The Star=Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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This is the famous steel Electric fence One that the wire
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wont slip One that the weld is guaranteed to never slip A
steel wire thereby giving you double the strength of the or-
dinary woven fence Greatly reduced prices— guaranteed
to be as low as the lowest COME WHILE IT LASTSL
THE STORE WITH THE STOCK THE QUALITY THE PRICE
ENORMOUS FEES ARE EXPOSED
Inquisitor of Ront Senatorial
8natlon Find MoMurray hae
Already Drawn Mora Than
$900000 with $2000
000 Still In Sight
Washington D G Feb 28—
The long looked for report of the
select congressional committee
which probed the Gore bribery
charges was filed late this even
Ing Representative Stephens of
Texas alone filing a dissenting
opinion from the majority of the
committee The report was in
all respects as anticipated in
these dispatches last night but
in addition J F MoMurray is
mildly censured for offering D
C McOurtaln a contingent in-
terest in the MoMurray con
tracts to the maximum limit of
$25000 In orfier to obtain the
"unwavering influence of Chief
Green McOurt&tn and hia aon in
upport of the contracts'
BBS MOMUJtJ RAY’S SCHEMES
"lb is not probable that suoh
overtures come within tha statu-
tory definition of bribery or
fraud but your committee be-
lieves that the mental condition
existing among members of
Ohootaw and Ohlokauw tribes
in reapeot to tbs good faith of
the United Btatea government
in dealing with them hai bun
largely bright about through
an effort by MoMurray and
members of the tribea flnanelallv
interested or sympathetioallj
co-operating with him tooreate
sentiment whloh wee deiigned
to aid MoMurray In objalnlng
lnoratlre aontraota with the
Indians which otherwise would
have been impossible” the re
port sayB -
WOULD GET $2000000
The committee says further:
"The McMurray contracts are
signed 'only by the" allottee and
pot by McMurray and under
the terms thereof he would re-
ceive ten per cent of the amount
placed in the treasury to the
credit of the two nations without
performing any substantial ser-
vice which would amount in the
aggregate to a fabulous sum
probably $2000000 or more
Neither these individual con-
tracts nor the tribal contracts
should be approved and that
legislation should be enacted if
not declaring them void pro-
viding that moneys belonging to
the tribes when distributed
should not be subject to the lieu
of any debt obligation or liability
oontraoted prior to the final dis-
position of the tribal funda’
DREW ENORMOUS FEES
It is elao pointed out that Dick
Adame a- Delaware Indian
living here would have profited
to the extent of $150000 If Mo-
Murray oontraota bed gone
through It le alao shown that
MoMurray baa reoelved from
various Indian feea $0275000 up
to Maroh 7 1007 end that ainoa
that time he hai received $20200
on hie individual tax oontraota
The report attaoke the oontraot
between the Ohootaw Nation
end Ormaby McHarg'' of New
York whereby McHarg le to
reoelve $12000 per annum and
expeneea when out of Waehlng-
ton and that the exoaealve com-
Sanattlon paid for hia "co-opera
on and advlot" In Ohootaw
affairs le manifeat and reoom
mends the termination of the
contract
SAY PROPOSAL IMPROPER
The majority of the committee
finds that Jake L Hamon actually
did about May 6 1010 make an
improper proposal to Senator
Gore representing the McMur
ray contracts and that ubopt
June 16 1910 he approached
Representative Charles F
Creager with an imnropor pro-
posal on the same subject The
committee finds no evidence
however to show that Ramon
was acting "by authority or with
the consent or knowledge of
McMurray ” '
On this ground the committee
exonerates McMurray-of any
connection with an nttempt to
improperly inflnetice members
of the House or Senate It does
find however that ho used
more than "undue influence” to
secure the support of Chief
Green McOurtaln and his son
D 0 McOurtaln in getting
these contracts by transferlng a
contingent interest of $25000 in
the contraota to D O McOur
tain
ELECTION MEETS WITH DEFEAT
By Laok of Four Ballot Raaolu
tlon Ordering Constitutional
Amandmant for Dlroot Voto
on Solon Rasa Into
Graveyard for Proaont
OROANIZE A COMMKHOIAL OLUB
It faae been suggested by e
number of the oltlsene of odr
town that we should organise a
Commercial Club and get busy
in the way of Intereating people
of other aectlone in our city and
the country aurroundlng Be-
lieving that the sanotlon Is
ripe for euoh an organlaatlon I
hereby lend official aantlment to
the movement end designate
tbla evening (Friday Maroh 8rd)
at 7:80 at the time and the
oourt housex aa the pleoe for
such a meeting All who pre or
may be intereated come out and
waist In tbs organisation
J G MoCombi
Prealaent of the Board
of Trpsteei
Washington D (1 Feb 28—
T'ie Senate today defeated 'the
1 resolution proposing an amend
ment to the c until ufcnm to pro
vide that senator be elected by
diiect vote of the people A
fight had been made by the sup-
porters of the measure as was
indicated by the vote Forty-
four senators stood for the reso
lutlon and 83 against it Though
this division showed so large a
majority to favor ' popular elec-
tions the number was not suf
Helen t by four l o curry the meas
ure which required a two thirds
vote
Though it had been under
stood that debates would be shut
off on the measure when oalled
up Senator Bacon who deter mi
nately opposed the resolution as
altered in the Southerland
amendment placing the oontrol
of the eleottons lit the htnde of
Congress hoped to have an
amendment adopted that plight
render the measure acceptable
to some pf the Southern sens
tors
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OALLINQER CHANGES VOTE
Yloe Prssidsnt Shsrman rulsd
ths Btoon amendment ont of
order and the roll oali u bagnn
It wai followed with the deepest
Interest For a moment It was
thought tha baloulatlona would
be aet for whan Benator Gallia
ger'g mma was rsaohtd his
answer was "aye Looks of
surprise were exchanged' by
many senators for the long de-
bates on the question has devel-
oped no more inveterate enemy
to the resolution than the New
Hampshire senators The clerk
had received several more re-
sponses before it occurred to
Mr Gallinger that something
was wrong He arose in his
haste and bad his name shifted
to the "nays"
Another Good On
Were you at the Auditorium
last Friday night to hear Miss
Olive McGllnio one of Okla-
homa’s best readers and lmper
sonatora? If you were not you
certainly missed oue of the very
best treats of the season in the
of' high olasa entertain-
ments Her Irish and Darky
dleieot was almost perfeot end
while her audience was not con
vulsed with laughter their at-
tention and intereit were almost
perfeot Her Short series of
child stories not only amused
the ohlldren but their elders as
well In faot every number on
her program was enjoyed by ell
The entertainment was given
nndsr the aueploei of the ladles
of ths Christian ohuroh who ars
to be congratulated for its ana
ossa
Vian la oomlng to be noted for
Its splendid entertainments
whloh is due largely to the faot
that Its people arahnstlcrs and
will be satisfied with nothing
but the best— Sequoyah County
Demoorat
Miss MoOUnlo will appear In
Batilsaw on Saturday evening
Maroh 4 under tha aniploes of
tha Ballliaw Volnntser Fire Dement
RAILROAD WORK BKBUN
Wabbors Falls Shawn 4 Waatane
Una to b Oomplatad Batwson
Warnar and Wsbbara Falla
In Nlnaty Day
Webbers Falls Record: Col
God man the new general man
ager of the Webbers Falls
Shawnee & Western Railroad
saya he will have our new rail
road completed from Warner to
Webbers Falls within 90 days
barring bad weather And one
who knows the man and knows
what he has done on the propo
sitlou cannot dispute the state
ment The contract for grading
has been let to H B MoAdama
who put 80 teams to work Mon
day morning Ths surveying
party ' started from Warner
Wednesday and have completed
the location to George's Forlr
Creek and by tha time yon art
reading this article the grad
stake will hsv bun sab ready
for tha taame Monday Tha
surveyors start Monday froa-
Gaorga's Fork and tome this
way and the work will be pushed
Col Godman has tha steal and
ttaa also an engine and art
bonght whloh are now bale?
ent to Warner They are ex
peoted to arrive abont the ICih ef
Maroh The bridge erew will
tart eraotlng the bridges orc?
George! Fork and Dirty Ortcla
on or abont the 18th of Marsh
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Blassingame, M. S. The Star=Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911, newspaper, March 3, 1911; Sallisaw, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1838597/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.