The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-18

N. A. N. HADPLAb
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
from President Van Cleave Of the N. A
M The credentials were unrelated, an
Mulhall seldom showed both sets to tn
same people, using which ever set h
believed would be most effective for hi
purposes.
In Conference with Cannon.
Speaker Cannon was in daily confer
ence with President Van Cleave and othe
n. A. NJ. officers during the Chicago con
.vention OF 1905. and was the organiza
tion's closest advisor in their fight tt
keep a radical labor Hank out OF tn.
platform.
James S. Sherman. then chairman OF
the Congressional Campaign Committee.
collected 5000 from brewery interests TO
help out in the campaign of Judge John
j. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, chairman OF
the House Judiciary Committee, for re-
nomination in 1905. The brewery interests
went the limit for Jenkins in this cam
paign, but he finally was defeated by
Representative Lenroot. La Toilette pro-
gressive.
In the Jenkins campaign Edward Hines.
who put Lorimer across" did his utmost
in behalf of Judge Jenkins. contributing
literally of money and influence.
According to Mulhalrs testimony. when
s. Woods McClave, Republican. was put
up against William Hughes in the Sixth
New Jersey District in 1910, the National
Association of Manufacturers, through
Mulhall. paid all his campaign expenses
printing, posters. hall rent. cab hire. and
was a good feeder, too. Senator and al
ways around at meal time"
McClave is now a candidate in the
Sixth District. running against Archi-
bald Hart. A special election will be
held Tuesday. In an interview recently
he denied that he knew Mulhall or that
the latter had had anything to do with
his race against Hughes in 1910. Senator
Reed, to meet this denial, yesterday
produced printing bill, expense accounts,
cab bills, and letters from McClave
urging Mulhall to pay up mis- campaign
bills.
Explains Title of ''Colonel."
Mulhall, in reply to a question from
Chairman Overman, explained that he
was given the title Colonel" because he
was appointed a member of Maj. Will
lam McKinley's staff. when Mckinley
was Governor of Ohio. Later Mulhall
organized, under President McKinley's
direction. the Range Riders of New
Mexico.
In jocose mood. Cannon. according to
one of Mulhalrs letters. said that Ted |
dy" Roosevelt would be out of a job |
after March 4, 1909, and that he would |
make a good press agent for the N. A. |
NJ
Mulhall, with reluctance, said that he
had paid S to Henry Neill.. colored
messenger who has been at the door
Of the Speaker of the House for thirty
years. for getting him confidential in
formation.
Wanted Speaker Cannon.
Republican party were turned against
President Roosevelt and his candidate.
Mr.. Taft, in 1905. in an effort to bring
about the nomination of Speaker Cannon,
was empha sized in the testimony yes
.erday. This opposition was represented
by compact organization, within the
republican ranks, comprising many sup
,osed friends of the President. It's pro-
ram was two-fold, % to defeat the
sherman antitrust law, and other pro- |
'osed pieces of constructive legislation
or which the President was fighting, and
y to procure the nomination of Speak
r Cannon or a stronger Republican than
Taft was thought to be.
Mulhall, representing the National Az
ociation Of Manufacturers, played both
nds against the middle in the game. Up
o the last he did everything to stack
he cards against Roosevelt's candidate,
While at the same time he was exacting
romises from Arthur Vorys, Taft's polit-
cal manager, and making it possible
or President Van Cleave of the N. A | !,
l. to influence Secretary Taft's attitude !
oward anti-injunction legislation.
One letter to F. c. Schwedtman, secre-
airy to President Van Cleave, tells Of
meeting of Senate leaders at Foraker's l
ONE which Mulhall attended on invita-
on Of the Senator. Il learned while at
ne Senator's home,'' wrote MulhalI, I
that the opposition to the President in a
ends to let no legislation through thet
e wishes at this session of Congress, and Z
ltends to fight the Taft forces to a Q
nlsh. The leaders that were at this :
leeting were very confident that they $
ould beat Taft at the Chicago conven- Ii
on, and from what was stated, they e
ere perfectly confident of having the T
!a1ority Of the National Committee with o