The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
SPENT 100000 in
LOBBY WORK
Many Congressman Who
Aided Him in His
Work

it became known that a subpoena ha
been served upon Martin NJ. Mulhal
of Baltimore, reported to have been TO
years an active field agent and lobbyis
for the National association of manu-
facturers.
! The subpoena was issued by order o
Chairman Overman OF the lobby com
mttee when it became known that Null
hall was ready to disclose important
facts regarding attempts to elect or de
feat candidates for Congress and con
troll the makeup of committees.
The nature of the disclosures is out
lined in an article in yesterdays New
York World purporting to be Mulhall's
personal history covering the period
from 1903 to 1912.
He told OF threats sent to elect or de-
feat congressman and named many pres
ent and former members of Congress al
legged to have been active agents in sup
port of legislation favored by the Man
ufacturers Association.
Muhall said he had spent over $780,
600 in lobby work conducted in state
and congressional campaigns, and helped
break up the labor unions.
Chairman Overman said last night a
subpoena would be issued for j. A.
Emery, manufacturers representative at
| Washington and former Congressman
James Watson, of Indiana, styled an
INSIDE lobbyist" by Mulhall, when the
fight was on to secure a tariff commits
sion in 1908.
In presenting to The World his own
story, backed up by more than 10000
letters, kilograms, reports, expense ac-
counts and corroboratiye memoranda,
the colonel is actuated by twofold
purpose. The first is to render a service
to the public by disclosing the Identities
and undertakings of the men at the head
OF the most powerful business organi-
cation in the United States and their
allies among officials of the United
States government.
The second and, to his mind, the most
important purpose of his determination
to make public the disclosures that fol-
low, is to compel reform through legis
idblOH VI tUE SNliS ltNtdlEl Nv HIDiA
That the National Association of
Manufacturers has membership of 225
organizations, embracing 1000 individ
ual members. employing more than 81
100000 Of persons, and representing an
approximate capital of Sl0,00o,000,0 !
and claims to be nonpolitical business
and trade organization.
That, in reality, this association has |
for more than ten years secretly played |
an important and frequently decisive |
part in promoting tariff, labor and gem
eral business legislation favorable to its |
own interests.
That, together with paper organ
ization" called the national council for
industrial defense, it has also main.
tanned lobby at Washington for the
purpose of defeating all legislation hos.
tile to its own interests.
That for these purposes it has always /
sought, and often managed to secure,
control of the committee on labor and
the committee on the Judiciary of both
the Senate and the House of Represen-
tatiyes.
That the National Association of Man
ufaeturers was solely responsible for the
creation of the tariff commission during
the Taft administration, the object of
The association being to forestall reyis-
on of the then existing tariff.
That the officials who received inan-
.ial reward for services rendered or for
political purposes from the National As
of Manufacturers while in !
lfice we're: Ii
Former Congressman James T., Wat {
ION lRepublican); "whip" Of the House {
If Representatives from 1902 to 1905 !
Republican candidate for governor OF /
indiana in 1908; floor leader Of the Re /
publican National convention in Chicago
n 1912 and a favorite with the stand a
,at" Republicans for Ia nomination
or president in 1916; most important 4
lily of the \. A. NJ. while in Congress
nd served as its principal lobbyist after
lis retirement.
Congressman James r. McDermott
Democracy of the Fourth Illinois dis
riot; avowed champion OF labor in the
louise of Representatives but secretly
n the employ of the lobby of the Ma
ional Association of Manufactures at
accused of forging the
anne OF Col Mulhall to a check drawn
v order OF Harold Mccormick. a son
n-law of John ID. Rockefeller and an
fiicial of the harvester trust.
Former Congressman John J. Jenkins
Republican, of the eleventh Wisconsin
istrict chairman of the judiciary COM
littee of the House OF Representatives,
90I-S; defeated for denomination in the /
alter year when his campaign was
penIy financed by the lobby of the /
ational Association OF Manufacturers. I
nd who received money through Col. I
Iulhall. its agent. and Edward Hines \
LOrimer fame during that campaign. {
Former Congressman kittredge Has 4
ms Republican, OF the First Vermont 4
istrict: member Of the labor commit +
e; sent written acknowledgment Of 4
oney transmitted to him by wire dur
z his campaign for reelection in 1905.
Former Congressman Charles L. Lit
efeld Of Maine lRePubiicanl, chosen 4
! President Roosevelt to frame legis-
ton to regulate the trusts; was in in
mate touch with the officials and chief
bbyists Of the y. A. NJ; accepted aid
rough his campaign managers during {
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