Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-09
RAMON STARTLES the CONGRESS
SlONAL COMMITTEE.
USED CUISE OF LOANS"
Nearly All the Indians We're in Favor
cf Contracts on Account Of
Government SlOWneSS.


slcol to the World
HcAlcster, okla. Aug. S-The
cnupc that Congressman c. r. Crcar-
- of the Third Oklahoma district
hsd solicited sums" Of money from
J. q. McMurray. holder of the Indian
land contracts being subjected to a
CONGREGATIONAL investigation was made
b." lacob l.. Hamon before the special
committee appointed by the house 0t
REPRESENTATIVES today
The charge developed In connection
with the inquiry into Senator n. =.
GD.c's declaration that he had been
offered $4,000 or $4,000 as "A hrbe
80 help put through" Congress the
Ioaurmy deal, by Which( he assert
ul, McMurray and his associates would
be able to secure $3,O00.OOO, or a
Ten pr cent attorneys fee In the sale
u $4,000 acres Of coal asphalt and
tiidlcr land now belonging to the In
d.ans Of this state. Senator Gore said
mat lldmon had offered a brlbc IN
M"MuTlys behalf and Congressman
Cr-ager also had testified that llamon
suggested" he tCrcager) might se-
cure "lnterest" in the contracts If he
helped to remove all opposition of the
upmoval by Congress ana President
Tan
Appearing before the committee to-
GHy. Hamon made a counter-charge
against Creager. lie said the con-
ric"nan nad solicited money from
McMurrav ourihg the pendercy in
Coaprces Of bin which had been
dtaWl up by McMurray. ana which
Croaser introduced. This bin provid-
ed ri" the sale Of surface lands TO
4 H..
nf the mineral wealth to the govern-
ment.
Although the McNIurrav contracts
were not referred to In it." Hamon
said. III was So termed that McMur-
ray might have been enabled 10 put
IN claim for the. bill. He went to
McN!urray ana under a euise Of loans.
demanded from McMurray large sums
nf money
81 think / VIII throw considerable
tight on the Indian land situation at
Washington If Creager is recalled and
asked about his repeated demands for
money from McMurray."
ON being informed hy Congressman
Charles II. Burke. chairman of the
committee, that II was doubtful ir
trtngcr could be recalled Hamon
asked to be allowed to introduce a
witness 90 testify as to his charges.
His request taken under adV,sement.
1T was Indian Day" at the hear
my Many Indians testified that they
NgEed McMmrays contracts allow
ing ten per cent attorneys fees, be-
ctuoe they had been impatient at the
government As the Governments
wards, they said they concluded they
mad 60 employ attorneys TO fight the
government in order to secure what
money had been promised
II was pointed out that 81 per cent
~ thr Choctaws and Chickasaws sign
ed the ten per cent agreement This
represented a large portion of the
10000 Indians this state. which con-
tains more than one-third of all the
Indians In the United states
That McMurrays agents had gone
amung the Indians and asked them
IL sign contracts ana send kilograms
~ President Taft, urging him to ap-
prove the sale Of the lands on the ten
per cent attorneys fees" was the
hurden of most Of the Indians testi-
nony.
I'VE have become used TO the ten
rer cent idea declared Parker Ander
son, Choctaw. Most OF the Indians
uf the state have to pay ten per cent
ON all debts and borrowed money aud