Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — SHERMAN ISSUES STATEMENT [ARTICLE]

SHERMAN ISSUES STATEMENT

Vice President in Mountain Camp Issues Statement of Denial. Utica, N. Y., Aug. 5. —Vice President Sherman from Covey’s camp near Big Moose in the Adirondacks, said that the charge made by Senator Gore at Muskogee, naming him as the man supposedly "higher up” in the McMurray Indian contracts bribery matter was absolutely without foundation. The vice president’s denial was as follows: “The statement credited to Senator Gore in the investigation intd the McMurray Indian contracts matter 'at Muskogee, Okla., is absolutely without foundation, insofar as it refers to me. There is not a vestige of truth in any charge or statement implicating me in this affair.” " • • V