The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-30
UNDERWOOD CALLS

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the country. He says ne was sure
they could control the labor commit
tee. Now Just who was on that com
ndttee at that time? OF the seven
Democrats, four of them were proTni-
nent labor men: Wilson, of Pennsyl-
vania; Buchanan. Of Illinois; Maher,
of New York. and Lewis. of Mary
land"
Muihaii Makes Reply.
Mulhall was given an opportunity
to reply while Mr.. Underwood was
sttH in the room. He declared he had
| talked with Underwood briefly in the
corridor and had written to his en-
ployers about conditions just as ]
found them in Washington at that
time"
IT have no desire to contradict Mr..
Underwood he said, but I am con-
WINGED that after he has heard my
has been ended ne will take back
part of what no has said"
1.-THE statements you made in your
letter were not not true, and can be
proved not true by other members al
the ways and means committee" re-
turned Mr. Underwood. therefore II
is self-evident / did not make them
to you"
Mulhall showed some heat at this,
and declared he had Undo rsements
from prominent men as to his hon.
esty.
II will stand as clean before the
country as you WILL" he said TO Mr..
Underwood
No Question of Standing.
"Oh. have no question about how
we will stand relatively before the
public" said Mr.. Underwood with a
laugh, as he left the committee room.
After Mr.. Underwood had left Sem
ator Reed demanded that Harry Par
ker. the colored tanitor. be brought
in at once. Chairman Overman sug
gested II would be better to wait un-
til Muihall had concluded.
II have never seen a court where
people were allowed to come in and
tell witness he led" said Senator
Reed with some bitterness. ~ think
we ought not to permit the use of that
language. either from the witness to
others or from others to the witness.
l know II | was a witness / would
not permit It,"
The Underwood incident created a
furry that had not wholly subsidized
when the committee settled down to
the further identification of letters
Relations With McDeTmott.
During the examination of Mulhall
yesterday afternoon he took up his
relations with Representative j. r.
McDermott, of Illinois, and l. II. Nc
Michael. one time chief page of the
house and confidential secretary to
the representative. He identified what
he swore was a receipt for 500 given
him by McMichael for services in Sep
IA hor October
ated that McDermott borrowed money
from him which ne never paid back.
Senator Reed became deeply inter-
ested in talk about a secret room.'
which Mulhall said McDermott secur-
ed for his use on the lower floor of the
left front Of the capitol on the house
side. He described 1t as quite a mys-
FERROUS place and the committee will
inspect 1t later. Mulhall went to the
length of making arrangements to hire
a stenographer. whom he intended to
about the room and the stenographer.
His Letter to Bird.
1.-The employment OF a stenographer
and locating her in that room, said
BIRD in reply, would place me'~in a
doubtful position, and one that / can
not accept. feeling that the associa-
ton cannot afford to lay itself liable
10 the slightest suspicion.
Mulhall said he, McDermott and Nc
Michael used the room and that he
frequently made long distance tele-
phone calls from that room, and called
up senators and members OF the house
there.
All through yesterdays letters Null
hall appeared in opposition to legisla-
ton favoring labor. He swore that
there was labor lobby In Washington
then in which Samuel Gompers, Frank
Morrison and other officials OF the
American Federation of Labor were
conspicuous figures. Questioned by
Senator Nelson he said that the labor
people were trying to do about what
the manufacturers were trying to do,
only working in the opposite direction.
Offered Resignation.
One of the last letters to so In the
record yesterday was dated October
rs, 1911, from Muihall to Bird, Of
fering his resignation The commit
tee did not finish its examination of
Mulhall on the subject. but he de-
clared that he got into difficulty with
the executive board Of the organiza-
ton after he made a campaign trip
to Maine
The letters OF the association were
turned aver to the COMMITTEES last