Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-05

recalled by Mr.. Sherman as was the
Vice Presidents subsequent appointment
OF committee to investigate the charges.
Benefited by Mountain Air.
The Vice President reached Camp Crag
yesterday. where he has summered with
his family for several years. and last
night received fragmentary accounts of
Senator Cores charges by wire. heavy
electrical storm had put the telephone at
the camp out of commission and he did
not learn of the details until today.
The bracing mountain air has great
ly benefited the health Of both the Vice
President and Mrs. Sherman. and the
latter has about recovered from her
recent illness.
Mr.. Sherman expects to remain at
the camp until Sunday. when he will
return to Utica to attend to some bust
ness matters. He plans to spend as
much time as possible at the camp dur
ing August and expects to take the
stump in the west for the republican
congressional campaign committee late
in the month. opening. probably. in
Illinois He said he probably would
deal largely with the tariff issue in
Mr.. Sherman took an optimistic view
of republican conditions in New York
state, but" he added cautiously. 1T
won't be a case of everybody win; in
STEAD, SOMEBODY Will get llCheO, anu
that somebody will be the democrats,
as per usual, in my opinion"
No Offer of Bride,
MUSKOGEE, OKLA August 5.-Jacob
l.. Hamon, former chairman Of the
Oklahoma republican territorial COM
mittee. prior to statehood. last night
declined to discuss Senator Cores
charges, and said he would not make
any statement. except in response to
categorical questions. The following
questions in an Interview were then
put to him:
Gore?"
II did not"
Did you offer to give him an interest
in the McMurray contracts?'
II did not"
Did you offer to bribe Representa-
tive Creager?"
Did you offer him an interest in the
McMurray contracts?"
II did not"
did you mention to Senator Gore or
to any one else that Vice President Sher-
man was interested in the approval Of
the McMurray contracts?"
II never mentioned such a thing to
any ONE
did you say Senator Curtis was in
tereSIcO III CNe McMuTTdy COuITdCtS.
II did not
Are you yourself interested in the ap-
proval of the McMurray- contracts?"
Il am not"
Mr.. Hanon declined to answer other
questions, saying he expected to appear
before the committee, when he would
tell all he knew.
Denial by Mcclure.
GUTHRIE. Okla, August 5-Repre-
sentative Bird S. Mcclure of the first
Oklahoma district denied emphatically
that he had any interest in Indian con-
tracts with McMurray or any one else.
st don't know what was said to Sena-
tor Core" said Mr.. Mcclure, "or whether
anything was said to him by any per-
sons, but this much is true: No man
who is honest and responsible will say
that I have now, or have ever had, any
interest in any Indian contracts with Nc
Murray or anybody else.
"A man who would base statement
in the United States Senate on what
some person may have told him in a
matter like that is nothing more or less
than a common slanderer."
After stating that he would attend the
investigation today, Mr.. Mcclure said:
II expect they'll want me to make a.
statement, and to a dead certainty I'll be
ready to make one"
Curtis Will Testify.
TOPEKA. Kan, August 5.-Senator
Charles Curtis at his home here denied
emphatically that he had any eonnec-
ton with the McMurray contracts.
Senator Curtis said that he would 60
to Muskogee either Saturday or Monday
to appear before the commission investi-
eating the charges made by Senator
Gore.