The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-17
PLANS TO DEFEAT
LEGISLATION IN
WASHINGTON HEARD
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on the floor of the House last Saturday,
where an attempt was made by the DEM
ocrats under cover of an amendment to
push revision of the revised statutes to en-
act some OF the worst features of the ex-
treme labor legislation now before the ju-
dietary committee. Our friends stood firm
and the attempt to make campaign plum
der was squelehed in the most admirable
way and very happily democrat, Swager
Sher1ey of Kentucky, took the chief part
in the defense of the existing republican
law and against the proposed amend
ment."
Another letter from Mulhall. a letter
written at indianapolis on June Il, 1905
to Schwedtman at st. Louis, reported how
MIR. Watson had a large majority of the
political machine under his CONTROL
'frhe convention of the miners will bo
held here on the 21st.' it says "They GER
tainly expect Gompers, Duncan and
others. Three of the district presidents
from the anthracite districts are my per-
sonal friends. | feel / might be able to
do good work through those gentlemen
and it's too bad we are short of funds
when the country is coming with the OPP
portunities for usefulness"
Muhall says he met VanCleaVe and
Schwedtman on train passing through
of the Watson campaign, and spoke about
100000 being needed
On January 10 Mulhall wrote Schwedt.
man:
Watson Friday told me that if ther,
was any danger of any class Legislation
being brought up While he was absen
from Washington have Mr.. Emory SEE
Senator Hemenway. He likewise told IN,
to write Emory and say that Speaker
Cannon would receive him at any tim,
and he could talk freely and fully to tn,
speaker, and that everything would be al
right"
Fund Described
A fund of S500,o00 to 100000 a year raised
| by the national council for industrial de
Tense, an adjunct of the National Asso
| citation of Manufacturers for opposing leg
| islation the manufacturers did not favor
was described to the Senate lobby com
mittee today by Martin M. Mulhall.
Mulhall testified he had no persona
knowledge of the existence of such fund
He said. however, collector for the Or
ganization had recently given those fig
ures to the New York World
| Il often have thought and have sug
gested," Mulhall said that the counci
ought to be investigated by the postoffc
department. If it were investigated, / fee
that the gentlemen who run it will hav,
| Hoiu AiiiS accounting lOT tHc inOHtl
collected"
Mulhall swore money had been paid t
him from the fund for political purposes
In January, 1903, Mulhall received a let
| ter from former Senator Foraker, sug
gesting that he visit Cincinnati.
lie testified he made a written report t
| Foraker showing how the senator stoot
among business men in and about Gin
loinnati"
Foraker wanted to know whether h,
would stand a chance to be reelected t,
the Senate
Mulhall got back to Baltimore politics
| In letter to I. V. Scales of the Builders
exchange of Baltimore. he wrote:
The situation in Baltimore politics Il
the rottenest of any city in the Unite,
states. II there is any clean republiesi
| who attempts to come to the front in Bal
timore the gang that calls itself the Unioi
League of Baltimore city immediatel,
gets busy and attempts to destroy nj
reputation as Well as his usefulness TO tn,
republican party. Besides this. everybod,
knows that the Stone faction has con
tinuously played TO the rabbie in the labo