Arizona republican., 1913-07-17
Even Iron Nerve of Colonel Mulhall, Champion Re vealer of Hidden Things, Exhibits the Need of a Brief Rest
HOW THE N. NJ. of A.
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Other Names Introduced in Revelations With Which the Distinguished Lobby ist Entertains Senate In vcstigating Committee
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPATcHI

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
 1 WASHINGTON, July 1G.-Plans to make the National Association of l Manufacturers the controlling factor in the campaign for congress to defeat Legislation in Washington of which it's members do not approve, to get to the ears of men who were run ming presidential booms and a number of members of the association in the cabinet of the president were laid before the senate lobby Investigating committee today
 1 Martin M Mulhan, the seIf-styled i lobbyist for the association sWore i to the authenticity of nearly four hundred letters that told of these plans and brought in the names of such men as Former Presidents Roosevelt Taft, the late Vice Presi- ldent sherman, Former Speaker Can non. Former Senator AIdrich, Hemen- way Foraker and others, Arthur l. i Vorys Ohio manager of the Taft Icampaign in 1908 and Frank H. 1 Hitchcock, one time chairman of the republican national committee, and postmaster general in Taft's cabinet. 1 MuIhaH testified too that the in dustrial defense council an organiza- tion, allied to the National Asssocia- i tion of Manufacturers rai,ed between $50O,00O and S700.OO0 a year to he fused in opposing legislation it's mem l bers did not like. He said this in formation came from a collector for { the council He had no personal knowledge of it except that which i had been paid for political work i from such funds.
 Mulhall showed the strain he had | been under for four days at the af- 1 ternOOn session and the committee l took him from the stand for half an i hour and listened to the testimony of J. H. Bird general manager of the Manufacturers Association and trea- surer of the Industrial Defense | Council The committee heard that r. c. Schwedtman of St Louis, sec retary and the late James w Van Cleave once president of the National Association of Manufacturers had about 1300CO letters bearing upon the associations works. Schwedtman was in constant communication with Mul- hall according to the latter's evil
 dence
 The committee was greatly interest ed in a letter which MuIhan sWore he wrote to Schmedtman in April
 16, 1908. It told of a conversation MulhaH had in Washington with
 Former Representative Watson of In
 diana in which the latter describes a
 two hour interview at the White
 House between Roosevelt and himself
 In part the letter read: He (Wat-
 son) said he was invited to ts
 White House at 9:3O ?. m. and was
 with the president until 11:3O. The
 president wished to have him to call
 so that they could talk over the leg
 islative program for the balance of
 this session, the president knowing that he represented Speaker Cannon and other leaders of the house and
 senate. He stated that the main reason for the call was that Speaker
 Cannon. Vice President Fairbanks
 and several other leaders wanted tC
 find out how the president stood ir
 relation to a third term. He stated
 that there were four things the pre-
 sident wished: first that congress
 stay in session until Mayz 15 to re- ceive the governors of the~differenr
 states who were coming Co Wash 7 ingtOn that day; the second was tc amend the sherman law; the third, tc have congress vote for four battle
 ships; the fourth to pass a child Ia. . bOr law for the district OS- Columbia
 which should be d model law for thu
 states in general
 Watson says he told the presiden
 it would be impossible for him |,
 get through this congress two of thos
 bills. First, the congress would Onl, vote two battleships; second, the con
 gress would not amend the Sherman
 law. The president wanted to knov IWhy. Watson told him almost tn ' entire manufacturers interests of tn
 country were against it. The pre- . sident wished to know if Watson u knew or had met Van Cleave. Wat son told him he knew Van CIeav
 and Van Cleave was a splendid fel
 low and knew what the manufactur } CTS wanted. He stated that he talk = ed along these lines with the presi q dent and finally the pres 'ent decid e ed not to press to have the Sherma IL law altered at this session of con If gress.
 't Then he stated that they passed tn - child labor law and Watson aske
 the president who would draw thi
 model bill. The president replie
 that he would have his labor com s missioner, Mr. Neill draw it, the pre-
 Isident explaining that he merel