Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-29
MULHALL SAYS MANN
REJECTED HIS EXPOSE
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said: ST never saw him before in my
| life"
II think" said the majority leader,
that 1t is in the interest of the pub
lie that a man who has taken liber-
ties with public men, as this man
has, should be contradicted. 1 re-
gard man of this kind as black
mailer. That man has never been in
the ways and means committee room
since have been chairman. He may
have had conversations with me, but
! when he says he had an interview,
l want to say that statement is a
lie"
Makes Brief Informal Statement.
Mr. Underwood appeared unex-
pectedly and made brief statement
before he was sworn. He denounced
as false Mulhalls statement that an
employee of the ways and means
committee had been in his employ
| According to Mulhalrs earlier testi-
mony the man was paid $40 month
You made a statement that this
| man was blackmailer; that means
he used threats to extort money, ;"
said Senator Reed
THAT whole statement is a lie out
of whole cloth-not a word Of truth
in it," declared Mr.. Underwood.
There never was a question that Will
sons selection as head of thet COM
mittee was solely because of his ca
pacity and qualifications.
ut is clear to me this man was
down here writing these things to
his people trying to make out that
he was doing great things He never
had any conference with me. The
statement in his letter can be dis
proved by every member of the ways
and means committee. I am sure |
never met this man. He has a face I
could not forget
Nothing That Reflects on Me-"
"There is nothing here that reflects
on me- continued Mr.. Underwood,
"but I want it set right before the
country"
Mulhall repeated he had talked
with Underwood briefly in the cor
ridor and had written to his employ
ers about conditions just as ] found
II have no desire to contradict Mr..
Underwood" he said, but I am con-
WINGED that after he has heard my
other witnesses and this examination
has been ended he will take back
part of what he has said"
''The statements you made in your
letter were not true and can be proved
not true by other members of the
ways and means committee" retort-
ed Mr.. Underwood Therefore, it is
self-evident l did not make them to
you"
II will stand as clean before the
country as you will" returned Null
hall heatedly.
Underwood Retorts Laughingly.
ooh, have no question about. how
we will stand relatively before the
public" replied Underwood with a
laugh and left the committee room.
The incident created furry that
had not wholly subsidized when the
committee settled, down to the fur
tber identification of letters.
4 II think he was trying to get money
out OF his own people," said Mr..
Underwood.
The chairman read Mulhalrs letter
about the alleged interview in which
Mulhall wrote that Underwood had
told him that he could not do other
wise than appoint William B, Wilson,
now secretary of labor. chairman of
the House labor committee, because
there was no other candidate before
the ways and means committee.
]. P. Bird, generalsmanager of the
National Association of Manufacture
ers, issued-a statement from the asso-
, cations headquarters here lastenight,
declaring that a careful examination
of the organizations books showed that
Martin M. Mulhall was paid during
the entire ten years he was in the
service of the association s4S,976.27, OF
less than $4,000 a year.
OF this, the statement said, $14,2tI
represented Mulhalfs salary, and the
remainder his general expenses in
Guiding transportation and hotel bills
MulhalI has testified that he spent
about $500. 900 carrying on the associa-
tons lobby and political work.
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