the secretary of the interior
refused 20 approve the Ne Murray con-
tracts. 1t was then thar rider was
tackled onto som. Of the eleventh hour
legislation in the hope that the con-
tracts might g. through. anyhow.
Tells of McMurray's Visit.
Discussing a Aisit which hi later
received from McMurray, Or. Gram
mer had this TO say In one oG the Phil
adelphia newspapers Monday;
Soon after our April conference
With the president and others at
Washington. Mr.. McMurray came TO
this city and called on me. under
stand that before leaving Washing
ton. he had told persons that he. was
coming up here 10 close up this" In
dians' Rights Association.
Why do you oppose us, he asked.
at once | informed him that we
weres locking after the Indians wei
fare, and that he would have TO pro-
dpee very strong arguments to con
vince me that We shouldn't oppose
him
About the next thing he said-and
before he had advanced any argu-
i
was minister, he wouldn't have come
10 Philadelphia al ali
Il replied. that ! didn't see that
being a minister would in any way
close my ears 10 reasonable argu-
meuts. Then | turned him over to Mr.
Sniffen, secretary of cur association
and Ii is the last have heard Of him
Iie made no arguments to me; h.
nAser has convinced me as to anythini
: he claims
Senator Gore has co-operated wifi
us during the entire controversy, an,
ne has proved himself to be- the chic
obstacle In the way of the Legislation
MeMurray sought to have passed"
Minister Well known Here.
Dr Grammer is regarded as one o
the brainicst Episcopal clergymen II
the country snd lis an exceedingly llv
wire, SO to speak
When he accepted his Philadelphi
charge Dr. Grammer was succeede
In Norfolk by Rev. DIR. j. w MorrI,
who has since come To Monuments
church Richmond. pr Morris wer
80 Norfolk from ST. James churei
Leesburg Va
During his pastorate In Norfolk. y
Crammer frequently entered into di:
eussions of public interest and on on
occasion commented somewhat vie
orousiy on a report that John |
Rockefeller was planning to subsidis
the churches with view OF final
getting them all under his thumb II
Gramrner, OF course. took exceptio
to any such suggestion. declaring tn;
the churches were far beyond n
avaricions reach of the oil king, how
ever lavishiy he might scatter h
money around.