Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-07
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=" " ANNII|." 49,
Chicago Now 1900
Mr.. Frank w. Mefrlmsn d Mr. an
has been having curious e.D,. id.
Washington. He was emplcv,d Fort
the summer by syndIesk B nDg !
oleomargarine manufactures a N siei
Washington TO lobby ngslm, rlegt
margarine bill that had been M eirlgel
in congress. His DISTINGUISHED ID "
law, ex-Gov. Charles ?. JoAuf ere.
head of the Missouri bar, went : Sun
the depot TO see him Of on ihets aud Z
his last words were: my non, Ot "
young man, and YOU mu shtee
called upon to engage nj !
delicate mission; pray vi I, iou
the temptations that commonly Re 4
political lobbyist; do no uuclu an
and lend yourself to no set thai u anI
likely to rise up against you NM
to the hinderance Of your caree
the besmirching OF your reputat y "a "
The old gentlemsn's solemn lAaA'
upon good ground-that Is to IAlw'
deep into Mr.. Mtrnmau's bod Elton
ere he had struck the Allegheny ls rs
Merriman had determined TO DIP se |
ly from the beaten path Of lobm 10 ii
to hew for himself course Of
He reached Washington on
of July, and he began c !, ;,
frequent the senate chamber
noon found him in a irontseslll ,. -
lery, and there he sat, leaning J.
rail and drinking In the proceed aeo
that owl-like body, the senate, afy
pened very frequently that h1 SO
only person in the gallery, and "a q
the members Of the senate hesa lae
der who under the sun that salsn " J
FERROUS young man could be vip sVil
the gallery so persistenilyi ana mel
such rapt attention to the depln =
"It was mighty dry Hsls M
Mr.. Merrimap, .'but ! sllti NY
| grimly. l heard the Cd nac
discuss every variety Of saslea Wen
national constitution down y col
on nails, and made It 9olh y ;
particular attention TO TIE ~ asd
those senators who Eell Ie '
stupid. Having done this y Y 4
content, | contrived 70 getal nls y y
| to cert lin sena ors. They nv Y
at once, for | had taken pAlll \ e''
see me leaning over the gals1 y ,
4 ing like a charmed man on un (
speeches. invariably y y
Senator / am particular Y !.
you, because heard your ", K !,
the tariff on shingle-Dalls Y y
aud | have been wanting fr M
on the subject That Of y Y
old owl feel good, and nav z 4
his speech closely, was WA M
inteliigently with him,
instance he would in1I'. 4
brother senator as 'nl b
from Missouri and Se1lr I
told Senator Butler taN W u
the most promising yceas y, 9
ever met with. In ihls X y
ouainted with pretty neaIll
tors, and they took . nI
cause / looked like q Jay y, \. N I
questions and seemed % v b
on their stupid old sps..
felt that I had got far ene11
confidence I let Il leas M
farmer constituents q y
Missouri, were dies .s.,Ss.
M about the oleoIaA's,
and wanted me y ~ ~
III could to beat y =, ~ N
had been putting in o. y .s,i' I'D
studying up on the oleo1T1I Mss
ton, and in my calloa ~ T..
was able to get prety 'sIulsa
AVERAGE senator's vest. ~ 4 I
S ss,ipg he Mi was . aor Y.
taking, but though w. 's,h,ss M 1
one or two cents was, s11,1
hest thing for my Platte .l,sc,
nothing aoout II to tls y. Msl' I
raised anything but nsu.1r' ysflsi
discovered that SenasV. ~
delivered an opinilon. II
against the LonstituAv "A "a .
| Inc tax there proposeu1, 'IsIuu
to have copies Of tnls ~
freely through eonss 80 ,en y
the whole business va y s 'l. y
and / think they We ~ d
think so, too. l 70. ~ NOR
labors, but what doss ,IIoles,sss
thelfee is the co q. ssd Ioos
Bile father.ln-lsw y x s'
Father, my soul =
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