The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-26
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Nations that might be Of value in invest.
eating q, free trade lobby. As some OF
the clubs dated back az far as 1874. Sena.
| tor Walsh was not inclined to take the
, suggestion seriously. but Senator Nelson
had some remarks to make anent i'm.
porters who sped money to get tarin
reductions. and who bring In and leave
in bonded warehouses, In order to escape
customs duties, millions OF dollars worth
Of goods. in anticipation Of tariff re-
auctions.
Expense Account shown.
MuIhalrs expense account for his first
social" meeting with Representative
James T. McDermott. of the Fourth ILL
nois District. together with items for
payments to McMichael. who brought
McDermott and Mulhall together, &C.
cording to the latter. was reached yes
terday. It was dated January 3, 1911.
Mulhall already has testified that Nc
Michael assured him that McDermott
was trough jewel" and could be
coached" and that McMichael. then
chief page of the House. McDermott's
confidential secretary, and on the N. A.
NJ. pay roll at $50 month. brought the
two men together at q supper. In the
expense account referred to are the fol-
lowing items:
December .. Supper for self and for
I. H. McMichael, Congressman James 7.
McDermott. and others at Fritz Reuters
Hotel, $500.
December 30. Breakfast at Fritz Reu-
ter's Hotel for self and one. 500.
"December 20. Dinner in Washington
for self and one, SIS.
December 80 Paid to the Hotel Fritz
Reuter- for room and, bath for one night,
$500
paid to I. H. McMichael for service
rendered for the month of December.
1911. as per instructions Mr.. J. p. Bird.
5000.
Balance due to Mr.. !. H. McMichael.
$1,000
Mulhall explained that the breakfast
mentioned was for himself and Nc
Michael
The name of James NJ. Cox. now Gov
ernor of Ohio. formerly a member OF
Congress. came into the record with n
letter from A. c. Marshall. of Dayton.
addressed to Mulhall. Marshall wrote
Mulhall in relation to the selection OF
postofice site for Dayton. He sad
that a site in which Mrs. John Kirby,
jr.. wife Of the president OF the n. A. NJ.
was interested. had been recommended 10
Secretary MacVeagh by Assistant Secre-
tary Hilles, of the Treasury Department,
end that plans were well along toward
settlement when Representative Cox. who
hitherto had urged speed, delayed mat
tiers.
New jersey Activities.
The labor activities Of the N A. NJ,
particularly in respect to the fight o.
William Hughes in the Sixth New Jer-
sey district. and in bringing about the
return of John ]. Gardner from the Sec
ond New Jersey. constituted an impor-
tant part of the correspondence read into
The record yesterday.
1t was shown that more money was
thrown into Hughes district in an effort
to elect McClave in 1910 than in any of
the preceding attempts to defeat Hughes.
II was shown that Mulhall and his paid
agents were given the credit for the re-
election of John J. Gardner from the Sec
ond District in 1910. and Mulhall wrote
Bird in one letter that Gardner was so
grateful for this that he would do any,
thing in his power for the N. A. NJ. and
that he would see to II that no labor leg
islation came out OF the short session
Of the Sixty-first Congress. the last one
In which he served As chairman Of the
Labor Committee.
Furthermore. in connection with his Ia
Dor activities, he became SO confident o.
his ability to control the incoming Demo-
cratic Congress in this respect than he
wrote General Manager Bird in January.
1911, in part. as follows:
II have. been successful with the work
that I was doing. and have been gather
ing information concerning the appoint
ments Of the committees for the Sixty
second Congress. and / reported to Mr..
Emery this morning that 1 am positive
that We will fare very much better with
the incoming Democrats OF the House
than We have been doing with the pres
ent Congress I assured Mr.. Emery that
il he would select, or name, some man
that We could agree on for the chair
man Of the Committee on Labor, that We
could have him appointed, and 1 also
told Mr.. Emery that i am positive that
We will control the judicial committee
and its subcommittee and also the labor
committee and its subcommittee in the
next Congress.
Il am so convinced of this that wish
Mr.. Emery and our friends to name the
men, and / am positive that We can get
the appointment. This feel ought to
be extremely cheerful information forI
our people, and l am not making this |
statement until 4 am fully convinced
that those facts can be accomplished"
President Kirby in August, 1910, write |
Mulhall as follows:
II note copies of your letters of the |
18th to Messrs. Bird and Watson. in the |
contents of which 1 am greatly inte.- |
ested. yet i feel constrained again to re- \
mind YOU of the danger of putting u: |
much on paper. / have been expressly |
impressed with this thought stree having |
my grip put off at Columbus by porter, !
while 1 was bound for New York, the |
grip containing package of correspond |
ence. among which were copies of your
reports from Atlantic City. which would |
have made interesting reading had the /
Iapers happened to have gotten into /
some particular persons hands. I shall
at all times be glad to hear from you
but I suggest that you be careful in GO
ing into details ABOUT your maneuvers.
which as rule can best be reported YEA
bally to Mr.. Bird
Senator F. NJ Simmons of North Caro-
ina. now chairman of the Finance Com
nittee. was mentioned twice in an in
way in Mulhall's letters
Speaker Clark's name came into the
in a way that promised
something Of interest, MulhaH telling of
! call on the Speaker. and indicating that
IS result of assurances from him he did /
lot think there would be any trouble
the Democratic Congress. I'm
nediately after this was read, however