Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-22
Declares He Was Mistaken
When He Said Former Con-
gresham Was Tool Of Pn-
vate Interests.
MANUFACTURERS MAY
NOT ASK QUESTIONS


kanNaHi IL, a. Morse, y. M Nelson
and Irvine T. Lebroot, % Wlsconaln.
wcrc the marked SIX Mulhail on
March ~. 1899. wrote Secretary
Schwedsman. ~ fhc Manufacturers
60 that effect
Watson says these people always
had been against anything we ever
wanted since he has been e member
81 the house." Nuihull added "A
dozen nanon of other congressman
marked for war" and which have
been Included IN other llsls Mulhau
has given the committee. were In
cluded.
Washington. July Martin W.
Mulhali the lobby witness before tho
senate committee. today reiracied MS
charges that former Representative
Watson. of Indiana. was employed BY
private Interests while q member 10
congress 90 work for a tariff commits
sion hiii. Mulhail said he was mis-
taken"
~ want to correct a statement
made about Watson" said MalhAlL
"ie did not get the money before
he left congress but afterwards.
was mistaken about the dntes~
The committee did not question
MIN further.
Mulhall swore that Watson had
made The office 81 1amea A. Emory
here. hls headquarters after ne wns
uefcnted for governor ~ Indiana III
1908. Emery. Muihati sworo. was tl.e
chief lobbyist" Tor the manufactuf-
ers. The witness declared today that
former senator femenway. OF IndI-
snn, occupied rooms next TO Emery
and that Watson was In one office or
the other rnuch of the time
ON February 4. 1909. In a letter 20
Schwediman. Mnlhall got into Illinois
politics and brought IN former senn-
tor Hopkins who was defeated for
re-elecilon hy William Lorlmer.
Mulhull wrote or the aenatarlal
deadlock at Springfield:
we are spreading the impression
that on account Of the c0nlemplible
stand taken by Hopkins IN the con.
vention M Chicago last June. where
IN he was extremely udfaiF 10 the
manufacturing interests In refusing
them hearing before the committee
on resolutions and packing that COM
mittee in favor of the Gompors crowd.
had in iaree measure brought this
right on his own shoulders"
February n. Mushals wrote
Schwodtrlan about the house Judi
aiary committee; mir. Wnteon stat
~ ANNN NN MWNNM |Ftf fftN fIItIt ENIIIH
mittce was fixed up as well as Il waa
possible 20 fix Il. or. IN other words.
Just TIE way We wanted ~" said the.
letter.
In letter of February ~. Mulhall
wrote Schwedtman about the activi-
ties of Cannon. Watson. Sherman.
crnnc and others 20 pass the bin 10
make Senator Knox eligible to the
Taft cabinet.
Senator Nelson was mentioned again
by Muihall la a letter % Schwedl-
man. February go tie told OF an
"eXtended interview" with tho senator
en- labor bills and the decision Of the
judiciary committee on the proposed
sherman law amendment Senator
Nelson has testified that he has had
no interviews with Muihnll
Late In February Mulhnll seems 10
have lost hope of seeing Watson In
the cabinet ana wrote sghwFdtmun.
who replied.
Assure our friend that the leaders
of our organization are not fiekle
they win be true 20 him az long as
he a. true TO them. ! am confident
70 would give our leaders great pleas,
ure to hack up Mr. Watson for any
position, elective or aupoiniive. for
which he may try iudeeship. SEM
torship or presidency for that mat
ter"
Tho correspondence developed that
Watson declined several federal am
pointmputs not % hia liking