Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-19
M'CLAVE THOUGHT
N. A. N. AID GREAT
So Characterized Support and
MulhaII's Work, Congress
siOnal Candidate Admits.
BELIEVED AGENT "FAKER,'
YET CONFIDED IN HIM
Lobby lnformer Shouts for Help
When McCarter Goes
After Him.
star Bureau.
Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
WASHINGTON, July 10

WASHINGTON, July 10.
Major S. Wood McClave came to
Washington and appeared before the
Senate lobby committee last night
for the loudly announced purpose OF
proving Colonel Martin NJ. Mulhali
a faker and liar.
After being on the witness stand
for nearly three hours McClave went
home on the midnight train without
having disproved any of the material
facts stated by Mulhall as to the re-
lations between McClave and the for
mer agent of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers. McClave
started out with voluntary state
ment in which he denied that Nut
hall had done anything for him in his
campaign for Congress in 1910, ana
said he had suspected from the start
that Mulhall was a faker.
Under cross-eXamination by Sena-
tors Walsh and Reed, the Sixth Dis
trict Republican Congressional can
didate admitted that somebody
had evidently made a hard
fight for him in Passaic County in
iJID anu liidA II may iioNN pNNiA ~ -
hall. MeClave admitted that he had
written Mulhall a letter just after
the campaign Of that year, thanking
him for the great work he had
done in the district and that he had
retained confidence in the n. A. NJ
agent until few months ago.
Conflded in Mulhail.
Not only did he allow Mulhall to
take charge of his headquarters in
1910 but in 1912, when he ran for
Congress again, McClave admitted. he
again showed his confidence and
trust In Mulhall by allowing him to
send a man into the district to col
Iect funds for the campaign. To this
man, Samuel Springer, whom he had
never seen until Mulhall introduced
him, Mcclave admitted he had given
3 n letter of introduction and a list
of manufacturers In the district and
sent him out to make collections Al
though he denied that Mulhall had
spent any money in the district and
said he knew of nothing that the
latter had done to help him In either
campaign, McClave admitted that he
had made no campaign for himself
in 1910 beyond giving some money to
the county committees. visiting two
Z factories and speaking at few eve
ming meetings.
In The face of this and the fact that
Bergen, usually Republican, went
Democratic that year, McClave adj
United that in Passaic in 1910 the
Democratic majority had been cut
Gown TO almost nothing
McCiave Gets Ratified.
"Then somebody put up a good,
hard fight for you IN Passaic, didn't
they?' asked Senator Reed.
II guess they did," admitted Nc
Clave
After he had finished his statement
TO the committee. which was repeti-
ton of written statement he had
sent to the newspapers and of which
/. he complained they did not use much.
McClave went to pieces badly and be-
fore he had been on the stand for an
hour was SO badly mixed that his
efforts to answer questions and tell
4 q connected story became a joke.
Il don't recall eating a meal with
Mnlhal during the campaign de-
clared McClave. HE says we slept
together, Perish the thought
slept at home every night of the
campaign but one.
Has Ten Children.
"Mulhall says I'm Il tightwad,' =
said McClave. well, man with a
wife and ten children has to be pretty
close
so far as I know" McClave con-
tiued "Mulhall never paid any money
to any company or collected or spent
any money for me in my campaign
except to pay for the headquarters
He didn't even pay the bills he con-
tracted himself for printing.
Notwithstanding all this. McClave
admitted that few days after cleo
: ton he had written Mulhall a letter
thanking him for his good work in
Passaic County and had continued to
correspond with him for two years
, afterward, and accepted his help
again in the campaign of 1912
It wasn't until a few months ago
McClavc admitted that he had come
10 the conclusion that Mulhall had
really not been of service to him.
HE told me he was going to helI
the by getting me the votes OF work
ingmen and increasing the Socialist
vote" he explained.
"How was he going to do that ??
asked Senator Walsh.
"f don't know and | didn't care,
said McClave. II told him to &c
ahead and do II.
Burrows Wanted 10 Enter.
IT seemed that Burrows had want
to run for Congress In 1908 on the
Republican ticket and had written
to William H. Armstrong. Of Indi-
annapolis. wanting to know If he could
have the support of the y. a. n. In
his letter he mentioned that George
II. Burke. deputy internal revenue
collector at Paterson. claimed Null
halls support Mulhall wrote to Bur-
rows that II was not true he or his
association had made any promises
to Burke.
In 1904 wrote Mmlhall. at the
request of number of business men
of that district, We gave help TO Dir.
Conklin the county chairman, and