Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25
MCDermott Had
 Borrowing Habit
MULHALL MADE LOANS TO
 A CONGRESSMAN
LOBBYISTS TESTIMONY
Chief Page of House and Two Messengers were in His Pay, Null hall Tells the Senate Investigators

Washington, July 24-One more denial of the allegations of Martin M M Mulha1l former lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers and one more serious charge against men close to the powers that were In Washington in the days when Mulhall was working as a political agent, marked the progress today of the sen ate Investigating committee through his voluminous correspondence Senator CumminS, q member of the inVeStl . gating committee, declared by< Mulhall ference about public business, denied fiatly that he ever had held such a conference with the lobbyist. Gave Money to Congressman Mulhall in letters and on cross ex- animation swore that he had paid the chief page of the house of representa- tives, the messenger to the Speaker of house ways and means committee monthly for little jobs they did for him. He swere. too, that he had gfv- en money to J. H, MeDeP1nett for eight years a member of the house from Illinois, When questioned by Senator Nelson, he said that this mon ey was 'borfewed" and never repaid. 1 McDernots an "Uneeuth Politician Mulha1l swere that his first visit to l MeDermott was when he was visiting every member of congress he could pcs | sibly see about tariff commission bill in the summer of 1909. At that time | he found MeDermett ''an uneeuth pol itieian." Later in the same year, he SWere he was introduced te l. H. Me Michaels. chief page of the house, and l MeDernetts "cenfidential secretary. 1 He testified that MoAichaels, Henry l Neal, messenger te the Speaker, and Harry Parker, messenger to the ways and means committee, were put on monthly salary by him in that year; l the chief page getting $50 a month while congress was in session, Neal $3G l a month and Parker SEQ He said | McMiohaeis knew when he employed him that Mulhall represented the as sOcfatian and that he realized what sort of legislation he was opposed to Later he sWoFe the chief page brought Muhail and AeDeFmett together in a Washington hotel.
 MoDernott Kept Borrowing The witness said that after his first l interview he had been against Me l Dermott strongly and had wished te have the National Association fight | him for reelection. He said that af- | ter the first meeting he often saw Me Dermott and talked with him about labor bills and other matters "of that i kind"
 
 asked Senator Nelson.
 q didn't have chance" said Mul- | hall. 'fHe borrowed it and kept ber- rowing it."
 He said he loaned McDermott money in 1910 and 1911 and in 1912 when he helped him in his fight for re- election he aided in the collection of a fund of about S750 raised among manu- facturers in McDermott's district ir Chicago. He said McDernott told him many things, showed him "Gompers private letters and in other ways was useful.
 Woman "ln One Sense His Wife"
 He considered all these as pay ments for the loans," suggested Sen ator Nelson.
 T suppose so." answered Mulhall
 In speaking of his expense accounts Mulhall said they were made out by Katie M. Mulha1l, who accompanied him on all his trips. He said she was 'fn one sense his wife" and that she had been driven insane by the cam paign in the sixth New Jersey dis | trict.