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SAYS HE PAID
LABOR men CASH
Mu'haN Tells Of Oisbursjag $50
a Week in Philadelphia.
GIVEN TO "PARTY WORKERS"

Lobbyist Created a Sensation by
Swearing Repeaters Were Offered
Him For Use to Defeat Hughes ir
New Jersey.
Washington, July 26.-Expense &C
counts of Colonel Martin NJ. Mulhail
the former lobbyist OF the National
Association of Manufacturers, were in
troduced into the record of the senate
lobby investigating committee, togeth
er with much political correspond
ence
Senator Nelson questioned Mulhal
closely about items in the expense
accounts which frequently showed $50
amounts paid to two party workers
for services in the Sixth New Jersey
Congressional district.
Mulhall swore that he dealt with g
man named "Feeney," and that he
paid him the money in cash, usually
meeting him in a Philadelphia hotel
The items appeared almost every
week
whether "Feeney,' whom he mention
ed was Frank Feeney, the Philadel
phia union labor man, who has cured
in previous testimony of Mulhall.
Mulhall caused a mild sensation by
swearing that list of repeaters from
New York had been offered him In
the Sixth New Jersey campaign
against William Hughes in 1910 by q
Mr.. Conklin, who, he said, was Re
publican county chairman in that dis
trict.
81 refused them," Mulhall said. "He
told me both sides used them
Several of Mulhall's expense &C
counts about the time of the 1910
election showed large amounts paid
for work at the polls. He swore he
had not paid any of the money directly
to voters. He said it had gone directly
to party workers.
Senator Overman announced that
lawyers for the National Association
of Manufacturers and of the American
ederation of Labor would be allowed
to cross-examine Mulhall. This was q
reversal of a previously announced
program.
One of the last letters put in was
from A. c. Marshall. to Emery. coun-
sell of the manufacturers, relating to
the selection of postoffiee site q
Dayton. o. A settlement was beinl
delayed by "a speculative movemenl
headed by James NJ: Cox. nnen1h q
congress, now governor Of Ohio, i
said
Mulhall showed signs of collapse un-
der the vigorous questioning and he
finally exclaimed: I'm almost broken
down: for Gods sake have mercy on
me-"
The committee adjourned until Mon
day to let Mulhall rest.
One of the first letters read into
the record was one from Mulhall, dat
ed Aug. IS, 1910, to Representative
Henry Bannon, of Portsmouth, Ohio,
Offering his services to work for Ban
mons election Kirby, then head OF
the National Association of Manufact.
urers, wrote to Mulhali on Aug. 81:
81 feel constrained to remind you OF
the danger of putting too much on
paper / suggest that you be careful
about going into details as to your
maneuvers, which as rule can best
be reported verbally to Mr.. Bird
Bird wss the general manager OF
the association Mulhall wrote to Bird
of conferences with Senator Lodge and
Charles E. Hatfield, chairman OF the
state committee"
Senator Lodge pays us all kinds of
compliments for the work we are do
ing, and I know we will have his aid
more actively than ever~before in the
next campaign wrote Mulhall. In
other letters that month Mulhall wrote
Through our efforts we have beaten
the Hon r. D. Nichols, of the Tenth
Pennsylvania, and we also have beat.
en- notorious George A. Pearre, of in
junction fame, in the Sixth Mary.
land
On Aug. 80 Mulhall wrote to Presi-
dent Taft, asking for an interview for
Bird and himself.
'It Will be great help to have q
number of the leaders of the manu-
featuring associations in touch with
the leaders of our party throughout
the country In the present crisis" the
letter ran.
Mulhall swore he received reply
from c. D. Norton, then the presidents s
secretary, arranging the interview for
Monday after, Sept. II, at Beverly.
On Oct. ), 1910, Mulhall wrote for
mer Senator Foraker about his talk
with President Taft, saying he had
submitted names of men who would
help in the campaign.
John G. Shreve, of Atlantic City.
N. j., frequently informed Mulhall OF
conditions in Representative Gardeners
district in that state, and Oct. 81, 1910.
mentioned that there was disposition
on the part of the Independents to
support Woodrow Wilson. then COVER,
nor, for president