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Show pfliinEr I disposedto m fcNearly 500 Letters of Martin iM. Mulhali Read Into the Record. j REPUBLICANS ABSENT Senators Cummins and Nel-i Nel-i 'm son Accuse Democrats of i Playing Politics. If WASHINGTON, July 23 The seuate iSlpbby committee put on full speed iKhead today and in an unusually short Jession got into the record nearly 500 Spotters of Martin M. Mulhali, alleged ip)litical worker and lobbyist for the jfcNational Association of Manufacturers, Who was on the stand only about an Sour after the noon recess. J The committee will decide when all .fjfche correspondence has been introduced '.whether attorneys for the association ffchall bo permitted to cross-examine the i tvitness. !i .Mulhali 's testimony today covered a ilaok period in the summer and fall or 909 and. the early part of 1910? when ''.'ftliere was nothing "to do m his line i ixcept to work on strikes, tinker at a jjj 'ew odd ,-jobs in politics and keep ;hings generally moving in Washiug-i'6'n. Washiug-i'6'n. JVanted to Meet Murphy. T ffln several letters Mulhali told of a 01 lesire on his part to see Charles F. jATnrphy, "boss" of Tammany hall, in jjKe interest of the candidacy of (Jeorge ijjjbrdon Battle for governor of New '5jfork. Mulhali was trying to see Murphy Mur-phy through Herman Black, who appeared ap-peared in the correspondence as an attorney at-torney of 111 Broadway. Mulhali swore TVioat Black was a sort of "confidential lawyer" to Murphy. Ho said he never rulaw Murphy on this matter and testi-uTSed testi-uTSed that Mr. Battle was a man of the liighest character and" clean politically. SC. letter signed "Battle and Marshall' ' iiffave the only indication so far as the jjfommittee had gone tonight that Bat-rtle Bat-rtle had ever heard of the interest Mulliall Mul-liall took in him. It was a perfunctory, Tffcknowledgement that a letter from iaMUlhaH had been received. J fad Eye on Congress. tfl fulhall's personal political aspira-'as aspira-'as .ons came into the proceedings again raf 3ay when seyeral letters were read in it inch ho was spoken of by officers of 10 association as being "mentioned for 'fe jngress" from the "fourth district" ox probably Maryland). James W. Van leave, one time president of the asso-ation, asso-ation, wished Mulhali well in this latter, and John Kirby, Jr., wrote as :tapllows: see that somebody has been buzzing buz-zing a congressional bee' around your :o;mjcass. T suppose the next will ho a eiftmmingbird, representing the senate, ilipiff than an eagle representing the residential chair of the United tariff Board Candidate. -piEMany of the letters today spoke of j kjrveffort to land "F. . Schwedtman, sec-Utary sec-Utary to Van Cleave, on the tariff . fcard. Several others told of public peuments officers Avished Mulhali to Jit, including the report of the ua-prftonal ua-prftonal monetary commission. Questioned Ques-tioned by Senator Reed, Mulhali said e' association ivas interested in. that port, but he didn't know just why. Til ?. swore that copies of the Congres- II nal Jiecord were franked to promi- pat members of tlio National Associa-- i m or Manufacturers, and in one let-boasted let-boasted that he and Joseph Merrv, unsel for tho National Association of mmifacturcrs, could get almost any rlOlfi "ocument ail(1 frank it out, 11 gpublicans Absent. -.Neither Senators G'ujnmins or Ne'l-Ji, Ne'l-Ji, Republican members of the com-nlflttee, com-nlflttee, appeared today at the hearing. lnough neither would discuss the mat-UW mat-UW lt;ft.15 ltnovvn ffeuerally that they pm the Democrats have been plavinV ?T fcties with the investigation, particu-31' particu-31' fly in the case of S. W." McCJave, who to defeated I for congress in the Sixth 3lfi Jersey district in a special election Wt y' IcClave was brought into S. Uncase a lew days ago by Mulhali. Jator Nelson declared publicly the -BrtiJ ! aav he did not know the commit-' commit-' 7!as beinc used for campaign pur- s and Senator Cummins has not SAfePresent at an-V ncariug since, ex- Ml a v m"mtes- .Jgd to Help Draper. ''Jo WX?mber; JIuIall wrote of f.fefelMafnoPu3ct.,s 10 ",,clp Governor rfyyer' who had incurred tho enmity of the labor unions on account of his eto of the eight-hour bill. He wrote feenwedtman that it would not be hard f2ffetuthe KniEhU of Labor fighting, to inc advantage of the manufacturers. In mi??eir au,,,an wrote Schwedtman complaining that Bird "was more a boss of the organization t.h;.n Charles Murphy i ih J", mnny Hall." Mulhali added i" daj-s of Van Cleave things were -lone 'In the open." and that when Si c2m':, In 1,e noticed a return to the Van Cleave melhod8- that nild Preceded uLlUni mean by secretive?" asked Chairman Overman. awmnH teri writing; sum-shoelntr diouncl and keeping everything under cover." replied Mulliall. Letter to Taf t. ,f.n,vT' 5"T lAat an unsigned letter S Sw1rn,be?,2B- I90fl- and addressed iT,,itSPn e,"?"' . F- 7'- President of the Bm rates' had been written by H ory; ns?l for the National twfoffow" Manufacturers. T let- llve 016 honor to submit here-?V here-?V a "1?'n1orai'd-'i with respect to your contemplated recommendation In refer-'?5e refer-'?5e 1 010 erman a.ct- 1 do this in accordance with the suggestion made during our recent Interview." Mulhali identified a copy of the memoranda. memo-randa. He said Emory sent it to the president as a brief. The copy of an ' answering letter to Emry, signed by the president, wan identified iden-tified by MulluiU. rTL.u'u.s dated November 29 and perfunctorily per-functorily acknowledged the receipt of , ine memoranda on the Sherman act. West Virginia politics called Mulliall in January. 10.10. Ho wrote Prosident John hJrby. Jr.. on t.Vws 15th: Senator Scott Is extremelv anxious to have us give him any aid. that we might be able to render for his return to tho senate this year. "Of coin-He, I handled this ' matter diplomatically, making no pledgeM and stating to the senator that I .should write our people at tlx earliest possible moment and got them to grant any aid they are able to give." |