Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-17

told Mr.. Emery and l that Bever
! idge was simply crazy. Watson
stated that he was in full charge of
affairs in the House during the ill
ness of the speaker
Mulhall testified about his expense
accounts and identified one item of
payment of IS in May, 1908, to
Neal" messenger to the speaker of
the House. HE frequently did lit
tie errands for u.s." said Mulhall and
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 Sher-
man law amendment and Injunction
bills was gotten up by himself and
the speaker to flood the President
with letters and stock tariff dicker-
ing at this session. ig e-f
Schwedtman wrote Mulhall on May
9Th about Beveridge's attitude. "BeV-
eridge is not very big now but will
grow smaller right along if he keeps
up that kind of talk. He need not
try of bluff us. We have been In the
game too long"
Another expense account item was
for $3.50, breaking shoemakers'
strike in Portsmouth, o., in May, 1908.
Three thousand men were involved.
Mulhall broke the strike in three days.
he said, and spent in addition $12,
taking union officials to a circus.
Another letter disclosed that on
May 81, 1908. former Representative
o NJ
Mulhall work for him.
National Campaign Work.
Mulhalrs activities in connection
with the Republican national plat
form of 1908 were brought out in a
letter to Schwedtman on May 2S.
1t concluded by saying that Wade
Ellis and other suggested that Presi-
dent Van Cleave and Secretary
| Schwedtman, of the manufacturers,
go to Chicago a week before the con-
vention, see a draft of the platform
and be privately heard"
In letter to Emory, Schwedtman
asked: What is the best way to
influence the drafting of this plat
| form in the RICH direction. You can
rest ISSUED that Theodore Roosevelt,
who is still smarting from the defeat
| he has received at the hands of Con-
gress and the people lately, will en-
body all of his policies in the plat
form, and many of the leaders, being
anxious for harmony, will go the limit
in meeting his view"
More letters were introduced bear
ing 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 a strong candi-
date in 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
| be a candidate for Vice President.
Sherman on June replied:
ST shall be pleased to have the
members of your association give to
the little boomlet such forward push
as they conveniently can"
Other letters told of plans to aid
Congressman Jenkins in Wisconsin,
Every effort in the world will be
made for Jenkins, wrote Sehwedt-
man. A letter from Littlefield urging
aid for Jenkins was read.
Schwedtman wrote Mulhall on June
2, 1908: "You will notice that our
newspapers state that the national
platform is being written at the pres
ent at the White House.
| A Schwedtman letter to Mulhall.
! June 3, about the Republican plat
form, quoted Emery thus:
Am in touch with chairman reso-
lutions compittee."