The Washington herald., 1913-08-07
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Michael. and others to keep Democratic
members from the floor of the House
The Hughes amendment was an eight.
hour bill which William Hughes Of the
sixth New Jersey proposed to attach Il
the sundry civil bill.
No Stand ON Child Labor Laws.
Referring to Schwedtman's reference te
child labor laws in one of the above
quotations, Mr.. Emery. who was on the
stand yesterday afternoon. denied tina,
the n. A. N. as ar organization ever
had taken q stand IN opposition to child
labor regulation, except THAT the Bever.
idge bill was opposed because, In the
opinion of the legal staff of the N. A NJ.
II embodied a dangerous principle no,
directly connected with the question OF
child labor legislation.
How intimate Charles E. Littlefield, OF
Maine. was with officers of the N. A. NJ.
was emphasized In their letters. In No
vember. 1903. after Littlefeld was nc
man wrote Emery a letter which strong
ly indicates that Lttleneld was retained
by the n. A. NJ in Washington. Refer
ring to an opinion expressed by Emery
in q previous letter, Schwedtman wrote:
Mr.. Van Cleave would not for q mo-
ment dispute this IL 1t Is the opinion OF
three good lawyers-yourself, Mr.. Little
field and Judge Davenport. 80 He
appreciates As much as we all do that
the views Of four legal expert trio can
not be improved upon"
Emery admitted to the committee that
he had prepared part Of speech on the
injunction question which Lttiefield had
made on the floor of the House. and of
which the N. A. NJ. afterward purchased
5000 copies for distribution under Little
fields frank. Emery explained that Lit
tlefield was chairman of the judiciary
Committee before which Emery had ex-
pected to complete an argument on an
injunction question. Littleneid. when the
committee adjourned for the session
without hearing the conclusion OF
Emery's brief. offered to incorporate IL
in a speech he was about to make. Emery
said that the record was made to show
that he had prepared the part which
Littlefield used.
Had $4,000 Printed.
The n. A. N. officers liked this speech
81 hdeh Nhot thcy ucSiucu " hdsC S-drvoo
copies printed at the Government Print
ing Once. Emery was asked about the
cost. and wired Schwedtman:
'Littlefeld's speech ready for print.
Twenty-Five thousand cost S1,343 viii
be franked for delivery. Shall I order"
To which Schwedtman replied. after
squirming some at the price:
please order 5000 copies Of Little
field address at price quoted yesterday"
Schwedtman might have spared him
self worry over the expense. as sub
seQuent letter addressed to him indi-
Gates. In part IL is:
II received the following letter from
Mr.. Littlefield this morning. Attached
to 1t was a duplicate bill for $so7.5O from
the Public Printer. The payment, ii
teens. is required in advance on matters
Of this kind, and Mr.. Littlefield. with
unusual courtesy. advanced his personal
check. l have requested Mr.. Boudinot
to reimburse him at once You will
notice that without. any explanation the
printer has apparently cut the price more
than 500, which, l presume. will cause
no tears"
While the committee was on the frank
Ing question. Representative Stafford read
into the record a section from the postal
laws reciting as a crime the use Of
frank by an organization
or committee not composed of members
Of Congress.
The N. A. NJ. leaders were decidedly
ruined at their inability to keep an anti
Injunction plank out Of the Chicago con-
vention platform of 1905. They decided
to make the best Of q bad job. however,
and to get what they could out of Presi-
dent Taft. They were undecided As to
the best angle from which to approach
him. schwedtman wrote in October,
1909:
"Mr. Van Cleave believes, and I agree
with him. that the way to impress Mr..
Taft il to appeal to that side Of him
which natural inclination and experience
have brought out most prominently-that
Is. appeal to his judicial temperament and
legal sense"
In a letter of April "a. 1911. Henry r.
rowne, a manufacturer Of New York
wrote to Emery. saying he favored EN-
istment" Of all employees Of public
service corporations, SO that they would
be punished by law as ''mutineers."
Hit at w. b. Wilson.
Emery. replying about the labor situa-
lion in Congress, made this reference to
w. B. Wilson Of Penn
sylvania. now Secretary Of Labor. but
hen chairman Of the Labor Committed:
In order to close all avenues Of infor-
nation to the committee. or, rather. to
retain control Of all Of them. Mr.. Wilson.
- chairman. has his daughter clerk Of
he committee and his wife a. janitress
II the committee. a situation which sug-
rests the well-known whisky ad. Wilson;
hats all"
Before the Senate committee yesterday
Mr.. Emery took the stand for
he drst time. He was supposed to be
ed through his direct examination by
Judge McCarter, who has been engaged
70 represent the N. A. NJ, but Judge Nc
carter's direct examination was % fire.
,uentiy broken into by objections from