Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-24
MULHALL TELLS
Of \. A. NJ. FIGHT
SWears Money Was Spent to
Elect McCIaVe.
ACTIVE IN G. o. P. CAMPAIGN
Letters to schwedtman Show Activity
Preceding and During the Re-
publican Convention Held at
Chicago in 1903.
ACTIVE IN G. O. P. CAMPAIGN

Washington, July 18.-Martin NJ
Mulhall was put on cross-examination
about the truth of his own correspond
ence for the first time since nearly
week ago he began to tell the senate
Investigating committee the story of
his dolngs.
Senator Reed questioned Mulhall
about his alleged relations with S. ".
McClave in 1908, when McClaye was
candidate for congress in the Sixth
New Jersey district against William
Hughes, now junior senator from that
state.
Senator Reed announced that Nc
Clave had denied acquaintance with
Mulhall and jumped the witness from
exhibits" in his case around the 1900
mark to those close to 1000. The sena-
tor said he wanted to prove who was
telling the truth, Mulhall or McClave.
MulhaIl identified many letters from
McClave to himself written in 1908,
said he went to the Sixth district to
help McClave fight Hughes and gave
details of his work there. He said the
National Association of Manufacturers
furnished him with $4,000 for this fight,
and that a man named Barber" put
up $4,000 more.
In five hours MuIhall identified hun
dreds Of letters, bringing in the names
of dozens of the most prominent men
in the Republican party in 1908 and
speaking Familiarity of making plat
forms, throwing influence to men for
nominations to all sorts of Offices and
Of working to elect or defeat others for
congress.
AS the year progressed the interest
Of Mulhall in the national campaign be-
gan to show plainly. His letters to
Secretary Schwedtman Of the n. A. NJ,
TO James W. Van Cleave, it's president.
and to men in congress showed &C
tivity preceding and during the Repub-
Iican convention held in Chicago that
year.
The amazing extent of the political
power enjoyed by the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers during the
presidential campaign Of 1908 was dis
closed to the senate lobby Investigate
ing committee by Col Martin NJ. Null
hall Wednesday.
Martin NJ. Mulhall, self-styled lob
byist for the association, swore to the
authenticity of nearly 400 letters
which told of these plans and b7cnght
in the names of such men as former
Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, the
late Vice-Presi&ent Sherman, former
Speaker Cannon. former Senators Aid
rich, Hemenway, Foraker, and others;
Arthur L. WORKS, Ohio manager of
the Taft campat gn in 1908, and Frank
H. Hitchcock, tne time chairman of
the Republican national committee
and postmaster general in Mr.. Taft 5
cabinet
Mulhall testified, too, that the Ma
tional Council for Industrial Defense,
an organization allied to the National
Association of Manufacturers, had
raised between 100000 and 100000
year to be used in opposing legisla-
ton its members did not like. He
said this information came from col
lector for the council. and that he
had no personal knowledge of it. eX-
cept that he had been paid for politi-
cal work from such d fund.
On Tuesday Colonel Mulhall told of
ending shoe strike in st. Louis, and
of $4,000 he claimed was raised in
Indiana for Watson campaign.
During the day Senator Reed intro
duced a memorandum which Mulhall
said was black list of congress
men. Mulhall thought it had been pre-
pared by former Representative Wat
son. 1t follows:
Watson: Here's list for you to
KNOCK