The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-27


gate the police system of the Third
degree" Senator Brandegee (Rep.
Conn.,. said today that the committee
Will remain In the city long enough to
ascertain the experience OF the Wash
ington police in the application OF this
method OF securing evidence. A sub
committee will conduct an inquiry In
western cities. Notice will be given
to all who desire to appear before the
investigators.
The house committee of which Rep.
Burke. OF South Dakota, has charge,
Will meet at Oklahoma City, Okla, In
the first week in August TO begin the
investigation demanded by Rep. Nc
CURE OF Oklahoma. Senator Gore
charged that corruption was involved
In an attempt to induce the govern
ment to approve contracts that j. r.
McMurray had procured with about
10000 Choctaws and Chickasaws. IL
was alleged that the execution OF the
contracts would yield McMurray and
his associates a fee ranging some
where between 100000 and $4,000
000 MCGUIRE was offended by criti-
cism of himself implied by part OF
the Gore statements.
To Probe Cores Charges.
Plans have not yet been formulated
by a senate committee of FIVE com
missioned to investigate Cores
charges of attempted bribery. Senator
Jones chairman of the committee, is
| inclined TO the belief that the investi-
cation will be postponed until the
| next session.
The members OF the BallingerPin-
chot investigation will meet on Sept
10. They will spend the heated term In
studying the printed miles of argument
and testimony and then will meet to
try to reach nagreement. That be
ing impossible, sections OF the commit
tee will present varying reports.
A senate committee OF which Sena'
tor Burrows, Of Michigan, Is chairman
will meet In Chicago on Sept. 10, 10
pry into the charges that William
Lorimer, of Illinois. came to his seat
In the senate as the result of bribery
Chairman Olmstead. OF the house
committee assigned the duty Of inves.
tlgating charges Of the sale OF vast
areas of friar lands in the Philip
pines to the sugar trust and various
friends OF officials, has gone home 70
Pennsylvania without announcing
plans for the inquiry. Rep. Hubbard
Of. Iowa, a member of the committee
said today the general understanding
seemed to be that the investigation
would be conducted during the recess
of congress. The short session of
next winter would AFFORD hardly time
enough for the work.
A senate committee OF which Sena-
ter Clapp, OF Minnesota, Is chairman
was directed to learn the extent OF the
property held by the Choctaws and
! Chickasaws. to investigate the McMur,
ray contracts; whether the compensa
ton therein provided for Is reason
able and whether the Indians need
lawyers. Clapps. committee, having
charge OF Indian affairs. has all the
Information necessary to answer the
questions propounded without calllng
in witnesses. IL Is probable that the
committee will grant hearings next
winter to persons desiring to present
tleir view and will prepare a report
Review Of Work BY Congress.
Now that congress had adjourned.
the senate and house having formally
ended the second session of the sixty
first congress. Saturday night, people
who have watched the proceedings are
pointing today to the work that was
done and that which was not &C.
complished. The leading Roosevelt
| policy that the Taft administration
tackled is conceded 10 have been the
| railroad bill. While this measure. az