Arizona republican., 1913-07-24
Five Hundred Were Intro duced Yesterday in a Brief Examination of AL legged Late Lobbyist of the N. A. of NJ.
THEY COVER ONLY
 A SLACK PERIOD
One Relates to Assisting a Congressional Candidate Who Probably Didn t Know of Or Care for His Aid.
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 WASHINGTON. July 23.-The sen ahead today and in an unusually short session got into the record nearly 800 letters of Martin NJ Mulhan the all legged political worker and lobbyist for the National Association Of Manufac- turers who was on the stand only about an hour after the noon recess. The committee will decide when all the correspondence has been introduced whether the attorneys for the associa- tiOn will be permitted to cross examine the witness.
 Mulhalrs testimony today covered the slack period of the summer and fall of 1909 and the early part of 1910. When there was nothing to do in his line except work on strikes. tinker at d few odd jobs in politics and keep things generally moving in Washing ton. In several letters Mulhan told of the desire on his part to see Charles F. Murphy the boss" Tammany Hall, in the interest of the candidacy of George Gordon Battle for governor of New York. Mulhall was trying to see Mur- phy through Herman Black. who ap- peared in the correspondence as an at torney at III Broadway.
 Mulhall sWOre that Black was a sort of confidential lawyer to Murphy. He said he never saw Murphy in this matter and testified that Battle was a man of the highest character and clean politically. Letters signed Battle and Marshali' gave the only indication so far as the committee had gone to- night that Battle ever heard of the interest Mulhall took in him. It was perfunetory acknowledgment letter from Mulhall he had received
 MulhalIs personal political aspira- 1ons came into the proceedings again today when several letters were read in which he was spoken of by officers of the association as being mentioned for congress- from the Fourth dis trict' (probabiy Maryland. James w Van CIeaVe, one time president of the association wished MulhaH well in this matter and John Kirby Jr.. wrote him as follows: T see somebody has been buzzing the congressional bee around your carcass. I suppose next it will be a humming bird representing the senate, and then an eagle representing the presidential chair of the United States
 Many letters today spoke of an ef fort to land F. c. Schwedtman. secre- tary to Van Cleave on the tariff board Several others told of the public docu- ments the officers wished MulhaI to get, including the report of the nation al monetary commission
 Questioned by Senator Reed. MuI- hall said the association was interested Tn that eport but didn't know just how. lie sh ore that copies of the congress slonaI record were franled to pron1in eht members of the National Assocfa- ton or Manufacturers. and in one lei ter he boasted that he and Joseph Mer- ry counsel for the National association could get almost as many of such doe uments and frank them out
 In November 1909, Mulhan wrote of trips to Massachusetts to help Gov ernor Draper. who had incurred the enmity of the labor unions on ac- count of his veto of the eight-bour bill. He wrote Schwedtman that if was not hard to get the Knights of Labor to fighting to the advantage of the manufacturers. Tn November NTuI- nall wrote Schwedtman cOmplafng that Bird was more of a boss of the organisation than Murphy is of Tam many Hall"
 -huihetli dudeu that Tn the days of Van CleaVe things Were done in the open and that when Bird came in he noticed a return to the s.secretive' methods that had preceded Van Cleave.
 What do you mean by "secretive?"
 No letter writing; gum shoeing. and keeping everything under cover" re- piled Mulhall. Mulhall .swore in an unsigned letter dated Nov. g. 1909 and addressed. Hon. William H Taft president of the United States" had been written by James A Emery, counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers. The letter follows:
 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith memoranda with respect to your contemplated recommendation with reference to the Sherman act It is in accordance with a suggestion made during our recent interviews" Mulhall identified copy of the mem- oranda and said that Emery sent it to the president as a brief
 A copy answering the letter to Emery and signed by the president. was identified by MulhaIl. It was dated November % and perfunctorily acknowledged receipt of the mem oranda of the Sherman act