The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
WILL SUMMON
t.. !. COL. MULHALL
Lobby Committee OF Senate to
Probe His Charges.
sOLoNs HIT BY CONFESSION
congressman Either Admit or Fear
Story Of Purchase Of Legislature
/ 10 True and Fall to Deny .
Charges. e"#

Washington. June 30-The Senate
lobby committee last night announced
that Martin N. Mulhal would be or
dered to substantiate under oath al
charges made against statesmen II
connection with the alleged $4,000, 00(
900 lobby. The committee also declared
that every man named by Mulhal
would be summoned before 1t and Il
necessary its powers would be wild
ened.
Confession" Creates Panic.
Publication of the confession" Of
Colonel Martin NJ. Mulhall. for ter
years lobbyist and strikebreaker fol
the National Association of Manufac
turers, in which the field agent" fol-
the commercial interests gave the
names OF many senators and congress.
men who had lent themselves to the
desires Of the $4,000, 900 lobby, Great
ed panic among statesmen in Wash
ington.
Lobbyists and those who have fol.
lowed the work In the capitol for
years, however, declared that Null
halls statement was founded on I'M
questionable facts. The represents
lives of the interests has lobbied OPP
emily in the past. His friends in con-
gress, the sources of his information
on advance Legislation. his strong
holds in the legislative halls, were
commonly conceded
Testifies This Week.
The fact that Mulhall is to appear
before the Oyermsn lobby inyestiga-
ton committee the first week in July
has caused real panic in Washing
ton. That many details not touched
upon in the confession" will be
brought out is not doubted. Those
who know the working OF the ten
ybillion dollar lobby predict that other
names win be mentioned other men
involved
The chief aim OF the National As
sociation OF Manufacturers lobby was
to defeat labor legislation unfayor-
able TO the absolute control by manu-
facturers. To this end thousands of
dollars were spent in the last ten
years. .s..
The list OF men with whom the
lobbyist claims to have been familiar
was staggering even to the hardened
capital habitue That President Taft
and the late Vice-President Sherman
had been consulted by the lobbyist,
Mulhan admits Senators from some
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states, men whose word was law in
congress, was dealt with directly or
indirectly by MuIhall
MulhaH does not bubble about US
ing the names Of the men. who, he
says, received financial reward direct
ly from the Manufacturers associa-
ton. In this connection he names:
Former Republican whip of the
house, James E. Watson Of Indiana;
Congressman James T. McDermott Of
the Fourth Illinois district; former
Congressman John J. Jenkins of the
Eleventh Wisconsin district. former
Congressman Kittredge Haskins OF
Vermont, former Congressman Charles
z. Lttlefield OF Maine, former Con-
gresham Harry NJ Bannon of Ohio,
r former Congressman Harry A. Cou-
drey of Missouri, former Congressman
John ]. Gardner OF New Jersey and
former Congressman Ralph B. Cole Of
Ohio.
Names Lobby Staff.
Mulhall then goes on to name some
of the men who were on his lobby
staff" and their names include some
Of the biggest lawyers and manu-
facturers in the country.
According to Mulhall, the operations
of the lobby were merciless. Public
officials or labor leaders who fought
their desires were in turn fought with
all the strength which comes from al
most unlimited capital.
Candidates for Office who were
stamped az unapproschable were
fought with every means at the com
mand Of MulhaH and his associates.
Money Given to Rivals.
Rival candidates were given large
sums of money for campaign purposes
and members OF the association in that
particular district directed their ef-
forts to dictate to their employees to
vote against the man who had dared
TO defy the Manufacturers associa.
ton. ~ VI.
Against the labor union was the
bitterness OF the manufacturers chief
ly directed Spies were placed In every
union and advance news of contem-
plated strikes was obtained. When
the strikes were called war without
quarter was declared ON the union In
volYed.
Mulhall says that with the billions
OF the association he and fellow lob
byist, Cushing by name. broke the
strike of the job printers in 1905;
that Of $4,000 shoemakers in ST. Louis
in 1907; 10000 hatmakers in Connect
cut and New Jersey In 1909 and 1000
shoemakers at Portsmouth, o., in 1907.
More tbans2oO. 900 was spent by Null.
hal alone In his lobby activities, ac-
cording TO his statement. This in
ciuded only work which was done In
connection with the influencing OF leg
islators, 1t seems. What the sum total
was when the expense accounts OF the
many attached TO the lobby were foot
ed up. Nulhall makes no attempt 70
estimate.
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