The Prescott daily news., 1913-07-23
REED ASKS THAT MANUFACTURE.
ERS' LAWYER BE FORBID.
DEN TO QUESTION LOBBYIST.
POINT Is NOT YET DECIDED
Witness Says Watson Occu2ied Office
With Emery-N. A. M. Aided Lori
mer-Nelson and Clapp
Enter Denials.

Washington, July 23.-Attorneys
for the National Association of Man.
ufacturers may not be permitted to
cross-examine Martin M. Mulhall, the
confessed lobbyist, before the senate
investigating committee When At.
torney Robert McCarter for the man.
ufacturers suggested cross-examina.
tion of Mulhall, Senator Reed the
committees leading questioner, de-
clared himself against cross-examina.
ton, but proposed that the question
be submitted to the committee. The
point was not decided finally.
Mulhall swore that he drew $500
from a Baltimore bank to be paid to
Watson.
Mulhall swore that Watson had
made the office of James A, Emery
here his headquarters after he was
defeated for governor of Indiana in
1908 Emery, Mulhall swore, was the
"chief lobbyist" for the manufacture
ers. Tire witness declared that for
mer Senator Hemenway of Indiana
occupied rooms next to Emery. and
that Watson was in one office or the
other much of the time.
Feb. 4, 1909, in letter to Schwedt-
man. Mulhall got into Illinois politics
and brought in former Senator Hop.
kins who was defeated for reelection
by William Lorimer. Mulhall wrote
of the senatorial deadlock at Spring
field:
1--WE are spreading the impression
that the contemplate stand
taken by Hopkins in the convention
at Chicago last June, wherein he was
extremely unfair to the manufactur-
ing interests in refusing them a hear.
ing before the committee on resolu-
tions and packing that committee in
favor of the Gompers crowd. has in
large measure brought this fight upon
his own shoulders
Nelson and Clapp of Minnesota took
the stand before the committee OF
their colleagues investigating the
lobby" and denied the truth of state,
ments made by Martin M. Mulhall,
formerly political worker for the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers.
In letters read into the record Null
hall told of conversations with Sen
ator Nelson-a member of the commit
tee=-in relation to the rejection early
In 1909 of a bill amending the Sher
man antitrust act, by senate sub
committee of which Nelson was
chairman. Mulhall wrote F. c.
Schwedtman, secretary to James W.
Van Cleave, president of the associa.
ton, that he had seen Senator Mel
son and that the senator had told him
what happened in his subcommittee.
He swore on direct examination by
Senator Cummins that Nelson had
suggested that the association send
copy of the subcommittee adverse
report on the bill to the president
"Mr. Roosevelt" In one letter Null
hall spoke of being introduced to Sen
ator Clapp by Nelson, and of talking
with both men about recent deci-
sion under the Sherman act.
81 have no recollection of seeing
Mr. Mulhall or talking to him about
this bill. and / certainly would not
have talked to him about what tran
spired before the judiciary commit
tee," said Senator Nelson. 1T is pos
sible that he may have stepped inside
of my office and gotten them from my
clerk. Mr.. Hicks, my clerk, who was
with me then and with me now, says
that he cannot recollect ever having
seen Mulhall in our ROOM"
Il have not the slightest recollec-
tion of ever seeing Mulhall and Ger.
tainly have no recollection that
Senator Nelson introduced me to him
in his room," swore Senator Clapp.
1T Is very clear in my mind that II
| had would have recalled it,
Aside from Senator Nelson, Mul
halls letters dwelt largely with what
the National Association OF Manufac
turers was going to do for former
Congressman james e. Watson of In
diana toward getting him a place in
President Taft's cabinet and of how