The Washington herald., 1913-09-04
THREAT TO PULL
NOSE OF KIRBY
Mulhan Invites Former Head
Of the N. A. M. to "Come
Outside. !"
HIS REQUEST REFUSED
Colonel Said N0Id Chief Was Making
Faces at Him-Lamar Asks
to Be Heard.
HIS REQUEST REFUSED

Col. NJ. VI. Mulhall, erstwhile lobbyist
for the N. A. NJ. yesterday invited John
Kirby, jr., an ex-president of the organi-
zation. and the man who fired" Mulhall
to come outside ard get his nose pulled
MulhaIl was testifying before the House
lobby investigation when he interrupted
himself suddenly to extend the invitation
to his former chief. The committee did
not approve of the proposed Invitation,
and didn't believe Mr. Kirby had been
making faces or sticking out his tongue
TO annoy Mulhall, so the invitation was
not accepted.
The incident broke an extremely mo
notonous morning session, and was fol-
lowed I'm the afternoon by a proffer
from David Lamar The Wolf of Wall
the alleged Vaccinations Of the railroad
lobby here and save the United States
about 25,OOO. This offer the committee
promised to take under advisement
Lamnr's Plea Opposed.
Later in the day John w. II. Grim,
attorney for Mulhall. made a short ad-
dress to the committee relative TO the
projected taking of testimony from La
las a member of the bar Of the State
OF New York and citizen of that State,
urge upon you the necessity of re-
fusing to hear this person Lamar. 1t
would be fatal to the aims of the legal
officers of New York State to permit
Lamar under oath to testify before this
committee to such things as might render
him immune from the pending charge
The indictment was drawn in New York
against him, and immunity is all that
he is seeking. This is only a blum about
a railroad lobby. Let me urge you be-
fore swearing Lamar that you take up
this matter with Attorney General Nc
Reynolds, who, | am sure. will convince
you that am right in the assertion l
am now volunteering"
Following Mr.. Crim's statement the
committee talked over the matter of La
mars request. and. although definite ac-
ton has not yet been announced officially.
il is known that Lamar will not be
permitted to appear before the House
committee. This closes the incident
Ordered 10 Keep Quiet.
Mulhalrs invitation to come outside"
was the fourth of its kind before the
House committee Kirby had been sit
ting quietly listening to Mulhalrs testi-
mony on his ,MulhalrS activities in the
1905 LittIefield campaign in Maine. He
was sitting so that Mulhall could not help
seeing him from the witness chair.
Finally. the colonel exclaimed:
Mr.. Chairman, there's that man
again." pointing TO Kirby. He's max
ing faces and sticking out his tongue at
me It's a dirty, contemplate trick
col Mulhall. you must be quiet" inter
rupted Chairman Garret, pounding the
Cloth-covered table until the dust flew.
But Mulhall continued:
He is trying TO annoy me just as he
did before the Senate committee. He
was rebuked then by his own counsel.
Oh, yes'-as James A. Emery. counsel
for the n A. NJ, arcse-Ill say IL, even
if the gentleman does get on his feet. l
protest against that man being allowed 10
make faces at me II the gentleman is
a gentleman and will come outside. I'll
pull his nose
Emery had been standing with a panied
expression on his face. and Kirby had
tried to tell the committee that II his
presence was objectionable to the wit
ness he would gladly leave the room.
when Chairman Garrett finally succeeded
in restoring comparative quiet
Kirby Moves His Seat.
81 am sure Mr.. Kirby will observe the
prOpreties," he remarked, as Kirby
moved TO another chair. less directly in
Mulhalrs line of vision.
MuIhall spent most of his time yester-
day telling of his campaign for Little
field in Maine. He also made the state
ment. which he was not permitted to
elaborate on by the committee. that In
diana brewery interests strongly sup
ported Vice President Marshall when the
latter was a gubernatorial candidate in
Indiana.
The Senate committee wound up its eX-
of n. A. NJ officers yesterday
morning and adjourned subject to call