National Republican., 1886-10-23
PLENTY OF "OLLIEs."

Pretty Adventuresses Preparing for
Their Winter Campaign at tho Capi-
tai.
"Although the ChicagosDaisy has been
effectually disposed of, Washington will
not be free from adventuresses OF her class
this winter" said an uptown hotel clerk to
a reporter of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
"Several other pretty blackmailers, who
have operated here quietly In the past, arc
turning up for the winter campaign. Nearly
every hotel clerk In the city knows them
well and 1t is hard for them to find accom-
modations for themselves and their alleged
husbands. i had TO turn one away yester-
day. have no positive proofs that she Is
professional blackmaller, but she is down
among the hotel subjects aud that is
enough for me. Their business will not be
so brisk this winter because II is the second
session and no new members will be at
hand. At the first session Of Congress the
adventuresses get In most Of their fine
work, and believe they reap a larger
harvest here than In any other city
in the United States. Not because
members OF Congress are more given to
peccadllloes than,other men, but because on
account OF their position, which is depend
ent on the good opinion OF ftheirconstituents,
they yield more readily to blackmail than
do private citizens. A congressman knows
that even IL unfounded charges of i'm
morality are made against him, he will fall
In the estimation OF his constituents and
give his opponent materials for campaign
lies, so he generallypreferst to secure silence
at any reasonable expense. Congressman
are more exposed to the designs OF thes9
women than men In private life. Almost
any one, representing himself or herself
as a constituent, can obtain an audience.
The adventures know this. When she has
selected her intended victim, she generally
goes to the capitol, sends In a card which
bears the name OF some town In the con-
gressman's district, and requests few min
utes of his time. OF course he comes out
to the waiting room, when the blackmailer
tells some pitiful story about losses sus-
tanned at the hands Of the government aud
asks for the introduction Of relief
bill AS she Is pretty and an interesting
talker, the NJ. G. being only human, lis
tens gTaciously aud promises to do all In his
power for her This is but the beginning
OF her game. When leaving she says she
will call on him again In few DAYS to see
how matters are progressing. She does call
again and frequently, sometimes at the cap
itol and sometimes at the congressman's
house, All constituents do the same under
similar circumstances, aud he cannot snub
her, simply because she Is young and pretty.
After having interested the Congressman
pretty thoroughly she makes the master
move and begs him to call on her some
times to report the progress Of her relief
bill. II he falls into the trap the rest Is
generally easy work. A beautiful and clever
woman having drawn man into tete'a-
tete in her own rooms can, in nine cases
out of ten, lead things to the tableau upon
which the injured husband breaks In, Grave
old legislators may smile and say they can't
be taken In by any adventures, but tell
you II they once get as far as her rooms
they can't altogether resist wine aud beauty.
The ending Of the plot is familiar to all.
Angry husband pistols proposed, scau-
dial threatened, hush money demanded, NJ.
G. hundreds out OF pocket and ruined
man, -