Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
STORY OF MULHALL WILL
EXTEND i. S. LOBBY INQUIRY
Continued From Page I.

Mulhall represented the National As
ISOLATION OF Manufacturers. in Wash
ington. The association has mem
bership Of 225 organizations among
them the most influential Of the yolu-
try. and 4. 600 individuals who CoutTn.
billions OF capital
The burden Of his statements We're
that the association had for years
promoted tariff. labor, and genera.
business legislation favorable 20 its. r
had maintained a lobby staff Of seven
teen, including himself and former
Presidents NanClssve and kirby. ~
the association. at the capital TO de-
feat hostile legislation and 10 was
always seeking and often ohtain-uE
control Of the House and Senate Com
mittee on Labor and Judiciary
Created Tariff Commission.
He said that the associations ef-
forts were responsible for the Gre
alton OF the Tariff Commission under
President Taft and said that nine
former ConEressneu and }. H. Mo
Michael. chief Of pages in the House.
had obtained money for services rem
dered
More sensational still were the
declarations that former President
Taft, former Vice President sherman,
and former Speaker Cannon, besides
many CouEressnen and Senators We're
among those whom the association
could affect by appeals to sentiment
or other interests. He told Of an
unsuccessful attempt 70 bride Samuel
Gompers, the labor leader and Of
successful work among petty labor
leaders
Mulhau told Of his own great in
gratitude, how he obtained Federal
position through the influence of Sen
ator McComas Of Maryland, and at
the same time entered the employ
Of the National Association Of Man
ufacturers, helping to defeat his
patron because McComas had been
doomed for his opposition to the asso-
citation
McComas, it seems. was not the
only victim Tom L. Johnson had
been defeated for Mayor Of Cleve-
land. said Mulhall, for his oppoSi-
tion to the association. and William
e Hughes was opposed by the bust
ness combine for Senator from New
Jersey because he was the advocate
OF many labor bills. II was in this
connection that Wilson, when Gov
ernor of New Jersey had agreed with
Gompers and Morrison, the labor
leaders. to support Hughes. and had
stun1ped the State In his favor.
Spies Kept in Field.
The work OF the association against
the eight-hour law, its enmity to most
legislation that was favorable 10 labor.
how he kept in occasional communi-
ration with former Vice President
Sherman. how spies were kept IN the
Held 10 corrupt minor labor leaders.
and 10 knife opponents were other
sensational bits of the Mulhall tes-
timony.
George Pope president OF the assoc
citation and other officials OF the or
Plantation. have made statements de
Claring that Mulhall b not to be be-
lieved. and that most Of the state
ments were inspired by the fact that
Mulhall was discharged by the asso-
citation. From many persons and
places have come statements de
nouncing Mulhall as a man OF repre-
hensible character, lesseninR thus the
substantiabiity OF many OF the
charges, But in many instances the
declarations he made seemed TO be as
sured of reliability by documents that
are substantial.
Interesting IS his Hst of Congress
men whom he said had received pay
from the association. He named In
this connection ]. Il. Watson, Repub-
lican, Of Indiana, the House whip"
Of the last administration; ]. T. Nc
Dermott Democrat, Of Illinois: j. j.
Jenkins. Republican, Wisconsin: Kit
tredge Haskins. Republican. Vermont;
G. E. Littlefeld, Republican, Maine;
II NJ. Rannon, Republican, Ohio: II
NJ Coudry. Republican, Missouri: ]. ]
Gardner, Republican, New Jersey: r.
b. Cole, Republican. Ohio, and ]. II
McMiChael. chief OF pages
On the other hand, he named a
mum Der Of Congressman who had CON