Potosi journal., 1913-07-16


Cushing: Hired Union Men to Fight
Hughes-Decfares Emery Repre-
sents Worst Gans in Country
House Plans TO Put Former Chief
Page on stanG-seanda Hinted.
Washington, D. ca series Of
short. sharp ard M 1ac;ng verbal ex-
piOsiOns filled the senate lobby inves-
tigating committee chamber with the
smoke OF battle" at intervals during
! the testimony of Col. Martin NJ Null
hall as to his relations With he Ea-
tioIal Association Of Manufacturers
as its lobbyist, political worker and
"butter-in' in the affairs OF organized
labor.
A the same time that he was tee-
tifHing there was q spirited battle
being waged between the senate lobby
committee and the house lobby com
mittee for the chief witness and the
papers IL the case The senate by
chief witness and TO Keep the MulhalI
documents safely III its possession
under guard
Nearly 300 Of the letters ard tele-
grams embraced IN the yoluminors
correspondence OF Mulhall, the emo
tional lobbyist strike breaker. were
passed up 10 the colonel On the wit
ness stand for Identification and eIuci-
datiOn.
Witness Clashes With Emery.
The colonel contributed a thrilling
feature to the hearing by resentins
the proximity OF James \. Emery, the
alleged commanderin-chief CT the
lobby forces of the National Associa
ton of Manufacturers. and its general
counsel at the national capital,
Emery, manifestly iaboring under
intense feeling which he could not al
ways suppress. figured in clash with
the colonel which brought an angry
protest from the latter and the COM
ment that Emery represented the
worst gang in the country.
Emery. tall. trim and debonair. sub
sided but his eyes blazed as he stared
at his o!d-time servitor
Former Attorney-Seneral McCarter
of New Jersey. retained to represent
the ~ A. NJ. was rebuked for a vol
untary intrusion into the routine OF
examining the colonel. and the com
mittee decided that it would conduct
H., hn ri rSyL
without the help Of outside legal tai
ent. McCarter reminded the commit
tee that he did not want to annoy it
during the hot weather.
God Almighty provides the wealth
err snapped Senator Reed. who had
Mulhall in hand and the committee
will try to find the time TO conduct
this examination in manner to suit
ITSELF
Labor Offers Aid to Senate.
Judge RalstOn, counsel tor the
American Federation of Labor. IN
terrupted the committee to offer all
of the CORE sponde nee at his command
relating to any OF the subjects con
tanned in the Nulhall correspondence.
The Garrett committee of the house
of representatives. failing to secure
physical pOssf sslCn Of the colonel.
sent its sergeant-at-a-ms 10 serve
subpenas on former chief Page Nc
Michael Of the house, who. il mas been
alleged. was in the pay Of the lobby
OF the National Association Of Manu-
facturers and who Subsequently acted
as confidential secretary to Congress-
man James T. McDermott Of the
Fourth Illinois district.
Under instructions from Senator
Over.nan NcMichael kept close 20 the
committee room McMichael has 81
ready told his story to some Of the
members Of the O"erman com nittee.
House Maneuvers fer Psl,ers.
Deprived Of MuiilaIi, the Mulha!l pa
pers, which we're turned over to the
Overman committee ty a New York
paper. McMichael and ether witness
es, VINO ha. e been served with senate
subpenas, Chairman Garrett addressed
a letter 10 Chairman OVernan, waiv-
ing the present claims Of the house on
the person of the colonel, who vent
to New York
Garrett asked for such Of the docu-
ments as have been put in as evidence
by Senator Reed before the Oevrman
committee. The chairman CT the
house labor committee par;ic 0larly re-
quested the possession OF McMichael,
on the ground that the Sccne Of the
proposed house inquiry Was specially
directed at the conduct CT its mem
bers and employees past and present.
Senate May Give in Soon.
When the Garrett committee Giscov
cred that it was not the purpose Of
the senate committee to rel;nquisl
any of its right TO witnesses sub
penaed by it. there was cC.:*'sioC and
no definite action had been decided
on.
There is good reason to believe,
however. that within the next few
days the senate toIG ,nittee viii TaCcue
from its position &c the extent cf pre-
vidine material regarding the cCn3uc.
OF q member of the present corg-1 s.
ho probably VI! be brought Vi; IL
der charges and against whom I'M
Corruption.
Men are rot corrupted by the eXer-
else of power or debased by the habit
of obedience; but by the exercise Of a
power which they believe 10 be iilegit-