The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-02
FAKE INDIAN HISTORIAN"
GIVEN SEVERE ROAST
Polite Criticism Of Indian Lobby
lists Who are There
with The Pull
Special to Daily 7sess;ar.

Special to Daily segsar.
Washington, y. IN, Mar. l.-Sen-
ator Cores sensational charges in-
volving high officials In Washington,
including the vice president OF the
United States and United States Sen
ator Charles Curtis OF Kansas and
certain Oklahoma and Texas politi-
lcians, as made on the floor during
the closing hours OF the last session
of congress. crystalized into a repcFt
late Tuesday evening The charges
related to the well-known 10 per cent
contracts with the Indians Of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.
Cores charges are substantiated.
Four members out of five who com
posed the Burke select committee,
which investigated the charges, sign
ed the report. John H. Stephens OF
Texas, Democrat held out ON the
ground that the report does not 80
far enough certain references TO
Senator Gore in the majority report
also are displeasing TO the Texan
and, according to him, are not 1usti-
fled hy the testimony
Mr. stephens will make a minoriis
leport today. Important is the fact
that the committee agrees with Sen
ator Gore that the contracts held by
j. f. McMurray should not be approx.
ed.
AS foretold in these dispatches the
majority report is most severe on J.
r. McMurray, the McAlester attorney
and lobbyist.
He is referred TO as schemer and
his practices denounced as reprehen,
sible. AT the same time the report
declares that there is no testimony
to show that Jake Hamon was the
authorized agent of McMurray in the
attempted bribery of Senator Gore or
that McMurray was in any way re-
sp0nsiblc for the behavior of Ham
on In Washington. r. G. Adams. the
well &nown Delaware lndi,tn, is de-
nounced as charlatan and fake In
dian historian who poses as his
i0rian simply to enable him to gather
evidence that will facilitate his col
lection of evidence and testimony In
connection with numerous indian
claims and contracts aggregating ac-
cording TO the report 10 the immense
sum Of s20.000000 or more Adams
is also accused of misleading dhe
president,
Senators Exonerated
The employment OF ex-Senators
Long and Thurston of Kansas and
Nebraska respectively, is regarded as
having been legitimate and that
nothing improper occurred between
any Of these attorneys and any mem
ber Of either the house or senate as
far as the testimony shows. The re-
port, however, says that McMurray
doubtless employed these men be-
cause of their influence and the fact
as former members Of the senate
they might be instrumental In OBJ.
tanning legislation necessary TO vital
ize his contracts.
Vice President Sherman and SEN
ator Curtis are exonerated, and the
report in this connection takes adj
vantage Of statement made by Sen
ator Gore OF Oklahoma in which the
Isawton senator himself declares mat
there is absolutely no evidence OF
testimony to show that either Of
these were in any way connected
with the McMurray contracts.
Cecil Lyon, Republican national
comitteeman for the state OF Texas,
is roasted mildly for his connection
with the contracts Referring 70
Lyon the report says Cecil Al Lyon
testified that upon President Roose
velts disapproval OF the tribal acts
authorizing the contracts in which
he was interested he gave the matter
no further attention, yet 1t appears
from the testimony that having call
ed at the department OF justice on
April 27 1910, on mission uncon
nected with these contracts he 10
NAMED to attend conference nelc
In the Office of the attorney general
ON that date, at which hearing OK
Senators Thufst0n and Long and Nc
Murray we're present, and the SUD
ject OF which hearing was the ap
proval or recognizing or these con
tracts
The fact that Lyon was a persona
friend OF President Roosevelt, accord
/ ing to the report, explains why Nc
Murray let the Texan In on ths
ground floor, insofar as the IndiaI
contracts ere concerned whcr trr;
also was that little matter OF the in
dictments against the law firm which
! It was thought Lyon could fix up fo
them The fact that he did TX III
that matter to Size satlsTaclInn q
Ihn law firm Of Mans6alAA McMnrra'