The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-06

called ND the bill myself, and Senator
Clapp stated he wanted to oner an
amendment. Senator Kean suggested
that If it would take any time, he
would object ! had no objection TO
the amendment that understood was
TO be offered. | thought it was to be
general authorization to the secre-
tary to allot; / never dreamed 1t was
to be a specific allotment. Senator
Clapp said he had letter from the
secretary of the interior recommend
ing the allotment, and of course ! ex-
pected it to be general authorize
ton. When it was read, specifying
the number, ! saw it was valuable
quarter section. | was very much
surprised | say frankly that when
| Senator Clapp offered the amend
ment, being chairman of the commit
| tee, and said he had letter from
| the secretary of the interior, | did
feel some delicacy about question
ing it on the floor. OF course, l
ought to have done it; that is now
easy to see, in the light of subse-
quent events.
Mr.. Campbell-Did you know DR..
Rowell was not an Indian?
Mr.. Gore-Yes. He had come to
me to get help to secure his enroll
ment, but / declined to do it. | said,
Doctor, perhaps you may have been
vaccinated as an Indian, but do not
think it took" | would not have any
thing to do with him.
On the subject of the alleged mis-
statement of the facts in the congress
siOnal record concerning the adop-
ton of the Rowell amendment and
passage of the bill, Chairman Burke
of the committee called Senator
Cores attention to the record, page
S,O35, of June IA, 1910, and read the
proceedings under Settlement of
Land in Oklahoma" including the
following:
Mr.. Gore-In connection with the
bill, ] ask to have printed in the
record letter from the superintend.
ent and special disbursing agent of
the Kiowa agency, Anadarko, Ok.
The Vice resident-Without OBJ
lection. the request of the Senator
from Oklahoma will be complied
with"
Chairman Burke-Now was there
anything else transpired than what
the record shows?
Mr. Gore-Well, that never trans
pired at all. do not remember that
letter at all. Senator Clapp stated
when he brought the matter up, thai
he had a letter, l thought he said
from the secretary of the interior
but 1t seems to have been from some
one else. When | went to see Sena
tor Clapp he said he had a letter
recommending this allotment, and
said, IF you have such a letter, you
ought to have it printed in the rec
ord | suggested that, as it was
such an extraordinary proceeding, i
would be better to have such a let
ter printed, but that never trans
pired. | am sure Senator Clapp viii
say so
Chairman Burke-Do ! understand
you to say that Quoting a portion
of the record did not take place?
Mr.. Gore-That did not take place
Chairman Burke-And yet the
statement is there, and the letter
printed is letter from the special
disbursing agent and superintendent
of the Kiowa agency.
Mr. Gore-My understanding was Il
was a letter from the secretary OF
the interior or the commissioner OF
Indian affairs. OF course, want
Senator Clapp to come before the
committee.
Chairman Burke l call your at
tention to the language of Senator
Clapp, that it Is a letter from the
secretary of the agency.
In view of this angle of the in
vestigation and the fact that the
Rowell allotment is to be further at
tackled in congress, there will prob
ably be more evidence on this sub
ject this week, including that Of Sen
ator Clapp.
Saved From Awful Death.