Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-01
EXAMINATION Of
NDbHALL STORMY
COUNSEL, COMMITTEE, NIiMBEGS
AND WITNESS. WE'RE ALL
N V ROW.
WITNESS WAS Threatened
Only Threat, oi JaIl Made Muiitall
Answer Questions without Com
menting on the htorn"N-.

WASHINGTON. July To a.
accompaniment OF arguments he
tween counsel and members OF the
! committee. between democratic and
republican committeeman and be
tween Martha Mulhall and everybody
connected with the case tho gross
examination OF the alleged lobbyist
for the National Association Of
Manufacturers proceeded haltingly
today BY the senate Investigating
committee
In the i've hours thai Muihall was
on the stand. about ll6 questions
submitted by counsel for the ussO-
citation were put to him by Chairman
ONeTmau Robert McCarter and
James A. Emery, attorneys for tha
association Wer" denied the right TO
cross examine the witness directly,
bat after much debate were permit
ted to submit questions based upon
replies the witness made to queries
already submitted.
Senator's Reed and Walsh and
CummiAs and Nelson weer almost at
swords points on Csyeral occasions,
but peace always was restored with
out an open break. MulhaA, always
an interesting witness, ready to
make comments upon the attorneys
of the Natiohsl Association of Manu-
facturers or its officials. surp9 9ssed
himself, in spite of the continual
warnings OF the chairman. He de-
clared once that unless the COM
mittee allowed him to have counsel
he would refuse to answer further
questions and would rather so to jail.
Chairman Oyerman finally became 80
angered at Mulhall he bluntly told
him that unless he refrained from
superiuous comment and stuck 10
plain answers, he would be subjected
TO discipline. Mulhall then subsidized.
Attack His Testimony.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers' attorneys attacked alul-
| halls story told In his correspond
ence and his examination in chief
along several lines. They sought TO
| show chat he was discharged and did
not resign from the association.
They produced statements in the
newspapers that published his CORE
spondence before the committee took
up the investigation. alleged TO
have been made by the witness,
which he denied, and they questioned
him to show that he tried unavalling-
ly 10 dispose OF his documents to
magazines and newspapers without
success An effort to go into Mul-
halls private life was not allowed by
the committee.
Did Not knife" McComas.
The lawyers were getting to the
questions back OF the Mulhall "eH-
posure" when the committee ad
journed. The witness had time.
however, to deny that he had knit
ed" tho late Senator McCOmas. OF
Maryland, several years ago, work
ing against the senator for reelection
while posing as his friend.
He admitted that he had sent out
circular letters to business men N
Baltimore while seemingly still a
friend of McComas, but sworc that
ne did this under orders of Marshall
Cushing al that time secretary OF the
association.
The lawyers referred to llatterire
friendly letter Mulhall wrote Cush-
ing just after the secretary left the
associations employ and then read
from another dated a few weeks lat
er, written to a nCfiicial in which
Mulhall attacked Gushing bitterly.
Examined by members of the conn
mittee. Mulhall said Gushing gave
hi his employment wiuh the Ma
tional Association OF Manufactures
and that he always thought him
friend until the latter quit. Then |
found out that ! was not even known
by name-that Gushing had given
me a number and that he was taking
all tho credit for what vas done
here" he added.
Members of The committee asked
Mulhall about items on many of his
expense accounts for the SUM of $50
paid to" two party workers In a
New Jersey campaign which appear
ed almost weekly In his statement
for long period of 1910.
Mu'hali swore the money was paid
t. Frank Feeney. n Philadelphia la
Dor lcader He denied he had had
serious disagreement with General
Manager Bird and Attorney Emery
about these items or that this dts
agreement had anything TO do with
his resignation. He swore. too, that
the disappearance Of this particular
item frsm expense accounts. render
ed after the interview was satd 10
have taken place, was because tho
campaign was over and not because
he had been warned to leave 1t out.
J. p. Tumulty. secretary OF
President Wilson, was n spectator In
the committee room FOR a short time
late today