The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-01
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! The Gompers statement is a report
| that the labor leaders prepared in 1901
| after his experiences with Rroughton
Brandenburg, now a convict in Sing
Sing prison, New York, who claimed
to be in the employ of the National
Association of Manufacturers. Efforts
to secure private interviews with Comp
ers aroused the latter's suspicious and
he took a number of labor leaders into
his confidence and later made a full
report to them of the occurrences that
followed.
Gompers met Brandenburg, says the
report under the advice and suggestion
of other officials of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Brandenburg repre-
sented himself as in charge of a bureau
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers, organized to expose the i'm
morality and dishonesty of the leaders
in the labor movement"
Gompers Makes Statement.
According to this report Gompers led
Brandenburg on, until the latter pro-
posed that Gompers should prepare
statement in the nature of a COMES
sion;" should stand for reelection as
president of the Federation of Labor In
1908 and should then resign, leaving the
Federation of Labor crippled by his
retirement and the exposure of other
leaders. My object in coming to you
is to say I want to save you," Bran
denburg Is quoted as saying. I want
to save you and while 1 don't want
to express in specific financial terms
what the National Association of Man
ufacturers is willing to do, yet 1 can
guarantee that you will be financially
safe for the balance of your life"
The Gompers report states that the
interview terminated there, that Com
pers succeeded in keeping the paper
Brandenburg had prepared for him to
SiQ nat n
and other officials of the federation
were at once made acquainted with the
circumstances.
President Gompers and other officials
of the federation of labor will testify
before the senate committee as the al
legged activities Of the lobbyist bore
directly upon national legislation.
Want to Get Away.
Both John Kirby, jr., and D. M. Per-
ry are in San Francisco and were ex-
pecting to sail for Australia today.
They wired Chairman Overman asking
to be excused from testifying before
the senate committee now, but prom
Used to appear on their return in sew
eral months. They wired it would cost
them about $1,000 each to change their
plans. Chairman Overman today wired
the two men that they hold themselves
in readiness to appear.
Washington, July 1.-Representative
Sherley, of Kentucky, mentioned in the
MulhaH charges, as one the manufac-
turerS could count upon to support
certain measures today, secured from
Senator Overman permission to appear
before the lobby committee tomorrow
and make a statement. Sherley said
he would introduce in the house tomor-
row a resolution for an investigation
by a special committee and make a
statement detailing conversations with
Mulhall.
Maxwell Evarts,S New York attorneys,
and David Lamar "a Wall street opera |
tor, have accepted Geographic summons !
to appear before the committee tomOr- |
row.
Try to Discredit MuIhalI.
San Francisco, Cal, July John |
Kirby, jr former president of the Ma
tional Association of Manufactures,
who is here en- route to the antipodes,
is willing to appear before the sena-
toriaI committee investigating activi-
ties of lobbyists as decribed by Mar
tin B. Mulhall, one time field agent of
the association. Il learned that Null
all the correspondence, records and
other papers that came into his posses
sion while he was employed by the
ssociation-records dealing with the
affairs of the association. don't know
what Mulhall hadin these papers-noth-
ing from me-
when Mulhall was dismissed from
the association. he tried for months to
get back He had a number of Wash
ngton politicians and even congress
men come to me in his behalf.
81 wouldn't have him. 1t was I who
aid the matter of the kind of work he
was doing before the board of directors
and had him discharged.
'He was field agent while with US,
was subject to general instruction tnaI
might take him to all parts OF the
Much of his work was in
He was getting $4,000 a year and
that only for the last two years with
the association. He did not spend
5000, 900. His expenses couldn't come
to anything like that
Kirby is here with David M Parry,
another former president Of the asso-
citation and J. P. Bird of Plainfield, N
J., general manager of the organiza-
ion.
Bird, who had planned a trip
through Washington and oregon, mas
altered his plans. and will start for
D. c., because of the in
vestigation.
Unless subpoenas from the sena-
-orial committee are served upon
Kirby and Parry calling them to
they will proceed on
rip to Australia, for which they have
made all arrangements. Ihey are
scheduled to sail on the steamer VEN
-ura at noon today.
Kirby stated he had received a tele-
gram from Washington. 1t asked MN
whether he would come to Washing
on or whether a subpoena would De
necessary. He answered that he was
willing to testify but asked on account
If completed arrangements made Tor
he trip to the antipodes that the time
If his appearance before the commit
zee be postponed for several months.