The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-12
Senate Wins by Surrounding
Him With Sergeants-at-Arms.
HOUSE is FORCED TO WAIT
Witness Tells of Efforts to De-
feat Labor Measures.
Labor Union Workers on Pay
roll of Association.


NJ Mulhau. one time chief lobby: for
+be National Association of Manufac-
turers. as the prize the senate and
house lobby investigating committee
continued their contest today for first
testimony from the star witness.
The senate won. Surrounded by
guards. to ward off subpoena servers
from the house. Mulhal continued his
story before the senate committee, re-
citing details of the fight he alleges
that the manufacturers financed to
beat Representative Hughes of New
Jersey, now a senator, to re-elect Mel
son w Aldrich, as senator from Rhoue
Island and re-elect former Representa-
tive Littlefield of Maine.
MuIhall talked of inside" work and
"outside" work of a bOokkeeper at the
American Federation of Labor, Wnom
he charged with later becoming a palo
spy for the Manufacturers association
and of n. Carroll Downs private sec
retary to former Senator McComas
of MARYLAND, who, he alleged, was tax
ing nav from the Manufacturers Asso-
ciation when it was trying to beat NC
Comas because of his eight-hour labor
bills.
The house lobby committee being un-
able to get Mulhall. held an open ses-
sion, at which James E. Emery, coun-
sci for the National Association or
manufacturers, promised that organl-
zation's cooperation In the PROBE
Chairman Garrett issued subpoenas for
two men named Springer, at Baltimore,
said to lie relatives of MulhalPs. The
committee did not divuIge any details
regarding them. They will appear
probably next Tuesday. Chairman
Garrett announced that witnesses
would be allowed counsel but tnal
counsel could not cross-examine ex-
hxy the
Witness Under Guard.
Under subpoenas to appear at the
same hour before two separate con-
gressionaI committees in session at
distant ends of the capital, Martin NJ
MulhaIl, who is testifying as to the
alleged lobbying" activities OF the
National Association of Manufacturers
today, faced a puzzling situation The
tangle was the result Of clash or
authority between the senate and
house investigators. The senate body
insisted that it had prior rights in the
examination of MulhaIl, who began his
testimony last night. AS the senate
subpoena antedated that issued by the
house committee and the witness was
in the custody of a senate deputy SER
geant-at-arms the upper house was
in a position to enforce its ultimatum.
When the senate committee met it
was provided with mass of corre-
spondence and documents, dealing
with the alleged lobby which Null
hall charges was maintained by the
manufacturers organization.
Both committees met at o'clock, /
but Mulhall and ]. H. McMichael ap- !
peared at the senate committee room, (.
and were placed under guard of an as
sistant sergeant-at-arms. The house
committee, minus its expected wit
nesses. went into an executive session
to plan further action. The senate !
committee fearful of further attempts
by the house to get hold of Mulhall
or his voluminous lobbying" corre-
h0l n ch nr-f tive
sion and issued ironclad instructions
to the officers of the senate that any
attempt by the house to take the wit
ness must be resisted. While the SEN
ate committee retired for its execu-
tive session three employees from the
sergeant-at-arms' office, three SEN
ate clerks and page boy kept guard
over the original and duplicate papers
on the committee table, and watched
the witnesses to prevent the serving
of any house subpoenas upon them
Senator Reed called a ten-year-old
page boy:
Tells Boy to Shoot.
Here boy. keep watch on those pa
pers. and if anybody tries to get them,
shoot him"
MuIhaIl finally resumed the witness
stand and took up the Identification
of his letters which he began at last
nights session. Before he could be-
gin, however, James Emery counsel
for the National Association of Manu-
the committee for the right of the as
sociatiOn to be represented by an at
torney Robert McCarter former at
torney general of New Jersey, was pre-
sented as the attorney.
Chairman Overman said the court
would decide later whether McCarty
should have the general privileges of
an attorney for the association
Mulhau identified more letters
showing his relations with Marshall
Gushing. secretary of the Association
of Manufacturers. He testified he had
an understanding with Cushing that he
was TO receive 500 a week and $40
a week for expenses for general field
work and lobby work in Washing
tom
Posed as Senator's Fri,nd
His arrangement with Cushing be-
gan in the summer of 1904 and he un-
derstood ii to be permanent, although
ne had nothing in writing TO bind the
association. Mulhall testified further
OF how he worked to defeat the late
Senator McComas of Maryland al
though he posed as the senator's
friend. He said he had received 500
letters from Cushing directed against
McComas
81 turned them over to Carl NJ.
added
DO you mean you delivered these
letters against McComas to his sec
retary?' demanded Senator Reed
carl NJ Downs was in the pay of
Cushing, replied the witness who
went on to explain that he quarreled
with Gushing because he was ''buying |
out the secretary of a senator"