The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-07-02
MuIhaIFS Sworn Story Of Lobby.
ing Sensational
lNVOLVESTHE MANUFACTURERS

will turn the light OF publicity upon
many men who have long since ceased
to be members of congress and some
OF whom are in their graves.
The Publication by a New York
paper of the confessions of a former
Washington lobbyist with details as to
names and incidents has added fuel
to the fire that has been started by
the inquiry already under way as the
result of President Wilson's charges,
Colonel Martin ID. Mulhall's sworn
statement, following closely on the
heels of the Lovett exposure of the
Wall street holdup and the activities
OF the beet sugar people, has aroused
Washington on this subject as it has
never been aroused before, and i'm
mediate steps will be taken to probe
the entire lobby system.
j. A. Emery, counsel for the mani
facturers, whom Mulhall describes as
the present lobby chief, issued a
scorching statement against MulhSll,
He entered an emphatic denial that
the N. A. NJ. has engaged in improper
or ill%egitimate activities in Washing.
ton. He characterizes as a sinister
and diabolical lie" Mulhall's intima'
ton that any of the men named III
his statement were eve in the employ
of the association directly or indiSect
ly whether in or out Of public life.
Colonel Mulhall was subpenaed in
Washington to appear en- July I before
the Overman lobby investigating com
mittee of the United States senate
to repeat his statements and answer
any question that may be asked OF
him.
In presenting his own story backed
up by more than 10000 letters, telc.
grams, reports, expense accounts and
corroborative memoranda the colonel
is actuated by a two-fold purpose-to
render a service to the public by dis.
closing the identities and under.
takings of the men at the head of the
most powerful business organization
in the United States and their allies
among officials OF the United States
government and to compel reform
through legislation of the evils re-
vealed by him. He says in his nara.
tive among other things:
That the National Association OF
Manufacturers has a membership OF
225 organizations, embracing 1000 in.
dividual members, employing nor
than 5000, 900 persons and represent
ing an approximate capital OF 100000
600, 900 and claims to be a non
political business and trade organiza-
ton.
That in reality this association has
for more than ten years secretly
played an important and frequently
decisive part in promoting tariff, labor
and general business legislation favor
able to its own interests.
That for these purposes it has al
ways sought and often managed to
secure control of the committee on
labor and the committee on the
judiciary OF both the senate and the
house of representatives.
That tho association through its
agents, including Mulhall, successfully
broke many strikes.
That these agents of the association
planted spies in the labor unions with
which the strikers were connected,
corrupted minor labor leaders and per-
sonally paid them sums of money; en-
listed the Tupport of clergymen to
break the strike at Danbury, Conn,
and even sought to influence Cardinal
Gibbons of Baltimore to compel a
settlement favorable to the hatmakers
through local clergymen.
That the n. A. NJ. conducted a re-
lentless warfare against public Of
ficials and labor leaders who opposed
its legislative and industrial plans;
financed the campaigns of candidates
against them and sought to reti,e
them from congress, the information
upon which these undertakings were
based were being secretly supplied to
the N. A. NJ. by its agents on commit.
tees and labor unions.
Mulhall relates that he began to
LOBBY for the n. A. NJ. in November.
1902. He was employed and put TO
work by Marshall Cushing, the then
secretary of the N. A. NJ. Gushing
was then Going business says Null
hall, with Senator Proctor of Vermont,
Speaker Ca non and James S. Sher-
mar and was visiting representatives
and senators by night.
The first zig job Mulhall had was
in beating Senator McComas of Mary
land for reelection. McComas had
fought for on e%ight-hour bill. For
years thereafter, under the direction
of President J.. w. Van Cleave of tho
N. A. NJ. (Mr. Van Cleave died ln
1910, Mulhall was active in lobbying
at Washington and in field work" for
the association. Field work consisted
in going into the districts of the rep
resentatives, friends or opponents of
the n. A. NJ, and is striving for or
fighting against their elections, tho
means used being to spend large sums
of money and to secure contributions
from manufacturers.