El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-17
SENATE PROBERS HEAR MULHALL TELL
Of ROSEVELT's ACTIVITY FOR TAFT
More Evidence Is Secured of Work Done by lobbyist for
Manufacturers Association-Letters Mentioning
Men Prominent: in Pu bile Life, Detail Fights
Made Against Congressman.

to be a candidate for vice president
Sherman On June 2 replied:
Il shall be pleased to have the mem
bers Of your association give TO the
little boOmlet such a forward push as
they conveniently Fan"
Other letters told of plans to con-
gresham jenkins in Wisconsin "Ey-
cry effort IN the world viii be made
for Jenkins" wrote SchWedtman-
ROOseVeIt's Policies
Schwedtman wrote Mulhall or June
You will notice that our ewspape
state the national platform is written
at the present time at the white house
You car rest assured that Theodore
Roosevelt is still smarting from the
defeat he has received at the hands OF
congress and the people lately, and viii
embOdy all of his policies in the plat
form, and Of the leaders, beng anxious
for harmony. will go the limit in meet
ing his views"
MuIhaTI Close to Emery.
Several letters introduced seemed to
show Mulhall and Emery in close re-
latiOns. General manager Bird of the
manufacturers testified that Emery
was counsel for the national council
for national defence, which had no con
nectiOn with the Manufacturers assO-
citation. Mulhau sWOre that the manu-
facturers referred to Emery. that En-
cry was constantly in III with his
work and eventually wanted Z run all
the field work" Mulhau testified to
an acquaintance with Edward Hines.
the CnlcaSO lumOer man VINO inquired
prominently in the LOrimer case.
MulhaH Shows Effect of Strain
Plans to make the National Asso-
citation the controlling factor In cam
paigns for congress, to defeat leg1sla-
I ton in Washington, of which its mem
bers did not approve. TO get the ears
! of men who were running preslde1-
] tial bOOms and to land a member Of
the association IN the cablnet OF a
! president were laid before the COM
mittee by MuIhalL- He swOre to the
/ authenticity of nearly 400 letters which
told Of these plans and brought IN
the names Of such men as former
I presidents Roosevelt and Tart. the late
[ vice president sherman, former speaker
Z Cannon, former senators Heminway,
{ Foraker and Aldrich and others. Ar
thur / VOrys, Ohio manager OF the
Taft campaign OF 1908, and frank
Hitchcock, one time chairman Of the
Republican National committee and
/ postmaster general IN Tafts cabinet
Mulhan showed the strain he has
been under for four days and the
committee took him from the stand
for a half hOur and listened to the
testimony by ]. P. Bird, general man
aSer of the manufacturers association
and treasurer of the Industrial De-
fence council
The committee heard from F. G..
S~chwedtman. Of st. Louis, secretary to
the late James Van CleaVe, who had
about 10000 letters bearing on the
associations work. SchWedtman was
in constant communication with Null
hall, according to the latter's evil
dence.
Influence in Republican Campaign.
MulhalPs activities in connection
with the Republican national platform
of 1908 were brought out in a letter TO
Schwedtman on May Is. Il concluded
by saying that Wade Ellis and Others
suggested that president Van Cleave
and secretary S-chwedtman Of the
manufacturers go to Chicago a week
before the convention. see the draft OF
the platform and be privately heard"
In a letter to Emery, Schwedtman
wrote:
(which is the best way to influence
the drafting of this platform in the
right direction"
Approve New Plan for Bonds.
The much-disputed plan for refund
ing the two percent government bonds,
which form the basis for the present
currency. has been perfected by the
Democrats OF the house banking and
currency committee The bill as fl
nnally agreed to after three days dis
cussiOn, provides for the exchange OF
the two percent bonds which bear the
circulation pRivilege for three per-
cent 20 year bonds, exempt from fed
eral, state, and municipal taxation
The committee also approved a re-
drafted section providing that the pro-
ceeds of the governments participa-
tiOn in the business of the new fed
eral reserve banks shall be applied to
the reduction of the bonded indebted
ness of the nation.