The Washington herald., 1913-08-02
EXAMINATIONO
MULHALL ENDED
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SN " ue ueepiy resentful OF the con-
cessions which N A. NJ counsel obtained
from the committee, and II took both
threats and cajoleries to keep him within
bounds He was given liberties unknown
10 court practice. permitted to refresh his
recoiiections when being questioned on
previous testimony, had his testimony
READ TO him whenever he demanded it.
ana was always at liberty to make any
statement he desired in amplification of
MS replies. Despite these privileges. Null
hall was hard to manage, and Chairman
Overman finally told him that he would
be severely disciplined il he offended
again.
Counsel sought to elicit from MulhaIl
an admission that the blacklist which he
had introduced in evidence as having
been given him by Watson was merely a
partial list of members who were at that
time in Washington. Il was remarked
that. although some of the lists presented
as "blacklists" bore the names of many
insurgents against the Cannon rule, some
OF these lists also carried the names of
men like John Dwight, of New York, the
Republican whip of the House and
leading stalwart. Basing their contention
largely on this fact, counsel for the N. A.
NJ. asked MulhaIl if the lists were not
intended merely to keep track of who
was in Washington during the dog days.
Mulhall stoutly denied that such was the
case.
Colonel Gets Twisted.
Muihan was twisted up when counsel
sought further Information about his
relations with Senator Simmons of North
Carolina. Mulhall had mentioned Sena-
tor Simmons as one of the members II
the Committee on Interoceanic Canals.
whom he had consulted in 1911 in regard
to bill concerning which General Man.
tr1 Nod n n,,
examination yesterday he forgot what
he consulted Simmons about and sug-
gested that perhaps it was about Bali
timore collectorship, with which SIM
mons obviously would have nothing
to do
Counsel tried to elicit further testi-
mony bearing on the boasts in some of
Mulhalrs letters that he could fix House
committees, but Mulhall squirmed away
and said that Emery always made those
arrangements.
Mulhall was questioned at some length
on his relations with Gompers in his
effort to dispose of his correspondence.
He said that then Representative VIII
lam B. Wilson had arranged for a meet
ing with Gompers for him, and he had
talked matters over with the president Of
the A F. of L., telling him of the field
work he had been doing against labor
A second interview was planned. this
time in the Office of Gompers' attorney,
Mr.. Ralston. MulhaIl said that at one
of these interviews he had offered tC |
give Gompers the correspondence He |
denied that any money consideration had |
been involved.
Cannot See Connection.
Gompers said, according to Mulhall. |
that he would like TO look over the let
tiers and see what they consisted Of The |
committee was unable to ascertain what |
connection there was between the last |
interview with Gompers and the tele-
phone conversation which Mulhall wrote
directors of the n. A. NJ. about, when he |
said that he refused to dicker with Raj
ston, though the latter called him up and
offered to bring Judge Niles, of Balti-
more, out to Mulhalls home as a guar
antor Of any pledges Ralston might
make. Mulhan could not give any satis-
factory explanation of the discrepancy
between his action in offering Gompers
the correspondents and the statement in
his letter TO n. A. NJ. directors later that
he would not talk business with the labor
people at all because he would not sell
put his friends who had placed confidence
in him.
Mulhall was referred to a letter which
McMichael had written him stating that
was in a hell of a hole"
financially and suggesting that MulhaIl
try to get money for him from Bird or
Emery.
Did you raise any money for McDer-
mott then?
Il might have loaned him money in
small lots, as 1 was doing all the time"
did you speak to Emery and Bird as
suggested at this time"
mo, sir"
You were still friendly with McDer-
mott?
Yes; my friendship wared when he
me on that Mccormick
'250 check"
Mulhall had testified that he had paid
NcMichaeI 800 in Baltimore in June,
9l2. and that OF this one-half was to go
o McDermott and the rest to McMichael
rs his salary. When his attention was
allied to the fact that this date was
i've months after Mulhall severed his con-
lection with the n. A. NJ, so that he
.ould not be paying McMichael for the
organization. he said the date must have {