The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-12
inside?'' asked Senator cummins.

Chairman Overman, of the senate
committee, sent a formal notice to
Chairman Garrett, of the house COM
mittee, at 1890 O'Clock that the senate
committee would insist on keeping
Mulhall as a witness until it had finish
ed with him.
House Gets Letters Later.
Chairman Overman assured the
house committee that the senate in
VestigatorS would release Mulhall la
ter, subject to a house subpoena and
make available to the house commit
ices order. Amy and all papers now
or which may come into our possess
: sion in connection with this matter.
Mulhan identified letter from James
]. Ridge, outlining work done by Ridge
among Rhode Island labor unions in
1904, in behalf of Aldrich's candidacy.
Mulhall testified to giving Ridge $500
which he got from Gushing. secretary
for the manufacture, to help Aldrich
In his campaign for reelection.
In letter relating to Ridge it was
said: THE senator is well pleased with
the work of your friend"
Attorney McCarter tried to have the
committee keep out testimony by Null
nail relating to conversation between
Gushing and others which he had not
actually heard. The committee refus-
ed.
Reference to President Taft
A reference to President Taft came
III CO4IlSCllOn Win nOlaIlOuS on Iuc
back OF one of the Mulhal envelopes.
The following names appeared:
&C. d. Firestone, Columbus Buggy
company; Col w. H. Morgan, Alliance,
o.; John N. Taylor, East Liverpool; D.
]. Sinclair. Steubenville; H. NJ. Hanna,
Cleveland"
These five names were submitted to
me by Senator Foraker, of Ohio, to
hand to President Taft at an interview
l was to have with him at his summer
residence in 1870 concerning the cam
paign in Ohio" Mulhall testified. The
committee did not develop the point
further.
Testifying further about the cam
palgn against Hughes, Mulhan swore
he went to Paterson to aid Hughes
opponent.
Gave Circulars to Republicans.
He hired six union men to work
against Hughes and paid them alto
gether about $500, which came from
the National Association of Manufac-
turers through Gushing. The union
men in the pay of the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers, Mulhall
said, took possession of $4,000 cir
culars sent into the district by the
American Federation of Labor to aid
Hughes, and turned them over to the
republican campaign committee He
named the following as among the
men he hired to work agnist Hughes.
Michael Collins of Philadelphia
Jacob Cassilear of New York; William
]. Ryan of the electrical WORKERS I'M
ion, in New York and George Burke
of Paterson.
Mulhall did not recall the names of
two others. He thought Burke was
deputy collector of internal revenue.
Mulhan thought that George Burke
who voted in Hughes district deputy
collector of internal revenue, was on
his pay roll in the campaign against
You bribed these men to vote
against Hughes?" asked Senator Cum
minis.
II don't know whether you CAN
call it bribery or not-they were paid
a weekly salary. That money was
spent in legitimate work-that's whas
they called it. 1t has been done by
my list for about Is weeks altogether
first at $40 and then at $50 a week."
said Mulhall. He added that Ryan |
was ION the list to do general politi- !
cal work in the labor ranks, engaged |
in helping beat Hughes"
Senator Reed asked if the National
Association of Manufacturers went
generally into politics, and supported
whether it singled out individual men
throughout the country whom it sup
ported. Mulhall said it generally
supported the Republican ticket and
particularly opposed Democrats who
were too actively opposed to its po- /
sition on labor questions. I
Efforts to control Senator McComas
on labor legislation were further
shown by another letter, December
Is, 1904, apparently to MuIhan, and
which he said was written by Cushing.
1t urged Mulhall to deal with Nc
Comas on the supposition that the
latter wanted federal judgeship then |
in prospect.
He (McComas) needs to under
stand" the letter added, that the in
dustrial needs of the country are more
thoroughly organized than ever be-
fore and that they will have none of
him or his eight hour bill. All the
same, they are not vindictive. and if
he honestly means to let up, you, of
course, can promise to do anything
that you can do to remove any of the /,
obstacles that you can from the path
of his ambitions
Other letters from Cushing to Null
hall developed the extent to which
Mulhan was working with variouus
political factions in Maryland. Many
of the men he mentioned in his let
tiers as opposed to the eight hour bill
in the association campaign against
that measure were strictly honest in
that position, he thought. "Others pre-
tended to be honestly opposed to it
because you paid them to-" suggested
Senator Walsh.
Yes, that's it,
When Senator Reed came to letters
about a strike in Philadelphia, Null
llou5Al AllOIu6yS MCOdTly anu
Emery were whispering ABOUT his tes-
timony and "over the shoulders of
senator's"
Il see gents sitting behind you." he
said to the committee, interested in
strikes and I would like to be cross
examined now about these letters.
This is fight to the finish and all 1
want is for it to be a square fight. 1t
is no laughing matter. This fight has
only begun
The strike Mulhall referred to oc
CURED in 1906. He swore Secretary
Gushing had instructed him to go to