The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-17

ed was given in another letter TO Null
hall
Mulhall paused to pay a tribute to the
late Vice President James S. Sherman
Il want to say that Mr.. Sherman always
| aided me and helped me in Washington
| he said. He was sincere and worked Tor
the good of the republican party. He was
always a splendid and fighting republican.
I don't believe he had any other motives
| Another Mulhall letter about cam
Ipaign against Congressman John j. Gard
ner of the Second New Jersey district
spoke in part as follows:
| Looking over a man like Gardner and
his acceptance will hsve more effect on
| radical congressman than all the letters
we could write in a year.
| On March 10, 1908 Mulhall wrote
| Sehwedtman:
"Chairman Sherman of the republican
congressional committee has come across
and tells me everything should be done to
defeat the candidate
He learned from Bartholdt, the eandi-
date Cannon, Sherman and others that
the Littlefield pilotage bill. in which the
manufacturers were Interested, could be
nassed if Littlefeld would let up on his
prohibition bill, testified witness.
| Later conferences with Sherman, Cannon
and others, he wrote, led him to believe
the prohibition bill wc.id be kept in COM
mittee.
Aldrich Promised Aid
In his letter to Schwedtman, Mulhall
told of seeing Senator Aldrich. and said
the senator promised to help Mr.. Emery
in any way he could. He said from what
he could learn from Lttlefield he was al
| most convinced 1.-The committee on mer-
chant marine and fisheries had been fixed
against him." Littlefield, he added, told
him Speaker Cannon had promised to
I or,afr O pntId Opt
his pilotage bill out, but instead had taken
off three of his friends and put on Him
shaw. Calder and Mouser who continual
| ~ voted against it.
| THE speaker. Mulhall wrote, was very
wrathy'' against Littlefield on account
of his prohibition bill. The letter closed
with references to Mulhail promising
tricts, including the Eighth Ohio, where
REPRESENTATIVE Cole was seeking re-elec-
ton.
Mulhall took the stand after the noon
recess, but after an examination of 10
minutes was taken off for rest and j.
P Bird, general manager of the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers, re-
placed him.
Mr.. Bird said he was the first general
manager of the National Association of
Manufacturers, beginning in June 1905
and had offices in New York. He brought
! lhalf.a a carload of books with him and
said he had practically closed up the as
sociation business to answer the COM
mittee's subpoenas.
Witness said he was connected also
with the national council for industrial
defense and the New Jersey Manufac-
t1rers association. Bird said he would
be glad to tell how the industrial de-
fense council had spent it's money, but
would not care to tell where its funds
came from. He confirmed part of Null
halls story relating to the council. lie
said il numbered about 250 organiza-
tions throughout the country and the
officers "just sort of elected themselves" !"
Mr., Emery and Mr. Schwedtman he
said elected him treasurer
Senator Reed brought out that the ma
tional council was created by some 10
or 20 organizations getting together
He said the National Association of Man.
ufacturers took a leading part III the
organization
was there ever a meeting of those or
ganizations or representatives of those
associations" asked Senator Reed.
No sir, the blanks are sent each year
for renewal of membership
Bird said Emery was paid $1,000 month
| nv the council for his work in Wash
| ington
Neither the National Associa ton of
Manufacturers nor the council for de-
Tense has any connection with the Anti
Boycott association, he said.
Mulhall Identifies Letter
| Mulhall went back on the stand after
half hour and Bird was excused until
next week.
| Mulhall identified letter he had writ
| ten to David M. Parry, March 10, 1908,
saving: 'I have had several interviews
with Speaker Cannon, James S. Sherman,
Mr. Littlefeld, Mr.. Bartholdt and sew
eral other leaders of Congress. and all
assure me there will be no labor legis-
lation at this session of Congress-"
Senator Reed asked whether former
Representative Cole was friendly to the
National Association of Manufacturers.
Extremely So" replied the witness.
"Subservient in fact. On one occasion Mr..
Emery sent for me and told me Cole
had not been acting rightly. l went to
the capital and got Mr.. Cole. Mr.. Emery
gave him a scoldinS right there in his
Office
A letter from schwedtman to Mulhall
March 1s.. 1908, urged him to do nothing
in regard TO anti-pilotage and prohibition
bills because of the conflicting interests
of brewers. prohibitionists and others in
the association.
Activity in behalf of Congressman Cole
of Ohio was shown in several letters: In
a letter to Secretary Schwedtman Null
hall wrote he had a pleasing interview
with Ex-Governor Myron 7. Herrick, who
promised to do everything he could to
have Cole returned to Congress.
March 81 1905 Mulhall wrote to
Schwedtman: "I reported to Mr. Sher-
man the work I did in Coles district
while Mr.. Emery was present, and Mr..
Sherman stated on this occasion he was
| positive there would be no amendment
to the Sherman law, or in other words,
| there would be no class legislation passed
at this session of Congress favoring the
| Gompers crowd
IT had a long interview with Senator
Stephen B. Elxins of West Virginia.
did a lot of work for Mr.. Ellsins in 1892
when he was Secretary of War for the
Harrison administration, of a confidential
nature. The senator positively stated
that there would be no amendment of the
| Sherman law at this session of Congress.
"At a 'Gompers meeting in Washing
| ton" the letter continued, 'Gompers tod
a lot of his friends that the President
positively refused to stand for the boy
| colt or in other worus he would not put
any clause in any bill amending the Sher-
man act which would legalize boycottinS
| so for that reason there Is hitch be-
| tween the Gompers crowd and our execu-
tive at the present time
| Referring to meeting with Arthur l.
| Vorys then Secretary Taft's political
manager Mulhall wrote that Vorys as
| sured him the secretary stood for what
our people wished, a tariff commission
| and had not altered his stand on injunc-
tion legislation
II gave Mr.. Vorys a full description of
the splendid work done by our association,
of the activity. of President VanCleave
and of the great organizations that you
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