Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-17

Washington, ID. CA series of
short. sharp and menacing verbal ex.
plosions filed the senate lobby inves-
tigating committee chamber with the
Smoke of battle" at intervals during
the testimony of Col Martin NJ. Null
hall as to his relations with the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
as it's lobbyist, political worker and
"butter-iD" in the affairs of organized
labor.
At the same time that he was ties.
tifying there was spirited battle
being waged between the senate lobby
committee and the house lobby com.
mittee for the chief witness and the
papers" in the case. The senate by
various ruses was able TO hold to It's
chief witness and to keep the Mulhall
documents safely in its possession
under guard.
Nearly 500 of the letters and tele-
grams embraced in the voluminous
correspondence of Mulhall, the emo
tional lobbyist strike breaker we're
passed up to the colonel on the wit
ness stand for Identification and eluci.
dalton.
Witness Clashes With Emery.
The colonel contributed n thrilling
feature to the hearing by resenting
the proximity Of James \. Emery. the
alleged commander.in.chie of the
lobby forces Of the National Associa
ton of Manufacturers. and its general
counsel at the national capital.
Emery, manfestly laboring under
intense feeling which he could not al
ways suppress, figured in n clash with
the colonel which brought an angry
protest from the latter and the com
ment that Emery represented "the
worst gang in the country
Emery, tall, trim and debonair, sub
sided. but his eyes blazed as he stared
at his old-time servitor.
Former Acknowledgement McCarter
Of New Jersey, retained to represent
the n. A. NJ. was rebuked for a vol
untary intrusion into the routine OF
examining the colonel. and the com
mittee decided that it would conduct
the inquiry into the Mulhall charges
without the help of outside legal tai
ent. McCarter reminded the commit
tee that he did not want to annoy II
during the hot weather.
God Almighty provides the wealth
err" snapped Senator Reed, who hat
Mulhall in hand "and the committed
will try to find the time to conduct
this examination In manner to SUI!
itself"
Labor Offers Aid TO Senate.
Judge Ralston, counsel for thC
American Federation of Labor, in
terrupted the committee to offer al
Of the correspondence at his command
relating to any of the subjects con
tanned in the Mulhall correspondence
The Garrett committee OF the house
of repre- sentatives, failing 10 secure
physical possession of the colonel
|, sent its sergeant-at.arms to serve
; subpenas on former Chief Page Nc
Michael Of the house, who, 1t has beer
alleged, was in the pay of the lobb.
: of the National Association OF Manu-
facturers and who subsequently acteC
, as confidential secretary to Congress
man James T. McDermott of tn,
Fourth Illinois district
/. Under instructions from Senate
Overman McMichael Kept close to tn,
committee room. McMichael has al
ready told his story to some of tn,
members of the Overman committee
House Maneuvers for Papers.
Deprived of Mulhall, the Mulhall pa
pers, which were turned over to th'
Overman committee by a New Yorl
paper, McMichael and other witness
es, who have been served with senat,
subpenas, Chairman Garrett addressed
a letter TO Chairman Overman, waiy
Ing the present claims Of the house oil
the person of the colonel, who wen
! to New York.
Garrett asked for such of the docu
ments as have been put in as evidenc
by Senator Reed before the Oevrmal
committee. The chairman of tn
house labor committee particularly re
on the ground that the scope of tn
proposed house inquiry was special
directed at the conduct OF its mem
bers and employees past and present.
Senate May Give in Soon.
When the Garrett committee discoy
cred that 1t was not the purpose O
the senate committee to relinauisl
.. any of Its right to witnesses sui
penaed by it, there was confusion an
no definite action had been decide
on.
There is good reason to believe
however, that within the next Ie'
days the senate committee will reced
from its position to the extent Of pre-
viding material regarding the conduc
of member Of the present congress
who probably viii be brought up u,
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