The sun., 1910-08-06
senator Cores iharEc..


senate and tho House appointed COM
mittees tn investigate senator GoRs's
,harGeS thai Reprr~entat,v" and n
senator wera interested m contracts
fer the <aic IN commission basis ot
valuable coal lands M oklahoma he
l"nging 4" individual Indians. II vas
THO House committee before which
senator CORR 'a-t iel a. NusknCee
THURSDAY bringing 'hc name of VICE
Prc~ldent SHERMAN INTO 'hc scandal
II is tn ne noisl ihar senator GOHE
who has eriovrd reputation for in
V,n~ihle moral courage. know ~ much
about tho INDIAN contracts and the IN
huenCe~ behind them when h" made his
disclosure to tho senate on June - Last
a. he knew whom h. was sworn n; Mus
kogee on Thursday. vet IN his statement
made in The senate that let both houses
10 order an investigation he did not
intimate that high officer of the Gov
ernment might be involved. This ~
what Nr GoRr said IN reference tn the
confidence made to him nv his old friend
who. he averred had sought to bribe
him:
rae gentleman VINO hss 'eI, and -AnIiered
mueh in'ersst In nv hnAn-,ai welfare sng
re.,ed to me hat msmnsr ~ N. senate "a,
Interested In thtSe conuscn ami also thai mem
ssr 81 the HOUSE was Interested In them
II was siH weeks before the senator
made this remarkab statement. giving
no names that his old friend JAKE L.
HAMoN. a man who had once indor~ed
HE note. approached him with. as he
said. a proposal to buv his silence and
three months passed before Mr.. GORE
brought the name n Vice-President
sHFRMAN into the case Between the
investigating committees RI the Senate
and the House the truth ought 10 he
learned. The men composing Them
are ~ excellent standing in Congress
Vice-Pre-idrnt SRtRNiN made these
appointments BURTON of Ohio. CRAw-
FoRp ~ South Dakota. JoNFs of Wash
ington. HsGHEs Of Colorado aud PFRcT
of Mississippi the last two being Demo
Gratis II should he said that II Mr.
SIBERIAN had been mixed mp in a suspi-
cious way with the Indian contracts
he could hardly have selected FIVE
men more disposed 20 get At the whole
truth and spare no one m the Der-
formance NJ their duty The House IN
vesiigating committee appointed upon
tho request NJ Representative BIRD
NCGUIRE of Oklahoma. who declared
that he was the member of the House
referred 10 nv Senator CORR. was
made up a. follows. BrREE Of South
Dakots, GIWrRTLt of Kansas NIrrER
81 Minnesota STFPHFNs ~ TeSas and
S,UNDERs IT Virginia tho last two helng
Democrats u certainly does not hav"
IN" look ~ q pact 81 committee
Where the interests of tho Indians
arc concerned we are not 80 unsophisti-
Gated as tp suppose tha, men will not
he found capable ~ corrupt bargaining
and even o' odiou- eVtorton There
a." n ocNdenV enough IT, far' when
the Indian money is 10 be banded IN
large sums experience tea'he~ ~ th,'
.a's-1Is~ts must bn thrown around ihe
objection and di-tribuilon o' u With
rcIsrd 20 the present 'a-a II - - h..
r"rrsmbsrnd that the Interior Depart
mont has maintained that he -er, icas
80 a''Drnevs ver" not needed ~ the sale
- We coal lands authorized hv n law Of
'SNs l. should b" explained that the
Government decided IN post none selling
IN the interests Of IN" Indian owners
Tho lawyers 81 course did not intr1ids
~ The mntr~r for the beneirt of their
"Iisnts go much ne TO earn fees said 10
amount 10 o. gpo nnO II l. 10 senator
GoRE credit that his interest IN the
maiter vas 10 save This great sum 10
tho propris'ors IN the House ~ the
time of Senator GoRF disclosure Of an
attempt 10 bribe him Representative
ARrRUR p. MURPHY II Missouri n Re !
publican. said:
II my iudEm.b thbs I, one ~ the biggest
steal. that any ons has attempted 10 pu' 'hroush
ne conGress % the niied S'si-N
There is no doubt the impression pre-
walls in Washington that the Indian
contracts have an uglv look II u csn /
h~ proved thar anv member % the Son. .
s'e or House hrs corrupt interest in !
them. by al means lnt him he made m
walk the plank Az the caHe now stands /
Nr SHERHAN saws hat h. has never had !
-any interest ~ anv kind in anv Indian !
contract = Representative MCCUIRE and
The Hon CHiRr CrnTts ~ n Kansaa the
Senator implicated nv Nr GoRF m henr.
saw, have ent"-rf Indignant dcnrals
former Senators THUPSTON and IoNo .
charged h" HIM m ~ sight avider,,o "
lobhyinR m he interests ~ 'hs lawvr-s
concerned ha~s .lao made dsr,ais .bs
hvve-s rh"n,ssl~e- protest ,herr tn,se
nty and even 'hn go.F-'wccn. HAvo> |
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