The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-08
LOBBYING.
Sam Wards Defense of His Occupation
He Was Not Ashamed of Being ''rhe

Sam Wards Defense of His Occupation
He Was Not Ashamed of Being siThe
King"
Washington Correspondence OF Globe-Democratl
Embalmed in transcript of testimony
taken by Congressional committee more
than ten years ego is defense of 1.-The bust
ness OF lobbying" made by the once famous
Sam Ward. The occasion was the inveatiga-
ton of the use of more than 81 COO 600 here
in 1872. to get through the Pacific Mail sub.
sidy. Mr.. Ward frankly admitted having
received $1,000 for simply stating on all
occasions, where it was proper to do SO, that
was in fsyer of the measure; that tho light
it q good meas ure."
This business of lobbying, as it is called"
continued Mr.. Ward, philosophicsliy, ''is as
precarious az fishing in the Hebrides. You
get all ready; your beats go out; suddenly
there comes a storm, and away you are
driven. Everybody who knows anything
about Washington knows that ten times
sye, fifty times-more measures are lost than
carried. But Gree in awhile pleasant little
yindfaIl of this kin d recompenses rs, who
are slways toiling here, for the dieappoint.
mtnts OF the session. L am not 81 all
ashamed-I DO not say that am
poud--but am not at all
ashamed of the occupation. II is a
very useful one. In Eogland it is q sep
arate bran CHI of the legal profession. There
they have Parliamentary lawyers who do no
other business. There the committees sit
all day to hear these lawyers, and they sit
in Parliament all night; whereas. here COM
miitess are only allews d to sit for an hour
and half. and Sd it Is very hard to get
through 600 bills in q session. The disap-
pointments are much mo numerous than
the successes 1 have mad many very
pleasant contingent knocked away, when
every thing appeared prosperous and certain,
and / would not insure any bill II l we're
paid so per cent. to 81 C are its passage. Toat
is tie general rule. 10 this matter think
that the gentleman Mr.. Irwin paid more
N oney than he need have paid"
Q And be distributed it rather badly?
A am satisfied with what got.
c. You got much less than others got?
A. do not know. was retained, sup
pose, because tie Kings name is q tower Of
stren 9Th" aud am called the ''King of the
Lobby" But am not the treasurer OF the
lobby, that is certain. IL you we're here for
entertainment 1 could entertain yoa With III,
disappeared Just at the crack OF one mem
ber's whip; perhaps q matter of caprice per
laps a Nc after of accident, you can net tell
which. We, who are OF the regular army,
know when we are whipped Bot gentle
men OF little experience GENE down here
and peg on and peg on tiil the END OF the
sessiop. and never understand when they had
bitter go home. To introduce a bill prop
erly; to have it referred to the proper com
miitee; TO see that some member in thai
c. mmittee understands its merits; to attend
TO IL; to watch it; to have a counsel to &c
aud advocate it before the committee: to SEE
that members OF the committee do not over
sleep themselves on the mornings of jmpor
tsnt me etiDgs; to watch the coming IN OF tbs
bill in Congress day alter day, week attsl
week; TO have your men on hand a dozen
times, and to have them as often disap
pointed; to have one OF those
storms which spring mp in the Adri
8 ic CT Congress, until your men are
worried and worn and tired. and until they
ssy 10 themselves that they will not 90 no t.
the Capitol 10 day, and then to have 'he bisc
suddenly flushed and all your preparations
brought 10 raught-these are some OF the ex
periences of tbs lobby. Another pointing
question of entertain ments-is spoken Of
There is poihiBg in the world so exeeilent 3
entertainments of refined order. Tssley
rand says that diplomacy is assisted by good
| dinners but at good dinners penpe do no
talk shop" but they give oeop'e who hag
| atsste in that wsv q right. psrhaps, to ask
gentleman acivil question and TO get civi