The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
SENATOR CUMMINS
VIGOROUSLY DENIES
MULHALL CHARGES
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fighting to re-elect John J. Gardner.
Senator Nelson warted to. know who
the workers were and finally pinned
Mulhall down to an acknowl ed cement
that he had given the money to a
MIR. Feeny of Philadelphia" and he did
not know where 1t had gone beyond
that witness said he might have
used some of the money put under
this head to loan to ,McDermott and
then made 1t up. He said many of
the loans were made out of his own
pockets, and complained that he had
been good thing" down on Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
In speaking of his expense accounts
Mulhall said they were made out by
Katie M. Mulhall, who accompanied
him on all his trips. He said she was
"in one sense his wife," and that she
had been driven insane by the cam
paign in the Sixth New Jersey district
Showing Ill Feeling
One letter showing i'll feeling be-
tween Mulha1l and Emery and Mulhall
swore that in an interview with John
Kirby, Jr., then president of the as
sociation. he had refused to take more
orders from Emery. Later letters
showed a friendly feeling between the
two men and Senator Nelson wanted
to know why there was such a dis
crepancy. Mu1ha1l explained that he
and Emery were friendly, except on
matters OF business. Mulhall wrote
Kirby that the eight hour bill had
died in the labor committee. He added:
81 am very glad to report that Mr..
Covington, the Maryland democratic
member of the committee. stayed away
until 10 minutes of II. and was of no
use to the democrats while the com
mfttee was in session as lie voted with
fl, In n a17 fn aHinnrn n ig flan
third time that 1 can positively state
that Covington. in a large measure,
saved from getting the eight hour
bill at this session"
On June 4. 1910, Mulhall wrote TO
Kirby about am effort he said was to
be made in the House to put an eight
hour rider on tine sundry civil appro-
prfation bill. He said William Hughes.
now senator from New Jersey, was
back of the rider and that Juhn
Dwight, republican whip of the House.
and James A. Tawney, chairman of
the finance committee. were making ar
rangements to fight the scheme.
There is no finance committee In
the House," said Senator Nelson, Mr..
Tawney was chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations
The witness explained that he, didn't
make his reports for days after he had
his interviews and that he might
nave got mixed In MS notes.
Hughes in this letter was called
"Gompers stool pigeon"
In letter of June 25, to Schwedt-
man, Mulhall spoke of helping Repre-
sentative Tawney of Minnesota and
William A. Rodenberg of East St
Louis. He said Tawney had refused
aid and In reply Schwedtman said
Rodenberg never had been a friend of
the association.
In a letter dated July 5. 1910. on the
letterhead of the House committee on
agriculture. was identified by Mulhali
as an original from J. II. McMichael,
who is alleged To have been in the en-
ploy of the National Association of
Manufacturers when chief page of the
House. The letter said:
Now. colonel, IL you are not going
to use me for some little time to come
would be more than willing If / could
get something 10 do at the office in
New York"