The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-01
PRESIDENTIAL BEE
PRESENTED I0 nh
IS effective BAH
Ohio Senator Eager to MesS
Ten Gentlemen, Who Though
Him Qualified
SHERMAN ANXIOUS
ABOUT MR.. WATSON
Assures Colonel He Is Friend
Of N. A. NJ. and Urges III D
Interest in His Fight
for Congress

NEW 1oEShs july lIueSday}.-~lefs
The World this morning publishes an-s
other batch of letters and telegranN2
in connection with Colonel Martin H.
Mulhalrs expose of the workings of8
the lobby Of the National Associations
of Manufacturers.
1t says the active field" worker1H
of the n. A. NJ. were very discrsSfa
and cautious In putting on paper reE%3
erances to individuals who enjoyed fer
favor. sympathetic friendship, or. Oh
the contrary, its unrelenting opposf~i
ton. In one of the first communicf-a
tons. which bears no address. or si1ksa
nature. beyond the words mo. SiR., q
"A cipher used by Cushing in wrttinms
to Colonel Mnifall--the colonel h ifi-
structed as to the most effective meanas
of organizing opposition to the Pearr&s
anti-injunction bill.
The date of this letter IS June IA
1906. The colonel Is directed stkM
work on this thing as hard as you can
the harder the better. without ge1 s-Sa
caught, but the matter of paving Is sssssa
ers does not go. There is no roSz
SON why. If Lowndes, Hoffman tpo1eS
master of Baltimore). and the oth31
are game. and know their husin4sx5
they should ro,ase the nanufactur4l
employers. and business men generS
ly, who. of course. have no use for m 7
railroads any moro than they hA5s
for the unions" S
Friendly to Foraker. <
Colonel Mulhan early estab1iat
friendly relations with United 4k&4
Senator Joseph B. Foraker. ox oli
ator from Baltimore, on March 5, 1874
apprtsing him that item gentIemel
representing ten different organiaa3
tons in this city" would call on hIE
on the following Saturday.
They wish wrote the colonel f0H
the senator. "to renew your acquairt.&
ance. and to become active friends IN
the gentleman that we believe D
fully qualified and equipped to dNz
the great office Of president of the
United States. who is mentioned Tor
this great office of president Of thu
United States. who Is mentioned foxs
this great office. In other words thu
wish to become active in your beha1E@
until the close of the campaign ~
1908"
Foraker Was Willing.
On March 9Th. the following day
Senator Foraker wrote the colonAF
making the appointment with th<@
'ten gentlemen" at his residenc1Sa
1900 Sixteenth street. washinEton
On May nth, the senator. in motel
requested the colonel to call him 81
the telephone at North so washinA
ton. 50 at some convenient time aft9
you get this
A letter from the senator to 4
colonel on May 27th advised tho "A
onel. at the Forrest City hour
Cleveland, that "as soon as
through with this Brownsville inye
tigation will return to Ohio. ~
try to give matters proper attentions
Pleased With Sherman.
In letter to President Van CieaNG
on June %, 1907, the colonel E1xs
details of pleasant trip he had IA
New York city, Albany and Uttc9
where he kept an appointment NM
Mr.. Sherman, then member of col
gress. made by phone the day ps
viously.
He writes that Mr. Sherman
anxious to meet Van Cle3ve.
asked him (Mulhall) to extend N
vitation to Van Cleave to be Mr.. Sle
mans guest on his IVAN CieANe
next visit to New York. He aAd
Among those ne asked mo % xll
was the Sixth Indian district
represented by James r. Watson.
friendly to the National aAeocta
of Manufacturers. and for tlaax
SON he was anxious to have him
turned to the house"
Foraker Gets Impatient.
In a letter dated Sept0mheK
1907. written to the colonel m
Ciaypoo1 hotel. Indianapolis,
tor Foraker expressed the hope
the colonel would set his HRlttm
association In motion w4thQu< s
ther delay" referring 10 the rfQ
Of making the Ohio senator =
d!date for the presidency.
Some Of the letters written ~
officials Of the National Ase0cs4
of Manufacturers show that the
was always ready with monay
workers to elect to congress 1x4S
They show cash was sent 70
jenkins and Congressman AmM
The former said he headed
to win New Jersey against Hu914