South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-19
SENATORS HEAR
OF ATTEMPT TO
BRIBE G0MPERS

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Further, 1 want TO tell the committee
that those men at that table have kept
some one there continually to stare
steadily at me while 1 have been on
the stand. 1 think ii is a cORtempti-
BILE trick. The ex-president (John
Kirby, jr.,) relieved Mr.. Emery at the
Job little while ago"
Members Of the committee tried TO
sooth the witness and Acting Chair
man Bankhead mildly suggested that
Mulhall look at him instead of at
his antagonists. Mulhall admitted he
was somewhat nervous but insisted
that witnesses have been intimidated
since they were brought to Washing
ton, outside as well as inside this
committee room.
Letters Identified Friday covered a
wide range of activity, but conferred
chiefly about the campaign in Indi-
ana in 1908, when Mulhall, according
to the documents, was working in
close cooperation with Cong. James
E. Watson and with national and state
republican leaders.
Mulhall told the committee he
raised So, for that campaign. one
of the letters referred to this amount;
and another mentioned list Of manu-
featuring concerns in South Bend. the
by Mulhall in company with Peter
Kline, deputy factory inspector for
that district.
In an interview l had with Mr.
Parry and other large business men
of this section, they clearly stated
they were jumping the law as far as
corporations are concerned subscrib-
ing TO our campaign funds" said Null
hall in a letter TO Schwedtman from
Indianapolis Sept. 26, 1908.
There are a hundred and one ways
TO get around that and we all know
that, and 1 cannot see why Mr.. Van
Cleave cannot go around IL just as
we'll as the large manufacturers here"
Correspondence read late in the day
showed that the Indianapolis News
had identified Mulhall as connected
with the Manufacturers association in
Septembe Der and had brought the mat
ter into public discussion. Mulhall
laughingly told the committee that
local, state and national campaign
managers had consistently denied that
they knew anything about any work
by the National Association OF Manu-
facturers, even after work had been
going on for nearly a year IN Indiana
In a letter 10 John Kirby, jr. from
Indianapolis, Sept. %, 1903, just after
some Of the so-called Archbold letters
had been made public referring 20
Sen. Foraker. Mulhall said he still had
faith in Ohio's great senator, and
thought he would win. He expressed
surprise that Roosevelt was stirring
up the Standard Oil matter and said
the president IS playing very poor
politics.
Instead Of gaining votes. he will
find on the third OF November that
IL will be a losing game" said the
letter. Even the Standard oil COM
pany has it's friends. and 1 cannot I'M
derstand why a man OF - stripe viii
think IL is a crime for a man 10 hon
estly work for a corporation OF that
kind"
The Citizens Industrial association
OF America, with G. w Post as its
president and many officers OF the
National Association OF Manufactur-
ers on its list, figured prominently in
Fridays proceedings Several letters
on the stationery Of this association,
and signed James A. Emery, Secre-
tary'', were read and Sen. Reed sug-
gested II was a half brother 10 the
Manufacturers association.
One OF these letters said: watson
was not only the greatest help 70 US
personally, but he represented all the
forces that did help US, and person
ally believe that we need friends IN
congress far more than anywhere else.
Mr.. Taft's labor statements are not
at all encouraging"