Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-21
MULHALL TOLD TO
SPANK FRIENDS"
Tells Lobby Probers N. A. NJ.
Secretary Gave Him This
Advice.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Refreshed
by two-day rest, Martin NJ. Mulhall
former lobbyist for the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers continued
his story today before the Senate in
vestigating committee.
A letter from Thomas Gibson, a New
York financial writer, from whom
David Lamar testified he got infor-
nation to base his charge of an $S2,-
600, 600 forgery on the books of the
Union Pacific railroad, was put in the
record.
Gibson wrote he did not know La
mar: did not now believe there was a
forgery and was sending out a retrac-
tion to his subscribers Paul D. Cra-
vath. counsel for the railroad. put in
letter from a firm of public ac-
countants. explaining the apparent
discrepancies upon which Lamar
based his sensational charge.
Tells OF Loudenslagcr.
The late representative Henry C..
Loudenslager, of New Jersey, secre-
tary of the Republican congressional
committee in 1908, seemed to have in
CURED the enmity of Mulhall in Octo-
ber of that year. Mulhall wrote to
Secretary Schwedtman, of the manu-
facturers:
'I told this gentleman that the
manufacturers of this country were
tired of pin head politics and pin
head politicians. When | was through
Mr.. Loudenslager offered an apology,
claiming that he would be good from
this time on, but plainly gave him
to understand that when he comes
up for denomination he would hear
from our people,
Mulhall did not fully explain why
he had fallen out with Louden-
Slayer.
Advises Spanking "Friends."
Sehwedtman wrote Mulhall in Oc-
tober: 'I do hope that when James
r. Watson (of Indiana) gets in the
governors chair he will lay a half
dozen of his good friends 90 over
his knee and spank them to beat the
band including your special fried
Senator Beveridge. | hate false
friends more than l do the worst
enemies"
Mulhall said all his accounts were
kept by an expert who accompanied
him on his trips, evidently his wife.
She was driven crazy in the sixth
New Jersey campaign" said he.
She kept all my accounts and she
was the best politician | ever knew. ="
A Mulhall expense account, dated
October 81. 1908. showed an item of
5000 paid to William NJ Walsh, of
the executive board in the Tenth.
Eleventh and Fifteenth congressional
districts of Pennsylvania, to do gem
eral campaign work"
81 think we made a good friend of
Senator Dolliver and he made me
promise to call on him when he came
to Washington. Schwedtman wrote
Mulhall, December /, 1908.
Mulhall wrote Schwedtman: we
have secured in the person of George
r. Malby. n representative from New
York, a man who fills the bill entirely
I'm Judge Jenkins's place when he fin
ishes his term as chairman of the ju-
dietary committee. This has been en-
tirely satisfactory to Mr.. Emery and |
think 1t is a splendid move" 1t de-
veloped, however. Malby did not get
the place.
A long "black list" of congressman.
Republicans and Democrats who
have incurred the enmity of the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers,
and were to be opposed when they
came up for reelection, was present
ed to Mulhall.
Senator Hughes on Black List
William Hughes. New Jersey, now
SENATOR William b. Wilson, of Penn
sylvania, now secretary of labor;
Thomas D. Nichols, of the Tenth
Pennsylvania; George A. Pearre. of
the Sixth Maryland. and John l.. Bur
nett, of the Seventh Alabama, were
described by Mulhall as being on "the
permanent black list because they
were always in favor of labor legisla-
ton. Against all these men we made
every effort to drive them from public
life said he.
On another list Irvine l.. Lenroot
and Henry A. Cooper, of Wisconsin;
Augustus p. Gardner. Massachu-
setts; Herbert Parsons. New York;
William S. Greene. Massachusetts,;
Victor Murdock. Kansas; James T..
McDermott, Illinois, Champ Clark,
Missouri. and Wilbert N. Haugen, of
Iowa, were described as "Cannon's
list" and were in disfavor with the
organization, Mulhall swore. because
of their opposition to Speaker Can
non.
Mulhall swore names had been
furnished by Congressman Watson or
by "Mr. Childs," a clerk to the House
committee on war claims, in 1910.
November 2. 1908, two days before
election Mulhall wrote Schwedtman;
Following is list of congressman
] would advise having Mr. Van
Cleave send kilograms to, who | feel
sure will be elected, and who have
been our friends in the past" The
list included Sherman, Cannon, Bur-
leigh, Dalzell. DENLY, Dwight. Fair
child, Fassett, Fordney, Hepburri.
Kiefer, Longworth Mckinley, Malby.
Mann, Moon, Moore, Parsons, Payne,
Rainey and about forty others.