The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
Senate Probers Get 500
Mulhall Epistles Into
Record.
FRIDAY MAY SEE
WORK COMPLETE
Offerings Examined Yesterday
Deal With Slack Period in
Lobby Trade, When Only
Odd Jobs of influencing"
and Strike Breaking Are
to Be Picked UP.

Washington, July 23-The Senate
lobby committee put on full speed
ahead to-day and in an unusually short
session got into the record nearly
500 letters OF Martin NJ Mulhau. al
legged political worker and legislative
detective for the National Association
OF manufacturers. Mu!hall was on the
stand only about an hour after the
noon recess, but the committee maCt,
rapid progress. and members hoped to-
night to get through with the CORES
pOndence some time Friday
The committee VIII decide then
whether attorneys for tn. association
snail be permitted to cross examine tn.
witness. From the way in which SEN
ators Reed ana Walsh already have re-
teired The cross examination. il is prob
able that tho only way the lawyers viii
be able to get at Mulhall will be by
questions filtered TO him through the
Senator'S
Covers Slack Period.
Mulhalrs testimony to-day covered a
slack period Ia the summer and fail
of 1909, and the early part Of 1910
when there was nothing 10 do in his
line except TO work on strikes, tinker
at few ODD tobs in politics and keep
things generally moving in Washing
ton. II several letters, Mulhali told
OF desire on his part TO see Charles
r. Murphy. boss" of Tammany Hall
in the interest Of tho candidacy OF
George Gordon Battle for Governor Of
New York
Mulhall was trying TO see Murphy
through Herman Black. who appeared
in the correspondence as an attorney
Of III Broadway. Mulha!l swore that
Black was a sort OF confidential law
yer" TO Murphy. He said ne never
saw Murphy on this matter. and testi-
fed that Mr. Battle was 4 man OF the
IH tsFff b
~.
letter signed Battle and Marshall'
acknowledged receipt OF a letter from
Mulha!l gave the only Indication so far
as the committee had gone tonight
that Battle ever heard of the interest
Muihall took in him.
Mulhalls personal political aspira-
tions came into the proceedings again
TO day when several letters were read
III which he was spoken OF by officers
OF the association as being mentioned
FOR Congress from the Fourth Dis
trict (probably Maryland. James W
Van ClcaVe. one-tiine president o! the
association. wished Mulhan we'll in
this matter, and John Kirby, Jr., wrote:
Il see that somebody has been buzz
in5 CONGRESSIONAL bee around Your
carcass. suppose next il Will be
hirnming bird, representing the SEN
ate. and then AN eagle representing the
presidential chair OF the United States"
Many OF the letters to-day spoke of
an effort 10 land +, q. Schwedtman.
secretary to Van Cleave. on the Tariff
hoard several others told of public
documents officers wished Mulhall TO
get. including the report of the Ma
tional Monetary Commission.
IInd Use of Franks.
Mulhall said the association was in
terested in that report but he did not
Just know how. He swore that copies
OF the Congressional Record were
ranked to most OF the prominent mem
lers OF the National Association OF
Manufacturers. and in one letter boast
al that he and James Z Emery. coun-
sci Tor the association. could get al
most any such document and frank il
out.
Neither Senators Cummins nor Nell
son. Republican, members OF the com
mittee. appeared to-day at the hear
ing Although neither would discuss
the matter, il Is generally known that
Fney claim the Democrats have been
playing politics with the Investigation,
particularly in the case OF H. w Nc
ClaVc. Republican candidate for Con-
grcss in the Sixth New Jersey District,
defeated in special election ycster-
day.
McClave was brought into the case
. few days ago by Mulhall. senator
Nelson declared publicly the next dav
,fat he didn't know the committee was
being used for campaign purposes" and
senator Cummins has not been present
at any hearing since, except for a few