Show MULHALL GIVEN LIE BY M CLAVE WITNESS BRANDED PERJURER Charged He Did Not Pay Pall Campaign E Expenses Expenses Ex Ex- of Jersey M Man an e July S. S-S. IS S. S Wood WASHINGTON W. McClave candidate datt for fOI Congress In a special election to be beheld beheld held In the Sixth New Jer Jersey e district next Tuesday came to Washington to tonight tonight to- to nl night ht and told tho the Senate lobb lobby investigating Cs committee that Martin M. M Mulhall Mulhall Mul- Mul Mulhall hall ate late lobbyist for tor the r National Association of Manufacturers h had d perjured perjured per per- himself fr In to his his' testimony before the committee McClave denied emphatically emphatically em em- m- m that Mulhall had raised or spent pent monc money for his campaign or had been hoen a close t companion and as 0 late In his fight hl against William Hughes for tor forthe the tho Sixth district nomination in 1010 1910 Mulhall tho the witness score came unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known to him bian in Ju his office In v Nov York City Cin In 1910 alO Introduced himself and said bald Id he wanted to help me I ft rl looks as If It you ou were going oln to pet got cl clI I the nomination he he- quoted Mulhall as assaying assaying saying and ancl I 1 wanted framed to kno know how vou ou stood on public questions McClave ve said bald he r replied that tha h he stood for protection and fair Calr dealing to labor and that Mulhall re responded Our OUt organization organization or or- stands for or tl the e Pame f-ame f things and wants mants to help you ou lie lie added a that insisted In upon hiring two rooms In Pat rs n as as headquarters head head- headquarters l quarters but that lie ire vi I ft only gaily a a. tow v times and and then thin saw w only V a newspaper m men n. n Mulhall 1 had hod letters from Crom Vice dice PresIdent President Pres Pres- ident dent Sherman Congressman man Gardner and others the linE sa said laid lt It waS m my first e experience ho he add added d a andI d I supposed d that a. a a. a man endorsed b by e such ch men must be all right The Tho New Jersey lersey man had boon been held committee b Mulhall all teeter yester yesterday up UI to the by d day a a. a as a a. tightwad t for tor whom Mulhall and antI sp spent nt more than SOO Tho h McClave e vigorously d denied nied a ass all absolutely without truth McClave said he could obtain no aid from tho the Republican n national committee commit commit- tee and when Mulhall came as the representative representative rep rep- re of the National Association of t Manufacturers he said saW he was willing willing will will- ing to accept their assistance W What hat was tI the e National of Manufacturers to get set In return for forthe forthe forthe the monc money It spent t asked Senator Walsh It was going to get set a representative Con who was wa in in the tho American Congress re on Pa Page Pace c 4 C Column Mulhall Tells Story Stoy of Alleged Il Plot o t to Bi Bribe Washington n. n July 1 18 Merlin M. M Mulhall gave Ave the tho Senate Senat lobby U- U gaa K Ing todAY hi his hi tot tory story of ot the alleged od effort In 1907 1 07 or nos 1508 to bribe Samuel Gom ora to de desert rt the tho cau cause CI of or labor and to tn support th the poll- poll des dOli advocated br by th the National AMO- AMO c elation of Manufacturers II lit admit t ted d h he had bad no positive Information that an n attempt to bribe Gomp Gompers Actually i Iliad had been boon made but ho he said Atherton Brownell of at New York had bad outlined the tho plane plan to him and told him what hat wax was to be bo done Mulhall w. w war excused d late this after aft p noon noon o u until until Monday Monday morning on on ri rith th the ground that thal he was waa tired after a IL week ut of f continuous testimony The committee open opened ll the Comport Gompers Incident loda today when newspaper clipping clipping clippings clip clip- ping pings appeared showing that Gomper Gompers had road made th the bribery charges charge before acourt A n court In nos 1908 and n nd l that President Van VanCleave VanCleave Cleave Cleave- of or the manufacturers manufacturer ion Uon had denied all connection with Ith them Mulhall said laid he lie had been r referred by Van Cleave and F hw to Mr Ir In New York who ho claimed to b be conducting a publicity bureau for forthe forthe the a association Brownell told him h he said that a a. man named was ru following Compere Gompers that they theT had hada a plan piAn fixed up by br which they expected to set get et the labor laor l leader aJer and that they sere positive they could not fall fail Mulhall said ald h he h warned them they the would not succeed and later advised Van Clove Cleve to tn the same ame effect Van Cleave t left ft Now Nfl York suddenly the witness ul said ald after Arter telling him that h he had nearly fallen Into u k trap lie He aid sald they theT want wanted d him to no go 0 down to moot met thou those but hut ho got a tip not notto notto notto to go o added Mulhall JIo JI told mo me he het t thought thought ought nelt Brownell had more moro sense Ulan titan i to toKo go Into a n trap of or that kind This wa waa the tho extent of at Mulhall lI a knowl knowledge ge of ot the matter mattor but ho he In- In I slated l ted that from the previous Information Information Information tion he he- had ha ire knew know tho the plan Jlian that had hall been on foot toot to tor force e Into I a document that would Insure hi hla hi future action Jt e to er Attorney The rs s story atory anc and an nn unexpected outburst from Mulhall who claimed t that hat officers officer o of ot the National Association of or r were waro trying to him out of or countenance were tho the en enlivening enlivening en- en livening features of ot A day In Sn which the self elf lobby lobbyist lilt Identified ev- ev several everal eral ral hundred more mora letters letter relating to campaign and ond legislative activities Proceed Proceedings I n r were running smoothly when Roberty McCarter otto attorney for forthe forthe the th manufacturer a association tried to Interrupt and ask aik a Tho committee thus thun far h has permitted no questioning by attorneys attorney r I a refute refuse to answer nn an questions from rota that thai man mon shou to vu Mulhall Further I l want Wint to to tc tell teU the Committee e that tho those thole e men at tho the table have havo kept to attars r. r there someone t to n on tile rho steadily at m me while whilo I 1 have hare e et r und stand and 1 think It la hi ea a J John n able ahl trick The Tho ex president ex-president pre Kirby Jr relieved r ll ve l Mr Em Jm merY I-merY r ry at tho the Job a CL little while ago go KO Members of ot tho the committee lee tried to Acting Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- soothe the the- witness and Acting thAt man mildly suggested Mulhall look at him ln Instead ot of at his admitted he lie wa s antagonists Mulhall somewhat nervous but Insisted d that i witnesses t have havo been intimated since ce I they thY were werf brought to o on Outside outride as well as 4 ln Inside lae this com tt i tf tee tea room Letter lA-H. lx Coyer Cover A WIde We Ide lt linage n I today covered a I Identified but c centered nt led hn range ranee of activity J I about the campaign In Indiana i mil ana chiefly then lan according to In n nos 1908 wh when n Mulhall i In ln close J ic working the documents document wa was 0 with Congressman Jaine Jamett co operation James op co-op and state tato t with national R. R Watson and AM leaders Republican raised Mulhall told tho the committee ho ca for tor that n. compall One of the letter referred to th this wi amount And another mentioned a a. a list Hit of m- m manufacturing concerns In South Bel Bend Hend the proprietors turing of or which had hd been visited In company with Pet Peter r b by Mulhall 7 n that factory Inspector for 1 Kline lIn deputy depUt district with Mr Ir had In In an Interview I Parry and n and other large lance bUill non men ot of this section they clearly stated they were jumping the law aa as Jar far aI corporations cor cor- or are concerned br bye Ins to our campaign funds said ald Mul- Mul haJJ hail In a 1 letter to n from Indianapolis S September r 26 G 1908 Thero hundred and on one ways 6 to and Ket are aro a 3 ways around that and we all aU know knot that ond nd I cannot B see e wh why Mr Ir Van lui Cleave Cleavo o cannot cannot can can- not go KO around It ft Just Juat a as well aa u the tho largo large manufacturers here Identified t at t In the late More ore correspondence r read od ad had dAY ly showed shored Identified that Mulhall th the Indianapolis as connected s Ne'-s m s In association with tho manufacturers mt September and had brought the matter Into public discussion l laugh laugh- told tola the committee e that thal Joc local statH state and national campaign managers consistently had de L tAut the they linear Knew anything n thing about any Iny work by th the National National Na Na- 01 lon Association of Manufacturer after after n nearly arly a year In Indiana Several Se letters referred to the tho campaign earn cam palm In Maryland Two of ot them showed that Mulhall In behalf of or his employers employ u. u was trying to work both with Collee or William 1 V. V o Stone atone one of ot the Republican sabers leaders and Cl Congressman Congressman Con Con- n- n gressman John GUI of ot the Fourth din din- a t Democrat At t the same earn time Stone Stan and Gill GUI were opposing each ach other bitterly and Mulhall 11 counseled extreme caution In dealing with the situation To the committee Mulhall explained that Gill had ul not asked aid ald but he considered tl him a 0 fair lair man malt and wanted to help him Surprised nt at fU Action In a I letter to John Kirby Jr front from Indianapolis September 22 2 1903 1901 utter after some lome of the called so-called Archbold letters had been made mad public In a let let- letter letter letter ter ref referring to Senator Yo er Mulhall said aUd he still sun had faith In Ohio's great and ond thought lie he would win He lie expressed su e SU uc i C Roosevelt was stirring up th the standard OH Oil matter and add said lahl The Pr resident Is I. playing plain very poor politics Instead J d of ot R gaining Ot votes 8 he will find findon findon on the Sd of ot O that It 11 will be bea a losing lOlling game said the letter Even en I tho the Standard rd Oil has Its Ita friends and 1 cannot understand why a L man mun of ot his hi stripe will wilt think it Is a crime for a man manto manto to honestly work for a a. corporation of ut that kind Tho Tito Citizens Industrial Association of or America Its U. with C C. W. W Puit PoAt a as JI president n and ond many officers officer of or the tho National Association of Manufacturers on Us its list figured prominently In to today's today's to- to days day's proceeding Several cral letters lotters on ott the tho stationery of ot this thin association nn and signed James Jarnes A. A Emery secretary were r read and Senator Reed ay Re ted t- t ed it wits was n n. half brother to tn tau manufacturers manufacturers' manufacturers manufacturers' man man- association Ono of or these l letters said raid Watson was wall not nol only tho the greatest s help to us personally but he represented represent represent- ed all nil thu forces that did help us us and andI I 1 personally believe that wo we need friends In Congress far more than anywhere else Mr Ir Tafts Taft's labor statements state state- statements te ments menta are not at all nil encouraging I |