The chronicle=news., 1913-07-29
HOUSE LEADER
:. OtNOUNCEs
MUlHAlL

"Sso"s s"iH o. MARTIN NJ.
"a NJ wtiuss. before III. sen
stc ,"rinitttc. heard himself
d~nounc~.' #" Democratic leader I'm
'ier~ood a. e hous" as "a liar aud
u bisckmsiirr" TO-DAY aud then him
self contributed a mild sensation by
trsttfyinE thst s.sT.rsry Wilson.
Speaker Clark snd Republican leader
Mann and President Samuel Gomr.r.
Of thu American Federation Of Labor
had all turned dow n his PROPOSAL.
for an Investigation oi his iohhyi Ing
activities for the National As.osIa-
tiOn of Manufacture, Clark and
Mann. he said. would not have the
matter come Up" I-prcscutativ.
Underwood hotly denied Muihail's
claim of having hrd an Interview.
hut the lobby wi,ncs, Insisted on
his Aiory.
- think. said thc majority lea Ter
that Il l. In the interest Of the pub
lie that man who has taken libcr-
ti~s with public men, a. this man has
should bc coatrsdict-i. I regard u
man of this kind sH II black mailer.
That man has never been In the ways
and means committee room since !
have been chairman. lie may have
had conversations with me. hut when
he says he had an Interview. ! want
to say that statement, Is II lie"
Mr.. Underwood appeared uncx-
I,s.ctcdiy and made y brief statement
before he wss sworn Tie denounced
ss fsisc Muihsli's 81. ,cmcnt that M
cmtloye Of the ways md means CON-
mite had bccn In his employ. AZ.
cordinE To Muihsiis earlier tc-ti.
mony the man was paid $50 per
month.
Chairman Underwood read Mui-
halls letter about thp alleged inter-
Wow N .xthh p'rtsar,vroae. that
Underwood bad told him that he
could not do otherwise than appoint
william Il. Wilson. now secretary Of
labor. chairman Of the house labor
committee because there wiz no 9TH
cr candidate before the ways and
means committee.
THAT whole statement II n lie
out Of whole cloth-not a word OF
truth In H." declared Mr.. Underwood
There never was question but
Wilson's selection as hcDd OF that
committee. solcly because OF his ca
pacity and qnalificaitnos. II is clear
to me thos man was down here writ
inK these things for lust such u pur-
pose. trying 10 make on, he was
doing great things. ~lie never had
any conference with me. The state
ment In his letter can be disproved
by every member OF the house ways
and means committee. am sure I
never met this man. He has II face
l could not forget
There is nothing here that re-
fleets on me-" continued Mr.. Under
wood. but I want 1t set right before
the country"
Mulhall reiterated he had talked
with Underwood briefly in the cor
ridor and had written to his employ
ers about conditions Just as I found
them In Washington at that time. "
81 have no desire to contradict NJ.
he said 'bnt ! am con-
vinced that after he has heard my
other witnesses and this examina-
tion has ended he will take back
part OF what he has said
THE statements you made in your
letter were not true and can be prov
ed not true by other members OF the
ways and means committee" retort-
ed Mr. Underwood. Therefore. It
was self evident did not make them
to you
''I will stand as clean before the
country as you will" returned Mr..
heatedly.
"Oh. / have no question about how
we will stand relatively before the
pubic. replied undcrWood' Win
laugh and left the committee room.
The Incident created furry that
had not wholly subsidized when the
committee settled down to the fur
ther Identification of letters.
Martin M. Mulhall told the senate
lobby committee that at one time he
proposed an investigation of his ac-
tivities as lobbyist for the Nation-
al Association of Manufacturers to
former Chaidrman Wilson Of the la
bor committee. Speaker Clark and
Republican leader Mann and all that
turned down his proposal.
Mulhall testified he made his pro-
posal to Wilson. now secretay of la
Dor personally to Clark and Mann