The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
four CHARGE
PROBE UNFAIR
Three Democratic Senators Are
Accused Of Prejudging.
NAM. REPRESENTATIVES TALK
James e. Watson Declines to Testify,
Charging overnan Committee with
Unfairness-Senator Townsend Of
Michigan Appears Long Enough TO
Denounce MulhaIl AZ Liar.

Unfairness-Senato Townsend OF
Michigan Appears Long Enough "a
Denounce MulhaIi AZ Liar.
Washington, Aug. 5.-The lobby In
| vestigation committee Of the senate
| listened TO a few choice words OF
criticism of its own majority members
from no less than three sources. For
mer Representative James e. Watson
OF Indiana, in a letter addressed to
Chairman Overman, told the commit.
tee he had withdrawn his request to
| appear before the committee for the
very evident reason that the majority
members OF the committee by their
own statements we're convinced Of the
accuracy OF Colonel M. M. MnlhalTs
testimony without ever having been
called upon to listen to a scintilla Of
evidence in controversion Of Mulhalrs
rash statements.
Committee Prejudeed Case.
Then Attorney McCarter, represent.
ing the N. A. NJ, took an opportunity
to protest against what he termed the
self-evident fact that the committee
had prejudeed the charges lodged
against the N. A. M.
Lastly, James A. Emery, Washing
ton counsel for the N. A. M, strng to
anger by Senator Reeds production Of
some of his (Emery's) private cores
pondeDre, made an eloquent plea to
the committee for fair play and like
wise lodged the charge of prejudging
evidence against the three Democratic
senators.
The protests were based upon GER
tain authorized interviews by Chair
man Overman, Senator Reed and Sen
ator Walsh, published in the New
York World of Saturday, Aug. 2, in
which the senators took occasion to
announce that although they did not
countenance Mulhall as a man or a
witness nor did they accept as salts
factory evidence many of his state
ments even under oath, nevertheless
the letters produced by Mulhall in the
opinions of the three committeeman
were convincing enough in matter and
cope to justify all the claims as to
unprincipled conduct Of the N. A. M.
Townsend Gives MuIhaiI Lie.
Judge McCarter started the attack
on the committee. He waited until
after Senator Townsend of Michigan
had appeared to testify TO his own &C
quaintance with Mulhall. Incidentally
Senator Townsend swore that not only
had he never had a confidential inter
view with Mulhall, but also that upon
the only occasion Mulhall ever had
visited his room in the capitol, he had
been compelled to show him the door.
Senator Townsend is the fourth
member of the present congress who
has given Mulhall the lie direct be-
fore the Overman committee.
-Thirteenv Pursued Him.
When the misfortunes of Gustaf
Adolf Nv. Of Sweden were on him the
king pointed out to the queen how the
number thirteen had influenced his life:
"Even the name G-u-s-t-a-f Adolf
Nv. is thirteen letters. am the
thirteenth king Of Sweden from the
time Of Gustavus Wasa. At the age Of
thirteen became king, and ! reigned
thirteen years after attaining my ma
jOrity. ! was made prisoner on the
18th of March. 1t Is now twenty
two times thirteen since Gustavus
Wasa was elected king Of Sweden In
1923, and seventeen times thirteen
years since the death of Charles XII.
in 1718; these added together produce
the number 1909. the current year.
If you transpose the numbers
one and three, which stand for thirteen.
they make thirty-one. which is precise
ly my age now"
Curiously enough, he died in room
No. 13 at the Weisse Rossii. st. Gallen
the date, Feb. Z, 1S36.-"An EXiled
King"