Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-18
Found MeCIeavG
 Was 7ightfisted
MuLHALL'S EXPERIENCE IN A
 JERSEY CAMPAIGN.
SPENT MONEY FREELY.
Provided headquarters And Meals For Congressional candidate--Manu lecturers Got "sorev On Taft.

Mulhall, late lobbyist for the Nation al Association of Manufacturers, was put on cross examination today about the truth of his own correspondence for the first time since nearly a week ago when he began to tell the senate Investigating committee the story of his activities. Senator Reed question ed MuIhall about his alleged relations with $. w. McClave in 1906 when Mo ClaVe was a candidate for congress in the sixth New Jersey district against William Hughes, now junior senator from that state. McClave now is the republican candidate in the new sixth district where special election will
 be held next Tuesday. c. Hart, the l democratic candidate in this district, today was indorsed by President Will son.
 Senator Reed announced that Me- C1ave had denied acquaintance with MulhalI and Jumped the witness from
 exhibits in his case earound the, 1900 mark to those close to 4,000. The senator said he wanted to prove who was telling the truth, Mulhall or Me 1 Clave.
 Aided McC.ave in Political Fights. Mulhan identified many letters from 1 McClave to himself written in 1908 said he wenf to the sixth district to help McClavt fight Hughes and gave details of his work there. He said IDG 1Ndl1Cutk <ASSOC1dt1Ou Ol AIduu4dC- turers furnished himself with $3,900 for this fight and that man named Bar ber'' put up S2,0000 more. He told about l taking McClave to lunch and dinner, about riding with him around in cabs
 on political tours and in other ways helping out in the fight. One item in an expense account Senator Reed put in the record spoke of dinner for two" and the witness was asked who the other person was.
 T think it was McC1ave. He was
 always on hand" said the witness. Mulhall swore he took McClave
 around to shops in the district. He said they went to one shop and the superintendent said he would rather give $500 than let them in. sMcClave growled all the way home because we didn't take the money he said. The last three days of the campaign he and I slept together" said the witness once, illustrating how l close he was te McClave.
 MuIhali said slTcClave was in the
 lumber business and members of the
 not have money. Mulhau said he had
 heard so. ''But,' he added Y have
 'been csanpafsniElg for thirty years among all sorts of men and I never
 saw such a tightfisted wad in my life"
 Paid For McClave's Meals. Mulhan said he furnished headquar- ters and paid for McClave's meals three times a day.
 What did you want to elect such a man for?' he was asked. He was con man that's the on- ly way I can explain it." said the wit ness.
 MulhaI said 6 man named Burke" l collector of internal revenue at Pa terson. had been paid by him $40 week regularly" for services in this campaign.
 Interest in 1908 Campaign. The testimony about McClave was a climax to a rather sensational day
 even for a committee that has waded | through almost daily sensations for l nearly two months. Isl five hours Mulhan identified hundreds of letters bringing in the names of dozens of
 most prominent men in the repub- Hcan party in 1908, and speaking fam iliarly of making platforms, throwing influence to men for nominations to all sorts of offices and of working to elect or defeat others for congress. As the year progressed the interest I of Mulhall in the national campaign began to show plainly. His letters to Secretary Schwedtman of the N. A. M, to James w Van Cleave. it's presi- dent, and to men in congress showed activity preceding and during the re-
 publican convention held in Chicago that year Arthur l. Vory's. one of l the Taft managers, Wade H. Ellis, the man then credited with writing the platform and afterwards the chief trust buster" of the department of l justice, Frank H. Hitchcock. former speaker Cannon. Representative Mo Kinley of Illinois, as well as many 1 others were mentioned, and Mulhall | boasted in his letter of acquaintance
 with most Of them.
 Manufacturers Sore On Taft. | Toward the close of the session l Senator Reed put in a letter Mulhall l swore he wrote to former Congress
 man Ralph D. Cole of the eighth Ohio 1 district, in which he said: We SUD- 1 pose you arB aware of the misera ble l treatment we received from Attorney 1 General Ellis A. l. Vorys and other 1 Taft managers and although there are
 who are friends Of MT. Taft, still there
 are over 40,D00 manufacturers in this country today, well organized, who are very sore oh account of the work l done by Ellis, Hitchcock, Vorys and 1 others at Chicago"
 The committee wanted Mulhal to
 explain what caused the soreness. 1 Gompers Was Given Hearing. ~ 1 "They were having a conference in
 Ellis room in Chicago" he said. We went up and knocked on the door and
 for quite time there was no answer. ] Then Taft's brother came to the door and said they would see us in a few
 minutes. While we were there Gom-
 pers walked out. They tried to deny l that they had given a hearing to ] Gompers, but Emery and the others
 were pretty sore about it."
 The witness identified a pamphlet
 issued in tEa fall of 1908, in which l President Van CIeave of the N, A. Nj, announced we SEW that we would rail l h Denver if we went there and Sc we
 kept out"
 Maikall's Letter of introduction,
 Fhe pamphlet contained an attaeiE en William J. BFyan, then the demo
 cratic presidential candidate. but stat
 ed that Van Gleave was net talking party pelities,9 but Was talking as q | business man ta other business men
 en the subject eff vital eeneern te all 1 One of tae renaaF FiaBie letters of the
 day was Identified by Mulhai1 as his letter of introduction and his e1seden tials: Ii read; National Association of Manufacturers. St. Leuis. July 6, 1908
 "Fe WhefH it May GeneeTai "aThis letter will introduce GeieHel