The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-14

swindie from vaIcn Immense PROFITS are expeosed.
EgEIeston q the promoter OF bridges over the West
q even dsseTlpIoa: Ls Is loud fenon man ' ana
prosey dsIrbaIed sidney Clarke, q KSnssss
Kansas Pacisc asfoad interests jim P'SC%Usng ss
OF Montana. u mere constantly In Jobs connected
esrabiisnments IN washington q the exne1se ~
Re sss sSsrss s oss as re s
rancan steamship BAL a1d he Il now lobbying II.
sss on. q lsSSyns ne
road lobby the iowa RING perhaps the wcrss u
Ins CY;sss yps ssDslos nssl.n. s q
nifty, past. prsssa. o. prospective, ss leverage
and decent Congressmsn ofien meet with snudder
people whose RIsss n 3 Syi scSsy mouth
There was lime when Congressman would -
to Inc capital in the interest Of rings or specuao
aller hs term had expired. There we're lobbles
ton. Nobody ever said Of OLD Levi Lincoln what I
heard said OF W. s. Lincoln the othsr day-"He z 9
!sas'es ossrs ss'ss sss s''s:1sSs
Webster, suggested the arst idea. Of the
soms 50 ~aos
Another Woodbridge afterward sat IN the Houso
Of representatives. and he "a hero now lobbying -
behalf Of the foreign mali steamshlp lines, In which
he is assisted BY ex Postmaster General Randall ~
the old proslayery times dinners were stne thng.w
70 ~
notwithstanding which are not entirely overlooked
iorm" Epsn G. nsersoii or Illinois IS not only ID
ex-member OF Congress and lobbyist but he mas
the reputation Of being the best poker player u
then Chineen Club, to which Scnenck and Alsenr
also belonged when they were members Of the Com.
latter to the Senate 1t is to be presumed Iowa
preferred poker 10 Harlan's Indian steals. Joe
Chanee OF Colorado is also member OF this club
He Is handsome fellow, quite in the lobby way.
VINO Watcnes the interests OF tne Territorial Ring
YER FL MaSsSs 70 % %
where the members-among them some OF the
most noted OF American ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tneir
ways that are dark and tricks that are vain alter
dinner. Poker Is game which suits the bold tenn
per OF the lobby, aud 1t has besides tine convenlens
u he o6Dy 4sd poker cam rail-
desuetude though dinners. as aIobbying influence.
years, but this has also fallen into disuse Tne
Fourteenth and streets but Il Is one Of the few
places Of the KIND which the lobbyists nave the
part Of every LOBBY outfit to hire ire ne house in
winch TO put brilliant woman 10 grace the enter
taln menus, DY WHICH C0ngreS5Acn'S wits were dazs
zled. The establishments OF women nave been found
very effective means OF lobbying; bur, though they
were eminently successful Tor q time, their acts
soon became 80 disreputable that even washington
was shocked, and the 'iemaie lobbyists" have
almost disappeared. mora effective, u not bet
ter, system than any Of these prevails 10 the year
OF grace 1872; and where corporation or ring cam
not AFFORD to keep member" 1t at least manage9
vania Railroad Company has q LOBBY here this
winter composed OF every Class OF lobbyists known
TO washington. That corporation has IT'S Senators.
Its Representatives and Its exmembers OF Congress
doing Its work and receiving share OF It's money.
S Wc ses p9i 70 sSane ana ne sy"osan nss
wide are the ramlfeatl0ns OF the lobby 50 great
the number OF It's adherents and so vast the inter.
ests with which it deals that II IS impossible to do
more In o single letter than point OUT few Of the
little lambs and their tender shepherds leaving tho
work OF Casrgat1On to be done as their sclemes
developed. have before me now material which
would Nil whole Of the HERALD with q re-
Wow Of nothing but jobs, Jobs jobs Taking up tine
bills In which ex-Congressmen and ConsressIaea
are interested ind their bulk to be something
enormous and the task OF dealing with them intel:
gently Is almost hopeless. But Milton catal0 gued
the powers OF darkness and II may not prove thae
capacities smaller than his shall De Inadequate q
portray the lesser angels OF the Evil One which n0voD
about the Caplsol at Washington. 1855 Ie s.