Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
FORAKER APPEARS
IN LOBBY PROBE
Denies Charges ha!9 BY La
mar and MuIhaA
THE H0US: INQUIRY STARTS.
Both Enss Of the Capitol Are Now
Busy Searching For the "insidious
Lobby"

Both ends of fhe capitol were busy
WITH the search for the "insidious
lobby" which heretofore has been con
dned to the senate wing.
The probers OF the senate continued
their work with. regard to the volumin-
Gus correspondence OF Martin NJ. Mul
hall, the former lobbyist for the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
while the house pr0bers got into acton
and cleared the way to put Mulhall on
the grill.
Itis intimated that the house com
mittee may not be as considerate IN
handling the lobbyist as the senate
Investigators have been.
Former Senator Joseph B. Foraker
Of Ohio, was the chief witness before
the senate committee He appeared 10
deny many of the statements made by
Mulhall.
Foraker explained his connection
with the sale of the Union Pacifc to
a reorganization committee in 1921
which was brought into the lobby IN.
vestigation by David Lamar. Lamar
testified that Foraker through inHu-
ence in washington, took a leading
part in the deal, at Lamor's sollcita
ton
Foraker testified that the Union Pa.
cifc owed the United States $4,000, 900,
and one proposal was that the govern
ment receive only part Of that sum.
Foraker swore that he did not figure
in the case except in an effort to see
that the government. got the whole
sum-
Foraker said he had known MulhallI
since 1888, when he (Foraker) was al
candidate for governor Of Ohio. HeI
did not know how active Mulhall was
in his behalf in that campaign. III
don't remember that I ever asked him
to work for me. and | don't know that
1 asked him not to" he said.
Foraker denied that he ever favored
any legislation wanted by the NationalI
Association of Manufacturers, so that
he talked with Mulhall about legisla
tion in Washington.
Before we got so good as we areI
now" he said, Il thought it was all
right to answer questions. OF course.
I never had any idea that these con
versations were to be made the basis
of reports by some lobbyist"
Foraker fatty denied Mulhall's tes
timony Of a conference at which many
leading Republicans opposed to the
nomination of Taft assembled at For
aker's house to discuss plans for con
center opposition. mo such confer
ence was held at my house or else
where" said Foraker.
Il did not think Mulhall was as
great a man as he thought he was
and l did not think he had as grea
influence as he thought he had. did
not take him so seriously as he did
himself" said Foraker.
In contrast to those who have de
nounced Mulhall as a liar Foraker
amused his hearers by the calm way
he talked of Mulhalls desire to appear
with prominent men, talk with then
and report what he thought they
thought to his employers.
Mulhall offered his services to For
aker in the latters campaign for re
election to the senate in return foi
your many kind acts for our people"
Now I want to say here" said For
aker, that [ never did any kind acts
for the National Association OF Manu-
facturers. I opposed what they want
ed with the exception. perhaps. Of tive
or three injunction bills Nor do
recall that Mulhall or any officer oil
the National Association Of Manufac
urers ever called upon me with re
spect to a bill"
The witness read a record showinf
his attitude toward labor Legislation
in the senate, stating that. with one
exception, he always voted for bill
favoring labor.