Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-12
MULHALL, ON STAND, GIVES
LOBBY FACTS.
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ten was engaged by Muihall to fight
sentative, now senator from New Jer-
sey.
Were you sent to help beat Hughes
by the National Association of Manu-
facturers?" asked Rood.
Yes, sir
why did they want to beat
Hughes?"
HUGHES OFFENSE.
"On account of his holding a union
card, being affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, and his ac-
tivity on the floor of the house with
labor leaders in Washington"
Kurten was given credentials, Null
hall said. so he could get into union
labor meetings and oppose Hughes.
Work of this kind was always Sc
cret."
Did you pose as a friend of labor
organizations and work against these
organizations from the inside?" asked
Cummins.
mot at that time"
Chairman Oyerman sent formal no.
tice to the house committee at 1920
that the senate committee would in
sist on keeping Mulhall as a witness
until it finished with him. The COM
mittee would release Mulhall later
subject to the house subpoena and
make him available to the house com
mittee. ANY and all papers now in
our possession may enter your pos
session in connection with the mat
ter"
RIDGE GIVEN 5000.
Mulhall identified a letter from
James Ridge outlining work done by
Ridge among labor unions in 1904.
Mulhall said he gave Ridge $500,
which he got from Gushing, secretary
of the association, to help Aldrich' S
election. In a letter relating to Ridge
it was said the senator was well
pleased with your work and you are
my friend" Reference to President
| Taft came in connection with nota-
tons on the back of one of Mulhall's
! envelopes. The following names ap-
/ peared: C. d. Firestone, Columbus
! Buggy company, Col. w. II. Morgan,
Alliance, Ohio; John n. Taylor, East
Liverpool; d. ]. Sinclair, Steubenville,
/ H. NJ. Hanna, Cleveland.
These names were submitted to
me by Senator Foraker to hand to
to have with him in his summer resi-
dence in 1910 concerning the Ohio
campaign
AID HUGHES OPPONENT.
Testifying further about the cam
paign against Hughes, Mulhall swore
he went to Paterson TO aid Hughes
opponent. He set the following union
men to work against Hughes and paid
them $500, which came from the
manufacturers through Cushing
Michael Collins, Philadelphia; Jacot
| Cassilear, New York; William j. Ryan
of the Electrical Workers Union. New
York, and George Burk, Patterson
Union men in the pay of the manufac
turers, Mulhall said, took possession
of $4,000 circulars sent into the dis
trict by the American Federation o.
Labor TO aid Hughes and turned then
over to the republican campaign com
mittee.
MuIhall thought George Burke, who
voted in Hughes district, deputy
collector of internal revenue, was OF
his payroll in the campaign agains
Hughes.
You bribed these men TO vote
against Hughes?" asked Cummins.
Il don't know whether you can
call it bribery or not They wert
paid a weekly salary. The money wa
spent in legitimate work-thats VIVA
they called it. 1t had been done b,
both parties for years. Ryan was OF
my list about Is weeks altogether, frs
at $40, then $50 a week." said MuihaIl
He added Ryan was ION the list" Il
do general political work in labo
ranks, engaged in helping bea
Hughes"
DEMOCRATS MARKED.
Reed asked if the National Manufac
turers' association went generally il
TO politics and supported republica
organizations. or whether it single
out individual men throughout tn
country whom it supported Mulha
said it generally" supported the r,
publican ticket, and particularly OF
posed democrats who were too active
ly opposed to its position on labc
questions
Efforts to control McComas on labo
Legislation were further shown by al
other letter OF Dec. 13, apparently t
Mulhall which he said was write
by Cushing
FIGHT TO FINISH.
4 When Senator Reed came IN letter