New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-27
WASHINGTON ADVENTURES
THE WAYS OF SOME CUMBERERs OF THE
EARTH


WASHINGTON Dec. Is. No city In the UPON affords
ber dsld for tbs activity Of adventrsr than Wash
heton he L. to be with At every street eorSer He
confrours you In che obbies OF Capitol He hangs
around the hotels and barrooms lie Greets you at
every public reception. Certainly for town OF lis size,
Washington has equal In the number OF men that
i've by their wits. Where they from mystery
sufficiently great. but how they To live Is
mystery far greater still At certain times Of the yeir
espeo ally Congress 10 about To meet ADJOURN
tine Town ia literally swarmiug with dead ooAfa
confidence the lowest or swindsr Is not often
seen here. The town is too small for him to continue
his operations with safety for any length OF time tits
Org his far DANGEROUS colleague, tue sdventurer
who knows how relieve the pockets OF his friends Of
theis ents without making himself openly and con-
spcuousy liable the law that l. 70 be dreefed here
I don't suppose there Is another town in which the
professional gambler fleece his victims win greater
neaiDess an dispatch than in Washington Poker Is
svoe game and everybody OF course imaines that he
Play It. It is bold assertion but venture TO Say
that nine out OF ten OF the army and navy ocers
stationed In the capital play II not daily, certainly
weekly. their game Ct poker. Hero vast Held Tor
carl sharp 10 start Ii Is true tnat majority OF the
officers only their pay to live aud play ON. but In
aggregate 1t must amount To snug little sum-
Besides there many who have married fortune ana
object to risking their wives money uron a
lttle game of draw lt Is not many years ago hnt
professional gambler had secured an Introduction
into army ami navy here. walked away with
$4,000 IN q single month, all won from his military
friends. Just lmo Perfect eptioDic Of the
disease known duDlcaIs pay accounts set In and
that deass, everybody knows has not Deen extir-
pale yet It's origin. traced. would. have no doubt,
have lei TO the card table In every instance
Several young OF foreign legations have been
the victims OF these gamblers l know OF two recent
instances foreigners VINO nal acquired taste for
Of poker suIdenly left the city secalled bJ
heir (tov " said n
they unable Jay their debts racted at the
card table. In these two professional gamblers
had hand. II a member OF heir own colony who
mad heece then. the representative OF an obscure little
republic. siucs been recalled" also. BE was
excellent type OF the ehevalier u ndustrie At
legation a hundred miles from Farragut
Square hear OF nightly games with 80 limits
II around the nails OF Congress, however that the
advcnturer loves hnger. The rural stat" sman,
and resn from his deestrc, proves an easy
victim Far ofteDer, though, it Is he uE
sophisticated csiu aut falls into the clutches Of
tuese gentry He is believe that they can III
uence legislation. that they further his case, aud
they demand baekrheesn until their victim cannot give
any more refuses he Ulel longer. 1t 10 trus
OF limited, but only because they
known. Their pernelous activity does not bring
the control the police and hence hey arc
comparatively sale pursuing it. The numoer OF
engaged in TINS kind OF business Is quite large
and very grade or them They are frequently
engaged oy lobbyists To do work which they could not
afford TO touch themselves. [ was told by Senator
once how a colleague OF hs whose negative vote upon
Ger ain private Character involving large
amount money would have killed the BILL was spirited
away the senate chamber on the morning that tile
Ui1 up for Consideration. soon after the
lag1 delivered note TO tie senator which
requested him TO cgll soou Convenient at hrs b.
house. Tue Senator Knew AIRS. b. SLIGHTLY Ia act he
la. met al rlonus nous a. IL rrcOuectr,l
uDOfs0ver t.iat she was yerJ attractive Woman. lie
knew nothing OF her history hut To went u ner no $50
ana curlOusy enough stay there only snort
umr uad some FORMAL request To maAe OF
q had lroposei IL defeat II possible had been
passed Og Just vote The woman nai neoa nlred To
insure the Soluns from the senate chaInber
nred hardly refer To tue laIors eOlonrls anu Judges
"a RON OF Mi"u ho a n r to",,n The uIIe
tor Oh aiming wAnkry ani free uDcnes are
by This Time pretty well Understood But where 10 they
sisrp and uOw they spend tue ui-ht Tney weign
down sIas VI the hOtel rOn an early hour Ia Tie
uornine uu II the last guest has oug after mld
ughl Even often requires tue lar per
suarOn a couple or pOrters 10 disIudge tnen. but
a. ts stresssr Who may be anSs ap 70
bar In France they train pigs to aunt Tor ruhlrs
fsr al sFe eSuid Que " ts Sfajans
capacity Tor isposlng o. it truly wonderful Not long
ago one OF tue fraternity Recovered judgment Tor
loo against OF tie street car COMPANIES for Id
lures while stepping oil the platform vi car
the recklrrsus-s with which hs colleaEues
have been throwing ;heInsoves on tue cars of tue co-
pany has oeeL subject OF srea alarm 70 me CONDUCTORS
company theme Of dis us sion among
enough to break leg Tue number Of people WHO live
their claims Trnuns before Congress 10 very
large aud limited only Dy the rOrbearanee VI their
friends who caeI upou TO support them. A MAN
VINO has a caim st Govern ent IL Ike "A man
VINO a In lottery Ia fact he Is worse on.
brcause thr takes his money In lottery mas
ho. quasned announcement oi the draw
ing at once IrrevOraOlY. The VIM Is unI0rt-
unato euOu creditor or the government, or
magines himsOlf be ono, kept IN suspense TrOln
session lou. from year. until II 10 his
fr ends tnaJ lost all hope. he holds
bO and keeps the light buc ne m 81 i've
How he does nctung II for while supported Dy MS
Is. aud nually becomes dead beat NIs ty-nbe
uer cent OF tue deal heals, aud TIE
Government In the rterOnslbe for them. Their
the and dsehar- es III tho
puuc offices which take place upon Cue advent Of every
new Administration. Hall OF the clerks DISCHARGED
because they either cant get away OF stu
Lope REGAIN their Old pac-s Disappointed IN ths
they are either shipped hume at tue xpense OF tue
friends they become Dy degrees iramps and gcneral
nuisance TO everybody brought IN contact WITH them
Tue OF course by Which public mon are MADE
victims of Adventures Ia very great u would Do
posi- narIate villain tue COMPASS oil siugie
Letter cases this klni which have unuer my
In town, however. " the size OF Washington,
where bucket snOp rrlgns supreme here everybody
of certain often worth thousands ~ dollar and
Is bought aud sol like mercba ,dise where tue LOUISIANA
lottery scheme still nOursrs ana sells more tickets IMAM
In any Otuer OF Union, where the police ongage
In schemes blackmail Congress aud wnere
the LOBBY Influences egsst01t II may welD magin-
ed that drgrre and kin olacke2s
gamblers aud checiers Tndustrie nnd rich reid In
which 10 carry on their operati )ns