Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-25
Ma N. REACHEDH|GH
PLACE IN CABINET WAS GOAL OF
ORGANIZATION ACCORDING
TO LETTERS READ.
voRYs, TAFT MGR, QUOTED
Van cleave Suggested for Post-Ex.
President Declared Influenced by
Manufacturers Before His
Nomination as Chief.

veloped through a series Of letters
placed In the record by the senate
lobby committee Wednesday that the
more active workers Of the National
Association OF Manufacturers aimed
to bring about the appointment Of a
prominent members Of the association,
preferably Mr.. Van Cleave, who was
then its president, as a member OF
the cabinet of President Taft, and al
so to have representation on the Re-
publican national committee.
These efforts of the active workers
may not have had the approval OF the
officers of the organization, but &C.
cording to statements by Martin M.
Mulhall, Arthur L. Vorys, who was
Mr.. Taft's manager in Ohio, was
aware OF the movement, and Mulhall
asserts that the speech made in Chi.
cago by Mr.. Taft while he was secre'
tary of war, in which he urged the
business people and the manufactur.
ers to organize for self-protection, was
the direct result of a talk between
Mr. Taft and Mr.. Van Cleave.
Fred G. Schwedtman, who was sec
rotary to Mr.. Van Cleave while the
latter was president of the manufac-
turers' association. in a letter sup.
ports the assertion that Mr.. Van
Cleave Influenced Mr.. Taft.
1T would be hard to find a man
who is more level-headed than the
secretary OF war" he wrote, and 1t Is
a pity that a mar SO well fitted for
the high position of president should
have to straddle some of the import.
ant issues If he wants to win in this
political game
Washington. July 17.-Colonel Null
a on Tuesday identified 40 letters
kilograms and memoranda put in the
record by the senate investigating
committee, with only a triHe more hes
1tancy thar he evinced before.
MulhalPs attention was directed al
most exclusively to the last half Of the
year 1907 and the first part of 1908.
He was Jumped from Maine to Mis-
souri,; from Baltimore to Indianapolis
and up to Cleveland in those few
months. He told, or his letters did, of
his strike-breaking activities in st.
Louis, of an effort to aid former Con-
oASoohoh OdliGo II. WdLSOu Ol Ill
diana politically. and OF how we'll he
knew former Senator Beveridge of
that state.
Mulhall gave details of another visit
to Maine and another effort to give
political assistance to former Con-
gresham Littlefield Of that state. He
mentioned again former President
Taft, the late V~ice-President Sherman,
the late James w. Van Cleave of the
National Association Of Manufacture
ers and other men prominently CON
nected at N time or another with
that organization.
The witness thought about $22, 600
had been raised in Indiana for the
Watson campaign and a letter read
just before adjournment told OF
three m~illionaires" in the state, one
OF whom was willing to spend 800, 600
to defeat Watson. The letter didn't
identity the millionaires and the com.
mittee didn't ask who they were.
During the day Senator Reed intro
duced a memorandum which Mulhall
said was a black list" of congress.
men. Mulhall thought 1t had been pre-.
pared by former Representative Wat.
son. It follows:
Watson: Here's a list for you to
knock out: