Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-22
CHARCESARE DENIED
REPRESENTATIVE FAlRCHILD OF
NEW YORK FIRST HOUSE COM
MlTTEE WITNESS.
MULHALL STILL ON STAND
Asserts Senator's Secretary Was in
the Employ of Cushing-AIso Al
leges Congressman Who Favored
Labor Legislation Was Defeated.

Washington, July 15.-For the first
time lobby hearings were proceeding
on Monday at both ends of the capi-
tol. While NJ. NJ Mulhall continued
to identify letters delivered to him
by the New York World and offered
in evidence before the senate com
mittee, the house special committee
sat in open session to receive state
ment from Representative George w.
Fairchild of New York, who, Mulhall
charges, as member Of the National
Association of Manufacturers, assist
ed at political meetings and dinners
of the association in forwarding GER
tain legislation.
Mr. Fairchild denied seriatum all of
the Mulhall charges, declaring that he
never was a member of the National
Association of Manufacturers. had not
attended their dinenrs and had never
met men named by Mulhall as having
been in conference with him. He in.
formed the committee that MulhalI
had been in his district during the
1906, 1910 and 1912 campaigns, on
each occasion for only a day or two
doing detective work, coming in 1906
and 1910 at the request of Republican
campaign managers, who paid his ex.
penses.
Mr.. Fairchild said he had copies of
all correspondence between himself
and Mulhall and would furnish them
to the committee. He was excused
without cross-examination, but will be
recalled after the committee begins
the examination of witnesses.
Much interest centered at the SEN
ate committee meeting in the declara-
ton of Mulhall that for months he
had been trying to obtain the publ
cation of his letter files without cost,
and that he had declined to accent
$4,000 offered by the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers for the let
ters- The facts regarding the ar
rangement finally made for publica-
ton OF the Mulhall story we're left
for another session, when the witness
viii present documents now at his
home in Baltimore and when other
parties to the transaction will testify.
The National Association of. Manu-.
facturers has been ordered to present
all papers
Washington, July 15.-The senate
lobby committee again had Martin M.
Mulhall on the witness stand Satur-
day The former agent for the Ma.
tional Association of Manufacturers
Was closely guarded so as to defeat
any move that the house committee
might make to secure MuIhall as a
witness before that lobby until they
had his full confession"
After MulhalI had been ON The
stand for nearly five hours the COM
mittee took a recess. Senator Over.
man excused Mulhall for the day and
permitted him to &C to New York.
where he had important business.
On resuming the stand Mulhau
took up the identification of his let
tiers. Before he could begin, how
ever, James c. Emery, counsel for the
National Association of Manufactur-
ers, made formal request upon the
committee for the right of the asso-
citation to be represented by an attor-
ney. Robert Mccarthy, former attor-
ney general of New Jersey was pre-
sented as the attorney Chairman
Overman said the committee would
decide later whether Mccarthy
should have the general privileges of
an attorney for the association.
Mulhall identified more letters
showing his relations with Marshall
Gushing, secretary Of the National
Association of Manufacturers. He
testified he had an understanding
with Gushing that he was to receive
800 week and $40 a week for ex-
penses for general field work and
lobby work in Washington
Mulhall testified further of how he
worked to defeat the late Senator Nc.
Comas of Maryland, although he pos
ed as the senator's friend He said
he had received 500 letters from Cush-
ing directed against McCcmas.
81 turned them over to Carl NJ.
Downs, secretary to McComas, he
added.
DO you mean you delivered these
letters against McComas to his sec
retary?' demanded Senator Reed.
Carl NJ, Downs was in the pay of
Gushing" replied the witness, who
went on to explain that he quarreled
with Gushing because he was buy
ing out" the secretary of a senator
A letter to Senator Foraker Sep
temper 9, 1904. referred to a sugges-
ton that Mulhall go to Rhode Island
to help Senator Aldrich in his cam
paign He testified he went later at
the request of Aldrich.
Slit Skirt Brings SIS Fine.