Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-14
HEARING
LISTENS TO
MuLHAlL
SElF.STYLED LOBBYIST GOES ON
STAND TO REFUTE ATTACKS ON
PERSONAL CHARACTER DENIES
He ATTEMPTED TO SELL letters
SIMPLY Wanted TO
SERVE THE PUBLIC

Washington, D. c., Juy l4.-Marti
M. Muhall, self-styed lobbyist for te
years for the National Association 9
Manufacturers, interrupted the senat
lobby investigation today to reply t.
what he declared were personal at
tacks on his character and his pun
pose in the expose.
He denied that he had tried to sci
the great mass Of papers and letter
which were recently published, an,
which now are in the hands of th
senate committee. Later, he said, h
proposed to introduce witnesses ant
letters to show that he had been en-
gagged for months in trying to giv'
away" the great file of correspondent,
which has brought officers of the Ma
tlonal Association of Manufacturers
and labor leaders and congressmer
into prominence. Mulhalls statemen
was made in connection with his re
quest that he be allowed to read {
letter he had written May 16, 1918, tc
Perriton Maxwell, editor of the Hears
Magazine, urging him to have William
r. Hearst make the mass of letters
letter reiterated former statements
that the writer did not want money
but wanted to get the lobbying docu
ments published as Service to the
public"
81 have attempted for the past two
months to give them away" Muhall
told the committee.
Il never had in mind the question
of the money I would receive for
them"
But you did sell them later to the
New York World?" asked Senator
Reed.
Il will offer further papers and wit
nesses on that point" said Mulhall II
did not sell them. l fell into the
hands of gentleman named Barry
who came over to look at the letters
for Mr.. Hearst. I have learned since
that he is what is known as a newspa-
to the New York World, but later Mr..
Barry came and wanted me to break
the contract with the World, saying
he could get $750,00O for letters of the
National Association of Manufactur.
erS.
II said that the letters were not
for sale; that the National Association
of Manufacturers did not have money
enough to buy them; that I had no
proposition of blackmail in connection
with them"
At this point Muhalls statement
was interrupted by the committee. He
said he wanted Editor Maxwell and
Louis Seibold of the New York World,
and other witnesses called in his be-
half. Mr.. Seibold is already under
subpoena by the committee.
The house committee appointed to
investigate the Mulhall charges was
unable to proceed today owing to
monopolization of the witnesses by
the senate and is considering taking
recess for two weeks.
Washington, d. c.. Juy 14.-Martin
M. Mulhall, who acknowledges himself
to have been one of the chief lobby
lists for the National Association of
Manufacturers, was on hand today
when the senate investigating commit
tee met, prepared to make additional
disclosures concerning the alleged
activities OF "big interests" in shaping
legislation.
John Mitchell the labor leader, was
subponeaed for today. Former Con-
gressman George A. Pearre of Mary
land, was excused until Monday and
Mitchell was told to come back July
25, when Samuel Gompers has been d.
rected to appear.
Muhall's first testimony today re-
lated to letters from Marshall Gushing,
secretary Of the National Association
of Manufacturers, suggesting a cam.
paign against Pearre
"Why did you oppose Pearre?" ask
ed Reed.
"On account of his stand on the in
junction bill, same as did McComas.
said the witness.
The plan by which MulhaIl and the !
officers of the Philadelphia Typothe- |
tae proposed to break down the
printers strike there in 1905 was out
ined in a report Mulhall identified as
one he had made to John A. Mcintyre,
secretary Of the National Typothetae
The report to Mcintyre told of an ar
rangement with employment agencies
by which men could be secured, who
were encouraged to go on strike as
soon sthe labor unions suggested it.
Details of the fight against Pearre
were brought out through a letter
from MuhaN to NJ. c. Hoffman of
Cumberland, Md, dated April ~, 1906,
which outlined plan "to send you all
the labor organizers you wish. and
guarantee all of them to be first class
men," to organize the fight against
Pearre.
A letter to Mulhall from c. P. Holtz-
man, at Cumberland, said that the anti
Pearre organization was costing 5000
a day and much persuasion" was nec-
essary.
What do you mean by persuasion ?"