The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-09

olution in chtet senate that would re-
Quire further action Of congress be-
fore the contracts could be approved.
Department of Justice Empioye.
Recalled to the stand, Senator Gore
was asked to mention the mamie OF
the employe of the department OF
Justice who had told him that another
employe-an official in that depart
ment-was interested in the con-
tracts.
That l could not do" replied Gore.
"The matter was impaired 70 me in
confidence and I regret th&t it was
mentioned here at all.
''Now, Senator" interposed Con-
ssressman Campbell, "don't you think
it unfair to go as far before this COM
naittee and yet not tell all you know.
You know We are here to learn the
truth and We would like to have all
Of it made known
mo I would rather not. 1t is we'll
known that heretofore employees OF
that department have lost their po-
sitions for giving information and I
would rather that this feature OF the
investigation be dropped
Senator Gore testified he and Ha-
mon long had been friends and had
been interested in business transac-
tons at Lawton, Okla, in which
money loans were involved. Mr.. Ha-
mon is an attorney of Lawton, which
is Senator Cores home town. Ha-
mon is 81 years old and married.
References to invitations to frog
Leg banquets and to alleged asser-
tions by Hamon that Senator Gore
was ''going back on his friends" were
made in the testimony of D. +. Gore
private secretary and brother to Sen
ator Gore.
D.F. Gore stated that heswas in his
brothers private office at noon OIL
May 6 when Hamon appeared.
"I stepped into an adjoining office
and left the senator and Hamon alone
EXCEPT that once in a while I went in
and out. When they quit talking IN
about 80 or 40 minutes, Hamon came
out into my room.
"'Well,' he said, the senator is get
ting awful hard on his friends. l
want to make a lot of money, Die, and
I don't care how I make it. l did
not know then what they had been
talking about when Hamon left the
senator said he had been talking about
the McMurray contracts and Hamon
had offered him $4,000. The senator
said Hamon offered to increase the
amount
Stenographer Testifies.
;. Leroy Thompson, stenograpner
to Senator Gore testified he also was
in and out of the senator's room
when Hamon was present He too,
was invited to the frog leg banquet,
he said but declined.
Congressman Campbell-"HoW long
were the senator and Hamon at con-
ference together?'
Thompson-"About 80 or 40 minu-
tes. When Hamon came out l over
heard him say he wanted to make
lot of money and be did not care much
how he made it,
Did you hear anything that was
said at the conference?"
"No l did not. Usually when Ha-
mon called l heard everything that
was said. There never before had
been any effort to conceal it. But
this time it was differentS
I'm what way was it different? DID
Hamon act differently"
Eyes, he appeared not to want to
say anything when I was in the room
which was quite opposite from his
usual manner"
That the Choctaw Indians who had
protested against giving ten per cent
attorneys fees to McMurray had been
asked to rescind their action, formed
the substance of testimony offered by
". A. Durant, a Choctaw Indian and
a member Of the Oklahoma State leg
islature.
Hamon Questioned.
Mr.. Hamon tonight declined to dis
cuss Senator Cores charges and said
he would not make any statement. eX-
-cept in response to categorical ques-
tions. The following questions IN an
interview were then put to him:
. Did you offer a bribe to Senator
Gore?"
II did not