The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-28
CLOSES SESSION
Investigating Committee Appointed By
Both Houses al Last Hour.
CRAVE ACCUSATIONS

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Speaker and Vice President Appoint
Attempt to Bribe Senator Gore Of
| Oklahoma.-Payne Estimates ST.
100000 Has Been Saved.
| Each house of congress Saturday
night marked it's closing hours by
voting fer an investigation of the
McMurray Indian contracts. Instead
of the usual scene of comparatively
undignifed relaxation from the busi-
ness of legislation. both houses de-
voted exceedingly serious attention
to the charges of attempted bribery
and other forms of improper infln-
ence made in the senate Friday Dy
Senator Gore of Oklahoma and sub
sequently in the house by Rep-esen-
tative Murphy Of Missouri.
Two seperate Investigations are
provided for-one in each house.
Each body passed resolution Great
ing select committee of five men,
bers to pursue the inquiry to the
bottom during recess Of congress anil
to report whether any of its MEM
bers are, or have been, interested in
any of these contracts. Until late
hour in the day it looked rather as
If the matter would go by default.
But as soon as the two houses re-
conveyed at 9 o'clock that night,
after recess since afternoon, the
matter came up with a rush. and
crowded galleries listened with in
tense interest to the proceedings,
which ended in the vote to probe
the charges
Vice-President Sherman announced
the following committee to conduct
the senate investigation: Senator's
Jones of Washington; Burton of Oh
10, Crawford. of South Dakota, Hugh
es of Colorado, and Perry of Missis-
sippi
Senator Hughes in presenting his
investigation resolution stated that
Senator Cores accusations were SO
grave that they could not be ignor-
ed.
The resolution was adopted with
out opposition. 1t is as follows:
Resolved, That a committee OF
: five, to be appointed by the chair, be
and it is hereby, directed to inves-
, tgate and report whether any SEN
ator Of the United States is or dur
ing his term of office has been in
terested or called with or connected
with legislation affecting the approx
al of Indian contracts or has done
anything because of said interest and
whether any improper attempts or
efforts to prevent or to secure
statute affecting the approval of In
dian contracts have been made at
: this session of congress-. and said
committee is authorized to sit and
proceed in the vacation
The house adopted a substitute
resolution, offered by Mr.. Tawney
(Minn.), creating committee Of
five to investigate the contracts with
the Choctaw, Chicksaw and Usage
tribes, the inquiry to embrace any
acts of bribery, fraud, or any other
improper influence. The committee
is to file it's reports when completed
with the. clerk of the house.
Billion Dollar Session.
The final figures on the appropria-
tions made at the second session Of
the siXty-frst congress. just closed,
, analyzed from both the Republican
and Democratic standpoint, will he
given out by the house appropria-
tions committee
Chairman Tawney, of the commit
e tee, claims the aggregate is less than
billion dollars, while Democratic
: leaders charge an excess OF that linz
it. The statements have been de-
layed because of the latness of the
: final action on important supply
measures.
Mr.. Sultzer. Of New York, Demo-
crat, charges that it has been bill
and millions more with a ven-
S. and millions more with a ven-
2 geance.
Mr.. Tawney claims that the ap-
preparations for the fiscal year 1911
are less than for the current year
and that most. of the bilfs are less
than the estimates submitted for
them. Republican Leader Payne
contends that the appropriations are
a substantial reduction frOm those
OF last year without taking into az
count at all any increase aCcruiIs
from the increased business in the
country.
t Mr.. Payne declares that while the
appropriation and expenditures for
the current fiscal year are much lar
ger than that for the last fiscal year,
$4,000.000 has SO far been saved by
cutting down administration expen-
ses. Mr.. Payne. Comedies that many
millions could be saved if one great
business man had the countrys
whole buSineSS in his charpo