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tries of this country for the next
six years
Very sincerely yours.
w. NJ. MULHALL-
Haddon Hall, Atlantic City.
Bird Acknowledges Letter.
Here is Birds acknowledgment:
September 30. 1912.
Colonel NJ. NJ. Mulhan.
Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, y. J.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of September u. de-
failing your experiences for some
little time and the results. has been
received and It is a pleasure for
me to know Of your successes
/ note what you say in refer
ence to Congressman Hughes. All
Of this 7 have been advised Of be-
fore. I remain. YOURS very truly,
J. ?. BIRD, General Manager.
Hughes. as events proved, received
the personal backing Of Governor
Wilson, who made a personal stump
ing campaign for him against James
Smith, Jr. Hughes received the Dem
ocratic Endorsement for Senator at
the primaries, and was later elected.
Still bearing out the allegations of
Mulhall Of which Bird had been ad-
vised before" Wilson. after becoming
President. signed the sundry civil ap-
propriations bill, which carried a pro-
vision exempting labor unions and
farmers beneficial organizations from
prosecution under the Sherman law.
This is the bill which Taft vetoed
as encouraging class legislation.
Will Tell of Conversation.
In all likelihood GompeTs will be
asked to tell about his visit to Sea-
girt and to throw light on his CONVEX
sations with Governor Wilson. At
present Gompers and Morrison, with
John Mitchell, are in contempt of
court, and have been granted an ap-
peal to the Supreme Court. All three
were convicted of violating an in
junction against boycotting.
The following letter from Mulhall
to John Kirby deals with Secretary
of Labor Wilson:
Washington, d. c., April 20, 1911.
Mr. John Kirby, Jr., President Ma
tional Association Of Manufac-
turers Reibold Building, Dayton,
Ohio.
Ny Dear Kirby: l wish to call
your attention to a matter that has
taken place here in Washington,
which | feel the business interests
of the country should be some
what interested in.
One of the most important COM
mittees of the House, which should
in a great sense be non partisan,
has been completely turned over to
tho radical wing of the American
Federation of Labor. The Demo-
cratic leaders of the House of Rep
resentatives have made chairman
for this committee Mr.. Wilson, of
the Fifteenth Pennsylvania District.
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secretary and treasurer of the
Miners International Union.
Mr.. Wilson was always consid-
cred an active member amnog the
radical members Of the American
Federation of Labor, and he was
pushed and urged by Mr. Samuel
GOmpers and the other radicals of
the executive board Of the above
named organization for the chair
manship of this committee.
Daughter Made Clerk.
Not being satisfied to have Mr..
Wilson made chairman of the com
mittee on labor, they had his daugh-
ter. Agnes Wilson, appointed as
secretary and clerk of the Commit
tee on Labor, and when this COM
mittee was called together last
Thursday to organize at this ses-
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son was elected to this office.
In addition to this Mr. Wilson
has also appointed his wife as the
messenger of this committee, and if
the public now wishes to call on
this committee for information con-
corning bills that come before 1t,
when you visit the committee room
at the Capitol you have got to face
the whole Wilson family to secure
the information desired
This has established a new prece-
dent in the appointments around
the Capitol.
the committees of the House of