Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-29

"a SasaingtoB Cor 81 Louis Gi0be Desaeeratf
kEabalsnsd Ia a Transcripts II testimony
nksa - = CoHg grsssional sofugnsttee more
nan ten years ago is defeoss ~ " tie
business ~ iobbyiag made b the once
famous Sam " ard The occasion Mas ths
invests CATION ~ the use 0f more thAn
aiiili0a dollars here Ia ls7z - sst througs
the Pacific Nal subsidy Mr. Ward frank
h. adnllttsa having received four thousand
dollars for simply stating GA All
occasions. where il vas proper 70 do -,
shat I was ia favor OF the measure; that
[ thought IL good measure"
- This business OF l0bbyiag, as II Is
called" continued Mr.. Ward, phllosOphi-
sally, Is as preearious As fishing Ia the
debrides- You get all ready, your boats
20 out-saddenly there comes stosfn, and
away you are driven. Every body who
knows anything about Washington, Knows
that ten times, aye, nifty times, more
measures a-e lost than carried; but once
IN wh ie a pleasant little ~indfah OF
this kind rec0mpenses Us, who are always
toliing here, for the disappointments OF
the session. | am not az all ashamed-l
DO not say that am proud-but | am not
at All ashamed Of the occupation IL Is
very useful one. la England il Is sepa-
rate branch OF the legal profession There
they have Parliamentary lawyers who do
no other business There the committees
sit all day 10 hear these lawyers, and they
SIT in Parliament all night; whereas, here
committees are only allowed TO sit for an
hour and a half, and 50 IL is vsry hard u
get through four THOUSAND bills in a ses-
sion The edisappointments are much more
numerous than the successes. / have had
many a very pleasant contingent
knocked away, where everything ap-
peared prosperous and certain, and L
would not insure any bill il | were paid
fifty per cent 10 secure its passage. That
Is the general rule. Ia this matter | think
that the gentleman Mr.. Irwin paid more
money than he need have paid"
Q.-And he distributed ii rather badly?
Al am satisfied with what got.
Q.-You got much less than others got!
Al do not know. was retained, l sup
pose, because the Kings name is tower
OF strength" and am called the king OF
the Lobby" But am not the treasurer of
the lobby, that is certain. II you were
here for entertainment, / could entertain
YOU with histories of well connected plans
which all disappeared just at the crack of
one members whip; perhaps matter of
caprice, perhaps matter of accident, you
can not tell which. We, who ara of the
regular army, know when we are whipped.
But gentlemen of little experience come
down here, and peg on and peg on till the
end of the session, and never understand
when they hal better go home. To intro
duce a bill properly; to have it referred to
the proper committee; to see that some
member in that committee understands its
merits; TO attXld to it; to watch it; to
have a counsel TO go and advocate il
before the committee; TO see that
members of the committee do not over
sleep themselves on the mornings of i'm
portant meetings; to watch the coming in
of the bill in Congress day after day, week
after week; to have your men on hand a
dozen times, and to have them as often dis
appointed; to have one of those storms
which springup in the Adriatic of Congress,
until your men are worried and worn aud
tired, and until they say TO themselves
| that they will not 20 up to the Capitol to-
day, and then to have the bird suddenly
flushed and all your preparations brought
TO naught-these are some of the expert
ences of the lobby. Another point-the
| question of entertainments-is spoken of
| There is nothing in the world so excellent
as entertainment of a refined order. Tai
leyrand says that diplomacy is assisted by
| good dinners, but at good dinners people
do not talk shop" but they give people
who have taste in that way right, per-
| haps, to ask gentleman a civil question
and to get civil answer; to get informa-
ton which his clients want or that can
| properly be given. Sometimes a rail-
road man wants information. Some
| tiNes a patentee wants his patent re-
newed; that is pretty hard fight ,Then
broker wants to know what the Treasury
| is going TO do about certain measure.
| Sometimes banker is anxious about the
financial movements in Congress, or a
merchant about the tariff. All these
things we do constantly, and we do not
make any charge for them. Ne keep up a
/ certain circle Of friends, and once in a
while an opportunity acomes of getting
something that is of real service, and for
which compensation Is due and proper.
But the entertainments are proportiOned to
/ the business of the session. When the bus
mess is good. so are the entertainments,
I and when business is not good, the enter
tainments ste meager. Washington Irving
/ tells "A story of King Of Spain, who was
/ lost in wood with his hunting party. He
ordered one Of his attendants 10 climb a
/ tree and see If there was any building in
sight. The man saw a chateau on the top
/ Of an adjacent hill, and the King
said: "Let us go there" They went,
and were received at the door of
the Slateau by the grandee with
his head uncovered. The King
announced who he was and said the party
wanted dinner. The family had dined an
hour before. and the servants had con-
sumed everything that was left The cook
was sent for and said ms Majesty would
b. served in an hours time. They had a
very pleasant dimes. and the King was
rathrr surprised at the taste displayed in
some OF the dishes. After dinner, COM
menting upon the excellence Of the repast.
I h. asked what it was composed Of. Luck
/ ily. it was not Friday. The grsndee sent
( for the cook. who came ia and said. "Y0ur