Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-17
LOBBY COMMITTEE HEARS
MORE inside DETAILS
FROM M. ". MuL HALL
TELLS HOW ROOSEVELT FORCED TFTS NOMINATION and ELECTION To
SUCCEED HIMSELF TO FLOOD TAFT With PROTESTS TO HEAD
OFF NEEDED LEGISLATION TO DRAFT The REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM
BEvERIDGE BROUGHT into
LEGISLATIVE CONTROVERSY

Washington, D. c., July 17.-Martir
NJ Mulhall continued to detail be
fore the senate lobby committee to-
day his activities among congressman
Some of the letters introduced deal'
with former President Roosevelts en-
dorsement of the candidacy OF Mr.
Taft. then secretary of war.
In a letter to Schwedtman in April
1908, Mulhall wrote:
watson states that the president
(Roosevelt) is moving heaven and
earth to nominate Taft and that he is
willing to sacrifice the Sherman law
and every law to please the trusts
and please Wall street, so that he can
get their support for his candidate"
He told of a meeting at MIR. Forak-
ers house, composed of senators who
will oppose the president and his poll
cies at the Chicago convention he
added that he was told to work
against MARYLAND delegates being in
structed for Taft.
Mulhall continued:
There is a whole lot took place
at this melting that can not very well
be put on paper"
Other letters detailed the fight on
various congressman"
I'VE have sent special people after
MIR. Townsend, of Michigan said
one. "ng- N 80
On May s; same year, Mulhall wrote
Schwedtman that he had called Sen
ators Carter ard Hemenway. Senator
Aldrichs secretary and others and
was assured by all these gentlemen
that it mattered not what the pres1-
dent attempted to do, there was not
going to be any unfair legislation pas
sed through the session this session.
On the house side I called on Muir
dock, Campbell, Nelson, Alexander,
Fassett and several others and gave
them our reasons why no injunction
legislation should be passed
The letter detailed conversation
with Senator Beveridge in which the
Indiana senator declared himself for
an injunction bill, amendment of the
Sherman law and child labor bill.
Mulhall wrote that he reported Bever-
idges' sentiments to Hemenway.
''Hemenway told me to tell Bever.
idge he was talking through his hat
and that his hat was a damn poor
one. He added that Beveridge was
bluffing," said the letter, 'and assured |
me that no such legislation could pass |
the senate. Senators Carter and Aid
rich simply laughed at Beverldges
statement. Watson later told Mr.. |
Emery and that Beveridge was sim
ply crazy. Watson stated that he was !
in full charge of affairs in the house
during the illness of the speaker.
Mulhall testified about his expen'
sive accounts and identified one item
of payment of S. in May, 1908. to
"Neal," messenger to the speaker of
the house.
"He frequently did little errands
for u.s." said Mulhall. land let us know
who was in the speakers room"
On May Z, Mulhall wrote Schwedt-
man, quoting Watson, to the effect
that "all this scare about the Sherman
law amendment and injunction bills
was gotten up by himself and the
speaker to flood the president with
letters and stop tariff dickering at
this session."
Schwedtman wrote Mulhall on May
3 about Beveridges' attitude.
"Beveridge is not very big now, but
he will grow smaller right along if he
keeps up that kind of talk. He need
not try to bluff US. We have been in
The game too long" % Il
Mulhall's activities in connection
with the Republican National platform
Of 1908 were brought out in letter to
on May 2S. 1t concluded ,
by saying that Wade Ellis and others
suggested that President Van Cleave
and Secretary Schwedtman OF the
60 to Chicago week
before the convention, see the draft
If the platform and ''be privately
heard" +
In a letter to Emery, Schwedtman
asked:
"What is the best way to influence
The drafting of this platform in the l.
right direction i.
More letters were introduced bear !.
ng on the fight against Congressman
Gardner of New Jersey. =
Judge Speer, Governor Fort, and
Mr.. Lewis have not carried out their
promises to get us strong candidate
n that district" Mulhall wrote.
On June 1, 1908. he wrote James s.
Sherman, that he and Sherman's
friends in the organization were
greatly pleased that Sherman was to
,e a candidate for vice president.
Sherman on June 2, replied:
'T shall be pleased to have the men, +
'ers of your association give to the
tile boomlets such a forward push
they conveniently can \
Other letters told of plans to aid I
Congressman Jenkins in Wisconsin. S
Every effort in the wcrld will be u