New-York tribune., 1913-07-25
lowa Senator Fatty Denies
Former Lobbyists Story Of
Interview in Private.
RAD DAY FOR THE WITNESS
Ne Loses His Temper More than
once and Is Unable to Explain
Expense Accounts"
Satisfactorily.
From The Tribune Bureau

washington. July 4.-Colonel NJ. NJ.
vylhan. the alleged lobbyist OF the Ma
,icral Association of Manufacturers
,os pictured az an unqualified falsiher
~ Senator Albert s Cummins to-day.
vy,haus face was red when Senator
r,,-nnl,ns tolo him he had not told the
ruth and the former lobbyist. still
i,borlng under the strain. lost his head
later in the afternoon long enough 10
shout out that the woman who prepared
his expense accounts. and who had trav-
suAd with him for twelve years. was TN
q sense his wife" who had been driven
insane" nv the work she did in the 6th
New Jersey District
Senator Cummins was thoroughly angry
AZ the statements concerning him made
bv Mulhal IN his letters. and ne did
not minCe words IN telling the commit
Tee that what The former lobbyist had
written was untrue. Nulhall tried To
F1uirm out by saving ne was tired Of the
denias Of HIS testimony, nut Senator
Cummins s,,encec him ny telling him that
he purposed 20 deny every misstatement
he made. whether ho liked II or not
y
bad one for MllnaII. for there We're a lot
of thing h, could not explain salts
factorily To- Senator Nelson. who de-
manded specifications.
Representative James r. MCDermott. of
Chicago. also came into the limeliCht to-
day. hut. contrary 70 his former state !
ments. Mulhall said that Jimmy" was
association but simply had "a pcnchant
sor borrowing money and never paying II /
hack Mulhal could not tell how much ,
Mr McDermott borrowed
A. Parker Nevin. general counsel of the 4
National Association ot Manufacturers .
announced that the association hal au- /
thorizcd the institution ~ "a libel suit for T,
&nno AGAINST The Philadelphia North !
American for the outrageous and malt I,
ciously false language" I'm an editorial in |
that newspaper II is understood that T.
other PAPERS, including one I'm New York .
will also be sued.
Cummins's Ire Aroused.
Senator Cummins's ire was aroused 10y /
the statements in letter Mulhall had /
written saving that the Senator had met /
him In the corridor Of the Capitol and I
had gone with him TO the private room /.
u Senator pollivcr 10 discuss a speech I
Speaker Cannon had made and the atu-
iude NJ Representative Kendall, of Iowa, /
toward the eight-hoUr till
Mr Cummius made Mulhall admit that /
10 dd not know where Senator Delivers $ I
&. Nla
private room such as Mulhall had de- I
scr.aec. Senator Walsh asked the one /
time lobbyist II Do could even now iden- /
tiy Senator Delivers office. and the wit /
ness admitted that he could not.
y will not say that never saw Colonel |
Ml.hall in 1910 said NJ Cummns. He |
NAV have spoken 10 me I'm the restaurant. !
He may nave spoken 10 me in the corri- |,
dor Rut l never had any conversation /
with Nh Nulhall about Mr.. Kendall's at /
titude toward the sight-hour bill. and ! /
never invited Mr. Mulhall 10 90 10 sena- /
tor Delivers room and never went With /
Mr.. Mgltall 70 Senator Dolliver's room or /
had a conversation with him about that I
subject 0r any other
y am positive with regard 10 the meet |
ing IN Senator Delivers room. II seems .
20 me impossible that such d meeting "a /
that could have occurred and left no i'm /
preston upon my memory. l can easily /
understand how could see and talk with I
Mr. Mulhau about a general subject. or
about an invitation 20 Indianapolis. and /
forget IT, but II does not seem 70 me
possible that ] could forget a converse
ton such as he has described occurring |
IN Senator Dolliver's room"
Denies Cannon Story, Too.
Nulhan in the letter referred TO- said /
that Senator Cummins was very angry 4
that the manufacturers had invited /
Uncle Joe Cannon to speak at their /
annual banquet
y was opposed to Mr. Cannon SAID /
Senator Cummins. but have not the
least recollection Of ever complaining or .
becoming angry about Mr.. Cannon s /
being invited 10 address the association. |
The truth is that the only person con-
nected with the matter or with any as-
ISOLATION. with whom ever had any talk /
AZ all about the tariff commission was
J. B. Cobb. OF Boston. and ! have seen
him a great many times with regard to
the tariff commission fight"
4 should rather assume II there Is any
thing about this at all It would be In the
paggpQ ]