Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-19
CLAIM AGENT IN A SMALL Way.
She Manages to Make Money BY Opera,
ing on Bold Headed Senator'S.
Washington Letter.

She Manages to Make Money by Operat.
ing on Bold Headed Senators.
Washington Letter.
There is another character at the capitol
OF The feminine persuasion. While, perhaps
she does not compare with the two iusi
mentioned for oddity, she has, at the same
time, q way of her own for providing the
means of subsistence which il a bit out ii
the common. She differs greatly from the
average female who haunts the Hobbies q
the capitol. In her dress she is very mod.
est and extremely neat. She has a good
clear, ruddy face, bright blue eyes, short
hair. She is not remarkably beautiful ~
appearance. but looks plump and fresh
enough to excite plenty Of old fools of SEN
ators, who are not hard to please. This
woman has adopted a taking method Of
making . living. While she is thoroughly
corrupt herself, no one has ever been able
to produce an iota of evidence that she had
ever traficed away her own personal charms.
She is . claim agent. She never, under any
circumstances, takes hold of a claim that is
large. She works for people who have
claims ranging from 500 to $500. She
never goes above that. Her mode Of work.
ing is, first to get her claim referred to the
proper committee. After that she las but
little difficulty, for the average senator is
worse than the average house member in his
desire to shine as a gallant among women
whom fortune may have placed in his way.
The rule is, of course, the older the senator
the bigger fool he is and the easier he is led
around by the nose by a pretty woman, or a
woman having a mere semblance to good
looks.
This woman's method ia to lead some old
tool OF q senator of, through some action of
hers, to suppose that her virtue is, not i'm.
p~regnable, and then the farce beginp. The
senator is decoyed to her house. Then the
regular programme is operated. He is left
alone with her, and she freely allows him
70 make love to her; but only 10 The most
decorous fashion. She resents ANYTHING
going beyond that. Suddenly a young lady
snters the room, much younger than the
Size is introduced az a niece.
soon afterward the claim.agent is called out
the room and the senator is left with the
Iyoung girl, who takes the place of the
:lsim agent. Similar ecenes. as a general
hing, follow. The senator, who does not
imagine that he is among people of very
high notions of propriety, proceeds vi. h
he younger as he has with the elder and.
there he found resistance with the one, in
be other be meets with compliance. At
be proper time the alleged aunt returns to
o the girl burst into tears, and
wears she has been ruined by this man.,
.ho overawed her BY his superior position.
! terrific scene ensues, snd the result is
nat the senator goes away completely in
he power of the cl%aim-agent, who, after
bat, work him IS she pleases, threatening
with exposure in case be refuses 70 act
svorably3 on the pending bill, which, being
} small mater, il not likely to attract
'otice. The result is that she borrows
money from him whenever she likes; and,
perhaps, he is led on to further indiscre.
lone, with the hope that he may some time
get the advantage of he. But. IN to
late, nothing Of that sort has ever
'een accomplished. Tie c%laim.agent's
took in trade is her inaccessibility,