Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-07-15
Six Hundred Let
terS atified by Witness,
Who Shows a Marvellous
Memory for Names
BREACH BETWEEN SENATE
AND HOUSE IS REPAIRED
Strange Story Of Intrigue is
UufoIdedi Undertakes to
Tell of Lobby Workings from
the Inside,

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WASHINGTON. july Martin W.
Mulhau professcd field agent, stock
broker lobbyist and political worker
for the National Association of Man
uucturcrs, continued today his story
before the senate committee Null
hall Vus ON the stand for six hours.
lu that time he identified nearly COO
letters, with hardly more than a
glance He remembered apparently
the first names of members of CON
gicss of lesser politicians of labor
leaders and under-secretaries to
congressman and Of AN the men hc
had worked with through year Of
most active campaigning I'm many
parts of the country.
The threatened rupture between
the senate and house committees ap-
parcntly ended today with friend
l> agreement subscribed 10 by both
sides.
Copies OF an the letters and memo
unda put i'm the record will he fur
ulshcd every member of the Garrett
committee and they will have ample
time to study the case before they
get Mulhau In the meantime, James
r. Emery. a Washington attorney for
the National Association of Manufae-
Jurors. who is Under subpoena bN
both committees. will bc allowed to
appear in the house with papers he
was ordered 90 produce.
The senate committee devoted to-
day largely TO reading into the rec
ord the tale Of Mulhalrs political ac-
tyitics. There was an occasional
reference TO strikes i'm which the
lobbyist had figured and am allu-
sion now and then TO the inside
workings Of labor unions but for the
most part it was a story of politics
as Mulhal played the game. Mul-
halls correspondence told Of the
efforts to re-elect former Congress
man Littlelield of Maine, and defeat
The present representative from that
district, Daniel j. McGnlicuddN
Mulhall said ON cross examination
that he had been told that sixty
thousand dollars was spent in that
campaign
Mulhalls letters went into detail
concerning the campaign he made in
Maryland to beat former Congress
man Pcarcc. of Cumberland. Pearee
Was author OF an injunction bill"
Just before the committee ad-
l"urn'd, The letters began to show
MuIhalIs activities, after Marshall
NVshing the secretary Of the asso-
cation with whom he had CORE
spondcd so long had resigned
Gushing resigned Mulhall de-
CARED, because he said no self-re-
spectlng pEitician could report on
lobby work.
Mulhall said Cushing resigned in
the the spring of 1897 to the late
James w Van Cieaye then president
ol the association, who wanted fun
reports Of all his work. The cont
HI'lee read several letters from Mul-
NaIl 10 Van CleaFe in which the
Ioopylst showed that he did not
'"Ie so much for Gushing after the
secretary left the association.
Some of the letters read earlier In
the day showed that Mulhall had
been known to the late vice president
James s. sherman, who in 1907 was
chairman Of the national republican
congressional committee In letter
hc wrote ON july !. 1907. to Mr.
sherman. Mmlhau said ne was going
west and would call upon the Hon
orabIe James E. Watson. Of the sixth
Indiana district and that he intended
to look mn members of the organjza-
ton i'm that district and ret them to
do somo ,ctiva. ,yo,l for Watson
ri u.iIt.,,iadoa ,,a, hnfor. startina
thcrer tho lattor sofd "tbot we win
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