The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-23
MULHALL'S STORY
SENATE COMMITTEEsHEARS TALE
OF His ACTIVITIES :
WORKED In ELECTIONS

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Levers Name on Memorandum of
Congressmen Which He Was Try
ing to Have Knocked Out, Because
They Worked Against Interest of
Manufacturers Association.
Martin NJ Mulhall, professed field
agent, strike-breaker, lobbyist and
political worker for the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers, Monday
and Tuesday continued his remark
able story before the Senate lobby in
vestigation committee. In the two
days he identified more than 1000
letters, kilograms and scraps of mem
cranda, with hardly more than a
glance. He remembered apparently
the first names Of congressman, OF
lesser politicians, of labor leaders
and underlings, Of secretaries to con-
gressmen OF all the men he had work.
ed with through a year Of most active
campaigning in many parts of the
country. His performance seemed so
remarkable to lawyers present that
they sat intently watching the wit
ness and listening closely to the tales
and every word that the witness ut
tered in the brief cross-examination
that accompanied some Of them.
Mulhall's correspondence told Of
the efforts to re-elect Former Con-
gresham Littlefeld Of Maine and de-
feat the present representative from
that district, Daniel J. McGillicuddy.
Littleheld was to be supported by the
National Association Of Manufacture
ers because of his stand against
labor unions. Mulhall said on cross
examination that he had been told
that 100000 was spent in that cam
paign.
Some of the letters read earlier in
the day showed that Mulhall had
been known to the late Vice-President
James S. Sherman, who in 1907 was
chairman of the national Republican
congressional committee.
In a letter he wrote on July IL,
I1s07, to Mr.. Sherman, Mulhall said
he was going West and would call
upon James S. Watson of Indiana,
and that he intended to look up mem
bers of the organization in that dis
trict and get them to do some ac-
tive work for Watson.
"I will pledge you before starting
there" the letter said, chat we will
be able to land Mr.. Watson again In
the next House"
On July 2, Mr.. Sherman, on paper
of the Republican committee, wrote
Mulhall as follows:
"My Dear Colonel: am glad that
you are still interested in political as
we'll as economical work, and / am
glad to bespeak for you to our friends
a cordial reception.
while you are not employed by
the Republican congressional COM
mittee, nor were you employed dur
ing the last campaign, you did render
US very material assistance, and /
found you at all times reliable, trust
worthy and effective"
In a subsequent letter Mulhall
wrote to Shermtn: "I have Just re-
turned from the West and feel that
I have put the bali a-rolling in In
diana so that it will help Mr.. Watson
to denomination" He told Mr.. Sher-
man also of report Of the commit
tee on tariff and reciprocity"
The witness thought about $4,000
had been raised in Indiana for the
Watson campaign. and letter read
just before adjournment Monday
night told of three millionaires" in
the State, one of whom was willing
to spend 100000 to defeat Watson.
The letter did not identify the mil
lionaires and the committee did not
ask who they were.
| A feature Of Tuesdays hearing
was the presentation of a memoran-
! dunn which purported to be a list of
congressman whom former Congress
man James Watson of Indiana pur-
posed to knock OUT. Among the
names on the list was that Of Lever
Of South Carolina.
Senator Reed introduced the men,
orandum which, Mulhall said, was
'tblack list" Of congressman which,
Mulhall thought, had been prepared
by Congressman Watson.
The memorandum ran: Watson:
Here's list for you to knock out"
It included among others Messrs.
Gambler, Mississippi; Lever, South
Carolina: Beall, Texas; Stephens,
Texas; Humphreys, Mississippi; Car
tel, Oklahoma; Hull, Tennessee;
Burgess, Texas; Henry, Texas.
"I am under the impression the
list was made by Watson" said Null
hall. "I am not sure; I would not
Il
want to swear to it.
1.-TWO names on the list, Clark of
Missouri-Speaker Clark-and Gard
ner of Massachusetts,, make me think
it was list By Watson. know they
were on the blacklist"
Fred C. Schmedtman, secretary 10
| President Van Cleave, Of the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers,
wrote to Mulhall on September 5,
1907, bringing in the name Of Mr..
Taft, then secretary Of war.
eff We could only afford to have
worker like you in every State 1t
would be up to US to name the next
president. Since all the efforts made
are only in the line Of fairness, pa
triotisn and good Americanism, we
are sure to succeed and we are sure
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