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MuIhaII's Letters Tell Of Easy
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"He was too well KNOWN" explained
MulhaIl.
Senator Reed dwelt much on the eff.
forts of the n. A. NJ. to organize the
tariff commission movement. MulheI
made 1t clear that the Home Market
Club, of Boston, standpat organiza.
tion, was fighting any commission, while
an element in the n. A. NJ was for the
tariff commission In earnest, and gen.
uinely for downward revision. H. E
Miles, of Racine, was the head of the
tariff committee of 100 of the N. A. M.
He was appointed to come here and
lobby.
Was Driven OFF.
He was such radical that he was
driven of the committee" said Mulhail
and Mr.. Tompkins was put in"
Mulhall paid SIS to a man named
Walsh Of the Indianapolis Boilermak-
ers' Union, to go among the labor men
In the interest of Watson's candidacy
and to get Information. He also paid
SIS apiece to a man in the Mineworkcrs'
union and one in the carpenters union
TO do like work. as spies.
In remarkable letter by Mulhail June
"a 1908, to Schwedtman, Mulhallr says
he has had q long talk with Watson
and that Watson told him II there was
any danger of "class legislation" in his
absence from Washington to notify
Senator Hemenway. for Hemsnway is
taking his place. while he was absent
from Washington
This letter also said Watson has been
picked to nominate Fairbanks for Presi-
dent IN the June convention and would
a he 90 II -
illusion is also made in this letter to
r. c. Schwedtman as "the next am
tassador to Brazil"
June q, 1908. Senator Joseph B. For
aker. from Cincinnati. wrote Mulhall
and asked him to visit Cincinnati at
Foraker wanted Mulhall to see the
secretary of the National Metal Trades
and get list of business men in and
near Cincinnati Muihall was to see
how Foraker stood in Ohio then. For
aker was inclined to make the race
again for the Senate. Mulhall spent
several days about Cincinnati and
made long written report to Foraker.
Rottenest Situation.
In a letter of January, 1910, to J. H.
Scates. Of the Baltimore Builders Ex-
change. Mulhail elludes to Baltimore
politics as .'the rottenest situation of
any city in the United States
''Tammany Hall, in New York city,
has never played such politics as are
played In Baltimore" said MulhaIL in
the letter. for Tammany does eDcour
age an active. pushing, fighting Demo-
crat: but, on the other hand, IL there
is any clean Republican who attempts
to come to the front in Baltimore the
gang that calls itself the onion League
Club of Baltimore City Immediately gets
busy and attempts to destroy his repu-
tat.on as well as his usefulness 10 the
Republican party Besides this, every
body knows that the Stone faction has
continualy played to the rabble in the
labor ranks. They have allowed Ed
Hirsch, Gompers' representative In Bal
timore. to have their aid and support
for all labor measures
II was urged that now was the time
10 bury Stoneism." and prevent his ap-
pointment as collector al Baltimore.
Mulhall identified letter about this
time TO Schwedtman, He said he had
had interviews with several members of
congress, including James s. Sherman,
ing some one in Washington whom we
could depend upon. who could get
around among the members when IL
came time to get the compulsory pi-
lotage bill out of committee
Running through Mulhalis accounts
were allowances paid labor spies to get
information out of the mine morkers
end other organizations. One account
OF Mr.. Watson and D. NJ. Parry"
Watson got him to take complete
ness said. ~
a copy Of letter to Congressman
Covington from J. H. Scates, Of Balti-
mcre. secretary of the uiBiders' Ex-
change. opposing eight-hour Legislation.
was read.
"0ur Good Friend"
In a letter Of Scnwedtman to Mulhau.
schwedtman tells OF having a letter
from our good friend at washington"
on the compulsory piIotage bill, a mea-
sure which Littlefield wanted.
Watson was trying to help get the
work done in the past The good
friend" was, the witness thought,
watson. A long list of men in Con-
gress favorable to the bill was given
by the good friend" who had can
vassed the House Merchant Marine
Committee and found Wilson Of MI
nois. Henshaw of Nebraska, Mouser
OF Ohio, and Fairchild of New York,
and probably Calder of New York,
and sturgis of West Virginia were
A question arose whether this was
the compulsory p!lotage bill or an
other. and the matter will be looked
into further.
Mulhall explained. in aIlusion to an
other Schwedtman letter, that the n.
A. M. organized the National Council
for Industrial Defense. In order 10 get
around the matter of giving funds 10
politics.
The n. A. NJ. professed to give no |
money to politics. though Mulhall said
ne was paid right along by the N A. |
N. for political work
Aulhail threw light today on the
operations Of the National Council for
Industrial Defense. He described this !
as paper organization formed by the |
\. 4 NJ to help in the fight on labor |
teEislauon, send letters to members OF |
Congress protesting against labor leg |
isisth9n and the like. II raised 5000 !
20 $,,yp year for the purpose Mulhall |
declared the Postoffice Department |
ought to investigate IT,
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