The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-06
MADE DETAILED DENIALS or
ALL CHARGES PREFERRED
~ GORE AD cREaGER.
WAS A FRIEND OF GORE
Tells Story Of How He, Gore and oth.
ers Went Together 10 Secure In.
dams Lands by Blocking
Competitive Bidding

\ Muskogee, Okla Aug. s.-With
Senator Thomas r. Gore reasserting
his charge that lie lad been offer.,l
bribes OF $4,000 or $4,000, 10 infiu-
enee Ais action4if congress ana win
Jake H. Ifamof, accused BY the sena.
Tor of having offered the brfbs. deny
Ing that he had ever done such L
thing, the Investigation of the okla
homa Indian, Land deals by the com
inittee ot tae house today sirnmarei
dawn 10 q mass oT details.
For four hours Hamon entered
continuous series OF defilals relative
40 his alleged relation vita what IA
known as the McAIurray contracts Nv
which according TO Gore, $4,000. 600 Oh
Ten per cent OF the $a0,00N,n00 to 10
realized from the sale of Tnfiian lands
to a New York syndicate. was 40 hs
diverted from the Indians In the shaas
OF attorney fees.
Answers creaeer's Charges.
Replying TO the charges OF Con
gresham Creager tnat Hamon had
suggested an interest," In the eon.
tracts might be available to the con
gressman II the latter helped fcmoya
the opposition 10 congressional ays
prevail Hamon testified that be- was
~ Oklahoma when friend told him
that Creager mad said that he had
heen Improperly approached by Ha
mon. Hamon said he went To Wash
ington and told C'reager:
look here, yon know never sail
any such thing He said. CHeager re-.
piled that he certainly got tnat Ito
preston fiamon told t'feasef Ae was
mistaken. He declares creager th,n
said: We'll, IL you say shouldn't
! won't 80 before that investigating
committee down In Muskogee and tsa-
tify that you approached me.
Among lannon's denials were:
That he nad never been eioseted
with Gore to urge MS approval OF the
contracts; that he never mentioned
Vice President Sherman. Senator Cur
lis, OF Kansas. or Congressman NJ
Guire, of Oklahoma, as being Inter
ested'' in the contracts: that he nad
never spoken of the bribe. to anybody
about any legislation. .or thar ha
never interested iu the McMurray
contracts. he denied that at the
time the contracts were! being Jik
cnssed, he. had called w CreaesF. .ni
Washington. asking FOR an aIl,otht
ment but he said Cfeager ealleti4 4iliin
|up;, Creager previously had testiileA
that tIamon asked an appoilt.detit.
at which an "Intereet" In ne rofe
tracts was spoken of
He denied he said Dick, the serfa.
tor Is getting hard on his friends
in the presence Of q r. Gore. bFusasr
Iof the senator; that he said n watf8
TO make 0 lot oG.mouey and don't care
much how make it, In fhe presence
of Cores stenographer
Helped "Skin' indians Once.
He said he and Gore had been
friends many years, that Gore ofien
called on him for campaign alf ANA
got II though Gore was d Democrat
and Hamon Republican He sasi
he and Gore were in many business
deals. Mentioning one, he said TIA,
several years ago when IndiaR iaaias
were for sale OF auction, be, Gore and
Others entered combination not no
bia against each other so the proper
Ity could be secured cheaply Tie said
all got the land When asked; IT. 90
did not know II was against the Law
to prevent competitive hhidng said
he did not know at the time.
Congressman Miller asked him:
you know the proceeds from that
sale We're to go to the Indians. do you
| think that was honorable toward tas
| Indians?"