The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
VESTIBuLI REX.
How Sam Ward Lives Without
Labor.
LIKE THE LILIES.
He To L. Not Nor SPINS. Hui q Ves Good
I'm ners 10 Fnancers and Congress-

Washington Correspondence of the Chicago
!, Times.l
Sam Ward calls himself the king of the
lobby and has endeavored To raise lobbying 10
the dignity of a profession of respectability.
Ward is a man of rare culture, of very dis
tinguished family, being near relative OF
the old Aston family OF New York, and pos
sesses as the world goes irreproachable man
ners. So mysterious and well ar
ranged have been Sam Wards lobby
schemes, that some simple people have
imagined that this elderly buck and flower
of fashion belonged to the rare species known
as the American gentleman. He neither
toiled nor spun, because il was not his nature
to, nor demanded by necessity of his cir
cumstances. \ perusal OF some dispatches OF
Wards, however, will disabuse the minds of
the believers in this story of any such idea
These dispatches belong to series OF inter-
esting ones, hitherto published in the Times
exclusively, and which will occupy the at
tention of future investigating committees.
The following is the most direct of them all.
At the time this dispatch was written Judge
Fisher was government attorney for this
district and was prosecuting sonic cases in
which Wards clients were interested:
Washington, ID. C., July %, ls74.-Mr.
Sam Ward, Brevoort House, New York:
Send the $4,000 for me and Judge Fisher.
y. 5. RENEAU,
Washington House, ID. c.
VIM. Butler Duncan of Wall street was
once one of the most trusted financiers upon
whom the treasury department relied for
practical advice. Ii has not been known
that Duncan and Ward have been associated
in stock speculatiOns upon special informa-
ton obtained by each:
New York, June IL, 1S14-Sam Ward,
Washington, ID. c. Please tell Welker will
be there in the morning. Breakfast with me
at 8. W. B. DUNCAN.
Washington, ID. c. July %. ls74-W. But
Ter Duncan, New York. subtract nine from
my next dispatch. : WARD.
The above are only given to show that
when Duncan came TO Washington he and
Ward lived together, and when apart were
in repeated communication upon stock mat
tiers. Wards custom has always been. when
important matters are pending. 10 invite the
principals in them To dinner There, under
the convivial influences. of good feeling an
unguarded word would be enough for
Ward, or his ventures in Wall street the
next day. Nobody thinks of refusing Wards
invitations. He keeps such good company
and gives such excellent dinners. Still, if it
were actually put down in black and white
that Ward was Wall street speculator and
one of the most corrupt lobbyists of his
time some would be forced, for policy's sake,
to refuse his invitations
This is the sort of company that Ward
keeps. Is it any wonder country members
look up to him. and that Wards infuence
commands high price in the market?
Washington, Dec. 3, ls73.-The Earl OF
Roseberry, Brevoort House, New York:
CHESTS have all accepted for tomorrow. Tel
egraph departure. S.WARD.
Washington, Feb %, ls73.-John Welcker,
Fifteenth street: Mr.. Evarts (ex-attorrley
general) and two senators dine with me nj
$50 sharp s. WARP.
Philadelphia, May 9, ls73.-Sam Ward
Washington, ID. c.: / go 10 New York AT
midnight. will be there tomorrow.
THOMAS A. ScoTr.
Another dispatch from Scott upon the
18th of February, 1873, makes an impera-
tive appointment with Ward, showing that
Scott was coming all the way TO Washing
ton to see Ward. This shows some OF Sans
stock operations:
New York, Feb. 10. 1s74-Samuel Ward,
Washington, ID. c., No. 1406 street: 1t
is in my power to bring down that stock
enormously. Can not wait till Friday Can
you be here tomorrow morning and stay
until Saturday? You can manipulate the
whole affair tomorrow.
r. w. Russell.
The above dispatches not of gigantic
importance. They are given because they
make specific in several instances what has
long been believed of Ward. that he was a
stock peddler as well as a lobbyist, and his
great dinners given TO the best men in the
country was solely for the purpose OF pump
ing out information that would aid the stock
gamblers of Wall street T. c.