The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-24
BREWERS ELECT
 ED CONCRESSNEN
Senate Investigating Committee Heard More Startling Testimony Friday - Says Hines
 Promised S1,000.

Washington, July l8.-How the National Association of Manufac- turers proposed to concentrate it's energies if necessary for the re- election of former Speaker Cannon in the 1908 campaign was described in one of the first Mulhall letters brought before the Senate lobby committee today.
 The letter bearing on Cannon was written to Mulhall by Secretary Schwedtman of the manufacturers on August F, 1908, and declared all energies would be concentrated in Cannon's district If there is the slightest occasion for it."
 Brewery Helped?
 Senator Reed questioned Mulhall about Congressman Bartholdt.
 T always understood Schwedt- man and Van Cleave looked after Bartholdt and that the brewery in terests helped" replied Mulhall.
 The committee decided immedi- ately to hear s. w. McClave, Re- publican candidate for Congress in the Sixth New Jersey district, where a special election is to be held Tuesday,
 Mulhall testified yesterday that he had run McClave's campaign against William Hughes in 1910.
 The cross-eXamination of Mulhall on McClave aroused the ire of the two Republican members of the committee who declared it was an attempt to play politics.
 SchWedtman wrote Mulhall on August 26 about the situation in h. diana, which, he said, was very critical" and added. If we win most of the credit it will be due to your good work. If some of our political friends should forget it later on l want to take a trip with you in Indiana
 Hines Promised Sl00O.
 In August a fight in the Eleventh Wisconsin district, where John J. Jenhlns was up for reelection ap- parently was worrying the manu- facturers although the National Brewers Association, through its national chairman, wrote Mulhall it was their fight
 Edward Hines. Chicago lumber man, who figured ill the Lorimer case. came into the hearing again today Mulhau sWore that in a let ter regarding the affairs August 2L Hines spoke of a promise to send Sl,O00 to go into the right chan nel 10 be used for legitimate pur- poses" in the Jenkins district.
 SchWedtman wrote Mulhall on | August 28:
 T don't consider Teddy nor Taft nor Sherman nor FOraker. nor the rest of those great men equal tO Van CleaVe. Parry. Kirby and the others who have given freely of their energy and money to the great case which is expected in the Ma tiOnal Association of Manufactur- CTS"
 Tried to Name Candidate.
 Speaker Cannon and Congress- man Watson of Indiana were the principal advisers of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Republican national convention in Chicago in 1908, Mulhall testified.
 Our entire organization was busy trying to nominate sherman and trying 10 keep labor blanks out of the platform" he said. The or ganizalion swung to the support of Taft. although il did not like some of his public utterances on labor Legislation" said Mulhall because ] it became evident that Cannon and the other presidential candidates had no chance of success.
 "The organization would have ia vored Cannon above all others The manufacturers officers had the promise of Mr. Norys and Mr. Tafts managers" NulhaIl alleged, that there would be no severe labor blanks in the national platform
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