The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-01
ROSS-EXAM|NAT|ON
OF MARTIN MULHALL
BEGINS IN SENATE
Promiscuous Arguments by
All Concerned Halt Pro-
ceedings Considerably
SENATORS ALMOST
AT SWORDS POINTS
116 Questions Submitted by Manufac-
turers' Counsel in Five Hours.
Question Motives of Null
hall Exposures"

WasE< Con. July S1.-To an accompani-
ment : Ornaments between counsel and
mem 50 of the committee between demo-
cra,Se nd republican committeeman and
beSoh Martin NJ. Mulhall and every
be Sconnected with the case the cross
- Slination of the alleged lobbyist for
n National Association of Manufac-
ers proceeded haltingly today before
.e Senate investigating committee.
In the five hours Mulhall was on the
stand about 1l6 questions submitted by
counsel for the association We're put to
him by Chairman Overman. Robert Nc
Carter and James A. Emery, attorneys
for the association, were denied the right
to cross-examine the witness directly, but
nit questions based upon replies the wit
ness made to the queries already submit
ted
Almost at Swords Points
Senators Reed and Walsh and Cummins
and Nelson were almost at sword IS points
on several occasions, but peace always
was restored without an open break and
any ill-feeling that existed was laid away
for future reference. Mulhall himself, al
ways an interesting witness, ready to
make comments upon the attorneys of
the National Association of Manufacture
ers, or its officials. surpassed himself
in spite of continual warnings by the
chairman. He declared once that unless
the committee allowed him to have coun-
sci he would refuse to answer further
questions and would rather go to jail.
Chairman Overman finally became SO
angry that he bluntly told him unless he
RETAINED from superfuous comment and
stuck to plain answers he would be sub
Jected TO discipline. Mulhall then sub
sided
The National Association of Manufac-
turers attorneys attacked Mulhalls story
told in his correspondence and his exami-
nation in chief along several lines. They
sought to show that he was discharged
and did not resign from the association
Trey PIC dGred statefnen ST vi al nete spa per
thar published his correspondence 5efore
the committee took up the investigation,
alleged to have been made by the Witness,
which he denied, and they questioned him
to show that he tried unavailingly to dis
pose Of his documents to many maga-
zines and newspapers without success. An
effort to go into Mulhals private life
was not allowed by the committee
Did Not knife" McComas
The lawyers were just getting to the
question of the motives back of Mulhalrs
exposure, when the committee adjourned
The witness had time, however, to deny
that he had knitted the late Senator
McComas of Maryland several years
working fo, oil
tlon while posing as his friend He ad-
mitted that he sent out circulars to busi-
ness men in Baltimore while seemingly
still a friend of McComas' but swore
that he did this under orders of Marshall
Gushing at that time secretary of the
association
The lawyers referred to flatterine
friendly letter Mulhall wrote Cushing
just after the secretary left the as
sociaton's employ and then read from
another dated few weeks later writ
ten to an official in which Mulhall at
tackled Cushing bitterly.
Examined by members of the COM
mittee Mulhall said Cushing gave hin
his employment with the National As
sociation of Manufacturers and that he
always thought him friend until the
latter quit. "Then | found out that |
wasn't even known by name-that
Cushing had given me a number and
that he was taking all the credit for
what was done here he said
Members of the COMMITTEES asked
Mulhall about items in many of his
expense accounts for the sum of $50
paid TO SO two party workers in a New
Jersey campaign. which appeared al
most weekly in his statement for N
long period in 1910. Mulha1l swore the
money was paid to Frank Feeney. "A
Philadelphia labor leader He denied
he had had a serious disa greement with
General Manager Bird and Attorney
Emery about these items or that this
disagreement had anything to do with
his resignation" He swore too that
the disappearance of this particular
Item from expense accounts rendered
after this interview was said to have
taken place was because the campaign
was over and not because he had been
warned to leave it out.
J. p. Tumulty, secretary of President
Wilson, was a spectator in the commit
tee room for short time late today