The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-03
WILL ATTACK CORE
Fraud Investigators After
Blind Senator.
BRIBt CHARGE TO "STIN6" HIM
After withdrawing Men Dragged
Into Indian Land Scandal
House Commute Will AS
sail Senator.
BRIBE CHARGE TO "STIN6" HIM

Washington. Dec 3l.-All the public
men accused, directly or by insinua- |
ton, OF conduct either dishonest or
unbecomng a public official on Indian
land fraud charges brought by Thomas
Pryor Gore. the blind senator from
Oklahoma, are going TO get on with
fine coats Of viii wash.
The kalsomine for Vice President
Sherman. Secretary Ballinger, Sena-
tors Curtis and Lorimer and Represen-
tative Mcclure, OF Oklahoma, has been
prepared and, to all intents and pur-
poses, has been applied.
But the house committee that inves- |
tigated Senator Cores charge that
Jake" Hamon offered or suggested a
bribc Of $4,000 in connection with the
McMurray Indian contract legislation
is going to sting" the blind senator.
The report to that effect Is strong. |
The committee has already exonerated
the vice president. Senator Curtis and
Representative Mcclure. the latter get |
ting his bill Of health just before the
election. when it would do him the
most good.
Going After Gore.
The understanding is that the house
committee in It's report, is going TO
make few observations tending to
show that Senator Gore could not have
been very deeply insulted at what he
termed lannon's suggestion Of a bride,
because the official records show that
after the offer was made Gore cOntin- /
ued to work with Hamon to get legis- /
lation through desired BY Oklahomans. /
Tho official record does show that .
he continued to confer with Hamon /
and omts the fact known 10 Oklaho- /
mans. but not to outsiders, that his .
anxiety was to get through legislation !
about the decency OF which there was
10 question then and is none now.
The Congressional Record. until g
short time ago. made 1t appear that /
the blind senator tried to get through |
legislation validating the Rowell land .
claim That usually yeracious publica-
ton showed that Senator Gore sub
mitted a paper in the Rowell claim
purporting to show that the allotment
made to the Connecticut Yankee. who
had been adopted by the Kiowas. was
all right
The fact is that Senator Gore did
not submit any paper at all in connec'
ton with the legislation on that sub
jet. although the Record made # so
a. pear. Senator Clapp, Of Minnesota,
rescued Gore from that hole by saying
he had submitted a paper in connec-
ton with a bill introduced on the sub
ject by Gore. The stenographer cred
tied the paper to Gore They admit
their mistake
But now comes Senator Clapp to say
that the paper carried on the records
Of the senate as having been submitted
by him is not the paper he intended to
submit at all. He is not certain
whether he actually submitted II, but
If lie did he had no intention OF sub
hitting 1t. The worst of it is he can
not find the paper he desired to file
with the legislation
Will Have Much to Explain.
The outstanding fact Is that Gore
has been placed in a position where
he will have much explaining to do
to his constituents, and the house com-
mttee, of which Chairman Burke. Of
the Indian affairs committee. Is the
chairman. is going to make remarks