Arizona republican., 1913-08-01
QUESTIONS ASKED
 THROUGH CHAIRMAN
Cross Examination of Wit ness Preceded By Warm
 Colloquy In Which Com mitteemen and N. A. of NJ. Attorneys Participated

NJ. Attorneys Participated l WASHINGTON. July 31-To the accompaniment of arguments between l counsel and members ot the commit 1 tee between Democratic and Republic 1 an comitteemen and between Martin l NJ. MuIhall and everybody connected l with the case, the cross examination 1 Of the alleged lobbyist of the Nation
 aI Association of Manufacturers pro 1 coeded haltngly today before the ] Senate Investigating committee. i In the five hours Mulhall was on 1 the stand about hundred and six ! teen questions were put to him by 1 Chairman Overman. Robert McCar- ter and James 4. Emery were de ! nied the right to cross examine the ! witness directly, but after much de- i bate they were permitted to submit
 the questions based on replies the witness had made to queries already submitted.
 Senators Reed. Walsh. Cummins and Nelson Were almost at swords points on several occasions, but peace was always restored without an open break and any ill feeling that existed was laid away for future reference. Mulhau himself always an interest ing witness, and ready to make com ments to the attorneys of the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers or the officials surpassed himself in spite of continual warnings by the chairman. He declared once that un- i less the committee allowed him to have counsel he would refuse 10 answer further questions. Chairman Overman finally became so angry that he bluntly told him unless he refrained superfluous comment and stuck to plain answers he would 1 be subjected to discipline Mulhail subsided after this admOnition. The National Association of Manu- facturers' attorneys sought to show i that MulhaH was discharged and did
 not resign from the association. The efforts to go into MuIhaHs private l life was not allowed by the com mittee
 The lawyers were just getting ready i to question the motives back of ] MulhaITs exposure when the com mittee adjourned. The witness had 1 time. however, to deny that he ! ~knifed" the late Senator McComas of Maryland, several years ago by ! ! ton while posing as his friend He admitted that he sent out circulars ] to business men in Baltimore, while 1 seemingly still the friend of Mo ! Comas. but as he sWore that he did ! this under orders Of Marshal Gushing at that time secretary of the asso- citation.
 The lawyers referred to the flat ! tering friendly letter Mulhall wrote i Gushing just after the secretary left i the associations employ and then 1 read from another dated a few Weeks i later written to an official in which AIulhall attacked Gushing bitterly T found out that l was not even ! known by name and that Gushing { had given me a number and that he
 was taking all the credit for what l done here" said AIulhall.
 | Members of the committee asked 1 NuIhaH about the items of many ot l his expense accounts for the sum ol 1 $S0 paid to" two party workers in i the New Jersey campaign which ap- peared almost weekly in his state ment for a long period in 1910. ! Mulhall swore that the money was paid to Frank Feeney. a Philadelphia 1 labor leader. He denied that he had : a serious disa greement with General Manager Bird and Attorney Emery about these items or that this dis 1 agreement had any thing to do with i his resignation" He swore. too. that the disappearance of this particular | item from the expense accounts ren- dered after this interview had taken place because the campaign was over
 and not because he had been warned 1 to leave it out.
 | J. H. Tumulty. secretary to the i president, was a spectator in the committee room short time late 1 today.