The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
the TASHfN0r ON SPARROW. iWks.

gross brings back many familiar faces in the
lobby. Every season when Tho session begins
they come. md as it ends they disappear.
When 1t comes again they come. the
lcht Of hope rekindlcd in their eyes,
some with the same old threadbnre suits
or last year and tho season before. others well
dressed and brisk. Your lobbyist who repre-.
scnts his own cla i'm is usually badly dressed:
he who represents somebody clso with millions
Is well dressed aud well fed. Some live at the
best notes In the city and ride TO the Capitol I'm
their carriages. others live in garrc,s and hob
Bile to thu doors Of Congress on crutches, or are
carried ther" on beds from which they have not
rtson FOR months Or years. One woman il to be
seon Mt tho Capitol occasionally. brought there
on a bed. who has not been able to walk or rise
from her bed for seventeen years. having lost her
health In service as Il nurse in the army. There
ar" women asking pensions for services per-
formed IA nurses and ns spi"s. and in cases
where they servcdfin mems clothing. perform
ing mems duties. These are persons. rs u rule.
who lobby only in their own tchnlf. The mos;
prominent LOBBYISTS arc thoso employed for
others. or who have great enterprises on foot
which they SEQ 1T to como here and advocate
before commi,teos and members.
Tho way Of the lobby has greatly changed
in the past ton or twenty years" said veteran
Observer here. People used To suppose
lobbyists to be men who went about
brbing members to vote for the measures they
advocated. They do it differently nowadays.
OF cours" there are men here who operate on
the Old time basis. There is an old time lobby
list here. the creature Of Huntington and such
mon. who, have no doubt. would follow the
old practices If he had opportunity. The ma
jori,y of them. however. operate in a much
morr Legitimate manner. Take such men rs
Eads and Capt. Cowdcn and ex-Congressman
Dunnell. and dozens of others who might DO
named; they operate in n respectable. and
generally. at east. in u pr1pcr way. / suppose
they would perhaps feel insulted TO bc classed
rs lobbyists. but that Is about the size Of il.
| don't be,ieve that with this class %
men any money Is paid 10 memb@rs. ! don't
mean to say that money is not used by them to
Y snr h Ir1 W "nry Is II rs seH'r
the shrewd man. TO lind some way of reaching
the memher Indirectly. TINT the habits # this
Of today is not tho lobbyist Of twenty years
ago. Then hc, operated upon his member di
he has an important matter In hand, he hunts
w til: members nntecedents. secs who are his
friends; and quietly Interests them in the mat
tor. OFTEN tn" member is influenced To vote
i fl. measure withont LIS own knowl.dse; or
Jcct OF car.tu attention by III, lobbyist
nas Of the tie, most 9 rroMinsnt fsnres in The
sions Of consi%.s AMI %ne6 q the line BE-.
Hotel. one Of the leading hostelrcs OF the city.
and ieyotes his entire time apparently
to especially represent some y the ordnance
mannfac!urers OF the country and othsrs CON
between tho departments. the hotel opbes. and
~ GnpitoE ana is aways ready 10 make set
tIc with member u Consr"ss in his room or
in tho lobby Of tho ilous. or senate His family
Belknap spends mos, OF her tims. lie appears
T. be quite popular, being heartily greeted by
an att"rnry h. is evi.ntlv Tuit. suSc"ssfMi
supporting his family abroad and himself IN
y"n1f,a9 .ys IN hsSs Gels owning some
Another familiar face which has already
Wnas II "Gp"TIH ys that Of f.p' cowdI ~ =
+. p9s,ss , 9t 4 ,ss ,hs cut" 10
the channel to be- about one mile in
| thoee five miles. instend OF running l2D niles
rs !, now does witha fall Of an inch and 4 half
Another familiar face thu, Is to be here within
few days AGAIN is that Of Cant. Eals Of Ie,ty
iohDvi-t. yet ho is n most successful on. Hs
taiks not Hl"ns 10 msnsher- but To- com rn
prise, ON business principc.S. and makes the
iisht for them a. q matte a business: ,,o
through some ps,ty BIZ! for his ners opal bene-
| She perseyerinciy pleads FOR tho passage Of u
bill for her pension %, reiiet. until the average
e , =. ~, l'ee, '' ,ar US
| sis,eut lobNys, is Il fresh young colored man
| who hangs about the DORIS Of House and
| senate al Ing members To- .ubscrhr to a weekly
| paper which he publishes and send the copies
So taken TO some co.!orei inen IN their Respective
| districts. 4 pa u .Obbyi- who do n turiving
| business are known a husband and wife the
latter il weli.developei blonde who smiles
| sw.eiy upon the members from the gallery, or
| pleads with them in the ladies' room NJ the on
franc, OF the Iious". There is anothcr-a
womnn-who has u record Of having killct
hnr man" who is 10 be seen often in the lobby.
| She was last session frequent visitor to u
| wealthy member from the West when some of
| his friends quietly whispered something Of
her record in his ear and thoir conyersalio ion in
the lobby came suddenly to an end. Still an
other woman Of pleasing address works" the
senate end ~ the Carito! industriously. having
| been 50 successful as TO enlist the sympathies
| OF Mr. Arthur when Vice President for some
Of her sch"mos, until ser true character APP
| peared Tho lobbyists are OF all sorts Of peo-
| Pile mon or women and they live or hope to
| live directly or indirectly on the legislation Of
| Congress,