The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-07
ONE WASHINGTON LOBBYIST.
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oago Tribune, is floating around the news
papers,
report, Is o good deal OF bird by all acGDuu =,
and q ty pc OF the generic Washington spsCu-
lalor, lie mas been all over the world, SPEAKS
German, Spanish llalian, aud French; mas
visited Mexico aud the Spanish coast, studied
and become perfect In several Indian dialects,
pv' dshcd q volume OF poems, shipped before
the mast, and knows every cons i1eraOle puOltc
man in the country. He drinks Ouly cnln.
payne, buys gold at the rate of hity thousand al
q stroke, wears good clothes, is never moody.
takes Ii fe like q Dutcl canal in r. l-ter week,
and looks upon Congress aS n sort of ihird
house to himself. such genius has no dislike
of General Builsr. He reCOgn Zas in the Gene.
raj a thorough man Of the world AMI Attributes
al his idiOsynCtsctgs TO the Slight gCsideu' ul
his New England birthplace. The more points
General Butler con make on sam Ward, tn
more Sam Ward admires General Butlar. rhey
match like an educated mule aud Dan Rce'-
learned stallion. The admiration that Is lost
between them is untathOmabe.
OF course there are slight inaccuracies iu the
above. Mr.. Ward has been known To drink
other beverages besides champagne; when he
does buy gold, fifty thousand at a stroke, it
is sure to be on q very small margiu he
doesn't remember having shipped before the
mast, and has never been suspected by his
acquaintance of anything so energetic; and
there are several considerable public men in
the country with whom he is not on terms of
confidential intimacy. But he is nevertheless,
as described above, a remarkable person; ami
as unique member Of the better class OF
Washington lobbyists, and one of the most
prominent in the eyes of the Impeachment
investigators, he is interesting enough to
have some further mention. By his side
Woolley becomes commonplace sort of
character.
To begin with, he is own brother to the best
female poet this country has ever produced,
Julia Ward Howe, aud, by consequence, bro
ther-in-law to DR.. Howe, the noted friend Of
the Greeks, whom Mr.. Sumner declares We
shall yet have as Minister to Greece, in place
of Mr. Tuckerman, if he is to have any intlu-
ence with the next Administration. He mar
ried granddaughter of John Jacob Astur is
the son-in-law OF William B. AstOr, and father
in-law to John w. Chanler, of New York, who
for the last three Congresses has represented
fthe Five Points District in the House. His wife
J lived but a few years after his marriage, leay-
ling only one child, daughter. He was soon
flung Off by the Astors on account of his spen-
Idid vices his daughter was taken by them to
|be educated and from that day to this has
sustained few relations with her father, save
in the matter Of a lawsuit about some pro
|perty.
Bankrupt and abandoned by the wealthy
connections, from whom he had derived con
lsideration among mOneyed men, he left New
York, and began wandering career, visiting,
las is said above, pretty nearly every part Of
the civilized world worth knowing. In Cali
himself he got started as banker, ROdman
| +. Price, formerly of New Jersey, furnishing
the money and Responsibility in the concern,
land Ward furnishing the brains. With
his habits, Of course, he failed. Then he
took ranch. Finally he came down to faro,
| as means of earning an honest livelihood.
Naturally his sympathies were with the
Southern element in California. He was
hand in glove with the cOnspratOrs that ar
)ranged the murder of Broderick, and was ac.
Icused by his enemies Of having had a share in
the plot.
Meanwhile he married again, and, of course,
married we'll. He was, perhaps, an adven-
turer, but always bloOded one. This time he
became the son-in-law of United States SEN
ator from Louisiana. But before many years
his wife left him, took her children, and went
! to Paris.
j During the war he was a Rebel sympathizsr.
ISince its close he very appropriately (as things
go in the lobby became a Washington lobby
list. The lottery companies wanted legal re-
cognitiOn, and so he came on as their agent to
secure it, with a wonderfully liberal offer from
them to pay as much taxation as the Govern
ment desired. Some champagne dealers had
misunderstanding with the Revenue officers,
and Mr.. Ward was to arrange these satisfacto-
rily at the Treasury Department. Further
more, whatever relations he could establish
there would be valuable to speculative gold
Brokers.
y How should such a man succeed Poor,
reader, to know so little of the ways
}of our politicians Why should such a man
not succeed He has very marked ability.
He is an accomplished man of the world.
Strangely enough, he is also man of letters.
Probably no one head in Washington has more
tine brains in it going to seed. He speaks
three or four languages tluently and idiomati-
pally. He has published volume of poems,
not wholly unworthy of the sister that wrote
he immortal "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
He has translated some of Tennyson's shorter
poems into French verses so pure and graceful
That FTenchmen admire them and attribute
he translation to some of their own LtsrGteurS.
10 such lighter fruits of his culture he adds
knowledge of astronomy and of the higher
mathematics, remarkable enough to have
made some of his Investigations the theme OF
8liscussion in the Reviews and Scientific Re-
ports. He is a BON Uirant, a charming dinner
liable companion, a hOspitable and lavish en-
BteItainer.
Is the official whom he wants to seduoe a
Hover of good living Ward invites him to q
cbarming dinner. Is ne fond of fine wines
Ward knows where to secure for him a basket
of Moselle, better than the French Minister
Gan command. Is he fond of books Ward
kaptures him with present of a rare edition
30 he makes himself intimate with the mel
no have the knowledge or power h,
ants. Quite naturally General Butler found
i'm knowing when Government gold wa.
Ding to be sold in New York.
His services seem to have been well re
Rarded. He lived in fine style through tht
winter, entertained liberally, was always ele
gantly dressed, rarely cOndescended TO visi
he Capitol or to 60 to his dinner at the fash
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