The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-21

STEPHENS HERE
WANTS TO SEE SURFACE OF
MINERAL LANDS AND uNAL-
LoTTEO LANDS SOLD.

CONGRESSMAN John H. stephens OF
Texas who has always been a close
friend to Indian Territory am is still
warm friend to oklahoma, is
in this state and spent last night
in Ardmore. Some four years ago
the congressman lost his wife, and
his daughter resides in Oklahoma
City and his son is attending the
university preparatory school al
Claremore, and he feels a deep in
terest in oklahoma. He was at Madill
Yesterday looking over the oil fields
and went this morning through the
Arjmore fields and will so by pri-
vate conveyance either to the town
of Waurika or Duncan.
Congressman Stephens is a men,
Der of the congressional committee
which was sent to Oklahoma to in
vestigate the Gore charges made in
the United States senate in the clos
ing days of the last session and he
will return to Washington early in
November to meet with this commit
tee. No other man in the United
States is better Informed on Okla
homa conditions than congressman
Stephens, unless 1t is Congressman
Carter and Senator Owen, who have
lived on the east side of this state.
The first thing he will demand
when he meets with the committee
will be the report made by COL
Mosby on this country some four
wears ago. Col. Mosby was Con-
federate commander and immediate
ly after the close of the war he
iainei the republican party and held
many positions of trust with the fed
eral government. He vas sent here
to investigate land conditions in OK
lahoma and also to investigate the
matter of fees that were being pald
to attorneys by the Indians. That
report was made but it was never
given to the public and soon after
that Col. Mosby was dismissed from
service. Congressman stephens is CT
the opinion that men higher up
had something to do with burying
this report and he ~ uetermined TO
have the matter thrashed out. II
he is deniei the report of Colonel
Moshy he will repeat his demand on
the floor of the house when con
eress convenes in December,
When asked if there were likely
TO be a minority and majority re
port from this investigating com
mittee. the congressman said: IF
any attempt is made to whiteWasl
Bird Mcclure, the republican con-
gresham from Oklahoma, there VIII
be a minority report" The MAORI
tv of that committee has undertaken
to say that Mcguire was not in
terested. but it is evident that ne
was for the reason that his own
amendment provoked the Gore
charges and the congressional III
vestigation. Gore would have never
made any charges IL Mcclure had
not attemptei to place such an
amendment in that measure.
Congressman Stephens four years
ago asked for an investigation OF
the big fee paid to attorneys, 0u-
was not supported in his demand
bv the republicans. He feels conil-
dent that the next congress Will be
dominated by democrats.
There is another important matter
which Mr.. Stephens will have inves-
tigated and that is the renewal OF the
oil leases which haskell has charged
Roosevelt with. The Prairie Oil d
Gas Company which is the Stantor1
Oil Company in Oklahoma secured
ten years lease in the Usage ma
ton and when that lease was out II
was renewed for another term OF ten
years when other companies were
ready to take the lease at better
price. It is difficult to see why one
concern should be given lease when
another company was offering more
for the same rights unless there was
some Doodle money somewhere and an
effort will be made to find out why
This investigation is likely to involve
Roosevelt.
Congressman Stephens regards
Roosevelt as a sensationalist. He says
the colonel while with Cummings and
Dolliver declared for a revision OF the
tariff and when in New York he wrote
a platform commencing the present
tariff bill He is a man who Is all
things to all people and the congress
man says he talks entirely too much
to hold the confidence Of the people
until nominations are made for presi-