Evening journal., 1913-07-12
MULHALL ON
STAND TELLS
NAM SECRETS
Declares He Was in the Pay
Of Association to Benefit
Political Friends
SAYS HE WORKED FOR
ALDRICH ORGANIZATION
IN The unlted Press.

WASHINGTON, July l3.-JealOusy
between the Senate and House lobby
committees threatens the success OF
the general probe. With the Senate
I in possession Of the Mulhall papers
and the confessing colonel testifying \
/ before its committee, the house in
vestigators, under the leadership OF
+ Chairman Garrett, are moving heaven I
and earth 10 cheekmate the Overman /
4 delivers. As result the Senate COM /
mittee met at 9 o'clock this morning /
/ after having been forced to swear |
! Mulhall at night session last night /
/ The committee had recessed until |
4 1890 o'clock today when it was
informed the House committee /
planned a well organized kidnapp- |
/ ing" of the star witness. Chairman |
Overman Immediately reconvened his |
committee last night and began, with |
Mulhall on the stand, laying the foun-
dation for the complete exploitation |
of his sweeping charges.
AS Mulhall left the stand he was
served with a subpoena from the
House committee to appear before Il
at nine o'clock this morning. Immedi-
ately Overman announced that his
committee would meet at that hour
and that Overman must disregard
I
tween the two committees is very
bitter. The House committee takes
the position that, as Senators are now
elected by the people, a Senator is
no better, and has no more power,
than a Representative. The Sem
ate lobby committee openly charges
the House membership with playing
politics" 1t was pointed out by chair
man Overman today that his COM
mittee had all of the Mulhall papers
that they had prepared them for or
derly instruction. and that the at
tempt of the House committee to
seize them and take the principal wit
ness away was "indefensible
Mulhall put in his appearance just
as the hands of the clock in the commit
tee room reached nine o'clock. He was
garbed in his familiar gray business
suit with long flowing blue tie ana
carried a bundle Of letters and papers
in his hands. He was accompanied by
, husky capitol policeman who has
! been assigned to duty as his body
! guard.
IL Robert McCarter. former attorney
general Of New Jersey who has been
retained as counsel OF the n A. NJ,
took seat a short distance from the
witness stand. He was accompanied by
James Emery, general counsel for the
! n. A. NJ, who scowled at Mulhall. The
latter seemed amused at the evident
, animosity of his former "boss." The
committee went into executive session
as soon as all of the members arrived,
to discuss procedure The members
are angered because Of the insistence
of the house committee and do not inr
5 tend to give that body anything until
it has previously been spread on the
= senate record
After the executive session ended
Chairman 0verman announced that il
had been decided to permit Emery ia
, make a brief statement" The gen.
eral counsel of the n. A. NJ said:
"This is a semi judicial inquiry and
not prosecution and on behalf Of the
association, / would state that we are
anxious to cooperate. AS great
< body of business men, we want our
: name, and the names of prominent men
. involved by the use of the name of our
F. organization cleared We have retained
y MIR. Robert McCarter a sour counsel and
{ we ask that he be accorded the priv
lege of cross-examination of all wit
nesses who testify against us We also
ask the right TO call witnesses to re-
flute all charges"
! Do you mean that you want to CON
z duct this inquiry?" asked Cummins.
"Oh, no. broke in McCarter, "all
g we want Is to assist this committee. "
g well we will decide that point
i when the time comes and after Col
y onel Mulhall has completed his di-
rect testimony" ruled Chairman
Oyerman.
Senator Reed then took up the ex-
+ animation of Mulhall showing him
an envelope and asking what the
/ memo on the back was.
1T is five names submitted to me by
Senator Foraker to hand to President
Taft, regarding the. congressional
campaign in Ohio in 1910"
: did you take part in that cam
: paign?"
II II 81 did"
The names were not read and Reed
then read a letter from Marshall
Cushing, written in 1904, which ac-
Il companied a check for 5000, which
! Mulhall was warned to "be careful In
! cashing" This 5000 was used the
i witness said, in "a close congressional
! district.
Il Mulhall then identified a check for
/ 5000 sent to him by Cushing to be used
jim an attempt to secure the Republi-
j can congressional nomination in the
/ fourth Maryland district in 1904. He
/ spent the money and considerable in
addition but was defeated In the let
4 ter accompanying the check, he was
told that the n. A. Nj. was fighting the
eight hour law and that anything he
I could do in that connection would be
III appreciated.
lil In another letter sent him on Sep
ll tember 13. 1904, Cushing told him
that he would thereafter receive a
/ check each Friday morning for his
expenses in his work for the associa-
II tion while he retained his connection
II with the Workmen's Protective Asso-
N citation, an organization of working
men he had formed to work for the
M Republican ticket His expense al
/ Ilowance. was $40. and, in addition
II Gushing sent him 500 weekly in
4 cash.
Hi "He wanted the cash kept secret
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