The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-03
TWO Thousand Of Them for the SEN
ate Lobby Investigating Com
rlttee to 90 All
Over.
THEY ARE INTERESTING
TO be Taken up Next Week and Civ
en- Thorough Examination by Con-
gress According to
Plan.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The SEN
ate lobby investigating committee
will today have in its hands approx
mately 1000 letters, kilograms, ex-
pense accounts and reports, the doc
umentary evidence in connection with
the charges brought by Colonel Mar
tin M. Mulhall as to the activity OF
the National Association of Manufac-
turers in politics and labor matters.
The latest revelations of Mulhal
as to the part he alleges the N. A..
M. played in the campaign OF former
Congressman James q. Watson for
governor OF Indiana, following the
denial Of Watson that he had any re-
latiens with officials of the N A. M,
aroused the greatest interest here. In
letter furnished by Mulhall and
signed by Fred G. Schwedtman, sec
retary to the late President Van
Cleave Of N. A. M, after the election
in 1908, he expressed the greatest re-
gret over the defeat Of Watson.
The letter follows:
at almost breaks our hearts to
think that the one thing we wanted
most in the campaign than anything
else -Watson's success failed. Aside
from that we have succeeded very
we'll indeed. The laborites have eyi-
IDENTIFY been cleaned sout IN the east
ern districts Gompers is absolutely
defeated but repeat what / said in
yesterdays letter that Mr.. Van Cleaye
was more interested in Mr.. Watson's
election than he was In Mr.. Taft's.
speaking OF the dead and wound
ed, judge from reports in our after
noon papers that Hemenway and Over
street and Foster may be among
these Surely Indiana suffered more
than any other state in which we
were interested, but we must bear 1t
like men.
"If you think best for Mr.. Van
Cleave to write personal letter TO
Mr.. Watson and to others defeated III
Indiana, please say 30 in your next
letter. So far we have wired only
Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Can
non. Our st. Louis papers do not
seem to give sufficiently definite in.
formation so far to speak intelligent.
" about ali the districts in which we
are Interested"
On January II, 1909, Mulhall claims
tha the wrote letter to former
president, D. M. Parry, of the N. A
NJ, saying that he supposed Parry
knew Watson was a candidate for
secretary of commerce and labor In
the Taft cabinet. He submitted two
letters as having come from Indian
apolis signed by Parry, one under
date Of Jan. 25, 1909, addressed tc
Mulhall in Washington, saying .r
part: II certainly hope that Mr.. Wat
son can land the secretaryship o1
commerce and labor and have beer
doing all could with this idea ir
view for some time past. know
that he would satisfy the manufac
turers generally. would PERSONAL!
feel Just as safe with Mr.. Watson II
that Job as for Van Cleave or mysel
to have the chair"
Under the date Of Feb. Z, Mulhal
alleges Parry wrote as follows: I"
certainly do hope the Lord will smil,
upon the efforts being made to plac'
Watson in the cabinet"
Mulhall's letters and other docu
ments are intended to show that tn
N. A. NJ promoted Watson's boon
for governor. Mulhall went to Indian
apolis to draw up a plan of organiza