The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-05

Muskogee, OKLA. Aug Nv mai
happened in the office OF United
States Senator Thomas p. Gore, at
| Washington, at noon last May 6th
formed the basis Of sensational char
ges Involving the names OF vice
President Sheman, Senator Charles
Curtis, of Kansas, Congressman b. W
| Mcclure, of Oklahoma, and others. IL
! the hearing before the special con
gressionai investigation committee
here today
During A thirty or forty minutes
conference, Gore testified that he mac
been approached by Jake l.. Hamon
former chairman of the Oklahoma
state Republican committees, and that
he had been offered a bribe of S25,-
900 or $4,000 to remove certain leg
islation pending in congress so that
s3.000000 might be paid j. F. McMr-
ray, an attorney of McAllister Okla,
and his associates.
The money was to represent "attof-
ney's fees OF ten per cent OF $4,000
900 which was to be secured from a
New York syndicate for 100000 acres
coal and asphalt lands now owned by
Cnaetaw and Chicasaw Indians in this
state.
,~-- Sherman Ia Mentioned.
Shermans name was mentioned hs
Hamon, Gore testified, as being inter
ested in the land deal to the extent Of
favoring the approval by congress oI
what was known as the McMurray
contracts with the Indians.
What happened in another private
room at Washington and also where
1t was alleged, Hamon made more
"overtures' relative to the land deal
was told by Congressman c. f.
Creager. of the third Oklahoma dis
triet. Creager supplemented tie tes
timony Of Gore. He said that on June
16 last he had been invited by Hamoh
| to meet him in a room at the Occilen
tai Hotel, Washington.
| There Creager testified, ne was in
| formed that he could have a substan
tian interest" in the land deal, If iIt
would withdraw his opposition to tnt
| approval Of the McMuway contracts
by congress.
| Would Not Be Bribed.
When asked; Were the figure
mentioned as to how much you wer
to receive" Creager replied, mo
I I did not let 1t go so far as that
I made It plain that was not open t.
being Influenced in that way"
| Mcguire, VINO is charged by Cor
as being interested in the McMul
ray contracts. is said by Creager t
have been at the time OF his visit, al
occupant of the same suit of room
with Hamon and McMurray at tn
hotel
Clerks of Gore testified 10 havini
been invited by McMurray and Han
on to frog leg" suppers in Washing
ton, to which the indian contract
were to be talked over" These IL
vitations, it was declared were al
turned DOWN. 5tsa
On one occasion, one of the clerk
testified, fIamon said Gore was awfu
ly hard on his friends.
Would BE Cold Cash.
| Gore, In his testimony asserte
that the offer of bribery went so 70
that Hamon said the $4,000 or $50
600 would not be paid in the form {
check or marked money, but 'it woul
be all clean. hard cash
The committee that heard the cha
ges was appointed by the house I
investigate the McMurray contract
which are declared to have ben mad
by McMurray individually with II
500 Indians, each of whom agreed |
turn over ton per cent OF his profit
from the sale Of the land, provide
the contracts were approved by col
. gress.
The committee, headed ny Coz
| NiN9Shioi HliIp r. NdlupDcitt VI tN~f
sas; Charles b. Miller. of Minnesota
Ionn II. stephens, OF Texas aud n. v
Sanders, OF Virginia The initial ses
sion was held today.
Creagers appearance followed a SCI
es of sensational statements. Anon
iore's assertions were
That Hamon told him that maj
higher up in the government wa
Interested in the approval Of the con
.racts, and therefore there was n
reason why Gore should not be; whel
asked who was the man higher up,
Hamon replied that y was vive Pres