The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-17
THEIR PLANS LEAD
INTO VERY DOORS
OF WHITE HOUSE
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stated that there woro four things the
| President wished: FIRST that Congress
would stay In session until the 18th
of May, to meet Governors OF the DIFF
| ferent States coming to Washington
| on that day; second. to amend the
Sherman law; third. to have Congress
vote for four battleships: fourth. to
! pass Il child's labor law for the Dis
| trict of Columbia. which would DO a
model law for the states In general.
Their Passage Impossible.
"Mr. Watson said he told the Presi-
dent that ii was impossible to got
through this Congress two OF those
bills; first. that Congress would only
vote for two battleshps; second, that
Congress would not amend tho Shcr-
man law. The President wanted to
know why. Mr.. watson told him that
almoAt the entire manufacturing In
terests of the country were against Il.
The President wished to know IL MIR.
Watson knew or had mot Mr.. Van
Cleave
"Mr. Watson said he knew Mr.. Van
Cleave we'll. and other leaders in touch
with Mr.. Van Cleave. and that Mr..
Van Cleave was a splendid fellow He
dent. and finally the President did
not press to have the Sherman bill
passed at this session OF Congress-
He then stated that they passed to
tho child labor law and MIR. Watson
asked tho President who should draw
his model bill. Tho President replied
that he would have his Labor Commits
sioner Mr.. Neill, draw It. the President
explaining that he merely wished this
bill to BIO an academic bill for the
States"
The letter closed with a reference
to Mr.. Watson's account of his efforts
to draw Mr.. Roosevelt out on the ques-
ton of n third term
Schwedtman told NIulhall in a letter
carly In 1905, lit is really n pity that
we cannot get you to Congress or 10
the Senate right away You ought to
be there. Each day teaches us how to
do things better. and just another year
OF this harmonious cooperation will
put us in a shape where nobody can
beat u.s.
The letter was dated April !.
Brings Story to zoos.
MulhaH brought the story of his lob
bying activities for the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers UP to 1908 be-
fore the Senate committee to-day and
testified about the work of the asso-
citation in promoting tariff commits
sion.
The association wanted Miles and
Schwedtman on 1t and wanted to con-
troll it themselves" Mulhall testified
lie did not explain who Miles was
SchWedtman was secretary TO Presi-
dent Van Cleave, of the association.
James E. Emery, counsel for the
manufacturers. wrote Mulhall on Jan
uary 16. 1905:
Doubtless YOU know we had a tus-
sic on the floor OF the House last Sat
~ 6n
the Democrats under cover of an
amendment TO q conspiracy provision
or the revised statutes. to enact some
or the worst features of the extreme
labor legislation now before the judi
ciary Committee. other friends stood
firm and the attempt to make campaign
thunder was squelched in tho most adj
mirable way. and. very happily. Dem
ocrat, Swager Sherley. OF Kentucky
took the chief part In the defenes Of
the existing law and against the pro-
posed amendment"
on January 10, Aiulhall wrote
Schwedtman:
Mr.. Watson Friday told me that II
there was any danger OF any class
legislation being brought up while he
was absent from Washington to have
MIR. Emery see Senator Hemenway He
also told me to write Emery and say
that Speaker Cannon would receive
freely and fully TO the Speaker and
that everything would be all right"
In January, 1905 Mulhall received
n letter from former Senator Foraker
suEpe sting that he visit Cincinnati He
testified that he made a written re-
port TO Foraker. How the Senator
stood among business men in and
about Cincinnati Foraker wanted to
know whether he would stand chance
to he reelected to the Senate.
Two lists of congressman who
Schwedtman seemed TO think might
vote for n bill In which the manu-
facturcrs were Interested, was given
In another letter to Mulhall.
Tribute TO Shermun
Mulhall paused to pay a tribute to
the late Nice-Prcsidcnt James S. Sher-
man.
II want to say that Mr.. Sherman
always aided me and helped me in
Washington He always was sincere
and worked for the good OF the Re-
publican party He always was a
splendid and lighting Republican. 1
don't believe he had any other mo-
tivcs"
Another Mulhall lcttcr about cam
paign against Congressman John c.
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