Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-23
HURRY MULHALL
LETTER INQUIRY
Senators Hope to Finish Read
ing Correspondence by
Tomorrow.
MACVEAGH "MUGWUMP,".
WATSON SAID IN NOTE
Wrote About Tariff Board Appoint
ment-White House Mes
sage introduced.

With three-ifths Of the Mulhall let
tiers in the record the Senate lobby COM
nittee today hurried along in an effort
to finish the reading by tomorrow.
The committee today decided to ex-
pedite matters as much as possible by
putting scores of letters to and from
Mulhall in the record without specific
Identification.
In answer to a blanket question by
Senator Reed. Mulhall swore to the
authenticity of the correspondence he
las turned over to the committee.
Attorneys for the National Association
of Manufacturers wanted to know if this
blanket Identification applied to letters
between third parties. Senator Reed
said if he found more of the sort he
would ask Mulhal to identify them
separately.
Mulhal1 Protected.
James A. Emery, representing the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers. in
terrupted the progress of the letter
reading today by seeking to have Null
hall testify about whether Watson was
employed as a lobbyist" in Washington
In the summer of 1909. Emery sent the
question in writing to Chairman Over
man. The chairman had hardly started
to read 1t to the witness when both Sem
ators Reed and Walsh objected. Senator
w dlSn served nOtlCe tndt ne INTENDED TO
object in the future to any questions
that might make Mulhall contradict him
self again.
After the Payne-Aldrich bill became
law the National Association of Manu-
facturers, Mulhall's letters showed, be-
gan to work to put r. c. Schwedtman.
secretary to former President James w.
avn Cleave, on the tariff board.
Calls MacVeagh Mugwump.
September Is. 1909, former Repre-
sentative James E. Watson wrote to
Mulhall about Shcwedtman and a place
for him on the tariff board.
The President personally is paying
no attention to the tariff commission.
He is only appointing the persons who
are recommended to him by Secretary
MacVeagh. and will not under any cir
cumstances, give the matter any per-
sonal consideration.
IF he were republican. we might
be able to reach him, but he Is mug
wump, and l am not hopeful of final
success. for 1 will swear that 1 never
on earth knew what to do with a mug
wump, inasmuch as l have no right to
kill him."
Legislative Committee.
During the reading Of one letter. Sena-
tor Reed found reference to a legislative
committee of one of the organizations in
which the National Association of Manu-
facturers was Interested. He started to
question Mulhall about the membership
| of the committee. Attorney Emery Of
fered to furnish all such information and
produce letterheads showing the person
mel of the committees
Please have your bookkeeper here to-
morrow; | want to examine him. replied
Senator Reed.
In November, 1909. Mulhall wrote of
trips to Massachusetts to help Gov.
Draper, who had incurred the enmtty of
the labor unions on account of his veto
of an eight-hour bill. Mulhall wrote to
Sehwedtman that it would not be a hard
matter to get the Knights of Labor and
the American Federation of Labor fight
ing each other, to the advantage of the
manufacturers. He said he did not be-
1ieve much in the labor vote" anyhow.
Letter to j. p. Bird.
Mulhall swore that he was author Of
fragment of a copy of letter to j..
p. Bird general manager of the National
Association of Manufacturers, dated Sep
TENDER 2. 1910. The letter said:
Please find inclosed with this letter
| a copy of letter 1 received from the
President today, so l hope you will be
| in good fighting shape the 12th to visit
| the White House at Beverly with me.
| l would like to have a talk on this
| matter before we go. for 1t is important
| for both our organization and the re-
publican organization that there be no
publicity given to the matter"
| In November Mulhall wrote Schwedt-
| man complaining about the chief" He
Bird is more a boss of the organza-
ton than Charley Murphy is in Tam
many Hail.
Mulhall swore that in the days of
Van Cleave things were done 'in the
| oper and that when Bird came in he
| noticed return to the 'secretive"
methods that preceded Van Cleave.
| What do you mean by secretive?"
asked Senator Overman.
| NO letter writing. -shoeing
around and keeping everything under
cover" said the witness
| Letter From White House.
Senator Reed put in the following
| letter from Fred w. Carpenter, secre-
| tary to President Taft:
! 1.-The White House,
| washington, November II. 1909.
| my Dear Col. Muulhall:
Referring TO your suggestion that
the President see a delegation repre-
| senting boards of trades in certain
cities beg to state that there is such
| q pressure upon the Presidents time
at present ne would prefer to have you
yourself bring to his attention the
| matter which the committee wanted
| to submit to him He is SO occupied
that 1t would be much more convenient
| TOT him to see one, rather than a COM
mittee Could you bring with you a
| written statement
Tried to Meet Murphy.
Mulhall told the committee today that
In November. 1909. he tried to meet
CHARLES F. Murphy. leader of Tammany
Hall. In behalf OF the candidacy of
| George Gordon Battle for governor of
New York. Mulhall wrote on the 10th
to Battle that there were seventy-two
| organizations of manufacturers in New
York state. "a controlling influence at
the great fight for governor"
| Besides" he wrote, there are many
OF our friends who believe that James
Gordon Battle would make a splendid
candidate for that office. i am anxious
to meet Mr. Murphy and other leaders
Of your party to demonstrate to them
that the business men of New York
| the last fight IL they had had more time
to know you better. and that there are
hundreds Of manufacturers throughout
| the state Of New York who bel eve that
you would make a splendid candidate for
governor.
With your permission. I shall open
up correspondence with a great number
OF the secretaries Of those organizations
this winter. and would be greatly pleased
II l could keep in touch with you by
/ letter or otherwise. From the short ac-
quaintance / had with you. i must con-