The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
MULHALL AGAIN
GOES ON Stand
Many Letters and Documents
Probably VIII Be Thrown
Out As Unnecessary.
COLONEL UNDER STRAIN
Cress-Exaninaiiea Of Witness May
Not Be Lengthy Owing 10
His Condition.
COLONEL UNDER STRAIN

After a much needed rest OF two whole
days. the Senate lobby investigating COM
mittee will continue witfr-the direct ex-
animation of Col. NJ. NJ. Mulhall today.
and an effort will be made to expedite
materially the formal Identification and
introduction of the Mulhall documents
When the committee excused Mulhall
Friday, only 2,1O0 letters. expense ac-
counts, and memoranda had been intro
duced in six and one-half working days.
The committee expects to introduce 5000
in all. Through fear that the investiga-
ton of the Mulhall charges alone will
keep the committee in session all sum-
ner and most of the fall, the process of
introduction materially will be abbre-
Waited from now on, and it Is possible
that number of letters and documents
originally intended for introductions will
be thrown out as unnecessary cumula-
tive evidence. Up to now. in introducing
important letters, Senators have been in
tie habit of reading into the record the
more striking passages, and frequently
entire letters.
No FOrmaI Action.
Although no formal action has been
taken by the committee, on the request
OF the National Association of Manufac-
turers, to be Permitted to cross-examine
quest will be denied. although counsel
for the National Association of Manu-
facturers Will be permitted to ask ques-
tions through members of the committee
The committee hopes to conclude the
direct examination of Mulhall within the
next four days, and the cross-examina-
ton may be held down to three days,
IN view of the very evident desire of the
committee to get through with Mulhall
as quickly Is possible. Republican mem
bers of the committee. Senators Nelson
and Cummins, are not planning a cross
examination of the witness. holding that
Mnlhall has established clearly the inn
portant points in his charges and that
cross-eXamination would lead only to
ohscuring the main issues with a mass of
unimportant details.
The House lobby committee still is |
with the assistance of expert |
clerks, in trying to bring some sort of |
compact program out Of the half carload \
Of letters and papers of the National As
of Manufacturers, which that |
has turned over Most of |
This work will be in effect for the benefit |
IF the Senate committee, as the House /
probers do no wish to start until they
lave listened to Col Mulhalrs testimony,
md by the time the Senate committee
has finished with Mulhall and turned
him over to the House probers, they
will be ready for the n. A NJ. papers.
Some doubt is expressed as to whether
dulhall will be able to stand much long
r the strain under which he has been
low for many weeks. He is extremely
Iervous. and the committee was forced
o adjourn over Saturday in order to
i've him a rest. Whether he could go
throughout the same ordeal again in the
House without a breakdown is prob
smatical Mulhall is siNty-three years
Id and easily excited. And the worst
( his ordeal is yet to come when the
commences. Because
( his condition. he may escape as severe
cross-examination as he otherwise
night expect