The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-15
THE EADs LOBBY,
And Its Fight Against Kaudall-How the
BChOmO was Worked.

And Its Fight Against Kandall-How the
schOmO was Worked.
special DtIpaich to he LrttlItqaIcr,
WASHINGTON, Jan. II 4.-Some very inter
sstiOg developments are taking place here
in reference to the Eads lobby and It's fight
IN Mr.. Randall, whois lighting the scheme
n which he thinks he smells conspiracy
o rob the Government q several millions
II dollars. During the last session Of Con.
.ress 1t became evident to Captain James
3. EadS aud his assistant lobbyist that IL
Eas useless to spend money TO influence
he members Of the various committees to
ret them to report iayorably on their
Jobs" as they knew full well Mr.. Ran.
all would squelch them all when they
anne before the Appropriation Committee.
Recognizing this fact, they put their heads
ogether to hatch up some plan 10
leprive Randall Of his power. The result
Il their deliberations was the fight on the
House Rules. They knew they could rely
IN getting the support Of every free trade
member Uf Congress, and also otall the
iree trade newspapers In the country TO
,ay nothing OF the support Of every mem.
Der Of Congress who was interested in the
many aChsmes Mr.. Randall had prevent
I'd from getting through the House, both
Is Speaker and Rs chairman Of the Com.
nittee on Appropriations. The next move
Ras to get the newspapers TO agltate the
question aud TO favor the proposed revi.
don OF the rules, particularly that part
which distributed the appropriations
Imong various committees. Captain Eads,
II course, was to fix the papers along the
Mississippi river. This he found COM
oaratiyely easy task az he had controlled
he editors OF three.iourths Of them for
wears, in fact, ever since he started bis
NissIssippi river improvements, The
mall papers in different sections Of the
country we're To be worked by the mem
GERS Of Congress who had enlisted under
;he banner OF the lobbyists -inany Of
hem without an idea Of what they were
reSlly doing. The Washington papers
TsT6 10 be looked alter by 6tilson
Hnichins. Mr.. HutChins found that 1t
Torld be necessary TO purchase at least
tEo Of the dailies, the Ctilican Republican.
What made this necessary was that both
oapers were for sale and II he did not pur-
chase them somebody might get one or
both Of them that could net be controlled.
Now that the newspapers were all Gxed
the fight began, nominally against the
rules 6ut in reality against Samuel ]. RAN
dall, This was kept up from time TO time
| ii The papers controlled by this ring and
gas laIgeiy assisted by other papers which,
while meaning TO 10 honest were render.
tnv valuable assistance 70 the most gigan.
| Ic lobbying scheme Of the age. The re.
iult Of all t6iB you know. They succeeded
| in carrying their point IN getting the rules
revised and having o number Of the ap-
propriatlon bills diStrlbuted among dlaef-
ent committees. The next thing 70 be done
was 10 Try and sontfol the appointment Of
chairnen OF certain cotnhtitlseg, Whether
they succeeded In this OF not II is now TOO
early 10 say. But you may bs sure that
Tie Chairnen Of the committees will be
watched very carefully BY many members
Of The House, who are fully aware 81 the
efforts that ats being made by this lobby
TO control legiBlauon.