The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
TWO PROBES
ARE STARTED
BOTH HOUSES TO INVES-
TIGATE INDIAN LAND
SCANDAL
Those Denying Connection, In
innate That Fued Prompt
ed Deal

Senator Gore. the blind sena-
tor from Oklahoma. who created
the sensation by announcing In
the senate that an attempt had
been made to bride him in con-
nection with a contract between
IaWverS and the ChoCtaw and
Chickasaw Indian nations OF his
state. was satisfied when the
Congress not only corrected the
which he claimed it
made when the conferees on the
deficiency bill adopted a
amendment relating to
OF contracts with indiv-
idual Indians but made the lam
guage of the law far more COM
prehensive and strict than he
had asked for.
Each house OF Congress mark
ed its closing hour by voting for
an investigation of the McMur-
raw Indian contracts.
Instead of the usual scene OF
comparatively undignihed relax
alton from the business OF legis-
lation, both houses devoted ex-
ceedingqy serious attention to
the charges of attempted bri-
berry and other forms OF imprO-
per influence made in the Senate
by Senator Gore OF Oklahoma,
and subsequently in the House
of Representatives by Represen-
tative Murphy OF Missouri.
Two separate Investigations
are provided for. one in each
house. Each body passed res
olution creating select com :
mittee OF five members to pursue
the inquiry to the bottom during
recess of Congress and to report
whether any OF its members are
Or have been interested in any
Of these contracts. Until a
late hour in the day it looked
as if the matter would go by de-
fault.
Inquiry Committees Named.
But as soon as the two houses
recOnvened at nine o'clock after
recess the matter came up
with rush and crowded gal
leries listened with intense inter
est to the proceedings, which
ended in the vote to investigate
the charges.
Speaker Cannon appointed the
following committee to conduct
the House investigation:
Messrs Burke (South Dakota
chairman; Campbell OF Kansas
Miller Of Minnesota; Stephens
of Teaxs and Saunders OF Nir-
ginia.
Vice president Sherman an
nounced the following commit
tee to conduct the Senate inves-
tigation:
Senators Jones of Washington,
Burton OF sOhio. Crawford OF
South Dakota, Hughes OF Colo
RADIO and Percy of Mississippi.
Senator Hughes offered the
resolution in the Senate and Re
preventative Carter OF Oklahoma
in the House.
Senator Hughes confined his
resolution to an inquiry as to
whether any senator has been in
terested or has anything to do
with contracts with Indians.
After some sparring with Sena-
tor Hale, who at first declined to
Weld the floor. Senator Carter
read a communication from the
former Senator Thurston, who
entered a general denial to ale
cations involving him. In the
House the resolution related to
the charges made bv Representa-
tive Murphy Of Missouri last
night and.wa offered bv Repre-
sentative Carter of Oklahoma
and modified by amendments oil
fered by Representative Payne
and Mann.
The Gore resolution adopted
directs an investigation into the
sale of asphalt and coal lands
Of these two tribes by the Senate
Committee on Indian affairs
which Is to determine whether
there is any necessity for the
employment of private counsel
or agents in connection with the
lands belonging to the two tribes
and if the employment OF sucn
counsel is necessary a fee OF 10
per cent is reasonable.
Senator Gore did not indicate
whether he intended following
up MS charges with request
for an investigation as to the
senator and representative whom
he declared had an interest in
the contract with the Indians.
Representative Creager of Okla
homa denied that any one had
approached him with a bride and
Representative Mcclure OF the
same state tonight denied any
interest in the Murray contracts
and asked suspension OF the rules
to- provide a thorough investiga-
ton.
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