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

where Congressman ana ex-Congrcssmen ere vis-
ing WIN MIN TOR It's donors ana rewards
THE Ex-MEMrER on CONGRESS.
me rule Of courtesy winch gives 20 persons .n 10
te o %se Saa member; Of me @ o.
amOss any time When cons!ess 8 N session
the sns n ssa and passing
IN and out Of the coak rooms. VINO are Only &C.
%ey are e essSs y odSrrss res
gregate In the vloe Pfssldents ROOM the Speakers
condsscend to show themselves N the reporters
galleries. think There are not fewer than hun
SEss q Aen e as's more ss sssens:
them than most Of tue men who are actu-
ally members Of Congress. me ex.mcmber u q
be appreciated when che wrong ne has done cannot
Be ynaons AZ member q sas ssps!s q YYpss ne
while as member OF the lobby he may control .
dozen or score, or even hundred. ITO own Con
gresham" = one Of the pet phrases Of .hs csp,a
as the Southern slaveowners used TO count their
slaves. There arc men In Congress who are De:
article; but the ex.Congresslnan knows every Con.
gressman's value. and when he wants o vote he
pe with 70 good deal Of care during the wner and
can testify that their ways are curious though
do not believe that an ,o sx member Of Congress
CONGRESS As SCHOOL or vILLANY.
man who has not been member Of Congress
best school OF the lobby ana seat IN the House, or
even in the Senate Is only sought by certain class
dutes Of the Corridors and the CLOAK rooms. Enter.
Ing Congress Is only matricuatIon for the lobby and
the pay OF the member is nothing 70 the profits OF
the ex-member The Craftsmanship or committee
Is a moro honorable, though scarcely more lmp0rs
tant and certainly less influential. position than
out Congress graduate to assume its direction
With every job some ex-member OF congress mas
some ~ When MS $ tue refuse 70
men his Instruments. His vote Is no longer IN the
market; but he is In the market 70 buy
srsss ana ls stssesnan" He mas snaI learned ne.
ceeded MIN and the other ex members who gradu:.
ated IN the same class with MIN. The secrets OF
Ss w Them az
command The meYoers or these secret conciaves
S s y Ses s
and he halls them In hearty good humor as Harry,
Jack and Tom. HIS minister's are everywhere, and
Congressman on his way to the Capitol bows 10 him
obsequiously and shakes him by the hand The
guished gentleman VINO once occupied seat on
this noor' may oil II and frowse his locks as = man
res Congress as school OF viliany is unsurpassed
py any similar institution In t1e World and even
Of his art by observing closely the ways Of the ex-
0o'e' sruB NEsr.u
The Speakers room is known as "the nest, Of the
lobbyists, and as none except the influential mem.
bers OF the lobby have free access 70 It Is the
favorlte resort OF the "eX-memDer5.n When bill
is before the house In which they are interested
they hold high carnival here and shame the very
may DC seen in this apartment at one time. "Im.
peachmentn Ashley 0lls on the Speakers sofas day
after day. anu makes himself more prominent on
bvn sides OF the Capitol than any member Of either
House OF Congress- "Chcag0 Camel Bennett not
only frequents tins room constantly but have seen
ploring Mr.. C0nger, OF Michigan not to oppose his
little scheme Tor teaslnR some Of the public domain
ar nf1ffa MI lr0k tlu min nu ho
ceeded. .Dick Franchot also frequents ''the nest"
but most OF his time is spent in the room OF the
one OF those aids to legislation which he mas the
reputed honor OF 'running." Other railroad lobby.
sn as wo Of FaOchos maa
Of !, mis- Jobs and aspires to the place
Rice, OF Matne the recognized chief OF the Ring
Interested In the International Railway to the OPEN
ing OF which the President was taken last summer;
make SrssldenSisi questions hinge On NH Esii
sss rISI
ben, Of California; Burton G. Cook and f. O: niger.
:s g SS's " %e sns " ks Sn ssa
yennt q acanmakers q New York; Charles O'Nelll,
%ooa9Ss are song G the many +
COngressnssnW rho ls1se DO c0ngregate. Sometimes
the Speaker gets ms temper some what ruined, and
puts them Out, but they are soon back again. for It
seems to be everybodys interest to keep them
The Speakers fretfulness sometimes reacts upon
the House ITSELF and every little while there Is
icbDy.n The doorkeepers get stringent orders not not
to admit anybody not entitled to the privileges of
the moor BY the rule Of courtesy already alluded
ike co1rtesans plying their vocation ton = in
Prick Of the lobby itself to Keep respectable people
out OF sight and do2rkeepers. are mostly brlbed
rascals who see no difference between Congress-.
man and a lobbyist. In the pursuit Of my business
as Q news gatnerer sought to pass through the
o. sa
stringent orders not to let any one pass" could
not complain, and stood aside TO see how well the
briggs approached, and the doors new wide open
for his passage briggs had been member OF Con.
cadetshiD or two and Is notorious as lobbyist, sti
could not complain, because under the rule OF
Bs ss ring sso%ea MI
self, and now, thought, Is the time to test
the sincerity OF this new rule, for Bee IS one OF the
selfmaue men who are not admitted to the higher
circles OF the LOBBY through the lower plane OF the
House. The doors were thrown wider open than
before. saw him take Congressman by the arm
and lug him into the Speakers room to pour honeyed
words Into the ear OF the peoples Representative.
Bee indeed. the doOrkeepers pass MIN INTO tee
House, but they never saw MIN before" The
clerks OF one or two committees have long and con-
dental CONVERSATIONS with him, but they "dO not
know who he IS" on the very day when the Door
keeper kept me out OF the lobby aud allowed him to
pass III vi pOSillOu tOiu INC
he wanted to see me, when discovered tnat what
he wanted with me was 10 sound the praises OF the
great and good Mr. Bee. could only 90 away
nummlng to myself
How doth the little busy Bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening noweri
Then went up into the gallery and from there
saw Mr. briggs sitting In the scat OF the leader OF
the House. did not blame Mr.. Dawes, but pitIed
him; FOR did not know now many people might 20
away with briggs image In their minds as the ideal
OF Mr.. Dawes himself But 1t IL not to be wondered
az that the House allows Itself to be contaminated
by all the Drggses vino ever sat upon the Oor, and
bered that the man who is officially designated as
'rhe Doorkeeper," as we'll Is the Postmaster and
Sergeant-at-Arms, are all lobbyists. There are
many scandals aoQut Qo0rkeeper Buxton's opera.
lions In the LOBBY; out these are slight eteDces
compared with those OF Postmaster King. The lat
ter Is most persistent Lobbyist, and story is told
OF him that when General Scnenck wanted the old