The Prescott daily news., 1913-07-01
MANUFACTURERS ATTEMPT TO CONTROL LEGISLATION AMAZ-
 lNGLY BRAZEN.
SHOW STEALTH AND SECRECY
Complete Inquiry Into Charges Will Be Made-Room in Capitol Used by Lobbysts-Llttle Spy Used
 to Watch Bigger Ones.

New York, July 1.-Developments have followed thick and fast through out the nation as a result of the ex- pose of the lobby and political and strike-breaking undertakings of the agents of the National Association of Manufacturers by Col. Mulhall Senator Overman, chairman of the Investigating committee, announced at Washington he had not only sub- poenaed Col. Mulhall, but that he would subpoena James A. Emery, the chief lobbyist and general counsel of the N. A. M., and former Congress- sons in or out of congress who are involved by the personal statements of Col. Mulhall and by correspond ence
 Members of the house of repre- sentatives in Washington announced their purpose to present resolution when the house convenes tomorrow, providing for an immediate investiga- tion of the charges contained in Col. Mulhalls personal narrative. Correspondence dealing solely with the work of the lobby and it's opera tions at Washington has been made public. These can be traced from the practical beginning in 1904 down to the summer of 1912. The careful read ing of these letters in the light of their bearing on the lobby and on the political events which they tally will reveal almost as clearly as any per sonal narrative the manner in which the lobby has been organized, how it has been developed and operated on the floors of congress and elsewhere among the employees of the United States.
 Who's Who in the Lobby Battery. For purposes of identification of the personnel of the working force of the N. A. M.'s lobby there is here set down, to begin with, short char acterizati6n of the men who may be conveniently grouped in one classi- fcation as lobby battery"
 Col M. M. MuIhaI, general field agent. salary s5.000; expenses. $20,0O0 year on the average.
 Ex-Congressman James E. Watson of Indiana, for F years whip of the house, at times the paid attorney of the N. A. M., always an informant con- corning the secret workings of the house, and during the Roosevelt and Taft administrations the medium of communication with the White House.
 Congressman James E. McDermott of Illinois, employed to do the work at which men of the type of Watson and Heminway would hesitate.
 Former Congressman Charles E. Llttlefield of Maine, an acknowledged champion of the association during his stay in congress
 James A. Emery, general counsel of the N. A. M., with offices in Washing ton, who never appeared at the capi- tol, whose chief function was that of entertainer and professed lawyer; sal ary $10,000 year. with an allowance for expenses of $10,000 year. ]. H. McMichaels, secretary to Con- gressman McDermott from 1909 to the present time, for 19 years chief page on the floor of the house of repre- sentatives, after that doorkeeper of the press gallery of the house, and now in charge of one of the elevators in the house; employed to use the pages of the house and as little spy on the big spies, Regular salary, $50 month, to which were made con stant and frequent additions from time to time, these additions during an exciting session of congress fre- quently amounting to over s100 week
 Fred c. Schwedtman, secretary to the president of the National Associa- ton of Manufacturers. All letters from him were practically letters from the president during the ineumbency in the office of J. M. Van Cleave. The president himself wrote very few let ters, as he had a deep aversion to committing himself on paper concern ing any of the political activities of his organization.
 John Kirby, Jr., president of the National Association of Manufac-