The Washington herald., 1913-07-15
.ULHALL DENIES
Seeking MONEY

O[LhIIvu NUM-.
CONTINUED Fnox PAcs ONE
false labor member. with the proposal
to turn the papers over 70 him on condi-
tion that he would get them to President
Gompers. OF the American Federation Of
Labor. AcDermott according to the
story, turned this proposition down.
.aaay Letters IntrsAueed.
A number Of interesting. but not sensa-
tional letters. were read into the record
yesterday. At the present rate Of pro-
grese II should take the committee an
other week to get an the letters and
rapers identified and into the record.
That Auihall was on terms Of close
political friendship with the late Vice
President Sherman when the latter was
= member OF Congress and chairman OF
the Republican National Congressional
Committee was made plain. MuIhall was
practically At the disposal Of Sherman.
judging from the letters. The oloncl
sent to Sherman copies Of many Of his
confidential reports to Marshall Cushing.
then secretary Of the N. A. NJ. and Null
hail was sent into Congressional fisfats vt
In July. 1907. Mr.. Sherman wrote Null
hall the following letter. on which he
penciled the words Can use as creden-
tfal''
MY Dear Colonel: am glad that you
are still interested in political and eco
nomical work, and am glad to bespeak
for you to our friends a cordial recep-
tion. Glad to accept your generous offer.
While you are not employed by the Re
publican Congressional Committee, nor
were you employed during the last cam
paign. you did render US very material
assistance. and I found you At all times
reliable. Trustworthy, and effective
In connection with Mulhalrs- activities
In behalf of former Representative James
e. Watson of Indiana, a memorandum In
Mr.. Sherman's handwriting was intro
duced. 1t read as follows:
Sixth Indiana James E. Watson.
Want any help possible extended to Wat
son for denomination"
- Separation from Cushing.
The story of Mulhall's activities which
Is being told with painful slowness
the introduction and identifica-
ton Of letters yesterday reached the
point OF his separation from his "old
chief" Marshall Cushing. in 1877. when
Cushing left the n. A. N.
Muihalfs explanation of Cushing's rea-
rcns for quitting the n. A. NJ was highly
amusing. According to MulhaIi, when
lanes A. Van Cleave succeeded John
Kirby. tr.. in the presidency Of the N.
M. he demanded from Cushing an
accounting for all moneys advanced him
IS secretary and field agent of the
y. A. NJ. This had not been required by
Kirby, and Gushing resigned
because. according to MulhalI he said
hat no self-respecting politician could
i've an account of money spent in lobby
work.
Stories of a number of Congressional
ishts into which the n. A. NJ. had
Tipped to regard friends or punish |
nemies. were gotten into the record |
rhe 1906 fights against Loudensiager In |
Sew Jersey; for Cobleigh and Dale, In |
'ennsylvania: against George Pearre, in |
Maryland: for Charles +. Littlefield, in
Maine. and for James E. Watson. in
indiana. were dipped into lightly.
Fight Against Pearre.
The fight against George Pearre. an
but enthusiastic opposition,
vas based upon Pearre's refusal to ac-
'ept absolute dominance from Cushing
dulhall. and their friends Pearre ac-
ording to Mulhall had had the temerity
o introduce. by request. some anti-in-
JUNCTION bills. q most ungrateful pro-
eeding and one meriting severe disci-
binary measures. according to Cushing's
etters.
The Littlefeld fight. as reviewed by
4ulhall and In the letters read. was
ather interesting. Maine being a dry
tate. liquor played a very important
art in the contest. according to Mulhail.
md Littleheld's friends put through a /
'reat tactical coup on the day before the
lection by keeping as many faithful
Democrats as possible too drunk to go /
o the polls-by all Of which the sensitive /
oul Of Col. Mulhall was deeply shocked.
This was In the city Of Rockland. There
we're twenty-three Democrats in the
own hall. or some hail. too drunk to get /
N their feet. according to MulhalI. Rock
and went Republican by only twenty
'otes in 1906.
How Mulhall bought DR.. G. l. Crockett,
( Rockland. a Democratic campaign |
peaker. who for S5Oo-which he may have
eceived, but probably didn't-made such \
rabid anti-Gompers speech for his new
ound friends that the latter were con-
inced 1t had done the Gompers and the
Democrats more good than otherwise,
vas told.
According to Mulhall. the election of /
had cost $4,000 in 1906. most Of /
which was collected from Eastern manu-
acturers. He said he knew of so 900 ad-
itional that had been raised.
At one point in his testimony Mulhall