The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-25
To INVESTIGATE
BRIBERY CHARGE
Senator Cores Allegation That Re
Was Offered $4,000 stirs Com.
mittee To Action.

WASHINGTON. June 25.-An inves
tigation OF the affairs OF the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians that promises
| 10 include sensational bribery charges
made by Senator Gore. was decided
upon by the senate today.
Some time ago Senator Gore in
| troduced q resolution providing that
the committee on Indian affairs or q
subcommittee thereof should deter
n Inc whether the Choctaws and
Chickasaws needed legal services for
the sale OF their coal and timber
lands; TO inquire into any contracts
that had been made, and whether the
commission OF ten percent provided
| by any such contract is reasonable.
Such investigation will be made at
| the next session. Senator Kean, OF
the committee on contingent expenses,
made a favorable report on the resolu-
| ton to the senate. today. A request
for an investigation was granted, and
the resolution was adopted without
| discussion.
Legal Technically Raised.
There Is some doubt whether the
bribery charge can Co considered UNI
der the resolution adopted by the
senate today, but il was generally con
coded that undoubtedly an attempt
would be made to construe 1t in that
manner.
| Senator Gore charged on the senate
| floor yesterday that on offer Of $780,
900 had been made to him and a sim
] liar offer to member OF the house,
and that an effort had almost succeed
ed by which Attorney j. c. McMurray
and his associates woulc have receiv-
ed 100000 to SIG 100000 from sales
of Indian lands belonging 10 the
Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. He
repeated the charge today with even
more detail than yesterday.
McMurray In his efforts TO secure
government approval of his contracts
is credited with having had a wonder
fully strong organization in Washing
| ton. Among his attorneys are said
to have been ex-senator John NJ.
Thurston. Of Nebraska. and ex-Sena-
tor Chester !. Long. of Kansas.
Rep. Creaeer of the house. who was
/ supposed 10 have been the member
referred to by Gore an one who nal
been approached and had rejected
bribe, denied today that an effort
had been made 10 corrupt him. He
said that nobody had approached him
with an offer or intimation of reward
J for his vote.
f Sitting in room Uttered with half
empty trunks and trays being packed
! for mis- homeward Journey. Rep. Bird
s. Mcclure. Of Oklahoma today read
and re-read the Indian contract
amendment which caused the sensa-
tional bribery charges CT Senator Gore
| OF Oklahoma
at Looked All Right to Me-"
| This amendment" said Mcclure,
was handed TO me b. q member Of
q delegation OF the Indians who are
mixed up in this row in oklahoma
do not remember which one df the
delegates handed il 10 me. No. do
not remember who this delegation
represented nor what they were here
for. | simply asked them IL they had
reached an agreement Il this was all
right. | have always tried TO keep
free from the faetinnal- fights down
there and this is the frs, time have
been mixed M in II.
ION one side are the governor. Nc
Murray; Cecil Lyon, Republican ma
tional committeeman from Texas, and
some others. On the other side are
Gore and Carter and mat crowd. The