Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-16
MULHALL Tells
OF SLUSH
FUND
TELLS SENATE LOBBY INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE THAT FROM $780,.
600 TO 100000 WAS RAISED
FOR INDUSTRIAL DEFENSE"
|. MORE INSIDE STORIES
ABOUT The LOBBYISTS


| Washington, ID. c., July ia funt
OF 100000 to 100000 "A year, RAISED
by the National Council for industrial
defense, as an adjunct of the National
| Association of Manufacturers, for op
posing manufacturers, was described
t. the senate lobby committee today
IT, Martin NJ. Mulhall. Mulhall tes-
titled he had no personal knowledge
Of the existence of such a fund, but
declared that collector for the or
ganization had recently given those
figures to the New York World.
Il often have thought and have sug.
gested," said Mulhall, that the coun-
Gil ought to be investigated by the
postoffice department. If it were in
vestigated | feel that the gentlemen
who run it will have a hard time ac-
counting for the money collected
The committee did not question Mul-
hall further on the subject.
Mulhall swore that money had been
paid to him from the fund for politl'
ca. purposes, but did not explain what
the purposes were.
Martin NJ. Mulhall brought one of
his Stories of lobby activities for the
National Manufacturers association
I'D to 1908 before the senate commit
tee today and testified about the work
of the associa ton in promoting tar
If commission.
"The association wanted Miles and
on it and wanted to con-
troll it themselves" Mulhall testified.
He did not explain who Miles was.
Shwedtman was secretary to Presi'
den Vancleve.
Another letter from Mulhall writ
ten at Indianapolis June II, 1908, to
Schwedtman at st. Louis, reported
how MIR. Wilson had a large majority
O. the machine under his control
"The convention of the miners will
be held here on the 21st,' it continu'
eG. "Three of the district presidents
from the anthracite districts are my
friends. 7 feel ! might be
able to do good work through those
gf ntlemen and it is too bad we are
short of funds when the convention is
c..ming with the opportunities for us.
On January 10, Mulhall wrote
Schwedtman:
Mr. Wilson Friday told me that If
there was any danger Of any class leg
slation being brought up while he was |
absent from Washington to have Mr..
Emery see Senator Hemenway. He I
also told me to write Emery and say
hat Speaker Cannon would receive
him at any time and he could talk |
Il eely and fully to the speaker and |
hat everything would be all right
In January. 1908, Mulhall received |
/ letter from former Senator Foraker.
lie suggested that he visit Cincinnati ,
for a short interview" He testified
hat he had made written report to
Foraker showing "how the senator
tood' among business men in and
bout Cincinnati. He did not testify
whether the report was favorable.
foraker wanted to know if he would
tand a chance to be reelected to the
enate and was still thinking about
residential boom
In a letter to 7. Fl. Scates, of the
Builders Exchange of Baltimore, Mul
all wrote
"The situation In Baltimore politics
5 the rottenest of any city in the
United States. Tammany Hall, in New
'ork. has never played such politics
s are played in Baltimore, for Tam
lany does encourage an active, push
ng, fighting Democrat, but on the
ther hand. if there is any clean Re-
ublican who attempts to come to
he front in Baltimore, the gang that
alls itself the Union League of Bal,
more" Immediately gets busy and
ttempts to destroy his reputation as
ell as his uefulness to the Repub- 6
can party. Besides this, everybody ,
nows that the Stone faction has con I
nually played to the rabble in the +
Dor ranks. The chance is now open
II the business men of Baltimore ii
ley wish to do something in the ,
ork, to bury Stoneism and all that ,
oes with it. There is an earthquake c
rising underneath Mr.. Stone and ] :
nljave he will soon feel tho shake"
Mulhall identified a letter from Fl. J.
Carlisle to Fl. r. Miles, chairman of
le tariff committee of the manufac- i,
lrers urging the candidacy of Hon. a
harles w. Miller of Goshen. Indiana. :,
r governor, against Watson
Washington, D. c., July 1.-two .
SITS of congressman who Schwedt I,
an seemed to think might vote for
Ill in which the manufacturers were A
terested was given in another letter
} Mulhall. The committee will lafer
samine Mulhall at greater length
bout the lists. f.
Mulhall paused to pay tribute to b
lie late Vice-President James $. Sher. d
an. 0
Il want to say that Mr.. Sherman al. t
avs ai1ed me and helped me in C
He was always sincere Fl
nd worked for the good o. the Re p
lblican party. He was always v
,lendid and fighting Republican. lis