The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-25
FINDS ANOTHER GRAFT.
Senator Gore Tells of Further Plans
to Rob Indians.

| Washington, June Ex-senator Cores
| charges in connection with Indian af-
fairs in Oklahoma are not confined to
| those made against G. F. McMurray
an Oklahoma lawyer.
When the senator made his appear
ance in the senate today, he said in
| private conversation that another at
| torney had been making efforts to have
! about ten thousand negroes enrolled,
which he said would net the promoter
| SIS 900 or s3O.OOO,OOo if permitted to
be perfected.
"Oh,' said the senator, there are
several dens of wolves in that state. I
hesitate to go into the matter as it
ought to be done but some one ought
to do it,
He had not decided whether he
would bring the new charge to the at
tention of the senate.
While the senator was discussing the
matter the conferees Of the two houses
were engaged in discussing the Okla
homa senator's amendment to the gen
eral deficiency appropriation Dill soon
after Senator Hale stated that the
conferees had acceded to Mr. Gore S
demand to insert provision, requlrlng
that all contracts should be approved
by congress.
1--WE have made it even stronger than
Mr.. Gore requested" said Mr.. Hale.
land have put in a requirement tnat
all contracts with the Indlans eltner
past, present or future shall be lnoper-
alive until approved by congress-
The provision agreed upon by tho
conferees reads as follows:
.'nThat no contract or contracts mere
tofore or hereafter made anectlng the
tribal money and property OF the saI1
Indian tribes shall be approved Until
further action by congress-
Senator Gore said the provision WIS
entirely satisfactory to him
senator Gore was asked whether ne
Intended to follow up his allegations
with formal charges against the lrrer III
suenects Of having direct interest in
the McMurray contracts
The Oklahoma senator replied that
he had presented the facts to the SEN
proceedings rested upon the senate.
on the other hand. congress leaders
seem to think that Mr.. Gore should
file formal charges or bring IN a res9+
luton demanding an tnVestlgatIon- -
wae nointed out that the Oklahoma
senator had alleged that present
member of the senate and a present
member of the house were INTERESTED
in the McMurray claims put lnaI ne
had not made public the names OF
these men. He lnvolveo also a 1919
senator from Nebraska and former
senator from Kansas as lobbyists LOT
NTcMurray. The names of the men re-
ferred to by Mr.. Gore were Wen known
to his colleagues but there ~ no sus
gestion that these men had PERFORM
ed services that Wouio
investigation.
III The investigation. if one is to be had
r,,o,,Id deal wit ha direct attempt to in
1,Ierce Mr.. Gore and such other mem
hers Of either house as had been ap-
p The General impression seems to be
that an investigation can not be de-
MED by the senate if it is demanded
Nv senator Gore or by another mem
Der. ;,forr,aa
~ some of his colleagues looked to
rim to begin proceedings, he said;
aI have given the senate the in
formation in my possession and 1t re-
mains for the senate to act as 1t may
see fit I shall do nothing more IN tne
is to protect the Indians and tnat
Soarns To have been accomplished"