The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-04

ten without address and on plain
came from the secretary of. the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
All the No Sig" letters contain
warnings 10 be careful against expos
ing the methods of the lobby Colonel
Mulhal was warned against running
up a large expense account, because
"at the very best there is not going
TO be enough money to go around"
You can get along without paying
for much of anything" the letter adds,
If you only think so. Remember that
you are very generous"
Letters from Secretary Schwedt-
man later indicate that other direct
ors of the Manufacturers association
thought Colonel Mulhall was letting
his expenditures run too high.
Emery Makes Reply.
Mr.. Emery, counsel for the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
said:
THE statement of the alleged Col
onel Mulhall illustrates the most dan
gerous and malicious form Of false
hood-that which fabricates a tissue
of lies on slight foundation of truth.
1t is true that the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers has for a num-
Der of years, in cooperation with
many business associations, opposed
legislation proposed and persistently
demanded by organized labor for the
purpose of relieving labor combina-
lions of civil and criminal liability for
their acts in furtherance Of trade
disputes, to validate the boycott and
to cripple the power of the federal
and state courts, to give equitab BILE
protection to personal and property
| rights of employer and emplcye
threatened with injury or destruction
In the course of such disputes.
Fought In Open.
THE opposition of this association
to such measures has not been secret,
but 1t has sought every way to give
publicity to these proposals, to the
nature of the forces behind them and
to the character of support which
they were receiving from public men
in the hope that public attention be-
ing attracted to them, public opinion
would justly condemn them.
During the course of this contest
organized labor has undertaken to
elect representatives pledged to it's
proposals and persistently endeavored
to defeat public men who opposed it's
dmand that labor combinations be ex-
empted from the general penal and
civil law and that injunctive protec-
ton be withdrawn from the property
and rights of employers engaged in
labor distutes, and this has sometimes
been an issue, as in the famous Lit
tiefield campaign in Maine. The as
| ISOLATION has appealed to it's mem
bers and to business men generally
to give support to public men who
! dared to oppose such pernicious de-
inands.
Tells MuIhalI's Work.
"Mulhall was employed in some in
stances in campaigns where such is
sue existed to enlist the legitimate
support of business men in an effort
to defend their own elementary rights
and prevent the defeat of public men
for their plain performance Of duty.
1t has been likewise part OF the
duty of the Washington office of tho
association to answer the inquiries OF
members of business associations
with respect to pending legislation.
| To this end Mulhall frequently col
| lected or arranged for the collection
of documents and sometimes inter-
viewed members of congress with re-
| spect to progress of legislation.
The statement that any of the pub
lie men named in MulhaIs charges
were ever in the employ of the asso-
citation, directly or indirectly, while in
or out of public Office, is a sinister and
| diaboGcal lie. The statement that any
room in the capitol was ever placed
by any one at the disposal of any Of
| it's officers or agents, or that any page
or other person in the service Of con-
| gress was in its employ, directly or in
| directly, is no less maliciouSly IN
| just co the individuals named than to
| the National association or it's Off
| GERS.
"A prompt investigation by an ex-
listing committee, which his associa-
| ton would warmly welcome, will bare
the motives Of this Islander and the
| character of this venal assassin of
| public men. 1t might also expose the
| character Of the labor lobby which
makes our efforts necessary
Would Broaden Quiz
The lobby investigation has gone
far beyond its original scope" said
| Chairman Oyerman. and | don't see
any course for US to pursue but to ask
| for more power from the senate and
| to go into every phase of the remark
! able situation that has been devel-
! oped. =,
| Il was informed that Mr. Mulhall
had information that bore directly
upon lobbying work at Washington,
| and accordingly issued subpoena
| late last night to serve upon him
| before he left Washington. Much of
| the statement credited to him bears
upon legislation in previous congress
es, which Is outside the scope OF the
resolution under which we are work
/ ing.
1T is my personal opinion that the
committee should ask the senate for
| full authority to go into any angle of
| legislative lobbying In any previous
| congress"