Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-07-02
Lobby Probe Takes Broader
Scope Than Contemplated
When Resolution for lnyes-
tigatIon Was Passed,
CONGRESSMEN MUST
TELL ABOUT MULHALL
Several Statesmen, Past ana
Present, Said 10 be involved
in Scandal Revealed by
Agent of Manufacturers,

fuY HoHHiAa iouRHAt uFHciAt NgAaHn NiRel
Washington. July with Wit
ncssca headed for Washington from
many directions to testify on the new
est development in The senate lobby
Investigation. Chairman Overman to-
night gave hint of further scnsa-
tiona m thr committees activities. An
Inquiry has been under way for some
Time Il Is understood. into operation
or paid press bureaus conducted by
large corporations and Interests" and
the committee expects 20 determine to
what extent paid publicity agents are
employed TO attempt 60 influence
lputlic opinion or direct federal legis-
mtiou.
The charges by Martin Nj Mulhall.
former representative OF the manu-
lecturers association regarding his
lobbying operations. will not be form
ally opened until next Tuesday To-
lmorrow's hearing will be devoted pri-
Iuarily TO the testimony OF Wall street
Imen believed TO have information as
/ 20 lobbying activities in New York IN
which the names OF congressman were
/ freely used.
Developments today indicated that
officers. Of the senate and mambers
OF the lobby committee have been Sc
lcretly busy for several days securing
Tie new information, the nature Of
which is now concealed Senator
Reed who went TO New York yeateI
day. Is said 10 have acted fCr .he com
lmttee unoffcially In obmlning tn-
formation and the name Of desired
Witnesses.
Interest centored again today abeu
tho charges involving many. present
ana former members Of congress con
tanned in the correspondence Mllhall
has made public, covering his eight
years OF service as an agent Of the
Nauonnl Association Of Manufactlr
ers. Fum President p4ttr 8rl
. kirby Uf fhIf oiAuuHaftinIr NaH HfrU
60 hatl .af ed today from sf
cisco for Australia cancelled tho.r laa-
sage on the demand Of the senate
Ificials aud viii come TO WashinslUu
TO testify Tuesday.
a demand will be made in the
|hcuse tomorrow by Representatives
Shirley, of Kentucky 'and Neely OF
/ Kansas, for an immediate inVestiga
/ tion of the Mulhall charges by that
body Both representatives. propose
special committee of five "a take al
the allegations made by Mulhali, that
I the manufacturers ASSOCIATION il
panced campaigns. elected aud def a
lea congressman, dictated legislation
land controlled the makeup of com
mIttecs.
/ The senate committee has secured
! the Mulhall papers however and Pre-
poses 10 hold onto them for its inquiry
|A subpoena served on Louis j. Soy
| bold, of the NeW YORK World. re-
IqDlrcd him To- produce the mass %.
letters ana documents turned over 10
/ the world by Mmlhlll, and James A.
Emery. representative Of the National
Association # Manufacturers In
ashiugton, also has been subpoonaed
t. bring all his papers bearing on leg
islatiye activities
Senator Overman declined to reveal
the extent of the proposed lnvestiga-
tion into paid press bureaus further
than 10 say that other developments
arc coming The committee learned
during rs Interrogation OF so-called
sugar lobbyists that large sums had
Lecn spent for publicity aud for con
tracts covering certain kinds Of news
services. II is understood that efforts
VIII be made to determine the extent
and character Of all paid news ser
vices that are connected with the in
fuencing OF legislation,
Reports were insistcnt late tonight
that increasing sensational evidence
would be produced when the Mulhall
case eventually Is taken up This. II
was said, is contained in number Of
letters written by Mulhall to officers
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers in which he is said to have
declared he would exert more "influ-
enee' over the members of the VIII
son administration than he had done
in the republican regime A number Of
men high in democratic office arc
said 10 be named
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