Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-02


that Martin M. Mulhall would be or
dered to substantiate under oath all
charges made against statesmen in
connection with the alleged S10,OOO,00O
900 lobby. The committee also declared
that every man named by Mulhall
would be summoned before it and if
necessary it's powers would be wild
ened.
Confession" Creates Panic.
Publication of the confession" of
Colonel Martin M. Mulhall, for ten
years lobbyist and strikebreaker for
the National Association of Manufac-
turers, in which the field agent for
the commercial interests gave the
names Of many senators and congress
men who had lent themselves to the
desires Of the $10,000,000 lobby, Great
ed panic among statesmen in Wash
1ngton.
Lobbyists and those who have fol-
lowed the work in the capitol for
years, however, declared that Null
halls statement was founded on I'M
questionable facts. The representa-
tives of the interests has lobbied op-
emily in the past. His friends in con-
gress, the sources Of his information
on advance legislation, his strong
holds in the legislative halls, were
commonly conceded.
Testifies This Week.
The fact that MuIhall is to appear
before the Overman lobby investiga-
ton committee the first week in July
has caused a real panic in Washing
ton. That many details not touched
upon in the confession" will be
brought out is not doubted. Those
who know the working of the ten
ybillion dollar lobby predict that other
names will be mentioned other men
involved
The chief aim of the National AS
sociation Of Manufacturers lobby was
to defeat labor legislation unfavor-
able to the absolute control by manu-
facturers. To this end thousands of
dollars were spent in the last ten
years.
The list Of men with whom the
lobbyist claims have been familiar
was staggering to the hardened
capital habitue That President Taft
and the late Vice-President Sherman
had been consulted by the lobbyist,
MulhaI admits. Senators from some
of the richest and most influential
states, men whose word was law in
congress, was dealt with directly or
indirectly by Mulhall.
MuIhan does not bubble about US
ing the names of the men, who, he
says, received financial reward direct
1y from the Manufacturers associa-
tion. In this connection he names:
Former Republican whip of the
house, James E. Watson Of Indiana;
Congressman James T. McDermott Of
the Fourth Illinois district; former
Congressman John J. Jenkins of the
Eleventh Wisconsin district, former
Congressman Kittredge Haskins of
Vermont, former Congressman Charles
e. Littlefield Of Maine, former Con-
gresham Harry M. Bannon of Ohio,
former Congressman Harry A Cou-
drey Of Missouri, former Congressman
John ]. Gardner of New Jersey and
former Congressman Ralph B. Cole of
Ohio.
Names Lobby Staff.
Mulhall then goes on to name some
of the men who were on his lobby
staff" and their names include some
of the biggest lawyers and manu-
facturers in the country
According to Mulhall, the operations
of the lobby were merciless. Public
officials or labor leaders who fought
their desires were in turn fought with
all the strength which comes from al
most unlimited capital.
Candidates for Office who were
stamped as unapproachable were
fought with every means at the com
mand of Mulhall and his associates.
Money Given to Rivals.
Rival candidates were given large
sums Of money for campaign purposes
and members of the association in that
particular district directed their eff
forts to dictate to their employees to
vote against the man who had dared
to defy the Manufacturers associa-
ton.
Against the labor union was the
bitterness of the manufacturers chief
1y directed. Spies were placed in every
union and advance news of contem-
plated strikes was obtained. When
the strikes were called war without
quarter was declared on the union in
Volved
Mulhau says that with the billions
of the association he and a fellow lob
byist, Gushing by name, broke the
strike of the job printers in 1905;
that of $4,000 shoemakers in st. Louis
in 1907; 10000 hatmakers in Connecti-
cut and New Jersey in 1909 and 1000
shOemakers at Portsmouth, o.. in 1907.
More than$20O, 900 was spent by Null
hall alone in his lobby activities, ac-
cording to his statement. This in
cluded only work which was done in
connection with the influencing of leg
islators, it seems. What the sum total
was when the expense accounts of the