The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-06-30
SENSATION IN SENATE
AT CORES DISCLOSURES

Washington, p. c., June 28.-Senatorl
Gore, Of Oklahoma, disclosed In the,
Senate yesterday what he Interpreted
as an effort to bride him In connecticut
with legislation affecting the ~fortunel
In attorneys fees claimed by j. r, Me-
Murray, OF Oklahoma, for services rem.
dered to- the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations in land and townsite cases.
\ charge created q sensation In
the Senate, which later extended to thei
House. The latter body in consequence;
sent back to conference the general del
fciency bill, which carried an item re-.
tlating to contracts between the Indians.
and their attorneys.
Mn. McMurray declares the charges
made by Senator Gore are absolutely
false. He said:
IT was amazed at the senator's ~state-i
ments. l have represented the Choctawi
and Chickasaw nations for II or 13f
years and never In that time has there
been anything of a d~ishonorable char
.acter in connection with my work. 4
Senator Gore finally involved a mem
Der OF the Senate committee on Indian,
affairs, a member of the House COM
senators-one from Nebraska and the
other from Kansas-but whose names
were not mad public In the debate.
Names Not Given.
In response to a suggestion by Sena-
tor Bailey that he should name the
Senate members of the Indian affairs
committee, Senator Gore demurred. buti
declared that he would welcome an In
whole matter might be brought out be-
fore a body which would be autfforizedI
to deal with his allegations. 1t is not
improbable that such an investigation.
Will be ordered. J
Senator Gore was compelled to adj
dress the Senate three times before that
body was fully aroused to the serious,
ness or the charges he made. His first,
effort was in connection with the conf
ference report on the deficiency bill,
which had been presented by Senator.
Hale. AS passed by the Senate, that
measure contained an amendment.
which would nulify contracts made by
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
and by individual members of these
tribes with their attorneys unless theI
contracts were approved by congress-.
Fees Not Earned.
This provision was in a~ccordance
with a resolution introduced by SENATOR
Gore on May 4 last. 1t was designed
TO prevent Mr.. McMurray from obtain
ing fees which, 1t is said, would aggre-t
gate $3,000,000 and which, Senator Gore
complained, had not been earned byI
the attorney.
Characterizing the McMurray claims!
as having been Conceived In corruptiont
and brought forth in corruption" SEN
ator Gore said he had been approached
Ny di OutSlueT VINO desired TO interest
him in the McMurray claims.
Later Senator Gore examined the
provisions as agreed upon in confer
ence. He lost no time in returning to-
tins Senate chamber, where hs moved;
to reconsider the vote by which the,
The presiding officer informed him that
the report had passed out Of the nos
session of the Senate.
Addressing the Senate on a question:
of personal privilege, the Oklahoma
senator amplifed his charges that cor
rupt methods had beer attempted to-
defeat the Senate provision ~concexntngi
the Indian contracts.
Senator Gore explained that on Nav
4 last, he had offered a resolution simi..
lar In terms to the amendment he had.
placed in the deficiency bill in the SEN
ate and that it had been referred to-
the committee on Indian affairs. ON
the following DAY Senator Hughes had
been directed tc make fsuerahie1reN
port on the resolution, he said.
Offered $4,000.
"On May g." exclaimed Senator Core
"a man came to me with an improper
suggestion. He was a representative ~,
We're not prohibited. And / am IN
formed that a similar proposition was;
made yesterday to a member of the
House." W
Another sensation was created when
Senator Gore declared that the friend
in need" had told him during the con-
v%ersation of May 6 that "a memhar 20
this Senate, a member ef the Indian
affairs committee and a member of
the House committee on indian affatrs
were interested in these
Senator Gore said he had just seen
Mr. Iawney, one of the House conf
1erees, and had asked him who had
suggested the provision which was sub
stituted for the original Senate amend
ment.