The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-12

at arms were at once dispatched to
serve the summonses.
Within half an hour after the House
committee had decided on this course
and Garrett had issued statement
saying that Colonel Mulhall would be
put on the stand at 3 In the morning.
an extraordinary hour of meeting for
legislative committees. in order that he
might later testify before the Senate
committee. Senator Overman an
nounced his night session. He said
that Colonel Mulhall was to be exam
ined as to preliminary matters.
Waited in Building
Mulhall waited about the Senate Of
flee building all day. He went into the
hearing room early in the morning.
spent an hour there and then went Ia
Senator Reeds private office He Is a
man OF lstte more than medium build,
with sandy complexion and thin gray
hair. He wears glasses and looks over
them rather than through them, He did
not appear particularly nervous bur
was not content to remain quiet for a
long period.
room, John Kirby.4Jr and y. M. Parry
president and former president of the
National Association of Manufacturers
and J. A. Emery. Its local counsel, sal
outside by a window and appeared mol
to have a care in the world.
Mulhall took the stand tonight and
subscribed to the oath with smile on
his face. Senator Reed, designated by
Chairman Overman to examine the wit
ness, began by placing In evidence a list
of the officers of the National Assoca-
tion of Manufacturers in 1907 and a list
of the members of the association.
Mulhall said he was born in 1856 and
had lived In Baltimore more than IS years
He said before he went with the National
Association of Manufacturers he was
principally in politics. and was con-
nected with the republican national COM
mittee.
Refused Bribe
Il refused a bribe of $1,000 and a life
position in the naval service in 1902" said
Muhall. THAT year I had charge of the
republican campaign in Albany and Rens-
selear counties, New York. Previous TO
that I had charge of William Mckinley S
| gubernatoriai campaign in Ohio"
The witness said he first became in
| terested in the National Association of
Manufacturers in 1902 when he met Mar
shall Cushing, it's secretary in a Wash
ington hotel
Senator Reed asked him about his rea-
tions with labor. He said the late SEN
ator Quay of Pennsylvania, sent him
to confer with John Mitchell during the
anthracite strike in the Pennsylvania
fields in 1902. to get the inside story. Dur
, ing that time Mulhall said he arranged
for conference between Governor Stone
! of Pennsylvania, and three labor leaders
The first Mulhall letter introduced was
I addressed to Mitchell In February, 1902
relating to these meetings.
A letter of March Is. 1902, from Mulhall
to Mitchell declared that the leaders oil
the republican organization could do more
| fnp 10 min mi
tion board in existence
Told of Conference
A letter dated May H. 1902. from Mulhall
, to Mitchell told of a conference, between
Mulhal and Governor Stone, at whicf
! Stone expressed sympathy with the
miners.
Il think you could make a grand
stroke" the letter said, in suggesting the
! calling of strike. IF you would meet
Governor Stone and make him your friend
he will be of great assistance to you II
.. event of an anthracite strike.'
: A letter of August 1901, from Carol
Downs, who Mulhall said was secretary
; TO the late Senator McComas of Mary
land, was put In the record by Reed. Il
. related to the employment of two mer
{ In the treasury department in Washing
! ton. Mulhall said he enjoyed close poiti.
? cal relations with Senator McComas ano
!,
, was secured were officers of the Molders
union in Baltimore.
: Edward Booth, one of the men who to
get a Washington job, wrote to Mulhal
about the work being done to keep up the
i Workmen's Protective association. Mul.
; hall said this organization was repub
!; lican in peliticss In it Booth said Nc
comas seemed TO he handing out tht
. same old jolly and complained about
: the class of jobs he and Williams were
} to get we do not propose to do anything
for the republican party this fall UNI
less they do more for us he wrote. Both
said the organization could put 29o active
political workers in the field, and that IL
expected to be a large factor in the Bal
, timore mayoralty election this year.
Had Voted Right
A letter of July 12, 1909 to Muhall as
head of the Workmens Protective asso-
ciaton. from an officer in an association
of engineers in New York, was read by
Senator Reed. The letter said that Sen
ator McComas has voted right in the
interests of labor in every measure that
has come before the United States Senate
! in the last six years
AT this time, Muhall said, Marshall
Cushing was secretary of the National
/, Association of Manufacturers. He had
| known Gushing in 1898, when the latter
was an editorial writer in New York and
Gushing came to see him in Washington,
stating that he wanted to engage his SER
vices in doing organization work for the
. National Association of Manufacturers.
Speaking of letters from Cushing, Senator
Reed found one without a signature and
wanted to know IL the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers secretary wrote
, unsigned letters.
Senator Reed continued picking out let
ters at Random fol the purpose of get
ting them identified for the record
Among these was one from Marshall
Gushing to John Nv. Yerl<es, then COM
missioner of internal revenue, urging
him to retain Mulhall as deputy collec-
tor of customs at Baltimore. A note
on the top of this letter stated that II
was absolutely confidential as it would
be fatal If Senator McComas knew l was
doing this.
Asked by Senator Reed why this would
be fatal, Mulhall said: Because the
} National Association OF Manufacturers
was fighting McComas. I had been ap-
pointed for three months by McComas
just after the Baltimore fire, and Cush-
, ing wanted to help me retain the place
Mulhal declared Gushing had agreed
with him to aid and build up the work
ingmen's protective association, which
, Mulhall virtually controlled 1t had run
down to about 800 members and with
Cushing's aid. Mulhall said, ii was work ed
up to 1900 members. For this Cushing
as secretary of the National Manufac-
turers association, frequently sent Null
hall money HE sent me checks, usually
SlO0 at time, to be used in hall rem,
and keeping up the organization" said