The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-30
M'DERMOTT Denies
HE WAS INTERESTS
TOOL IN congress

Representative McDermott last night
issued the following statement:
"Mulhall says that / am tool OF the
trusts, and that he is reluctant to bring
into his story one of his so-called friends
of labor. The facts are these: When
MuIhall first called upon me, when /
came here in the Sixty-first Congress,
he gave me his card, and said he rep
resented the National Association of
Manufacturers / told Mulhall that was
one of the Representatives who repre-
scented the laboring people; that I was
going to fight for all measures beneficial
to workingmen, and / know that my
record in Congress for these years will
show that 1 have voted in the interest
of measures advocated by workingmen
of the country"
About January or February, 1912, Null
hall came to me and said that he was
through with the National Association of
Manufacturers. He said he. was tired
doing their dirty work. or words to that
effect; and I said nothing to him in
reply. one way or another. About the
middle of March he said to me that he
was going to Chicago, and asked If
was going to have a hard fight said
that 1 was and he replied: I know some
people in Chicago and added: 1 will
help you some At that time 1 was sur
prised at his proffer of help. because he
and his association never received any
assistance from me, and 1 did not see
why he should do anything to help me.
l will state right here that 1 do not
know OF their helping me in any way,
and 1 am positive in the statement that
received no financial help from them.
Called on Phone.
'Mulhall called me on the phone in
Chicago about April l, 1912, and asked
for further information as to whether
I was to have fight, and repeated the
statement: I am going to help you
He seemed so sincere about ii that /
thought he meant it. l went with him
to the Harvester Building, and we met
Mr.. Harold F. Mccormick, whom had
known personally. and for whom 1 have
a high regard. Mr.. Mccormick said
his company did not mix in politics in
any way, but, being a personal friend
Of me, he would give me a donation,
anG told his secretary to have a per-
sonal check made out for $3.50. Null
hall said: Make 1t out in my name
i thought nothing peculiar of it at the
time and let it go that way because
Mulhall told me he would get the check
and give II 10 me.
"Mulhall was stopping at the Sherman
House. went there a couple of days
later. and Mulhall said the check had not
come in. 1t was getting close to pri-
mary day, April 3. and on the Friday or
Saturday previous to primary day Null
hall left Chicago, as far as know, but
before he went he added: McDermott, /
have left orders at the Sherman House
TO let you have that check IL II comes
in. and il you get 1t you indorse my
name
Got Duplicate Check.
hn h.
ing up, l got duplicate of the origina,
after calling up Mr.. McCormick's Office
aBd telling him that the check had net
shown up. Following Mulhalrs sugges-
ton, signed his name to it, and got il
cashed. The original check was can
celled.
Some ten days later the original
showed up in Baltimore, and had been
cashed by Mulhau Mr.. Estes, Of the
Merchants Loan and Trust Company.
called me up and said the original had |
been found and cashed. I said that was
funny. because thet original had bean
cancelled. Mr.. Estes replied, Yes, but a |
mistake had been made They wrote |
to Baltimore and asked to have the
money refunded, which was not done by
Mulhall. Feeling morally responsible. I |
told Mr: Estes that 1 would pay the
S250, as did not wish u have Mr. Me-
Cormick know Of the peculiar action of
Mulhall- Mr.. Estes said that the orig
fnal check would be paid, but that the
money would come from Mr.. Mccormick
/ told Mr.. Estes that would pay II in
installments. and did So
Now I understand why Mulhau was
so friendly to me the early part of 1872. /
as he had been let out by the National I
Association of Manufacturers But I am
satisfied he was IN Chicago only for one /
To trf,x 1
he did. Now. why he should go out Of
his way to do me an injustice / am at
a loss to understand
Il absolutely deny that / was ever at
any Tune under obligations of any kind,
financial or otherwise, to the National
of Manufacturers.
In reference to Mr.. McMichael. he
was never my secretary 1 have known
him ever since 1 came to Congress. He
was tnen chief page on the Democratic
side. have often asked him for in
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