The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-05

him. ] am, however. subject to the
Will Of the committee
Mr. Burke. The comroittae is
here to get the facts and we must
have all OF these conversations
Thomas II owen, counsel for Mr.
Gore In that connection Won spoke
OF an article appearing In a Kansas
City newspaper that two gentlemen
had called on the president. I wish
YOU would say who was mentioned
in that article"
Names in Newspaper.
Mr. Gore: In. the ncwspaper of
April IA. Vice President Shernien and
Senator Curtis were named as baying
called to discuss the segregation of
coal and asphalt lands think be.
fore the senate met the next day. the
information came to me"
Senator Gore explained he believed
Vice President Sherman was favor
able TO the contracts and a short
time later he introduced a resolution
In the senate that would require fur.
ther action of congress before the
contracts could be approved.
Congressman Creager did not take
the stand until late in the day
Asked if he had ever met Hamon,
he replied,
Yes, | met him by appointment In
his rooms ar the Occidental hotel in
Washington. He invited me there, say.
Ing he wanted TO talk over a little
matter. At that time efforts were be.
In! made 70 have tho president ap-
prove the McMurray contracts. | al
ready had gone on record as being op.
posed 10 their approval Well, when
| got TO the hotel and was sitting In
a room with Hamon. be began 10 urge
me to withdraw nv opposition He
suggested / might have an interest In
the contracts"
Did Not Stop to Hear Figures.
Congressman Miller. Were any
figures mentioned? Did he say how
much Interest you might haye?"
Mr Creager; mo, | did not let Il
20 that far 7 made my language
pretty emphatic that was opposed
to the contracts and would not be in.
fluenced"
Congressman stephens You mean
to say that YOU regarded the offer of
such q character as TO arouse your
indignstlon?"
= H..
garded K as an offer 10 influence nv
attitude towards the contracts. 1t
was even suggested that I call to-
gether all the officials I could and
defeat the measure opposing the ap-
proval of the bills"
Congressman Miller: What kind
Of rooms did Mr.. Hamon and Mr..
McNIurray have At the hotel?"
Mr.. Creager: "Oh, three or four
front rooms. Representative Mcclure
OF Oklahoma occupied part of Hamon
and McMurray's suite. | met Hamon
later at different times. When be
heard ! was coming TO testify before
this committee he urged me not to
He expressed the hope that would
make no statement before this COM
mittee.'
Gore Recalled.
Recalled to the stand, Senator Gore
was asked 10 mention the name Of
the employe Of tho department OF
Justice who had told him that anoth-
er employe, or an Official in that de
partment was interested in the con.
tracts
That could not do" replied Sen
ator Gore
The matter Was impaired to me In
confidence and 7 regret that II was
mentioned here at all"
Now. Senator" interDosed Con.
gresham Campbell, don't you thinl,
it unfair TO go so far before this com
mittee and vet not tell all you know?
You know we are here TO learn the
truth and we would like TO have all
OF 1t made known"
NO, / would rather not. It is we'll
known that heretofore emnIoyes of
that department have lost their posi-
tons for giving information and I
would rather that this feature of the
investigation be dropped
f. p. Phil, attorney for the Choc.
taw tribe of Indians, then questioned
the senator as 10 what he knew of
President Taft's attitude toward the
McMurray contracts.
81 think some people Interested in
the contracts went to see the presi-
dent on ADril 2S" said the witness.
100000 Attorney Fees.
THE president stated that former
Senator Long had already submitted
the matter 70 him and that Mr. Longs
clients (meaning the McMurray IN
terests) might have their day In court.
think the president said everybody
might have his day I'm court. hut that
1t would take a good deal of argu-
ment TO convince him that the amount
of fees asked for in the contracts (s3..
000,000) was Just In fact think the
president made It plain he was op.
posed TO the contracts
Senator Gore testified he and Ha-
mon had been friends and had been
interested together in business trans.
actions al Lawton, Okla, in which
money loans were invested Mr. Ha.
mon is an attorney Of Lawton. which
Is Senator Cores homo town. Ha.
mon is 81 years OF age and married
Aside from Republican chairmnnships.
he has been city attorney Of Lawton
and has practiced law in Kansas. Ok
lahoma and Texas. References TO in.
vitation to frog leg banquets and to
assertions by Hemou that Senator
Gore was going back on his friends"
we're made in the testimony of D. F.
Gore, private secretary and brother OF
Senator Gore.
D. F. Gore said he was In his broth
er's private office at noon on MAY
when Hamon appeared.
Statement Of Cores Brother.
"I stepped into an adjoining Office
and left the senator and Hamon alone.
except that once iu a while / went
out When they quit talking, in about
80 or 40 minutes. Hamon came out