The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-02
SENSATION EXPECTED
IN THE LOBBY PROBE
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attempted bribery. 1t confirms the
story told by Mulhall.
The Gonpers statement is a report
that the labor leader prepared in 1907,
after his experiences with Broughtou
Brandenhurg. now a convict in Sing
Sing prison, New York who claimed TO
be i'll The employ of the National As.
sociation OF Manufacturers
Efforts to secure private interviews
with Gompers aroused the latter s
suspicion, and he took n number of
labor leaders into his confidence and
later made full report to them of the
occurrences that followed
Gompers met Brandenburg, says the
report, under the advice and suggestion
of Other officials of the American
Federation of Labor. Brandenburg
represented himself as in charge of a
bureau of the National Association of
Manufacturers organized TO ''expose
the immortality and dishonesty of the
leaders in the labor movement" F"
Led Into a Trap.
According to this report Gompers led
Brandenburg on until the latter pro.
posed that Gompers should prepare n
general statement in the nature of a
confession - should stand for re-
election as president Of the American
Federation of Labor in 1908, and
should then resign, leaving the Fedora
tion Of Labor crippled by his retire
ment and the exposure of other
leaders.
MY object in coming TO YOU is to
say want to save you. y Brandenburg
is quoted as saying. 'fI want to save
you, and while ] do not want TO ex-
press in specific financial terms what
the National Association of Manu-
facturers is willing to do, yet / can
guarantee that YOU will he financially
safe for the balance of your life. -
The Gompers report states that the
interview terminated there; that
Gompers succeeded in keeping the pa
per Brandenburg had prepared for him
to sign, and that Vice President Dun
can and other officials of the federation
were at once made acquainted with the
President Gompers and other officials
of the Federation OF Labor probably
will testify before the senate commit
tee. as. the alleged activities of the
LOBBYISTS bore directly upon national
legislation.
Sherley to Testify.
lucky, mentioned in the Mulhall
could count upon to support certain
measures, today obtained from Senator
Oyerman permission to appear before
the lobby committee tomorrow and
make a statement detailing converse
tions with Mulhall.
Lewis Cass Ledyard, Paul D. CraYath
and Maxwell Evarts, New York attor-
news, and David Lamar, a Wall street
operator, have accepted telegraphic
to appear before the com
mittee tomorrow.
The work of lobbyists in Wall street,
where names of congressman have been
freely used over the telephone in con-
nection with demands Of railway and
financial officials, will be the subject of
the hearing.
Former Congressman James f. Wat
son of Indiana. named by Mulhall in
his charges, notified Sergeant alarms
Higgins of the senate today that he
would appear before the lobby commit
tee Tuesday, July 8.
Reports were insistent late tonight
hat increasing sensational evidence
would be produced when the Mulhal
case eventually is taken up. This, 1t was
said, is contained In number OF letters
written by Mulhall to officers of the
National Association OF Manufac cturers, in
which he is said to have declared he
would exert more Influence over the
than he had done In the Republican ad-
A number OF men high In
councils are said to be
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