Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-16
The kin. OF the Lobby"

! m,tee Ct the House OF Representatives, on
| Thursday last, Samuel Ward, famous for his
graud entertainments aol c9lvivial qualities,
was the n,,s. amusog aud frank spoken Wit
uess that has yet hclp-d to eDilveD the pro-
c,edngs Of the Committee. His testimony vas
as follows:
Be- Mr. kasson: Isupp2se you w~ra sun
n.ooed il CO.'S, 4u-uce OF Jour naue harlle
| been associated IN connection with the ulSlrl-
| button Of moucy for tie Pacific Mail =u.-.iy :?
| A. | received Subpcua abJut an hour ago
particulars bot specified.
Q. Therefore The Cymmiitce desires 10
| state now niucu mou"y YOU received 10 c,s.1ec-
ton With be P4:lic Mail subsidy. 4. lt,ick
! i, was alter the trs! failure Of the uIe4srG= 10
the House that NJ, rrcst called Ct ry roonls
oae afternoon, aud said tina: be had oeeu re-
questcd 10 see if | would accept ret2n:r 10
help this subs!d: a!oug. | asked him Aow
much; be said $500, aud $5.0yU c0otlug.'Ii %
success. | sail, al right Ii: >-nt I M
| tina. afternoon or rex: morning check t-r
! 500 >lgucd y a gcnt-tnan hal uvvcr s-eu
NJ r. B. lrwin; and som: day, a!ter tuu
! gress adjourned, was agrc=ah!y waite 1900
! BY Mr. B=rrett, who said 70 NE: 'lhey h4T"
s=ut u down 5000 and tcrr IS $1,000 pad.
I - W
/ take what We can get Il i ~ rig1t' II.
! HANDED DC s. 800 in bills, aul "=1t t. y"
York that >auu night.
! =. | suppose il l. unnecessary - a.. i
sou retained all ,h.t sun. AMI applied Il t.
! your OWN US ? 4 did. | must say that il
I was Il ccTy liberia c maeu>a,lon lor the RODE
rate aloouut 0! work which Ina, >uo>i; rui
e1 T. REQUIRE,
@. State the caturc If the Services -el,:.r@i
| by you? 4. Slup.y stating % al: oyca>4Ju.
where it Was proper to d1 81 that vas 10
favor o: the mya-ur" TIA: | IL, u2nt /: 4 good
measure | had right - say t'.at. r.c:d-e.
a. an Old Californian nGvl.g >:l!=I 0it-u III
,hJse S;eamtIS. | had i ri .! tree i,IiIi III
tLeu; | thopgut Well ot the ilnr IL u-ht
that it va, Ga.ljna uaieltaa:u-: tia! >ur
>h.puui!d!ug was going - the =, aud nat
If tlc.c ships We're ~ Il built IL this cpI.:ry
it would -v- All iufeius t. :rou >np5l!:I!ag.
/ | thought that subsidy 10 the P-cilc }ia..
Steamship Company was proper thing. par
lcuiary as the Cunard Steamship C2u p?uy
had subsidy from the Eo-ii>:. y ,7-ruu.nt,
and had attaluei coD,>a! success. | Wanted
10 see the Am rcaa fig tying a-ain on he
seas aud | would haT. h=!t,rd The P.c.hc
! Mai C.mpany without 4ne penny Il c1upr1
sau0u.
q. Y.u used all yonr i.Al2nca 70 secure the
passage Of the subsidy? y Eulr~i:. Tier
was not muci TING u act; ou,y fortnight.
think | vas rather agTreaoIy surprise. at
beng retained. b:ciu-4 r!.aI lacteI Iny ter
uiuat;yn 70 d. what could ior what | regard.
ed as j great National! enterprise.
Z Do yyu kro~ Of aty 0th-r sum d mcney
belug paid 20 any parties ior tE.=lc >-r7c=- lc
prpcuriCg that subsidy? \. ! rever hear. Of
and until | va, surprised The Q:!.r day t.
Mr.. Abert's lis, which saw II / IL c:ar.
uever kocT VITO na> IL the en- .ln.tlou. |
did not know that there was aDy comolnatl}n,
except that found that people generally w.le
very tavor.Dly inclined toward the bill. dld
not know Mr. Aocrt: had nr;cr >etu hlm 70
nv knowledge | never saw Mr. W. til tie
day the vote va. taken. wnru saw pale ;nz1
standing around this cysner, aod vas ;o.i tat
it vas Mr.. Irwin.
@ Ny QUESTION was if you knew u any ober
SUN Of m5uey b-iog paid dirr2i!y Of ioji:cc'iy
10 connection VI. b h: SUBSIDY? y. Not
penny. | might have been al liberty to sup
pose that the whole thug vas couio"l TO Nr.
Berreit and myself.
Q The 500 which you received wa. paid
by check? 4. 1e-: pa: abe - my order o..
tbe Metropolitan National Bank Of thi. city.
.. Do you kaow OF auy Ii u. : Being paid 70
any memb-r, ofhcar, or empuyz of el;he
House Of Congress io connection WIKI tina: sub
sidy? 4 No. Sir.
NIr. Beck-I nave heard it suggested that
you had remarked that there was q great i@ai
of ditaeu ty 10 gentleman living 10 Na.tlUg-
ton on the vxygeu OF the Atmospheric, aud that
a geutemaD Was obliged ~ do SOMETHING
4. This tusceSs of oboyiug, a 1t l. called. l.
as precarivu< a. fishing ln the Hctrlies. You
get all really: youI boats go OUT; :uddeu.y there
comes s.orm, and away you are drlT-D.
Evrrybod: who ku9wS anything abou, :. an!
ington kuyw, that ten times. aye, hty times,
more measures are lost than are carried; but
once 10 while pleasant little wlniia! q this
kind recon- penses Us. who arr alH4y- lo;lug
here, for the disappointment of thv session.. |
am not at al ashamed. d. uut say that |
an proud, but 4u bot al al! ashamed 81 tie
occupation Ii is a very useful Que. La Eng
land II is a separate branch ot the Legal pro-
fessiou There they have Parliamentary a"
yer-, who DO 10 other business. 1ncrc the
Committees 81, all day 20 hear those lawyers.
aud they sit il Parliament AL nj h;; wEerea.
here committees are ony allowed 10 I'll III ~
hour aud half, aud % 1t il very hard 10 get
through 1000 bill. in session.. lac dl>"p-
poinmeuls arc much more numerous tnaU the
successes | have had many u very pleasant
MI Chcu dN = liu IL - 'Icu
everything appeared prosperous aud certain.
ard | would not io=ure auy bill II | were PAID
81 per cent to secure It's passage That Il he
general RUE in this subsidy matter. | think
that the gentleman (Nr. Irwin paid myrc
money lbau he heed have paid.
Mr. Ni5ack-Ani he distributed i, RAJ; er
badly? A. am satisfied with wLat | co..
Laughter.
,lr. Noack Y u got uI.h lis than o'h
ers got \. do not kp1w Vas retained.
suppose, because tie kjca : n4we is atow
er Of >treog;h, . aughtc; -aci an called
the hug of the Lobby. Bui am no. the
treasurer OF the Ioob:: that is certain. you
were hare for entertainment L cluId eOter;alr
you win histories Of wr'l-cJocerted p!zus
which all disappeared just a. tn. crack Of oGe
mrmber whip; perhaps matter OF capr;cr.
perhaps matter ot accident, y2u cs0uot tct!
which We who are Of ia: regular army know |