The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
INTERVIEWS RILE
N. A. N. COUNSEL
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the interviews placed them In the position
before the public Of having reached the
conclusion. that .Mulhalfs story had been
made to stick. and that further efforts
by counsel for the N. A. NJ. probably
would not change the situation. AZ the
Senator's are sitting in q quasi-judiciaI
capacity. The protest Of counsel for the
v. A. NJ. was well founded. though the
irregular procedure OF Congressional in
Iyestigating committees permits members
OF such committees to express their con-
victions long before all evidence Ii in.
Emery Letters Quoted.
Senator Reed. during the hearing.
started to read excerpts from letters
written by General Counsel Emery to
General Manager Bird. commenting. In
a sarcastic way, on passing events in
Washington subsequent to President
Wilson's Inauguration These letters had
been turned over by Emery to Chair
man Garrett, of the House Investigating
Committee. been printed on CARROTS
orders. and copies furnished the Senate
Committee. They had not been identi-
fed or In any way made q part Of the
record, as Emery, who Is a party in
interest. has not AZ yet testified.
In these letters. Emery said that
Gompers would run the new Department
Of Labor in his usual hish-handed way;
referred to "Jenefsonian simplicity"
| said IL was currently reported that Mrs.
Bryan was making a new crash suit for
! the Secretary Of State; that grapejuice
would be served at the dinner to the
retiring British Ambassador. and that
toothpicks probably would be served for
dessert. and made a number of other
lnbServatfnpa int onrv Fnr -.
eyes and which obviously had no bear
| ing on the investigation.
Mr.. Emery objected to the reading OF
these excerpts as a violation of all
precedent and as an attempt to pref.
udice the country aaginst the n. n
NJ.
IF anything further was needed to
convince us of the bias Of this semi.
judicial body. the action Of the Senator
from Missouri in going out of his way
to read parts Of these letters, which
were written by one gentleman to an
other. which have never been identified
and are not part Of this record, has
furnished that proof" he said hotly.
An original letter from William b
Wilson, then member Of Congress
from Pennsylvania. now Secretary OF
Labor, was identified by MulhaI. II
supstanuated MS testimony that he had
asked Wilson to put him in touch with
Samuel Gompers, and that Wilson had
refused to do this. but had advised him
to place himself in Gomper's hands IN
reservedly.
Senator Townsend yesterday denied
that Mulhal ever had a confidential in
terview with him. Mulhall turned over
to the committee 500 more letters He
produced documentary proof of having
drawn money from the German Bank OF
Baltimore which, he declared. was
loaned to II. E. Miles to be paid james
Watson as q retainer in 1909 and OF
the payment OF $500 to James Dono-
hue, Of Maine. to be used in the brew
ers' interest during the resubmission
campaign in that State in 1911.
The House lobby committee will get
under way today with the examination
of Louis Seibold. the reporter for a
New York newspaper. who first handled
the Mulhali documents. Schools story
will lay the foundation for the House
investigation. Today the Senate com.
mittee will turn Col Mulhall over to
the House probers, and he will COM
mence his testimony before them to-
morrow. The Senate. In the meantime,
will go ahead with the examination of
officers OF the National Association Of
Manufactures