The Prescott daily news., 1913-07-17
N. \. M. WANTED U RUN TARIFF BOARD MULHALL TESTlFlES PLACE FOR SCHWEDTMAN ON IT WAS
 DESIRED.
AID WAS Gll EN TO COUDREY
Formed Workmen's Protective Organ ization in the Conqressman's Dis trict-Shakes Hands With
 Ex-President Parry.

Washington, July 17-Martin M Mulhall has brought the story of his lobbying activities for the National Association of Manufacturers up to 1908 before the senate committee and testified about the work of the asso- citation in promoting a tariff commits sion.
 "The association wanted Miles and Schwedtman on it, and wanted to con rol it themselves" Mulhall testified He did not explain who Miles was, SchWedtman was secretary to J. w. Van Cleave, then president of the as- Sociation.
 James A. Emery, counsel for the manufacturers, wrote Mulhall on Jan. 16, 1906:
 Doubtless you know we had a tus- sle on the floor of the house last Sat urday, where an attempt was made by the Democrats under cover of an amendment to conspiracy provision of the revised statutes to enact some of the worst features of the extreme labor legislation now before the judi ciary committee. Our friends stood firm and the attempt to make cam paign thunder was squelched in the most admirable way, and, very happi- ly, Democrat, Swager Sherley of Kentucky, took the chief part in the defense of the existing law and against the proposed amendment"
 $1oo,ooo Was Needed.
 Another letter which Mulhall wrote at Indianapolis on June IT, 1908, to Schwedtman at St. Louis. reported how MT. Watson had large majori- ty of the machine under his control " "The convention of the miners will be held here on the Fist" it contin- ued. "They certainly expect Com pers Duncan and others. Three of the district presidents from the an thracite districts are my personal friends. l feel I might be able to do good work through those gentlemen, and it is too bad we are short of funds when the convention is coming with the opportunities for use
 Mulhall said he met Van Cleave and l SCnW tulIlldu OH lNtlA pdSSilS through Indianapolis, Jan 19, 1908, told them of the Watson campaign and spoke about $100,000 being needed
 Cannon and Hemenway.
 On Jan. 19 Mulhall wrote Schwedt- man:
 "Mr. Watson Friday told me that if there was any danger of any class legislation being brought up while he was absent from Washington to have Mir Emery see Senator Hemenway. He also told me to write Emery and say that Speaker Cannon would re- ceive him at any time, and he could and that everything would be all right"
 '1 saw Senator Beveridge in the Go Iumbia club at Indianapolis" testified the colonel, put his arm around MT. Parry, one time president of the N. A. M., and say This is the man that sent me to the senate.' That was in 19OS."
 The correspondence brought to light some hitherto unknown facts regard ing the identity of the mysterious 'Mr X.," who figured in the initial publication of the Mulhall papers. MT X.." it turns out, was Atherton Brownell. a publicity agent in New York, newspaper tipster" and one time press agent for the National As sociation of Manufacturers. Brownell was the head of the Century syndi- cate"
 Work for Littlefield.
 To him, it appears, was entrusted the work of promoting the political fortunes of Littlefield of Maine, and the undertaking of assailing Samuel Gompers, the labor chieftain Brown ell, so it was explained, employed Broughton Brandenburg, writer, in conjunction with Dr. Crockett, to ca jole or coerce Gompers into surren- dering to the dictates of the National Association of Manufacturers.
 Another interesting detail brought out by the examination of the colonel was an intimation contained in instruc-