The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-18

them, who would seat ali the contestinu
delegates that would come to Chicago
against Taft
Talk with Beveriage.
| In another letter to Schwedtman, May
6. 1905. Muihall wrote. in part:
"I called on Senator Carter and Sena-
tor Hemenway and Senator Aldrich's Sec
rotary. also several others on the Senate
side, and was assured by all those gentle
men that II mattered not what the Presi.
dent attempted to do. there was not going
to be any unfair legislation passed
through the Senate at this session.
Il met Senator Beveridse about noon in
his committee room. Mr.. Beveridge told
me this: That he stood strongly in favor
Of the injunction bill the President want
ed. known as the Beveridgebill. and that
We would either have to take the Beyer-
idge bill or the Pearre bill this session.
Wanted to know from Senator Beyer.
idge how he stood on the amendment to
the Sherman law. He said that he was
very sorry that they could not get the
sherman law amended at this session.
out that ne was In favor of amending
the law just as the President wanted il.
ne also talked to me on his child labor
Dill, ana said this was legislation that
was pound to pass-if not this session, at
.ne next 1 told Senator Beveridge that
II was very nice Of him to give me all this
information. but that we would fieht All
sucn legislation to a finish, and that we
would not take any such legislation until
we had to.
left Senator Beveridge's room and
went to Senator Hemenway's room, and
told Senator Hemenway what Mr.. Bever-
ioge said. Senator Hemenway told me to
tell Senator Beverage for him, II I saw
MN again. that he was talking through
MS nat, and that his hat was a poor one
at that. After leaving Senator Hemen-
way, l saw Senator Carter and Senator
Aldrich. and both Of these gentlemen
laughed at Senator Beveridge's state
ment. Senator 'Aldrich said 1t was ridicu.
lous.
I'VE emery and MulhalD met Mr..
watson at o'clock. / told him Of the
Beveridge incident and Watson simply
stated that Beverage was crazy"
Eye on the Platform.
But Mulhall and the N. A. NJ. were not
to be caught where they could not land
On the winning side of the convention
light And they were laying their plans
Tor special concessions from the reso,
utions committee of the convention, hop
ng to be able to write the tariff plank /
md keep all labor and anti-injunctions |
blanks out Of the platform. This they
yet about to accomplish through Arthur
1orys. Taft's manager.
Writing to Schwedtman from Columbus,
lnder date Of May .. Mulhall tells of
conferences with Harry A. Williams,
hartman Of the State central commit
ee, and Assistant Attorney General
II lie ~ l
rafted a platform which Vorys had
aiken on to be submitted to President
roosevelt and Mr.. Taft. williams and
'orys said that the platform was ex-
ected to go through with some changes
y the resolutions committee. MuIhall
anne out In the open and protested
gainst any planks favorable to labor,
rg1ng the strength OF his organization
nd intimating that the N A. NJ. could
OF support a candidate nominated On I
lch a platform. Ellis stood pat, how q
yer, and declared that the leaders want 4
labor plank in the platform.
Mr.. Williams, Mr.. Ellis. and Mr. IL
'atts. and later, Mr.. Harrington of the a
abroad commission. advised tha. III
louid write President Van Cleave and v
ourself, and have them come 20 Chi O
iso week before the convention be-
an, about the 10th of June, and thew a
III show us a draft Of the platform and o
We us chance to be privately heard" s
rote Mulhall. Mr.. MulhaIl then told h
illiams and the others that the N.
M. represented 1000 victorian C
ed manufacturers throughout the h
untry and that it would be utterly i'm v
ssible for them to elect Mr.. Taft with a
I the active support OF the N. 4. n. o.
Fellin Line for Taft. e
On June 8, writing to Mulhall about a Il
Getting In which Mulhall. Emery, and II
IN Cleave were to participate in Chi T
go. Secretary Schwedtman quotes the lc,
lowing telegram from Emery: Ami
touch with chairman resolutions COM 81
ttee- Will probably proceed to Chi E
go from Buffalo, June 10" d
Nothing was brought out in the testi- b
ony to indicate whether the n. A. NJ r
Is satisfied with the results of the E
,rk Of Van Cleave, Schwedtman. Il
merry, and Mulhall at Chicago or not. s.
stifying as to his work at the conyen- n
m. Mulhall said:
My duties while there were To keep S
touch with members of Congress, Sem 6
DIS, and others who might have infiu- S
&c with the resolutions committee in v
inning the platform, and to keep out tt
y radical labor planks. We had X
omises from Vorys that there would
no radical labor plank. The entire
sanization fought for a Cannon and
erman ticket, but when we saw that q
eaker Cannon had no chance we fell ~
behind Secretary Taft's boom. Speak
Cannon had daily conferences with
and was their closest ad-
or fhrouohouf