Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-08-08
emery ADMITS COIN
HE TELLS CONGRESSIONAL
PRosERs OF EFFORTS TO sE.
LEcT COMMITTEES.
HOSTILE TOWARD ORGANIZED labor
Rap At White House-Makes sarcas-
tic Remarks About W. J. Bryan
and Wlfe-Public Men
Got "Pie."

Washington.-From the files Of the
National Association Of Manufacture
ers Wednesday came the details OF
legislative activities of the widest
range, extending from the home dis
tricts Of members Of congress through
out the country to the White House
and to the capitol.
While the senate lobby investiga-
tors pursued their probe by an ex-
animation Of former Senator Joseph
B. Foraker Of Ohio. the house COM
mittee got under way and placed in
the record 100 letters from the files
Of James A. Emery. chief counsel for
the National Association Of Manufac-
turers.
Opposing Labor.
Frankly and quietly, Emery on the
stand acknowledged he had recon-
mended contribution of $500 to op-
pose Representative Buchanan Of I'LL
nois for reelection, or told Of personal
interviews with leaders and members
of congress in his attempts to influ-
ence the naming of committees to pre-
vent the enactment of legislation
urged by organized labor.
Discussing the recent sundry civil
bill, with its provision prohibiting the
expenditure Of certain funds for the
prosecution of farmers and labor un.
ions under the Sherman law, Emery
wrote to President John Kirby II. OF
the association, on March Z, 1913, after
President Taft had vetoed the bill:
Il want to emphasize as hard as !
can the importance Of lining up for a
tremendous demonstration when this
bill reaches President Wilson, as II
undoubtedly will, with the same pro
vision In it. You will then have an
early opportunity to decide whether
the 'glittering democratic motto, Equal
rights for all and equal privileges for
none, means anything or whether the
administration has surrendered com.
pletely or will merely turn over the
department Of labor.
Waste Of Breath.
i note, by the way, your reference
to letter from c. w. POST on the
question of protest over the appoint.
ment of Wilson (secretary of labor
A protest on this subject is a mere
waste of breath, and, on the whole,
am inclined to think that the whole
purpose of this department will be
shown up quicker with the unions in
control of 1t than in any other way.
Gompers will run 1t Enthusiastically
with a high hand, and If the whole
thing does not smell to heaven within
q year, | shall be very much aston
ished. By that time democratic SIM
plicity probably will mean union
label on the White House stationery
and the president comforting with the
walters union over the appointment
of his steward.
Cakes and Ginger Ale.
AT present we have nothing more
startling in Jeffersonian simplicity
than the news that Mrs. Bryan is MAX
Ing a new suit for the secretary of
state, and that cakes and ginger ale
will be served at the dinner for the
British ambassador. Toothpicks, OF
course, will be an after dinner course
at all cabinet receptions and the de-
nand for dress suits will be confined
to walters In the hotels"
In this same letter Emery advised
Kirby, "if you have any idea that Taft
would have vetoed this bill OF his own
motion, get over 1t. A list OF public
men who had pie in this $113, 100000
appropriation bill included many
prominent men in botn houses"