The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-17
MAY DELAY PROBE
OF THIRD DEGREE
BECAUSE OF LECTURE DATES
SENATOR GORE PREFERS TO
TESTIFY IN THE FALL.

announced that the senate commit
tee to investigate alleged third
degree" method of federal prosecu- |
tors in obtaining the Haskell and |
other indictments, will meet in Mus |
kogee on Sept. 8. A preliminary
meeting of subcommittee compos- |
ed of Senators Brandagee and Ov-
erman was scheduled to be held in |
Washington tomorrow but this meet |
ing has been put off until later in !
the month.
The house committee, charged |
with investigating the McMurray |
Indian contracts in Oklahoma, is |
having a harder time to get down /.
TO business. The committee eX-
poets TO meet in Oklahoma about /
Aug. 5, and sit perhaps all through
the summer 1t wants Senator Gore
70 appear before it, and owing TO
the fact that he would practically
be the prosecution" at the inves-
tigation he would have to give up
all of his lecture dates at 5000 per
date. For this reason the Oklaho-
ma senator wants to appear before
the Investigators in the fall.
Information from Pierre, 5. d.,
the home OF Chairman Burke OF the
committee, is that he has gone to
Maakato, Mimi, where Senator Gore
is lecturing tonight Chairman
Burke is seeking conference with
Senator Gore for the purpose of
settling the question of taking the
senator's testimony. 1t is expected
that the date of opening the inves-
tigation will be announced immeji-
ately following the conference.
J. F. McMurray tonight sent Chair
man Burke of the house investigat-
ing committee the following tele-
gram urging that the investigation
be not delayed beyond this summer:
Hon. Charles II. Burke Manka.
to, Mimi hope you will urge up
on Senator Gore the necessity of
making the investigation of his
charges this summer and at an
early date. l am ready now and
anxious TO cooperate with your
committee in every possible way to
determine the real facts in this con-
troversy. 1t is not sufficient for
Senator Gore to say Il am lectur-
ing and making money, and can not
take time to make my charges def
mite and certain" His attack on
me made on the floor of the United
States senate was printed in nearly
every newspaper in the country. 1t
reflects on my good name and it is
due the country and myself that |
shall have an opportunity at the
earliest possible date to vindicate
myself by facing my accuser before
the tribunal constituted by congress.
| demand that he come before your
committee and openly make his
charges specific, that he produce
whatever other testimony he may
have bearing upon this question:
that he submit himself to such
reasonable interrogatories as | may
see fit to propourd to him. and that
| may have an opportunity to an
sWer further as | may determine.
This investigation should be made
this summer while his committee has
leisure. If postponed till winter
the several members will have their
time otherwise occupied and the in
yestigation will be so superficial
that the real facts can not be de
veloped. | will thank you TO wire
here at my expense what day in
July or August and what place SEN
ator Gore has agreed to meet your
committee that | may hold myself
In readiness TO be there at that
time"
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swinging one door Violently foruard