The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-10
THE MAN HIGHER UP
IN BRIBERY CASE IS vICt-rRt.S-
lpENT SHERMAN.
senator Gore TeStifes That Several
Senators and Couer-@>mer Wer"

! IN Gt1S tV2l.
waa, happened il the private on
CO Of United States Senator Thoma
P. Gore. a, Washington at aoon. las
Nav S. formed :he basis Of sensa
! ,,onal charges involving the names
OF Vice pres!den, Sherman. Senator
Charles Curtis. OF Kansas: Congress
man 3. S. Mcclure. Of Oklahoma. aat
Others. in hearios before Specia
CopgreSsicnal investigating commit;
tee a, Muskoeee. Oklahoma. Thurs
day.
During the thirty or forty min
l,es 0: conference hold in that
ossce, Senator Gore testified tha; ne
had been approached BY Jake l..
Hamon, :ormer chairman Of the Ok
lahoma State Republican committee
and ,ha, he had been offered bEioe
Of $4,000 o. s5o.o0o 10 remove
certaia legislation pending in Con-
s-ess. 80 ,ha. s3.oo0.o0o might he
paid 10 J. F. MeNurray. An at;or-
uey at NcAles,er. Okla. and his
assistants.
The iAoaey vas 70 represent at
,orneys' fees Of ten per cent OF
$500. 900. which was 70 oe secured
from a New York syndicate for tao.-
600 acres OF coal and asphalt lands
now owned oy the Choctav and
Caickasav Indian tribes in Okla
aona.
Vice President Sherman's name
vas mentioned by Mr.. Hamon, Sen
a,or Gore testified. as eeing interest
ed IN the deal TO the extent Of ap-
oroYal ey Congress OF what are
known as the McMurray contracts
with the indiana
What .appeaed in another private
room in Washington. and also where
it vas alleged Hamou made more
ovsr;ures" relative 70 the land deal.
was told BY Congressman c. e
Creaser. Of the Sd Oklahoma dis
i.!c.. CONGRESSMAN Creser supple
nen,ed the testimony 81 Senator
Gore. he said on June Is. last. lie
had been invited by Hamon TO NEE;
him IN private room a; the Occi-
dental Hotel. ia Washington.
Having gone there. Mr.. Crease7
testified. he vas informed he could
have a substantial interest" in the
land deal II he would withdraw his
opposition 70 the approval o. .h"
McMurray contracts by Congress.
Senator Gore. in his testimony. as
serted that the oGer Of bribery went
so far .ha. Harmon said the $500"
or $4,000 would ae, be paid over
in the form Of check or marked
money. but tina, i, would be all
clean. hard cash"
The committee that heard the
charges vas appointed by resolution
OF the House OF Representatives to
investigate the McMurray contracts.
which are declared to have been
made by MeMu.ray Individually With
10000 Indians. each Of whom agreed
20 turn over 10 pc: cent. OF his PRO
s,s srom the sale OF land. provided
the contracts were approved by Con-
gees.
Senator Gore testified that Har.o
told him that man higher up
in III, Government was Interested
in the approval Of the contracts and.
therefore. there was 70 reaean ~n:
Senator Gore should not be .sa'
when asked who was the man high
er up. Hamon had replied. Vice
President Sherman.
Tha, aamon told him Senate. Cur
;is OF Kansas. was interested in
the deal.
That Hanoa told him Congress
man NeGui7e. Of Oklahoma. vas in
terested in the deal
Taa: Hamon told aim o employee
OF tho department of justice at
Washington was interested" in the
deal: :ha, be. tSenatoc Gore.' knew
the name Of the employee. out would
no, divuise bis name 0. the man,.
Of his informant. especially because
the latter would lose his position.