The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-07-26
NAN. REACHEDH|GH
PLACE IN cAs,Ngr WAS aoAl OF
ORGANIZATION ACCORDING
TO LETTERS READ.
vORYs, TAFT MGR, QUOTED
Van cisase Suggested for Post--Ex-
President Declared Influenced BY
Manufacturers Before His
Nomination as Chief

| Washington, July 1S.--It was de-
veloped through series of letters
| placed In the record by the senate
| lobby committee Wednesday that the
more active workers OF the National
Association of Manufacturers aimed
10 bring about the appointment CT a
prominent members Of the association.
preferably Mr., Van Cleave. who was
then its president. as member. Of
the cabinet Of President Taft. and al
SO TO have representation on the Re
publican national committee
These efforts OF the active workers
may not have had the approval OF the
officers OF the organization. but ac'
cording to statements by Martin NJ.
Mulhall. Arthur Vorys. who was
Mr.. Tafts manager In Ohio, was
aware OF the movement. and Mulhall
asserts that the speech made in Chi
cago by Mr.. Taft while he was secre-
tary of war In which he urged the
business people and the manufacture
ers to organize for self.protection, was
the direct result of talk between
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Van Cleave.
Fred G. Schwedtman, who was sec
rotary to Mr.. Van Cleave while the
latter was president OF the manufac-
turers association, in a letter sup
ports the assertion that Mr. Van
Cleave influenced Mr. Taft
1t would be hard to find man
who is more levelheaded than the
secretary of war" he wrote, "and 1t is
a pity that man so we'll fitted for
the high position OF president should
have to straddle some of the import
ant issues If he wants to win In this
political game"
Washington. July l7.--Colonel Null
hall on Tuesday identified 40 letters
kilograms and memoranda put in the
record by the senate investigating
committee, with only trihe more hes
itancy than he evinced before
Mulhalls attention was directed al
most exclusively to the last half of the
year 1907 and the first part of 1908.
He was jumped from Maine TO Mis-
souri,; from Baltimore to indianapolis
and up to Cleveland in those few
months. He told, or his letters did OF
his strike-breaking activities In ST.
Louis, OF an effort to aid former Con
gresham James E. Watson OF In
diana politically. and of how well he
knew former Senator Beverage OF
that state
Mulhall gave details OF another visit
to Maine and another effort to give
political assistance to former Con-
gresham Littlefield of that state. He
mentioned again former President
Taft. the late Vice.President Sherman.
the late James W. Van Cleave of the
National Association Of Manufacture
ers and other men prominently con
nected at one time or another with
that organization.
The witness thought about $4,000
had been raised in Indiana for the
Watson campaign and letter read
just before adjournment told OF
three millionaires" in the state, one
OF whom was willing to spend 100000
To defeat Watson. The letter didn't
identify the millionaires and the CON-
mittee didn't ask who they were.
During the day Senator Reed intro
duced memorandum which Mulhall
said was black list of congress
men. Mulhaik thought it had been pre-
pared by former Representative Wat.
con. 1t follows:
Watson: Here's list for you to
knock out.