The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-17
MULHALL ON STAND
"INFoRMER" TEsTIFIEs BEFORE
SENATE LOBBY COMMITTEE
AT NIGHT SESSION.
TELLS OF POLITICS IN STRIKE
Colonel, Describing Activities In the
Capitol, Refers to "Taxieabs and
Baltimore Fire Of 1eo3"-Letters
to Mitchell Introduced.

Washington, July 14.-Col. Martin
NJ. Mulhall appeared before the lobby
investigating committee of the Uni
ted States senate during a special
night session on Friday and gave
that body part of his confes-
sion.
MulhaIl took the stand and sub
scribed to the oath with a smile.
Senator Reed, designated by Chair
man Overman to examine the wit
ness, began by placing in evidence
list of the officers of the National
Association of Manufacturers In 1907
and a list of the members of the as
sociation. Mulhall said he was born
in 1850 and had lived in Baltimore
more than thirteen years. He said
before he went with the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers he was
principally in politics." and was con-
nected with the Republican national
committee.
81 refused bribe of $4,000 and a
life position in the naval service in
1892" said Mulhall. THAT year l
had charge of the Republican cam
paign in Albany and Rensselaer, coun-
ties, New York. Previous to that ]
had charge of William McKinley's
gubernatorial campaign in Ohio"
The witness said he first became
interested in the National Associa.
ton Of Manufacturers in 1902, when
he met Marshall Gushing, its secre-
tary, in Washington hotel. Senator
Reed asked him about his relations
with labor. He said the late Senator
Quay of Pennsylvania sent him to
confer with John Mitchell, during the
anthracite strike in the Pennsylvania
fields in 1902 to get the inside story"
During that time Mulhall said he ar.
ranged for conference between Gov
ernor Stone of Pennsylvania and
three labor leaders. The first Mulhall
letter introduced was addressed to
Mitchell in February, 1902, relating to
these meetings A letter of March
1S, 1902, from Mulhall to Mitchell de.
clared that the leaders of the Repub.
lican organization could do more for
the miners union than any arbitra-
tion board in existence"
A letter dated May II, 1902, from
Mulhall to Mitchell told Of a confer.
ence between Mulhall and Governor
Stone at which Stone expressed sym.
pathy with the miners.
A letter in August, 1901, from NJ,
Carroll Downs, who, Mulhall said, was
secretary to the late Senator McComas
Of Maryland, was put in the record by
Senator Reed. 1t related to the EN-.
ployment of two men in the treasury
department.
Edward Booth, one of the men who
was to get Washington job, wrote
to Mulhall about the work being done
to keep up the Workmen's Protective
association. Mulhall said this organi.
cation was Republican in politics. In
1t Booth said McComas seemed to be
handing out the same old jolly" and
complained about the class of jobs he
and Williams were to get.
1--WE do not propose to do anything
for the Republican party this fall un-
less they do more for u.s." he wrote.
Both said the organization could put
200 active political workers in the field
and that it expected to be large fac
tor in the Baltimore mayoralty elec,
ton that year.
A letter of July 12, 1903, to Mulhall
as head of the Workmen's Protective
association from an officer in an asso.
citation Of engineers in New York was
read by Senator Reed. The letter said
that Senator McComas has voted
right in the interests of labor in every
measure that has come before the Uni,
ted States senate in the last six years."
At this time, Mulhall said, Marshall
Cushing was secretary of the National
Association of Manufacturers He had
known Cushing in 1898 when the latter
was an editorial writer in New York,
Speaking of letters from Gushing,
Senator Reed found one without sig.
nature and wanted to know If the Ma.
tional Association of Manufacturers
secretary wrote unsigned letters.
Always" said Mulhall.
Two important discrepancies we're
noted in Mulhall's testimony. He dated
all his relations with the Manufactur,
ers' association from the Baltimore
Are. which he said occurred in 1903. 1t
took place in 1904. He also said that
most Of his 1908 interviews with Sec.
retary Cushing Of the manufacturers
took place in taxicabs in Washington.
There we're no taxicabs here then.