The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-25
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NO QUESTIONING
Democrats at Least Will Let
MulhaII Story Stand.
House Republicans Begin on
Him Probably Next Week.

Washington, July 25.-Martin M.
MuIhalTs story of his lobbying actiyi-
ties for the National Association of
Manufacturers as unfolded before the
senate lobby committee is to be al
lowed to stand practically without
cross-questioning from Democratic
members of the committee. Senators
Nelson and Cummins, who yesterday
began q severe questioning of the wit
ness upon many of his statements,
probably will continue to demand
more detailed statements upon his let
ters as they are introduced into the
record, but the Democratic members,
Senators Overman, Reed and Walsh,
expect to let the MulhaH story stand
principally upon the evidence present.
ed in the 5000 or more letters. Null
hall will go before the house lobby
committee early next week and it Is
expected that there he will be sub
jected to a rigid examination as to the
charges contained in his mass of cor
respondence, that members of the
house were his close associates in po-
litical campaign work and in efforts
to head off labor legislation. The SEN
ate committee also has indicated that
1t will not permit a general cross-ex-
animation of Mulhall by attorneys or
officers of the manufacturers and those
officials will attempt to make Mulhall
defend his statements before the
house committee next week.
Washington, July 25.-Mulhall said
today he went to Massachusetts in
August, 1910, and wrote General
Manager Bird of the manufacturers
of conferences with Senator Lodge
and Charles E. Hatfield, chairman of
the state committee
Senator Lodge pays us all kinds
of compliments for the work we are
doing and [ know we will have his
aid more actively during the next
campaign" wrote Mulhall. In other
letters that month Mulhall wrote:
Through our efforts we have beaten
the Hon. T. D. Nichols of the Tenth
Pennsylvania and we also have beat
en- notorious George A. Pearre of in
junction fame, in the Sixth Mary |
land" On August 80, MulhalI wrote !
view for Bird and himself.
1T will be a great help to have a |
number of the leaders of the Manu- |
featuring association in touch with
the country in the present crisis" the |
letter ran. |
Mulhan swore he received a reply |
from c. n. Norton, the presidents |
Monday afternoon, Sept. 12, at Bev- |
erly Senator Nelson questioned |
MuIhar closely about items in the !
expense accounts, which frequently |
party workers for services in the |
Sixth New Jersey district. Mulhall |
swore he dealt with a man named !
"Feeney' and that he paid him the |
money in cash, usually meeting him
in a Philadelphia hotel. The items |
almost every week.
October 5, 1910, Mulhal wrote former |
Senator Foraker about his talk with |
President Taft saying he had submit |
ted names of men who would help in
the campaign.
He seemed to scrutinize the list |
very closely" Mulhan wrote, land talk
ed as if John H. Taylor, of East Liv-
erpoo1, and H. M. Hanna were not en-
thusiastic friends of his.
He was greatly pleased with the |
work 1 told him had been done in
and other states, and |
advised me to inform our people to
do everything we possibly could to
keep in touch with leaders of the con-
committee so that we might |
be able to help in close congressional |
Districts
About an expense account of October
3. 1910, Mulhan swore he paid s45 to
George Burke, collector of internal rev.
enue at Paterson, to be paid to James
H. Hand, editor of the Evening News,
for salary for one assistant in offices
to help him.
MuIhan produced a letter from oliver
dustrial association of ST. Louis, who
wanted distinguished men to speak in
q lecture course.
How about Senator Gore, Bob Tay-
lor, Charles B. Lands; who do you Sc
lect as the best and most interesting
lecturer for our course. How is Vic
toc Murdock?" wrote Root
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