The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-31
|FEW QUESTIONS
TOBEBARRED
Lobby Probers Decide to Ad-
NIT Nearly AL Queries Of
n. A. N. Counsel.
CLASHES ARE FREQUENT


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afternoon the overman Lobby Investi
eating Committee of the Senate decidet
to admit virtually all Of the question,
which counsel for the N. A. M. and tn,
American Federation Of Labor desire t
ask Col. Mulhall on cross-examination
The Characterization will begin thi,
morning at 1890 O'Clock.
In view Of his past performances un
der the gentle handling Of Senator Reed
who conducted his direct examination
1t is expected that the committee ant
counsel will have merry time cross.
questioning Col Mulhall The colonel
partly through temperament and largely
because OF his long siege in the witness
chair. Is in an extremely uncertain state
\ Of mind and nerves.
| Senator Nelson Of Minnesota Is ex.
pected to take a prominent part In the
cross-examination In an effort to over
come the handicap under which the N
A. NJ. counsel will labor through the
restriction placed upon their cross-ex.
animation. As Senator Reed conducted
the direct examination, it Is expected
that he will feel called upon to protect
the witness as much as possible, and az
Senators Reed and Nelson are never
very far from a clash, they are expected
to add to the excitement 1t Is expected
that a number Of questions in contro-
versy will be submitted to the committee
and decided by a strict party vote.
wranEfinE INDUCED In.
The committee spent the greater part
Of the morning session yesterday
wrangling over unimportant questions Vt
admissibility and reading into the record
letters of no great importance. Senators
Nelson and Cummins were in frequent
clashes with Senator Reed. and Col. Null
hall was strongly inclined to Join the
controversy at times. In fact, It took
all the severity that Senator Overman
could muster at times to keep Col. Null
hall still.
BE quiet. tell you. When say
stop talking you STOP yelled Overman
at Mulhall on one occasion when the
latter disregarded more polite admoni-
tons
Senator Reed placed in the record q
number of letters which had been fur
nished him by Judge McCarter. counsel
for the National Association of Manu-.
facturers. of which some had not been
written to or by Mulhall. but were be-
tween other officers of the National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers. Senator
Cummins suggested that such letters
were not competent in Mulhalrs direct
examination. as he was not present when
the letters were written or received.
You hardly can expect to prove that
Kirby was lying to Emery-if may use
that expression-by Mulhall," suggested
Senator Cummins.
"well. that depends on the statement"
returned Senator Reed.
Retort by Cummins.
81 withdraw my suggestion" remarked
Senator Cummins tartly. II have noticed
that every suggestion I make IL misun-
derstood.'
When counsel for the N. A. N. and
the officers Of that association laughed
at some sally Of Senator Nelson over a
letter from Bird to another officer Of the
association. Senator Reed remarked:
We'll, Of course, Mr.. Bird il not our
man. Not that / consider the witness
our man. either; but 1 wished to say
that because 1 heard laughter from the
gentlemen of the N. A. M. over there"
The laughter ceased forthwith.
Senator Nelson started out to question
Mulhall about one Of his trips to Maine
and asked him II. on returning to Balti-
more from that trip. he had not paid on
a mortgage on one Of his houses. Null
hall denied that he had, and declared
on the contrary. that he had placed an
other mortgage on one OF his properties
at that time. Senator Reed objected to
this line Of questioning, and Senator
Nelson finally stopped. with the re-
mark: "Oh, let 1t 60, and don't read US
q sermon"
'If 1 were going to read q sermon.
hardly would select the Senator for a
returned Senator Reed. with
courtesy.
THAT would depend somewhat on the
subject. would 1t not?' chimed in Sena-
tor Cummins. pleasantly. . question
which was unanswered.