, 1875-01-11
The Hungry 0fice-soeker---Exper-
ionces Of an Amateur Lobbyist.
Tho Springfield 10Y asa place-llunter
..-!low lie Operates.
Report Of the Commissioners OF the
penitcntiary.
A Statc-prison Population Of
1,:}5;;.
4 Uard.slell Democrat to Move for
Separate Schools.

L 1Iard.Shell Democrat to Move tor
Separate Schools. :
F,or t,nr 0rn Corrf.rolffhf.
Srn1sGr11p ILL.,. Jan, 9--1 llaye encountered
hjm,-rkuow houid,-ll.e vcriablo
UUSnnY orr1cE-sEEKEE. u
roa .horourt,lv rreparei for it, having ar
ranged In nv own mind exactly how I would
rchutr him III tho ea7lior stages Of LIS nttaek.
ar course he would hcein with neEies Of slo"
sunroaclcs. Hold offer mo cigar but kne"
there would 10 no sacrifice in declining that, Tor
arrood cigar is thing unknown IN this town.
Iio'd,inyjto INC to drink. That, too, cohla Vlttu
ously resist, Having beon advised that tue I
drinks l,ero are wolae than tho cigars, aud 1ata!
Ia mon not gifted With copper-lincd bsonachs,
7'ye yittuously sworn CT. 1Ic'd volunteer yalu-
abs information. E.lt long ago discovered
that no valuable information is volunteered
unti, ,it in no stn1o as to bo valueiesH. and
that to%rot tho nowa it must DO h'sntcu up.
And. In. abort, bod extend hundred bnfacn-
some CO urtcscs Which wouldn't have aceertcu
for par. I had rovolved II nl anu "fn'a cnt
him OF in tie ncipient BtaEost before ho began
to eol,cit puts which l couldn't E!Fc' and per-
gonal eff.rts in his behalf which "oti'tl MAKE.
And here had five daye parsed. and not once lad |
49,
urecd, approached mo. was disappointed.
IT nr1gr NJ VANITY
IA djscoyer what nj. inconseauential parsonage I
vas. aftev all. OF course, though, that Was III
foc ttnnn u to mo, nli tho while. bnt here all
Ibis sau,o hungry horde had straiGhtway dlscov-
rrel that fact. They knew, eycry ono OF thom,
Tint coullnt peddo away Aairs weight OF
4ur Tn1uusE's influence, il tried. They dldu't
offer mo their cigars, vlilalnous Us these
wero, They didn't invite mo to drink eSeh tue
doadly notions helo dealt ont over tho oarf.
Smith, Of Dunctown, who carries tic vote Of Ills
nleayuue precinct, and tho Egyptian JoncHes and
n,owne, who discuss Isolitics At tho cfoss-roads
groceries out on tho broad. "rerairie,' were tho
distinguished individuals Upon waom lho cigars
aud lrluks wero bcsto" ed. Smith, JONES' ana
brown, had influence with the mcthbers from
tbcjr several districts. was JUST beginning TO
,gonley it thc1o hadn't after all, beon some pro-
1irinus living about tho EniSry olLice-aeaker.
Waa ths species extinct, o. had tho world grown
Tho Sneaker had l>cen elected. md tho House
had just adjourned, and ! 1uisht reliEht my
s1S"1 nv n1otea. 1 looked for a Page. The only
snecial privilege accorded correspondents hero,
you know, is TO order rngo TO rnn q offanus
iho correspondent Aho l.fd do Tor himself. MOI II
Pave tn be seen. Tie little rasca!s had probably
,,.ieI off m dinner ag coon as tho Adjournment
ras anrouuceti, leaving rnE TH1nCSE ccrrcspon-
Jeut and all the other correspondents TO run
after matches for thcnk clyca Wien fAcy wanted
10 fire up cirar.stun.pB. no,
THrnE WAS oSE,
kat at nv left looking out tho window dlscon-
solhteiy. ~ though there wns no dinner for him
10 20 to. bright-look1ns 4uadroSoa' ',, he WAS,
iooking NJ though he were going TO cfy. bnt Was
lfraid to. I motioncd to him; iio came
round to my right. and asked for =. .
nact 1q turning st n %lth ny Diee ia.s = ss
atttn rascsls. tho Pages. They crowded Atouud
lilo Speaker thicker than flies round Tue cork OF
Amoassca-jue in August. Among shen wert
pshet bdss rlso wero not Pages, hut WHO aal'i5ee
to ho. Ihoy vero ar1nel with thelr letters OF In
PRODUCTION and petitions for theft appointment
puits like the older lltco-lnntera who boslogf
thc Heads Of Departments anl BnieAns A. Wasn Al
Higtou. They. were urging their cla!1ps Wy
mite as nucl. adroitnehs, and nearly ~ maGl
assurance, aY do tile Veterans OF the placo-seok
.rr at the National Capital. Tho eicklY. ahy
,eedy quulroon had NOT tue courage TO PRESS u
claims; apa that, aud not dinner, was what
fcls like crying about. lie returned Win
match, aud eaued against my desk' HorroW1all
byejng the place-seokcss who vera getting !
kheir claims aud battling their friends up TO III
Hpeaker's chair to elcctioaecr for them.
Anybody to speak to tiul for you:" said
'ooking toward the spoakes'
NO" .....
"5'ot t.; letter :: to linn or anybody to recon
= So,"-with slight culver III his voice.
Forthwith thon und tl,sro joined the lobb
snd, with just NJ much nssuEanco a. thoue
Tux Tn1BuNE itaelf waa backing me- III It, u
making Ereat light about 1t, went to lobb
THAT sAME uuS0nY oFF1cE-BEEKEn.
Kpeakor I1alnos llts not III set put oa t1e seve
Senatorial a.r tl1at freezes you cut, ana la dldt
rebuke ME, though the Smiths, OF HunEtow
Who stood whiting their tnrn, glarcd at ME az
agcly. Tho speaker could give mo but I f
secollds, but lle said ho'd remember MY ot1ic
1,a In fhliHrY, lbDbY iGGrcuf.
/ sat down to enjoy that greatest OF earth
1u1uries-thc cuunclouEneas Of having Cioue
generous art Which it didn't cost any paluH,
trouble. OF money. to do, and which was ~ ca
to do ns lelYo ln1ono. Il was just setsi'
about reckoning how many OF tile slas seo1
against me the Recording Angel would blot
OF. that account, When was boset w thfo
pf these little po'iticinns,-a p1aeo-hunter ess
fnothcr's boy ut them. Bccanee the speal
bad let me interrupt ono oil tho Bunsto
Eutiia and Ind listened to nc for lnt! toll u
ppds, tho littlo placo.huncra set Kne down ~ {
EossEAEEn OF l:srLEEScE.
The rasca1a guw that l,tA turned lobby
lnt wanted mo tu speak word for them. IL
would remember tho nno!l-tIain for mo.
Nould carry my uispat:hes so tho telegraph
Zee; and ono Of tlem eYeu promised to h
10 III good eiEarH. ..
cytbb!iug* with vaatIy-increasad sc'lse Of
lwu cqusequence ~ person Of influence.
k,1 ,niuutes experienced that dssag1eablc
,.tiou OF feeling That suMe Qua ~as !ooGlnS (
nv shoulder aroppcd my pcncA cs'd Lou
~, With . gr,r 'Wtll. sir 7" and there, Il
ng ou crnteh. stood full 'oaoaded uogrt
tlo precise typo dayeloped by Eenefat,'ons E,
kttull~asld. Ho held lis eap. IN Ills hant
aad eyidarty Lecu standing there quite
Eaitins for me to louk up.
He - thought maybe I'd ho kind enough t.
WRITE 4 FEW LINES FuA 1iu,"
be eald, slowly, with i,lantatlon accent.
4. .EertAlH What Ehuul1 write +!
swell, ha ditut hsls,w but lo Lad b
Rome way that they wanted q 1nan to le!E
man 1t tic duor,-swecp out and clean tie
toous, al,t! elc!..'
WHEycuKD LoDnYlsT THAT WAS.
understood, promised him MY support, anil
ounizinx i,1s InuHt ny1llnhlu - cla1ns,' sp!d
10 let tllo speaker SOC ll.s cE'ltcb, lul he y
I.,lI ,ind 10 IL NaAaa