The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-18
MULHA[L MAKES A
REFERENCE TO
KIT. HASK|NS
Former Congressman from
Second District
WANTED TO BE REELECTED
Col. Haskins Who Was Retired In
1910 Is Now Postmaster at
BrattIeboro.

Washington, July 1S.-The White
House semiofiicially today put quie-
tus upon the rumors that any foreign
government has demanded or, even in
timated that the United States
should should recognize the Huerta
government or make any definite
move toward strengthening out the
Mexican tange. The story has been
insistently circulated that England or
Germany has followed up the action
of the diplomats at Mexico City in de
handing recognition by intimating
that should the United States not see
tit to assume duty of Immediately tax
ing charge of the trouble. the Monroe
doctrine would be disregarded and
the European nation would do what
they considered necessary. Upon
that story the White House has firm
ly stepped. 1t was given out today
that no foreign government has made
any suggestion or intimation of any
kind as TO what the United States
should or should not do as regards
Mexico One European nation sent
to the state department a copy of the
information sent it by its representa-
lives in Mexico City, but it was unac-
companied by any suggestion or adj
vice
The administration is very distrist-
full of the reports emanating from
Mexico and is disposed to regard
many OF them as manufactured for
the purpose OF blostering up the
cause of those who favor the Huerta
,rr..
which is failing for lack OF recogni-
ton of Huerta by the Unites States,
The administration is just as wary of
the reports of atrocities and outrage,
committed by rebel soldiers. Sever
al of these stories, notably one of the
mistreatment of women, have been in
vestigated and found to be without
foundation.
The White House Is receiving its
information concerning Mexican af-
fairs from friends in Mexico, princi-
pally William Bayard Hale. the au-
thor. who Is travelling there, and
James Del Vale of California, who
went to Mexico for that purpose az
for the coming of ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson to Washington, It means
little more than that he can give his
information first hand and also that
the administration will be saved the
embarrassment of having in Mexico
City representative who has been
favoring the Huerta cause. From the
White House information today it
seems certain that the United States
will take no stand until after the pro
posed Mexican election in October
and that in the meantime there is no
danger of any European government
suggesting or demanding that this
country pursue different course.
The lobby inquiry tended today to
show further intimate relations
which Mulhall had with former Vice
President Sherman, ex-Representa-
tive Mulholland and former Senators
Aldrich, Foraker and Hemenway In
one OF Mulhall's reports to the asso-
citation in 1906. he quoted Watson as
charging Theodore Roosevelt with be
ing willing to make any bargain with
"the trusts" to have Taft nominated
as president The scope of the Mul-
hall charges was shown when that
gentleman was forced today to reluc-
family admit that he paid George Ne
al, a Negro. for years the trusted
doorkeper of the speakers room, var
ious sums of money for reporting to
him the names of the visitors calling
upon the speaker. Kittredge Has
kin, a representative from Vermont.
in 1906 in a letter to Mulhall gave him
directions as to what he should do
toward helping him in his district.
directions which Mulhal subsequent
ly followed.