Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-09

I You can get along without paying
for much of anything" the letter adds,
IF you on thiak so. Remember that
you are ye.y generous /"
Letters from Secre- airy Schwedt-
man later indicate thai other direct
ors of the Manufacturers association
thought Colonel Mulhall was letting
his expenditures run too high.
Emery Makes Reply.
| Mr. Emery, counsel for the Ma
! tional Association of Manufacturers,
said:
"The statement OF the alleged Col
onel Mulhall illustrates the most dan
gerous and malicious form of false
hood-that which fabricates a tissue
of lies on slight foundation Of truth.
1t is true that the National Associa-
| ton of Manufacturers has for num-
| Der of years, in cooperation with
many business associations, opposed
legislation proposed and persistently
demanded by organized labor for the
! purpose of relieving labor combina-
tons of civil and criminal liability for
their acts in furtherance of trade
disputes, to validate the boycott and
| to cripple the power of the federal
and state courts, to give equitable
protection to personal and property
rights Of employed and employee
threatened with injury or destruction
| in the course of such disputes.
Fought in Open.
| 1.-THE opposition of this association
| to such measures has not been secret,
but it has sought every way. to give
publicity to these proposals, to the
nature of the forces behind them and
to the character Of support which
they were receiving from public men
in the hope that. public attention be
ing attracted to them, public opinion
| would justly condemn them.
During the course of this contest
organized labor has undertaken to
elect representatives pledged tc its
| proposals and persistently endeavored
; to defeat public men who opposed it's
dmand that labor combinations be ex-
empted from the general penal and
civil law and that injunctive protec-
ton be withdrawn from the property
and rights of employers engaged in
labor distutes, and this has sometimes
been an issue, as in the famous Lit
tlefeld campaign in Maine. The as
gociation has appealed to it's mem
! bers and to business men generally
to give support to public men who
| dared to oppose. such pernicious de-
mands.
|
Tells MuIhali's Work.
"Mulhall was employed in some in
stances in campaigns where such is
sue existed to enlist the legitimate
support of business men in an effort
to defend their own elementary rights
and prevent the defeat of public men
for their plain performance of duty.
1T has been likewise part of the
duty of the Washington Office of the
| association to answer the inquiries of
members of business associations
with respect to pending legislation.
To this end Mulhall frequently col
lected or arranged for the collection
! of documents and sometimes inter
viewed members of congress with re-
spect to progress of legislation.
THE statement that any of the pub
lie men named in MulhGlls charges
were ever in the employ Of the asso-
citation, directly or indirectly, while in
or out of public Office, is sinister and
diabolical lie. The statement that any
room in the capitol was ever placed
by any one at the disposal of any of
it's officers or agents, or that any page
or other person in the service of con-
gress was in it's employ, directly or in
directly, is no less maliciously un-
just to the individuals named than to
the National association or it's off,
GERS
"A prompt investigation by an ex-
listing committee, which his assocfa-
ton would warmly welcome, will bare
the motives of this SANDER and the
character of this venal assassin of
public men. 1t might also expose the
character of the labor lobby which
makes our efforts necessary
Would Broaden Quiz.
THE lobby investigation has gone
far beyond it's original scope" said
Chairman Overman. land l don't see
any course for us to pursue but to ask
for more power from the senate and
to go into every phase OF the remark
able situation that has been devel-
oped.
Il was informed that Mr.. Mulhall
had information that bore directly
upon lobbying work at Washington,
and accordingly issued a subpoena
late last night to serve upon him
before he left Washington. Much of
the statement credited to him bears
upon legislation in previous congress
es, which is outside the scope OF the
resolution under which we are work
ing.
1T is my personal opinion that the
committee should ask the senate for
full authority to go into any angle OF
legislative lobbying in any previous
congress-"
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