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Show HONEST MAN HAS . A ROUGH ROAD Washington, Jan. 13. "My experiences experi-ences have demonstrated how much easier it is to remain silent and secure se-cure than wage war against wrongdoers wrong-doers of a certain character." said Senator Goro of Oklahoma today in his concluding statement to the house committee which have been imostlga-ting imostlga-ting chnrges of attempted bribery in connection with the legislation bearing bear-ing on contracts of certain attorneys with Indians calling for largo fees. Mr. Goro was speaking of the futility fu-tility of disclosures of alleged attempts at-tempts to influenco legislation, which he made in the closing days of the last session of congress and tho fact that the persons under investigation had attempted to impugn his motives. "My fate has beejn the common fate of eory man who makes such a disclosure dis-closure ns I felt compelled to make to the senate," said the Senator. . I know that nil that malice and money could do to discredit mo would 8tfer done; and tho results have justified my anticipation." Senator Gore characterized the counter criticisms against him as a "prodigality of perjury." He said he believed that silence on his part would have cost the Indians millions of dollars As Is is, he be.-lleved be.-lleved the Indians "had been saved 'at least three or four million, dollars Cecil Smith, the Texas lawyer, who closed the argument in bohalf of-fj. F. McMurray of Muskogee, former attorney for the Choctaw nations, oho of the chief beneficiaries under the contracts in question, declared thpre was no evidence In tho record to connect con-nect Mr McMurray in any wa with the robbery which Senator Gore -alleged had been attempted. Mr Smith said the evidence proved that if "Jacob "Ja-cob Hamon mado a proposal to spay $25,000 to Mr. Gore, in return for his Influence in congress, as charged by the Senator, the offer had been made as a joke; or else that he proposed to get Gore's support for his own k bill and then make a dpaj with McMurray whereby the latter would ultimately "pay the freight " |