The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-17
A 100000
LOBBY FUND
Put Up Yearly, Says Null
hall, by the Manu-
facturers
TO OPPOSE
LEGISLATION
Favored Tariff Board and
Wanted It's Members
on 1t

paigns for Congress to defeat legisla-
ton at Washington its members did not
approve and to land a member OF the
association in the cabinet of president
were laid before the lobby investigation
committee yesterday.
Martin NJ. Muhal swore to the an.
thenticity of 400 letters which told OF
these plans and brought in the names
of snch men as Roosevelt, Taft, the late
Vice President Sherman, former Speak
er Cannon, former Senators Aldrich,
Hemenway, Foraker, Arthur !. Norys
and Frank H. Hitchcock.
Mulhall also testified the national
council for Industrial Defense raised
from 100000 to 100000 year to be
used opposing legislation its members
did not like. Mulhall testified he had
no personal knowledge of the existence
of such a fund, but declared that col
lector for the organization had recently
given those figures to the New York
| World
II often have thought and have sug-
gested" said Mulhall, that the council
ought to be Investigated by the post OF.
flee department. II it were Investigated
| feel that the gentlemen who run it
will have a hard time accounting Tor
the money collected"
The committee did not question Null
hall further on the subject.
Mulhal swore that money had been
paid to him from the fund for political
purposes but did not explain what the
purposes were.
Mulhal brought the story of his lob
bying activities for the National AS
citation of Manufacturers down TO 1908
| before the Senate committee yesterday
and testified about the work OF the as
ISOLATION in promoting tariff commits
sion.
The association wanted Miles and
| Schwedtman on it and wanted to con-
troll ii themselves Nfulhall testified. He
| did not explain who Miles was.
Schwedtman was secretary to President
Van Cleave of the association.
James A. Emery, counsel for the man
ufacturers, wrote Mulhall on January
IS, 1908.
| Doubtless you know we had tnssle
on the floor OF the house last Saturday,
where an attempt was made by the
| Democrats, under cover of an amend
ment to a conspiracy provision of the
revised statutes, to enact some OF the
worst features OF the extreme labor leg
islation now before the judiciary COM
mittee. Our friends stood firm and the
lattempt to make campaign plumber was
squashed in the most admirable way,
and, very happily, Democrat, Swager
| Sherley of Kentucky took the chief part
| in the defense OF the existing law and
against the proposed amendment
Another letter Mulhall wrote at In
ldianapois ON June II, 1908, to Schwedt-
man at st. Louis, reported how "Mr.
| Watson had large majority ot the
machine under his control"
1.-THE convention of the miners will be
held here on the Dist" 1t continued.
They certainly expect Gompers, Dun
can and Others Three of the district
presidents from the anthracite districts
are my personal friends. feel | might
be able to do good work through these
gentlemen and 1t is too bad we are short
Of funds when the convention is coming
with the opportunities for use"
Mulhall said he met Van Cleave and
Schwedtman on train passing through
indianapolis January 10, 1908, told them
OF the Watson campaign and spoke
about al00,000 being needed.
On January 10 MulhaIl wrote Sch
wedtman: MIR. Watson Friday told me
that if there was any danger of any
class legislation being brought up while
he was absent from. Washington 10 nave
Mr.. Emery see Senator Hemenway. He
also told me to write Emery and say
that Speaker Cannon would receive him
at any time and he could talk freely
and fully to the speaker and that every
thing would be all right"
In January, 1908, Mulhall received
letter from former Senator Foraker sug-
costing that he visit Cincinnati for
short Interview" He testified he made
written report to Foraker showing
"how the senator stood among bust
ness men in and about Cincinnati. He
did not testify whether the report was
favorable. Foraker wanted to know If
he would stand chance to be reelected
to the senate and was still thinking
about presidential boom.
Mulhall got back to Baltimore poll
tics and pushed forward two years to
January, 1910. In letter to /. III.
oNDdLeS OF tHe DuilutTE vi
Baltimore, he wrote: "The situation in
Baltimore politics is the rottenest of
any city in the United States. Tam
many Hall in New York has never play
ed such politics as are played in Balti
more; for Tammany does encourage an
active, pushing, fighting Democrat; but
on the other hand, if there is any clean
Republican who attempts to come to
the front in Baltimore, that gang that
calls itself the Union league of Balti
more city Immediately gets busy and at
tempts to destroy his reputation as well
as his usefulness to the Republican
party Besides this, everybody knows
that the Stone faction has continually
played to the rabble in the labor ranks. !
The chance is now open for the busi
ness men of Baltimore, if they wish to
do something in the work, to bury
Stoneism and all that goes with it.
There is an earthquake arising under
meath Mr.. Stone and | believe he will |
soon feel the shake
Mulhall testified to a letter from c. |
A. to R. f. Miles, chairman of the tariff |
committee of the Association of Manu- |
faeturers, urging the candidacy of Hon.
Charles w. Miller of Goshen, Ind, for
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