Show TEllS ELS OF F HIS NIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE lOBBIES r i Mulhall Barred by f F Former i I Congressman From His District in Maine i I v ASHI Sept SepU 19 The 19 9 The WASHINGTON lobby lobb committee today heard hoard Former Former Former For For- V mer Representative L 1 Charles E. E o 01 of t WHO marun i Mulhall former lobbyist for tOl the the tho Nation Nation- ii al Association of Manufacturers testified fled fied was one ono of the chief chic allies of ot that tha organization in tho House Mr Littlefield testified that beginning beginning begin begin- ning with his entrance to Con Congress roMs in 1899 until he resl resigned ned In 1908 ho found active energetic and powerful la labor labor In- In an n an bor lobby lobb headed by Samuel Gompers When Gompers Gomper opposed legislation Mr said man many members of ot the found it convenient to side with House labor Ibor Mr Jr Ir Littlefield said he did not I Intend tend tb tb tb criticise rl lc members r of E the pe House ouse for on vu J u III nut But But he lie t explained when Gompers and nd the rho labor people became active the be tall timber Umber was thickly populated and nd there was WI plenty of ot space in the then n L Littlefield frankly told the committee com corn that his views on labor legislation legisla legisla- tion uon coincided with those of or tho the manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- I and that early eally in his congre con con- gre lon l career he lie gladly accepted the aId ald Id of oC the National Association of ot Manufactures Man Ian Manufactures through h Marshall Gushing Cushing then Ihen Its Washington Wl ton representative Cushing dialling w was as doing what ho he could to counteract tho the influence of ot Gompers and the tho federation of ot labor said Mr lr L flunked 1 hull Littlefield said ald Mulhall went to h his d III in 1906 1106 to help hell in his cam eam- n. n The fhe more I saw of ot him said Littlefield Little Little- fiEld fidd the less I 1 liked him I told the f National As Association of ot Manufacturers N. N not to send him to my district again Littlefield added that In this camI cam cam- I i n he faced laced the opposition of Samuel Gompers an and the American Federation of Labor Mr lIr Littlefield denied dented Mulhall's testimony testimony mon mony that the National t A Association of ot Manufacturers spent In his district district district dis dis- dis- dis In the campaign of ot 1906 He produced pro pro- dared an affidavit from the cashier of a Rockland Maine laine bank where Fr Fred d Wight I ht the treasurer of the district district district dis dis- Republican committee banked at atthe atthe atthe the time showing deposits of lie He added that part of ot this mone money came from Individuals who were members of ot the National A Association of or Manufacturers but denied that it It as an association lion tion ever er contributed and the mone money went to support the state and county ticket as well as to help him Defend Dead ColI 1 Before he left the stand Mr lr Little Little- fIeld ffield asked permission lon to make mako a state state- ment state state-ment about the late Representative of ot Wisconsin who was chair cnair- tran of the House Judiciary committee e I Then ben Mr Littlefield was one of ot its conspicuous con con- members L. L Mr Ir Littlefield said Mid that he had known Mr lr Jenkins for years ears and that fit e 2 thought it was only proper since he jas Eras ag dead and could not speak for fOl him him- kit lt that defend tr some one L his charac- charac 1 BI III L ne tic mat Uta na ne no ed tr lr Jenkins to be a man of ot the highest in- in and honor Hc lie referred to Mullahs Mulhall's claim that h the National Association of had him a Judge When ke he e left Congress and said I know that tho the association had nothing to do with Kith it Then he added as his voice broke and he fumbled for tor his hit handkerchief and I 1 know that he died a a. poor man Gardner Denies Benle Chancre Former Representative John J. J Gardner Gardler Gard Gard- ner ler in al all probability the last witness to be heard b by the House committee denied man many stat statements regarding thugs things he did and did slid not do at Mul- Mul balls baU direction during th the time lime carl early la is the c century He lie denies with em- em pha l the tes testimony mon of ot Mulhall that hc he named Earned a n subcommittee of his committee commit commit- tee lEe w at the e Instance of oC Jamos James E. E Emery Washington lon representative of ot tho the Na- Na a- a Association S of ot Manufacturers Xo m man said ne he he neither tho the weaker nOr a member of ot the National of or Manufacturers or of or the American Federation of ot Labor ever eer evera the a man for tor subcommittees of ot labor N committee while I was chairman chair chair- man man- man Mr Ir Gardner denied that ho put away bill III the subcommittee an hour eight-hour that Mulhall said he buried burled to avoid the anger of the QC of Manufacturers f National Z Association He lie kl said he did not notI I of any an anaid aid given c him In 1905 b bj by th the thi v vc lurer nr r National h Association on of Manufacturers his although tr he hc dId dd see twe Mulhall in LS district strict at that t time me several times |