Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
'EMERY IN DENIAL
ASSA|LS MULHALL
Bitterly Condemns Former
Lobbyist in Three
Hour Speech.
UTTERLY UNWORTHY
OF BELIEF, HE SAYS
Treachery and Falsehood Underly
1nformer's Life, N. A. M.
Agent Declares.

! FOR three hours last night James A
| Emery. agent of the National Associa.
ton of Manufacturers, addressed the
House lobby investigating committee
making detailed denial of the Mulhal
charges of AN insidious lobby Emer,
declared that the n. A. NJ had never
tried to influence legislation improperly
| lie pointed to the testimony of Samuel
| Gompers to show the association had
merely opposed the ideas of labor-favor.
| ing legislation. which Mr.. Gompers and
/ the unions campaigned for with SC
much vigor.
Emery's condemnation of Mulhall was
SURPRISING in its bitterness:
/ The evidence before this committee
conclusively demonstrates he said
that the character of Mulhall DESTROYS
every right to believe him. nor is his
written word worth more than his ora
| statement. By his own testimony against
that OF his letters, by the falsity of theil
| contents proved by Independent wit
nesses, by the deception, treachery and
| falsehood that underly every relation
of his life. he is utterly unworthy o1
belief
Accused as Traitor.
! Dismissed from his employment two
I years ago, he undertook to betray his
| employers, while still in their pay, to
| representatives of organized labor, and
Mnlie pleading for reinstatement ne was
/ manufacturing evidence to Witty former
bcne1acIOrS. BY the evidence he himself
| mas produced he portrays himself as
! sailing with incredible lmpartiaiity
| those FOR whom he processes gratitude,
! with those who are the evident objects
| vi malicious and long-plotted reycnges.
summing up the several points in the
| investigation. and the causes leading
| up TO It, Mr. Emery went on to a DIS
| cusslon OF MulhalIs testimony, saying,
| IN part:
"Mulhall chiefly charges that over
| S2Ou,Ou0 passed through his hands for
| the corruption Of voters and the doing
OF lobby work; that every great preda-
tory interest contributed to these funds,
and in return their favored legisla ton
| II sought was supported by these asso-
cations and humanitarian measures
defeated, that an enumerated list of
| distinguished public men were i'm
| properly influenced by sympathetic
| business or financial reasons to lend
| their aid to the legislative program of
| these associations; that the chief page
| OF the House, for money, spied upon
| the activities Of members through the
| page boys upon the floor, and with the
assistance OF traitOrouS UPTON labor
member of the House secured advance
| information Of legislative movements
and contributed to the defeat of meas
| ures to which these associations were
| opposed; that in this they were aided
| by colored employees, likewise corrupt
/ ed by money.
That a secret room in the Capitol
| was used by these conspirators, with
/ the knowledge and consent of the Off
!! GERS of the association. as a place OF
meeting and point for the storage
and distribution of congressional litera-
ture: that the personnel Of committees
was corruptly Influenced and improper
pressure brought upon members of the
House, to which, in fear or improper
sympathy, they yielded.
Statements Denied.
The evidence before this committee
conclusively demonstrates that the char
acter of Mulhall destroys every right to
believe him, nor is his written word
worth more than his oral statement By
his own testimony against that of his
letters. by the falsity Of their contents
proved by Independent witnesses by the
deception. treachery and falsehood that
underlies every relation of his life, he
is utterly unworthy of belief One after
another, irrespective of party affiliation
prominent public men have categorically
denied the truth of his statements with
respect to them contained in his cor
reSpondence, and the majority leader of
this House declared him liar and a
blackmailer. The former chief page
admitting that he procured documents
books and records for pay. vehemently
denied the misuse of the pages of the
House. nor has one been produced to
SubStantiate the charges made. The
colored messengers circumstantially deny
their employment. The records of Con
| gress destroy his statements with re-
| spect to the appointment of committees
| His own correspondence shows the con-
| domination by his superiors Of his pro
| posal to use a room in the Capitol. A
| thousand accusing fingers arising from
| his own letters and accounts prove him
"a a ic tc ,I.nox af
| his employers money and stolen the very
| gratuities of those whom he charges
with receiving them.
Refers to Gompers.
| Declaring that organized capital and
| industry cannot be denied the right to
attempt to influence legislation if tina,
right is accorded to organized labor
| Mr.. Emery referred to the activities
of Samuel GOmpers, president of the
American Federation of Labor He
said in this connections:
The evidence before you discloSes
| that the Federation of Labor was, by
it's constitution, primarily organized tc
i further legislative purposes, and while
/ it's individual members may be poor
the organization is in its collective ca
pacity rich and powerful. The very
possession of this vast power make:
it capable of abuse. and while no mar
| questions the right OF labor TO or
ganize, no thinking citizen can bin(
| himself to the necessity of keeping 1T
| like any other combination, within the
control of those principles of Law
which in public and private interest mus
equally apply to all combinations o.
whatever character, SO that no matter
| how laudable their purpose they ma.
| live within lawful restraint.
Labor Group Conferences.
1.-The evidence discloses that organized
labor claims sixteen representatives ii
Congress, one in the Senate and a mem
Der of the cabinet, and this labor groul
constantly confers or caucuses, in fur
therance Of the legislative program will
the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor at its headquarters
| Upon the recommendation of this fed
Grafton the labor committee of the HOUSE
was originated and it's chairman ha.
been successfully named, and the ma
jority of the controlling factor Of tina
committee is today composed of mem
beers of the union card group, the pledged
attorneys of a special interest.
Under these conditions we insist tina
the business men Of this country posses!
an equal right and duty to organize anC
resist the legislation enumerated and t