New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-16

broke men 60 into the rathskeller ana
sit down at a table and neither has
cent. and third man comes In and
stays awhile. and then the two broke
men get up with money In their pockets
IT'S q sign to me money has been passed.
Money don't grow on trees, and 1t didn't
grow underneath the table
"Nho were the two broke men?'
"Me and James T. McDermott.'
And who was the third man who came
,r and boGght the drinks and left both
of you the money!
Colonel Martin NJ. Mulhall," snapped
the witness. gazing at Mr.. McDerfhot"
who stared hard In return.
McMichael caused laughter when ne
said that the Illinois member was al
ways touching me-"
EFF | got a big bill and small one
from Colonel Mulhall," said McMichael
"J always slipped out the small one and
asked the cashier to change 1t for me.
| knew II l flashed big bill McDer-
mott would take half OF II.
HE was pulling the same stunt on me
He used to hide his big bills and ask
the barkeeper or cashier to change two
dollars / guess he thought / was going
to ask him for something"
And did McDermott share In your $50
salary. from Colonel Mulhall?' asked Mr.
Stafford.
Not in the sense OF sharing. but he
used 10 ask II I'd seen the colonel, ana
II he had paid me. When ] said yes,
McDermott used to say: Slip me some
thing. for the love OF Mike! and he'd
get $40. SIS or So
McMichael said he was introduced to
Mulhall by Harry Parker, negro mes
senger OF the Committee on Ways ana
Means. Parker was on Mulhalrs pay
roll and he said here was chance LOT
me to make some money" explained NC
Michael
The former House employe said he was
in the employ Of Mulhall during the seq
slons of 1909 and 1910 and through the
year 1911. Mulhall always paid him IN
cash, he added.
II once paid OF Harry Parker and
Henry Neal. giving Harry so and Neal
$50" said McMichael. II don't know why
there was difference. Mulhall gave mo
500, and I lad $50 left for myself
Neal IS the negro messenger at the
door OF the Speakers ONCE.
McMichael said the National Associa-
ton OF Manufacturers was about TO
trim" McDermott in the campaign OF
1910. but that he called Mulhall OF. The
colonel. he said. had been "bawled out
by McDermott, whom he scarcely Khe"
al that time.
Got MuIhaII 20 Help MoOermott.
II told McDermott later that the as
ISOLATION had intended to trim him ana
l had saved him. l persuaded the colo
mel TO send two hundred letters 20 man.
ufacturers in McDermott's district tell
ing the colonel that McDermott was
friend OF mine and was all right When
| told McDermott what had been done
he said:
We'll. Mulhall amt such a damned
bad skate after ALL / would ike 10
talk to him We got together later
Testfying regarding the secret
room" referred TO in the Mulhall CORE
spondence, NcMichael said this was an
empty room In tho Capitol terrace ad'
Joining a room set aside for the Com
mittee on Expenditures in the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor.
II don't know how McDermott got 2os-
session OF the room. but he did," said
McMlchael. "McDermott got three Keys
and gave Mulhall one OF them. We held
conferences there frequently. and Colonel
Mulhall dictated letters TO young
woman stenographer. who took the letters
home to write.
McMichael went over in detail the Null
hall letters In which he was mentioned or
Of which he had any knowledge. lie told
Of advancing SO to send Mulhall to chi
cago in 1912 70 collect funds for McDer-
motifs campaign When McDermott re-
turned to Washington after the campaign
he told McMichael. the witness said, that
Mulhail had not collected nickel, al
though Mulhall later produced the list
showing that he had collected $50 Tor
McDermotts support from manufacturers
I'm his district. In addition 10 the two
checks for $40 each from Harold McCor-
mick which Mulhall previously had pro-
dUced
After Mulhall had left the National AS
ISOLATION OF Manufacturers. the witness
said, he and Mulhall tried TO get McDer-
mott To turn over aftidayits and other
documents I'm Mulhalls possession. in
Guiding the correspondence recently made
public, 10 a committee OF the House. 10
Samuel Gompers, president OF the Ameri-
can Fedora lion OF Labor. and to Clarence
Darrow. defending the Mcnamara broth
ers in the dynamitlng cases on the Pacific
Coast.
McMicnae told OF a conference early in
1872 at saloon near the Capitol. when
no sail he McDermott and Mulhall drew
up a resolution providing for the pubica-
ton OF the Mulhall correspor dence and
documents. He said that McDermott
agseed TO see Speaker Clark, Mr. Under
wJod and Mr.. Mann. and. II they were
f&vorably inclined. to introduce the reso-
'ution I'm the House.
Three days later said the witness.
"McDermott told Mulhall that he had
seen the leaders and that they advised
against the Introduction OF the resolution.
McDermott lied about that lie hadn't
seen the leaders"
How do you know he He'd asked
Chairman Garrett.
why. he'd rather lie than eat" said
McMichael
The chairman had some dificulty in re-
storing order I'm the committee room
after this outburst.