liMILHALL'S STORY
OF LOBBYING TOLD
"Field Worker" Gives Names
and Dates Involved in Nation-Wide
Scandal.
CONGRESS ALLIES LISTED
Activities of National Association of
Manufacturers Extended Into
Many Fields Ministers ,
Enlisted in Work.
(Continued From First Paje.)
nel Mulhall's whole remarkable story
Is the summary of names, dates and
places of actual happenings In connec
tion with his long: service in the Inter
ests of the manufacturers and in oppo
sition to the labor unions.
He tells how Van Cleave and his as
sociates tried to bribe Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, and how the plot failed be
cause Gompers, suspecting trickery,
had arranged to catch Van Cleave in
a trap. The story of the attempted
bribe was printed at the -time but the
manufacturers always denied it. Colo
nel Mulhalt, who says he arranged for
a meeting bttween Van Cleave and
Gompers, now swears that it is true. ,
One of the hardest struggles ever
made by the association, according to
the Mulhall testimony, was the at
tempt to elect James E. Watson Gov
ernor of Indiana. This was in the Fall
of 1908. Watson, he says, had been
useful as a Representative in Congress.
There are many manufacturing indus
tries in Indiana, and the supposition is
that he cauld have been useful as Gov
ernor of that state. He was close to
the Taft Administration an ardent
standpatter"': and until this exposure
a probability as a candidate for Presi
dent on the old Republican ticket in
191C.
Watson lost the election on account
of his temperance attitude. Although
he played to the temperance people,
Watson, Colonel Mulhall says, . never
intended to carry out his temperance
pledges. Then he relates the story of
how, after one of his campaign speeches,
Watson complained of being "dry." and
of how he consumed six Manhattan
cocktails within an hour, declaring
afterward that they "tasted better than
anything he had had for a long while."
Tariff Commission Wanted.
After his defeat Watson went back
to Congress, the story goes, and there
became active in having the Taft tariff
commission appointed. This was some
thing that the manufacturers' associa
tion wanted, as they knew it would
delay a tariff revision. While serving
as a member, of Congress, Colonel Mul
hall declares, Watson received $250 a
week from the association as 'x
penses" in working for. the tarlft com
mission. Another illuminating paragraph Is
that relating to how the association
"went after" John J. Gardner, Repub
lican Representative In Congress from
the Second New Jersey district, and
telling how Gardner "fell Into line"
when he knew that-the combined in
fluences of the association and the po
litical bosses of his state were likely
to beat him. About the time that he
has things going against Gardner, Colo
nel Mulhall had a meeting with Gard
ner, t
"I Intimated to Gardner," he says,
"that he was too honest with the work
ing people and not honest enough with
the manufacturing interests.
- "About three days later Gardner sent
for me again and admitted that jQov
ernor Fort, extGovernor Marphy, Judge
Speer and Lewis and such men as they
could beat him out, and wanted the
fight stopped. .
"From that time on Mr. Gardner did
not press his labor measure to the
front. In the Fall after the . ejection
was over he allowed the lobby of the
National Association of Manufacturers
to suggest to him the gentleman they
wished to have serve on- his sub-committees
of the House labor committee
and to pigeonhole the. labor bills and
measures through these sub-committees
that had been- offered before 1908
and all that came up at the regular ses
sion of Congress in 1908 and 1909."
Spying on Cookiui Sugcnted.
The association was not inimical to
all labor representatives, or at least to
all those who called themselves labor
representatives, in Congress..- The fol
lowing paragraph by Colonel Mulhall
explains this: .
"I have been reluctant all through
this story to bring- into it any of the
so-called friends of labor, but -there Is
a gentleman In Congress who boasts
of being a great labor unionist. He
has a union card in his pocket. He
has been elected to Congress four terms
by the labor vote, as he tells, it, but
there has never been a lobbyist or a
tool in Washington who is more sub
servient to the trusts than Mr. -James
T. McDermott, Congressman from the
Fourth Illinois District (the stock
yards district of Chicago).
. "McDermott also suggested to me the
advisability of having the chief page
of the House, Mr. J. H. McMlchaeis,
his confidential secretary, use the 75
odd pages upon the payroll of. the
House to pick up any information of
value on the floor of the House' which
would be of any benefit to the inter
ests of the manufacturers. He said
these boys who were pages on the floor
of the House would not be suspected
If they were seen hanging, around
where the Congressmen met lii private
conversation, and that they could make
themselves useful in the cloakroom
of the House picking up Information
which, would be useful . and which
could not be got in any other way."
Many Membcri Aconed.
Among the other officials who re
ceived fnanclal reward for services ren
dered or for political purposes from the
National Association of Manufacturers,
according to the World story were:'
Ex-Representative Jenkins (Repub
lican), of the Eleventh Wisconsin Dis
trict, chairman of the Judiciary com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
1904-8: defeated for renomination In
the latter year, when his campaign was
openly financed by the lobby of the
National Association of Manufacturers,
and who received money through Col
onel Mulhall, Its agent, and Edward
Hines. of Larimer fame, during that
campaign.
Ex-Representatives Haskins (Re
publican), of the First Vermont Dis
trict; member of the labor committee;
sent written acknowledgement ef
money transmitted to him by wire dur
ing his campaign for re-election In
1908.
Ex-Representative Idttlefield, of
Maine (Republican), chosen by Fresl
dent Roosevelt to frame legislation to
regulate the trusts; was In intimate
touch with the officials and chief lob
byists of the N. A. M. ; accepted aid
hroiurh his campaign managers during
his two last campaigns for Congress
until he withdrew in the face of cer
tain defeat; permitted the N. A. M to
pay his hotel and traveling expenses
when keeping- appointments with its
officials and lobbyists.
Ex-Representatives Bannon. of Ohio
(Republican); acted as adviser of the
N. A. M. lobby in the House of Rep
resentatives and as secret agent; han
dled money passing between the shoe
manufacturers and disloyal strike lead
ers in the shoe strike at Portsmouth,
O.. in 1907; sought employment as lob
byist for the N. A. M. upon retirement.
- One Under Indictment.
Ex-Representative Coudry, of Mis
souri (Republican); acted as secret
agent of the National Association ot
Manufacturers in the House of Rep
resentatives and accepted aid in cam
paign for re-election; accused of pass
ing bad checks at Washington; in
dicted at St. Louis for fraudulent use
of the malls: released on $10,000 ball
after being sentenced to four years and
six months in prison; now in New
York City conducting an exchange
business,
J. H. McMlchaeis, chief of pages in
the House of Representatives and prin
cipal spy of the National Asoclation of
Manufacturers on -the undertakings
and movements of members; afterward
transferred to attend door At the press
gallery ef the House of Representa
tives and now serving as elevator op
erator in the Capitol.
Ex-Representative Colo (Republi
can), of the Eighth Ohio District, act
ed as adviser and emissary of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers'
lobby, which financed hjs campaign in
1908 at the. request of. James S. Sher
man; rebuked by Lobbyist Emery for
Joining movement against Cannonlsm
in 1909 and promised to be good In the
future.
There are many men in National offi
cial life, says Colonel Mulhall, . whom
the association had, no difficulty in ap
proaching, but who may have acted in
perfect good faith in doing the bidding
of the lobbyists. In this class he
places the following: President Taft,
Senator Lodge, the late Vice-President
Sherman, ex-Senator Foraker, Senator
Nelson, ex-Senator Hemenway. ex-
Speaker Cannon, ex-Representative
Dwight, Republican "whip" of the
House from 1909 to 1911; ex-Representative
Tawney, of Minnesota; ex
Representative Bede, of Minnesota;
Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin;- ex
Senator Aldrlch, of Rhode Island; Sen
ator Townsend, of Michigan; benator
Galllnger, of New Hampshire; Repre
sentative Webb, of North Carolina; ex.
Representative Fassett, of New York;
ex-Representative McKinley, of Illi
nois; ex-Representative Vreeland, of
New York; ex-Representative Dalzell,
of Pennsylvania; ex-Senator Scott, of
West Virginia; ex-Representative Ben-
net, of New York; ex-Postmaster-General
Gary, of Baltimore; the late Rep
resentative Southwlck, of New York;
Representative Calder, of New York;
Representative Burke, of Pennsylva
nia; ex-Representative Ryan, of Hew
York: ex-Representative Wilson, or Il
linois; ex-Representative Denby, of
Michigan; ex-Representativo Henshaw,
of Nebraska; ex-Representative Over
street, of ' Indiana; e x-Representative
Bealle, of Pennsylvania; ex-Representative
Calderhead, of Nebraska; ex
Representative Dlekema, of Michigan;
ex-Representative Driscoll, of New
York; ex-Representaflve Foster, of
Vermont; ex-Representative Fowler.of
New Jersey; Representative Swager
Shirley, of Kentucky; ex-Representa
tive Sterling, of Illinois; ex-Represent
ative Swasey, of Maine; ex-Representa
tive Littleneld, of Maine; Governor
Haines, of Maine; Ambassador Herrick,
of Ohio; Ambassador Guild, of Massa
chusetts; Representative Bartholdt, of
Missouri; ex-Representative Mudd, of
Maryland, and Representative Fair
child, of the Thirty-fourth New York
District.
Opponeitt on "Blacklist."
Besides these long llBts of "friendly''
or useful v pmciais tne association also
maintained a "blacklist" of officials
who were opposed to Its interests. It
conducted a relentless warfare against
those officials and against, labor lead
ers. It financed the campaigns of
candidates against them and sought to
retire them from office. . This "black
list" included the following:
Representative Burnett,' of the Sev
enth Alabama District (beaten In 1908
because he was too active on the" floor
of Congress against bills favored by
the National Association of Manufac
turers, which organized an effective
propaganda against him in his dis
trict). Ex-Representative Maynard, of the
Second West Virginia District (beaten
for the same reason in 1908).
Speaker Clark, of Missouri (unsuc
cessfully opposed by every influence at
the command of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers both in 1908 and
1910).
Representative Cooper. o the
First Wisconsin District. (Unsuccess
fully opposed because of his radical
opposition to Cannon, though other-
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of Maryland. (Opposed for every office
he ran for because of his authorship of
the general eight-hour bill and his
championship of labor Interests in general.)-
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Ex-Representative Pearre, of Mary
land. - (Beaten because of his author
ship of the Pearre National injunction
bill.)
United States Senator Hughes, of New
Jersey. (Beaten for Congress In 1904
and opposed at all times and barely es
caped defeat in 1910 because of his ac
tivities in behalf of labor reforms.)
Ex-Representative Kelliher, of Mas
sachusetts. (Beaten in 1910 tor the
same reason.
Ex-Representative Connolly, of Mas
sachusetts. (Beaten in 1910 for the
same reason.)
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor. (Made the target
of many forms of attack to discredit
him after repeated faailures to bribe
him by agents of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers.)
John Mitchell, ex-president of the
United Mine Workers of America, mem
ber of the Civio Federation. (Opposed
by every influence at the command of
the National 'Association of Manufac
turers.) Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor. (Made
TWO EX-PRESIDENTS OF NATIONAL -ASSOCIATION OF MANUFAC
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wise friendly to the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers.)
Ex-Representative Nichols, of the
Tenth Pennsylvania District. (Beaten
in 1910 because of his persistent oppo
sition to the interests of the National
Association of Manufacturers .and for
his championship of labor interests;
elected in 1910 by a diminished ma
jority.) -
Ex-Representative Parsons, of the
Thirteenth New York District. (De
feated in 1910 because of his opposi
tion to Cannonism.)
Representative Green, of the Fif
teenth Massachusetts District. (Un
successfully opposed in 1908 because
of his opposition to Cannon and the
other interests of the Manufacturers'
Association.)
Representative Haugen, of the Fourth
Iowa District. (Opposed with all the
Influence at the command of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers in
1908. but re-elected by a very small
majority.)
Representative Wilson, of - the Fif
teenth Pennsylvania. (Beaten in 1912
because 'of his opposition to the plans
of the National Association of Manu
facturers and his championship of
labor; appointed by President Wilson
Secretary of Labor.)
Ex-United States Senator McComas,
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the object of attacks by agents of the
National Association of Manufacturers.)
Strike-Breaking Part of Work.
Besides, maintaining air active lobby
at the National capital and in a gooa
many state capitals the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, It seems, car
ried on its work against those who
were opposed to it by means even more
subtle. -
According to the New York World's
Information the association, through
its agents Mulhall and others suc
cessfully conducted the campaign to
break the strikes of the Job printers
in 1905-6; 23,000 shoemakers at St.
Louis in 1907; 10,000 hatmakers at Dan
bury, Conn., and New Jersey points in
1909, and of 4000 shoemakers at Ports
mouth, O., in 1907.
These agents, says the story, planted
spies in the labor unions with which
the strikers 'were connected, corrupted
minor - labor leaders, personally paid
them sums of money which are set
forth in the correspondence turned over
to the World by Colonel Mulhall; en
listed the support of clergymen to break
the strike at Danbury and even sought
to Influence Cardinal Gibbons, of Balti
more, to compel a settlement favorable
to the hatmakers through local clergy
men. In carrying out this campaign
Colonel Mulhall enlisted the assistance
of Rev. H. C. Meserve, of the First Con
gregational Church of Danbury, and
of the Rev. Fathers Shanley and Ken
nedy. In its strike-breaking undertak
ing the association had the co-operation
of many men high in the councils of
the Republican party and a few In the
Democratic party,, either by reason of
political affiliation, friendly - sentiment,
business prejudice or personal gain.
Malhall Tells of Beginning.
Colonel Mulhall's story of how he
came to be engaged in his extraordi
nary occupation is full of Interest. It
follows:
"My first active work for thfl Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
was the Tesult of an interview I had
with Marshall Cushlng, its secretary,
in the writing room of the Arlington
Hotel in Vermont avenue, Washington,
in the middle of November, 1902.
"Cushlng outlined to me in a brief
way at this meeting his work with the
National Association of Manufacturers,
and he stated that he would- like to
have me aid them in the lobby work
they were undertaking in Washington
and Albany, N. Y. I made no. regular
contract with Cushlng at this time. I
informed him that I was manufacturing
brushes, but agreed to assist him
as he wished me to do, provided that
I was to give him my spare time when
not otherwise engaged. -
"Cushlng at all times was very sec
retive, and for the next four or five
meetings I had with him between No
vember and the 1st of January, 1903,
he did not thoroughly Inform me of
the nature of his lobby work outside of
saying that he was building up an or
ganization to oppose McComas' eight
hour bill and labor measures of that
stripe. About the 1st of January I
ha-d a long Interview with Mr. Cush
lng at the New Wlllard Hotel, Wash
ington, and he mapped out for me a
programme of work which he wished
me to help him with. ,
"I . informed Mr. Cushlng at this
meeting that I had built a very effect
ive association in Maryland, called the
Workingmen's Protective Association,
and had done very effective work for
the Republican party In the campaigns
of 1900 -and 1902 and 1902 In Maryland.
Cushlng suggested to me that he
would meet the expenses of continuing
this organization and to do everything
I possibly could to increase its mem
bership for the purpose of defeating
Senator McComas for renomination and
election in . 1904. With Cushlng's aid
I built up a splendid organization -in
Maryland under his instructions.
Lobbying Done at Night.
"For the period of time I was with
Cushlng I learned that he did most of
his lobby work at night, getting a cab
and calling at the homes of members
of the House and Senate. He at ell
times Informed me that his principal
advisers, outside of several secretaries
or members he did business with, were
Senator Proctor, of Vermont; Mr. Jos
eph G. Cannon and Mr. James S. Sher
man. I know he had frequent inter
views with Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
and James E. Watson, of Indiana, and
other members of the House.
"During the years 1903' and 1904 Mr.
Cushlng became very active in Mary
land politics and Impressed upon me
the importance of defeating McComas
fo' renomination and election to the
Senate. During all this time Mr. Mc
Comas Tefused to call off his Eight-,
hour bill, and I had frequent inter
views with McComas following the in
structions of Cushlng, and frequently
carrying from Cushing to McComas
messages in- the shape of advice.
"But McComas at all times refused to
have any dealings with Cushing or the
National Association of Manufacturers,
and fought until the end of the cam
paign in 1904. When Cushing found
that McComas would not let up on his
labor bills he frequently sent to my
home address in Baltimore large bun
dles of letters sealed, stamped and
addressed to manufacturers throughout
the State, and would have me mail
these letters In Baltimore.
Maryland Campaign Successful.
"All through the Summer of 1904 I
was 'actively engaged in campaign
work in Maryland ana in helping to
defeat Senator McComas "and to elect
Representatives Frank Wachter, Sid
ney E. Mudd and Charles Shearn,
whom Cushlng wanted returned to
Congress. This campaign in Maryland
was completely successful, defeating
McComas and electing the three above
named gentlemen in the Third, Fourth
and Fifth Districts of. Maryland.
Among the letters which I have turned
over for publication to the New York
World is given a complete and detailed
account of these campaigns.
"I received many communications
from Mr. Cushing for the work done in
those years, he . telling me that it
brought thousands of members to the
National Association of Manufacturers,
and he was very jubilant over the suc
cess of the work in the State of Mary
land. "From November, 1904,' to February,
1905, I took up another line of .field
and organization work for Cushing in
other states, and from- February, 1905,
until July, 1906, I did but very little
lobby work In - Washington. During
the months of July, August and Sep.
tember. 1906, I was engaged in the Lit
tleneld campaign in the Second Dis
trict of Maine, and for the latter part
of September, October and November,
1906, 1 .was doing campaign work in
the Seventh and Eighth New Jersey
Districts, represented by Parker and
Wiieyt ' ' - ..
"After the New Jersey campaign was
over In 1906 I took up active lobby
work with Mr. Cushing in Washington,
and all through the Winter of 1906 I
had frequent meetings with Charles
E. Littleneld, of the Second Maine Dis
trict, who became the active champion
of .the National Association - of Manu
facturers against all labor bills offered
by the labor unions in Washington
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