The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
REPORT EXPECTED
ON GORE CHARGES
Report Based on Answers to Fifteen
Questions Submitted by Chair
man of Committee.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Unless
present plans miscarry, Chairman
Burke's select committee will repoi
to the house of representatives on the
Gore charges probably today Chair
man Burke said last night:
1--WE have drawn up a report which
| is devoid absolutely of all politics, and
1 shall regret if there shall be single
dissenting voice to it in committee
He said the report would be laid be-
fore the committee Monday morning
to be signed. An opportunity to ex-
anime the report will thus be afforded
the two democratic members of the
commission to either indorse or re-
lject conclusions reached. A minority
report of course will follow should the
democrats refuse to concur in the re-
port in it's entirety. Such report
probably would be drawn up by John
Stephens Of Texas, the ranking demo-
lcratic member on the committee, who
does not fully agree with all of the
conclusions adduced by the republi-
cans
The report as drawn is predicated
on list of fifteen questions PROFOUND
ed by the chairman and submitted to
the various members of the investigat-
ling committee. Democrats and repub-
licans alike were requested to answer
these questions, and with these Ques-
tions Mr. Burke took it upon himself
to draw up the report which will be
laid before congress today The
questions were as follows:
List of Questions.
/. Was Senator Gore approached by
Jake L. Hamon, substantially as charg-
ed by Senator Gore, or did Hamon
make any improper proposal to sena-
tor Gore respecting the McMurray con-
tracts on May or on any date prior
or subsequent?
2. Was Hamon, in whatever negotia-
tions he may have sought with Senator
Gore, acting by authority or with the
consent or knowledge of McMurray?
3. Was any member of the house
of representatives approached by Ha-
mon substantially as charged by Sen
Iator Gore in his statement on the floor
of the senate June "a?
4. If question No. is answered in
the affirmative, was Hamon acting as
agent of McMurray or with his consent
or knowledge?
5. Was member of the house of
Representatives interested in the Nc
Murray contracts?
6. Was a member of the senate in
terested in the McMurray contracts?
Z. Was a former senator from Ne
braska interested in the contracts?
8. If question No. Z is answered in
the affirmative, was such former SEN
ator improperly interested?
8. Did former senator from Ne
braska improperly influence any sen-
ator or representative in respect to
the McMurray contracts?
10. Was former senator from Kan
sas interested in the McMurray con-
tracts?
II. If question No. 10 is answered
| IN the affirmative, was such former
senator improperly Interested?
IL. Did former senator from Kan
sas Improperly influence or attempt to
Improperly influence any senator or
representative in respect to the Nc
Murray contracts?
13. Was the corrupt lobby operat-
ling in Washington in the interest of
the Indian contracts during the session
of the sixty-frst congress?
IA. II so. did such lobby improperly
influence any representative or senator,
or did any member of such lobby
make any improper overtures to any
member Of congress?
Is, Was bribery. fraud or any un-
due influence exerted on behalf of the
approval for procuring of contracts be-
tween ]. F. McMurray or any other
person or persons and the Choctaw
and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, or
any members thereof, or any of the
other Five Civilized Tribes, the Usage
Indians or any members thereof?
Missing Broker is Arrested.