Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05


F~retgn representatives: Cone, Lor-
4 Woodman. Mallers Buiioins.
Chicago: 225 Fifth Ave-. New 4oIA
City: 0umbel Bldg. Kansas Guy mo-
AVOIDING THE TRUTH
The examination Of Martin M. MIL
hall. the 1000 confessor," before
the "lobby hunt committee headed oy
senator Oyerman has o entereu
MON its fourth week. It's
raises this question:
Does the Overman committee Wane
the truth? or Is 1t merely "
manufacture democratic
thunder and pay political deots ~
Samuel. !Gompers and the Alneo"A
Federation Of Labor? :,
Mulhall's original confession a..
legged in a lawsuit for a share ,1ue
spoils to have cost the chicago ~
hrna and New York World $lo.ooo,
was published June 20. VI
the clouds Of insinuation against Tue
integrity Of scores OF public men Nv
ing and dead, it's substance OF fact vas
that Mulhall had been employed py tne
National Association of Manufacturers.
had heen dismissed, and, failing to get
taken back, was. now SEEKING " "
smirch his former employers.
The Overman committee was
ready in existence, created IN response
TO President Wilson's denunciatlon VI
an ~.lnsidious lobby, constantly lh.et.
rupting the calm progress OF uepa.e,
Question OF the Overman commlt.ees
good faith had already been ralsed W
f. methods of "grilling' the avoWeu
agents OF American sugar producers
while carefully refraining rom puc
ting on the grill their
the agents Of the sugar Tefners con1-
.John Kirby, Jr., and: David M. Parry
FORMER heads OF the N. A. NJ, were
about to depart on al aroundtherWoriu
tn,r Tor the promotion Of U Foreign
trade With insinuations that they
we're irving to flee the countr 70
.scana confronting Mnlhall they were
virt,,allYa arrested in San Francisco and
ordered 70 be In Washingtonsby July ..
Thev have been theirs ever since, Wild
an express car load. of records, yainly
nleadins for an opportunity to answer
Mulhall under oath. s....s
ma OF affairs, knows that the
a method OF getting at the truth
10 n confront the witnesses and cross
FAMINE them. The Overman com
mittee promised that Mulhall. as COM
rlainine witness, should be crossex-
amined by counsel for the defendants
whom he accuses, the National Asso-
cisdon Of Manufacturers.
The counsel are there, but 50 far no
real cross-examinaion has been per
mitted, II counsel for defendants wlsn
10 question Mulhall they must supmlt
their questions in writing twentysfour
hours in advance. Then.n COIL
mittee chooses to ask Mulhall these
questions, they are asked. So far very
few of these questions have been
asked. The committee is obviously
anxious to protect Mulhall from any
sort Of embarrassment.
In some cases the privilege OF I'M
mediate answer to Mulhall q
hardly be denied. When his letters re
aeoting on Senators C1app, Nelson,
Cummins, Lodge and Congressman IN
derwool were read they demanded to
be heard at once, and gave him b
lie direct. When Mulhall alleged
that former Congressman Watson,
while a member Of the house, was
paid $3.50 a week by the N. A. M, MI.
watson demanded to be heard and
threatened q libel suit. Mr.. Watson
was not heard, but Mulhall r%etracted
the whole tale.
In the course Of his purchased con
Iession" Mulhan alleged that during
his ten years employment oy the
n. A. NJ, he had spent 100000 on "in-
auencing legislation" The association
lvers, and offers It's books in proof,
that the entire sum paid Mulhall was
e4s.sY6.27. Of which 314.217 was his
salary for ten years and the rest was
hotel bills and travelling expenses, for
which regular vouchers had been rem
dered. It also shows that Its 'politi-.
CALI expenditures were less than $1,000
q year out Of q total outlay Of over
$25l0,000.
OF this total it spends more than
S5O,OO0 q year on the promotion Of for
eigh trade. It has 1,400 correspondents
in all parts Of the world, and has spe-
ckal bureaus to find new markets, ship
NAVE collections, check up
foreign credits, and SO on. It has spent
$4,000 on the study Of the workmen's
compensation question, and the bills
drafted by its commission have been
the basis Of legislation in nearly every
state. For years it has had commits
sions at work on such questions and
are protection and prevention, acci-
dent prevention and industrial edu-
cation, and on getting the conclusions
reached into operation.
r1,~ Yrxn. Noaor holds M hrdaf for