Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-15
Resident of Maine Ap-
piauds MuIhaII for Turn
ing on Pirates.
FAMILIAR WITH AFFAIR
SChWettman Writes About Hav-
ing Republican Leaders Lined
Up in Tariff Campaign.

Washington, D. c., July 15.-Before
the senate lobby committee resumed
taking testimony today Chairman Over
man went to the White house and con-
ferred with President Wilson. He said
the conference was arranged at tie
senator's request. He declined to say
what was discussed by the president.
Senator Reed started MulhalTs tes-
timony today on letters written in 1907
TO the late James w. Van Cleave. as
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers. One from the late
Vice President Sherman, then a mem
Der of the house, arranged for a meet
ing with Van Cleave and Mulhall in
New York, July 20, 1907. In a let
ter to Sherman, July 16, Mulhall
wrote: Il have just returned from the
west and feel have put the ball roll
ing in Indiana so it will help Watson
to denomination"
STORY is BELIEVED.
Reed read a letter to Mulhall from
DR.. G. Langtry Rocket of Thomaston,
Me-, dated July 4, 1913. Rocket was
one of the men who worked with Null
hall in the fight to reelect former Con-
gresham Littlefeld. The doctors let
ter read: Il have just read your con-
fession in the New York World.
believe it all excepting your state
ment that you were doing it for the
good of humanity. This humanity bus
mess of yours l cannot swallow
Whether you do any good or not time
alone can tell. but you have surely
kicked up-a -stffrE n thiseneck of the
woods. Now l want the whole story
Will you send it to me? l hope you
are getting a good thing out of it for
uIolrself. You have deserved it.
ION the whole the people down here
believe it. l know it's true Oliver
Otis is clamoring for me to be taken
to Washington and there to be pump
ed dryS l am ready to go. / hope
you are getting a good thing out of
it or putting the knife into some
pirates that did not like you. You
and | know the ungrateful bunch.
STAMPS READY TO HELP.
Now don't back down. Stand by your
colors. If you need me, just call on
me. l don't care if you sold my let
ters, but if you just gave them away
it is mean of you. If you get enough
out of it and need the price, why all
right Anyway, we won't quarrel"
Fred Schwedtman, secretary to
President Van Cleave, wrote Mulhall
Aug. 8: There are some large things
brewing. There is every indication
that in our tariff campaign we have a
majority Of the republican leading con-
gressmen and senators, and men high
er up than that, too"
TAFI"s NAME BROUGHT IN.
Schwedtman wrote Mulhall Sept 5,
| 1907, bringing in the name of Taft,
| then secretary of war: You saw, of
course, where Secretary Taft referred
! to the National Association of Manu-
facturers at great length in his Colum-
! bus address. If we succeed in get
ting our council plans thoroughly es-
tablished then our power for good
will grow right along until next year.
during the presidential campaign, we
Will be a factor of national import
ance that cannot be overlooked"
"In the days of Cushing" testified
Mulhall on another point, there were
never any books, never any designa-
tion by name. We all had numbers.
! was Il, Littlefeld was 8 and
Sherman s." Mulhall declared the
/ National Association of Manufacturers
created and solely created the tariff
commission"