Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-12
WATSON EMPHATIC
IN DENIAL OF
CHARGE OF
LOBBYING
Declares He Never Represent
ed Manufacturers Associa-
tion or Received It's Money
While in Congress.
N-vER KNEW A CORRUPT
MEMBER IN THE HOUSE
tBy Irsscd Wire 20 hvcnlnE llernid.


Washington. sept a. Former
Representative James r.. Watson oi
Indiana, before the house lobby COM
mittec today. made a general denial
of Martin NJ Mulhnirs general
charges that hc was one ot the active
friends Of the National Association
OF Manufacturers la congress during
many years.
AT no time Wh,ie / was in con
gross. or after | left congress- said
Watson. was / la the employ of the
National Association Of Manufactur-
ers for any purpose, nor was 1 al any
time lobbyist or lawyer for IT,
Watson said he did work Tor the
National Turin Commission nssucil-
tiUn, an organization OF several hun
dred associations ana many individ-
uals. uf which the National Associa-
ton OF Manufacturers was one. lie
declared that Mulhalrs charge that
hc used his influence to put certain
men on hoasc committees and re-
move others was without foundation.
You don't need 60 tell the sun 80
| shine, YOU don't need TO tell the birds
10 sing, any more than yuu needed 20
tell Uncle joe Cannon who tu appoint
on committees" he said. "'rhc com
mittees were made up by Mr.. cannon,
liusby his secretary, and Asher
| Kinds. the house parliamoniarian.
aud l never obtrudod my opinions.
when asked To give an opinion on
"A mans fitness for position he gay
IL, he said, bat went no farther
Watson said he never WIS asked BY
any National Association OF Manu-
/ ucturers official 10 favor any lsgis-
| lation, ana never was interested par
/ ucuhrly In any bills they favored,
except an anti-inJunction bill ana
the proposed exemption of labor un-
ions from the operation of the Sher-
man law. lie said he held the same
view as the association ON those mat
tors.
Watson explained that Mulhall eX-
pected to assist him In his campaign
for governor ia 1905 but worked only
a few months and did not make hls
promises good. tie denied that Mul-
han helped raise $4,000 In that cam
paign. His employment hy the tariff
nssociatiun was about April !, 1903
nearly month after he LEFT con
groHs. lie said he was IN charge ol
the campaign for a tariff commits
sion while tho Payne bin was in IN,
house ana later In the senate.
There was nothing secret or IN
sidious about my employment, sais
ne. ~ was not ln congress and
thought I had right to that en-
ployment received $3.50 wool
ana my expenses and probably "a re-
talner of f5O0 There may have beer
some talk 1f a contingent fee. bu
Il must have been among the officers
I never heard anything about a."
"While ! was whip of the hous
for six years. declared Watson
. pounding on the table in front a
him. fI wns intimately acquainto
- with almost every member ana
p never knew a corrupt man la th
house"
r. When questioned about lectures ia
the manufacturers or allied organize
tlons Watson diverted to take "a sh'
ai Secretary Bryan.
% "He is the John -. Rockefeller T.
10 the Chautauqua PLATFORM said Wa
+ son. "lIe has made more money o'
OF Il than anybody else nnd he h'