Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-30
DEMOCRATS FACE
MUCH QU|zz|NG
District Party Workers to Be
Summoned Before House
Lobby Investigators.
Committee INCLINED
TO DISCREDIT MULHALL
Report on Lobbyists Charges May
Be Delayed-McDermott
Denies All.

| Several prominent members of the loca
| democracy are to be summoned befor,
the House lobby investigating committe,
within few days. Some of the member.
are inclined to regard the proposed in
qulry with considerable gravity, Will,
others make light of it.
| The investigating committee will be IL
session until October at least Havins
disposed of the more serious of the Null
hail charges. and being of a mind tt
/ dlscred1t them all, according to con
gressmen close to the committee, the in
vestigating members have decided t.
make clean sweep of all the complaint:
of the disgruntled in Washington, ane
do the job up brown once for ALL At
| torney James S. Easby-Smith, counse
/ for Representative McDermott has beer
told that he need make no argument
until October, which is evidence enough
| that the committee will make no report
| Tor several weeks or months. Mr.. Eas.
| by-Smith is satisfied that the committee
| will exonerate his client from all charges
made by Mulhall and McMichael.
His Share of Patronage.
Representative McDermott, on the
| stand today, told of his patronage in
the assignment of employees in the
House. He also told of Mulhan going
to see Samuel Gompers, president of
| the American Federation Of Labor.
Mulhall told me he wanted to make
his peace with God and man. He said
he had done labor a lot of harm and
knew l was a friend of Gompers so
took him to Gompers Office What
they said only the two of them know
How Mulhan came close to getting
punch in the nose was related by
McDermOtt
McMichael had recommended that
Mulhan go into McDermotts district
to collect money.
He went into my district and got
$35 in two days, besides a $3.50 check
which he said he kept for expenses.
said to McMichael. That's a fine fell
low you staked me to- McMichael said
he would punch him in the nose.
New York Meeting Accidental"
Representative Stafford asked him about
the meeting in New York, when George
d. Horning, Washington pawnbroker, was
in .he Office of John T. McDermott.
Accidental" said Representative Nc
Dermott. who absolutely disclaimed all
connection with any influence on the then
pending loan shark" bill
Representative Willis asked him about
letter in which Mulhall had agreed to
go into Maine and win political fight
for the "wets."
"Mulhall was always willing. as Senator
Foraker said of him. replied McDermott.
There was prohibition fight up there,
and Mulhall said he could go INTO the
section and win for the vets | told him
70 RI n
John McDermOtt was an official of a
brewers organization.
..Mulhall never paid any attention to
making ordinary people. He was bent
on making presidents and vice presi-
dents / notice he was always coupling
me up with Jim Sherman
Denies knowledge of Horning Note.
Questioned by Representative Cline
about the note to George d. Horning
which McMichael said had featured in
one of the supposed transactions, McDer-
mott professed absolute ignorance. Also
he denied knowing anything about Nc
Michael pawning any jewelry to get
money to meet a draft on McDermott.
Representative Cline asked several
questions as to why McDermott had left
Chicago, where he was well known, to
come all the way to Washington to bor-
row 500 from Hugh Harvey.
1T looked like the easiest way TO get
it, he said.
Contradicts McMichael.
Did you ever state TO McMichael after
the passage Of the loan shark bill that
the pawnbrokers had raised fund of
$1,000 and that you had got yours, mean
ing that you had received $7,5OO?' asked
Mr.. Easby-Smi
NO. said the congressman.
McDermott said two members Of Con-
gress had got money out of him to the
| extent of s1.JOo'' He also said he did
| not know the $500 he borrowed from
Hugh Harvey came from a trust fund.
Humphrey 5. Shaw, former page and
| clerk to McDermott. told of conversa-
tion he had with McMichael at Chesa-
peake Beach
McMichael was very bitter against Nc
Dermott, but he said that McDermott
had never done thing. He said that
| Mulhall had offered him 81 600 to cor
| roborate his (Mulhalrs) testimony.
McDermott then went upon the stand.
voted on the Hughes eight-hour amend
ment. after which his counsel announced
| that McDermott had finished.
Straightforward testimony by Repre-.
| sentative McDermott yeserday afternoon
| was a perfect denial of very nearly
| everything charged against him. He
| called the testimony of Mulhall In many
| instances dreams" He told the story
| of his borrowing from George d. Horn
| ing. local pawn broker. and from the
| central committee Of the local LIQUOR
men. He said the loans had absolutely
nothing TO do with legislation.
| He was asked about framing up leg.
| islation, such as Mulhall had told
| about.
No flight of the widest Imagination
| could make anything more ridiculous .
4 he answered.
| Statements have been made thai
| money was slipped to you over the table
| or under the table," suggested Repre-
/ sentative Garrett, chairman Of the com
| mittee.
Too absurd to talk about
Couldn't Be Trimmed Twice"
Mulhall cashed q check made out t.
l.McDermott by the Mccormick estate O
Chicago, and claimed in the testimon,
that he had complete authority to do so
| McDermott yesterday denied it. H,
said:
ANY one could trim me once. but no
body can trim me twice. Mulhall go
$3.50 from me on that occasion, but neve
again"