The San Francisco call., 1913-07-29
LETTERS GIVE NAMES
OF HIGH DEMOCRATS
Interest Is Stirred by Story
of Usurped Office in Cap
itol-Gonpers Is Put at
Head of Alleged Labor
Lobby-Cross Questions
Are Submitted by Lawyers

WASHINGTON July eS--Martin NJ.
Nulhar sat on the witness stand be-
fore The senate lobby committee to-
day and listened to another senator
deny his statements Senator Lodge,
mentioned as one Of many with whom
the former lobbyist for the National
Association of Manufacturers had held
political conferences. declared he did
not know the witness and never had
heard of him until the present in
sestigation began.
Mulhalrs correspondence. read today.
brought him into the year 1911. when
the house became democratic. In many.
of the letters that year he spoke of
interviews with Majority Leader Tn
derwood: William B. Wilson, secretary
Of labor IN President wilson's cabinet,
then chairman of the house labor COM
mittee; James T. Lloyd of the Missouri
district. chairman of the democratic
congressional committee. and other
prominent men.
COMMITTEES PACKED. HE SAYS
He wrote in the strain he used all
through his letters to j. P Bird. the
general manager of the association.
and other officials. of having men ap-
pointed to committees for the purpose
of preventing legislation and Of gen
orally having much to do with the
operations of government in Wash
ington
He mentioned in several letters with
assurance that he expected to have
even greater success with the demo-
cratic house than he had boasted in
the days of republican rule. but ques-
toned by the committee. said he had
been, too optimistic in his prophecy
Mulhau took up his relations with
J r. McDermott of Illinois and /. H.
McMichael, one time chief page of the
house, and confidential secretary to the
representative. He identified what he
said was a receipt for $500 given him
by McNfichael for services in septem-
ber and October. 1911, and reiterated
that BcDermott borrowed money from
him which he never paid back.
OFFICE FOR LOBBY
Senator Reed became deeply inter
ested in talk about a secret room.
which Mulhan said McDermott secured
for his use on the lower Goor Of the
west front of the capitol on the house
side He described that as quite
mysterious place and the committee
viii inspect it later Mulhan went to
the length Of making arrangements
10 hire a stenosrapher whom he in
tended to place in this room
Aiulhall said he. MeDermott and Nc
Michael used the room and that he fre-
quently made long distance telephone
calls from the room and called up SEN
ators and members of the house there
LABOR LOBBY ASSERTED
~ through today's letters Mulhall
appeared in opposition to legislation
favoring labor. He swore that there
was a labor lobby in Washington then.
in which samuel Gompers. Frank Nor
rison and other officials of the American
Federation of Labor were conspicuous
rgures.
The committed made little progress
today Senator Reed read extracts from
dozens of letters referring to the frank
ing Of books. seeds and other things
through the mails to friends Of the
association.
Robert NJ Carter, counsel Tor the
National Association of Manufac turers.
and Jackson F. Ralston, for the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor, probably viii
submit 10 the committee tomorrow
most Of the questions they want Null
hall TO answer.
WATSON TO FOLLOW
The letters Of the association were
turned over to the committee tonight.
and. the members will examine them
at leisure Former representative
James f. Watson OF Indiana. frequent
~ appearing in the Mulhall CORE
spondence. viii be the first witness
heard after the lobbyist is allowed to
so. the committee decided today