St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-05

4 Peep at Some Of the ms and
Outs Of Legislation.
Two Notable Rooms In the Capitol Build
i0G-HOw Senators Receive Their
Callers = Shrewd Lobbyists
and How They Work.
Especial Correspondence

kCPONAoA SostCSpOAASCuSC.I
mo cards are received before two
o'clock by any of the Senators"
please take my card in, for Senator
Blank is expecting me to-day"
my dear madam, ] am forbidden to
present any cards to the Senators earlier
than two o'clock, and can not disobey
my orders"
The scene is in the ladies' reception
room OF the Senate. Upon the chairs
and neutrality-suspicious. sofas, like
wall-fowers around the handsome room,
are seated upwards of two-score people.
each with a want, a desire or . scheme;
all Of them awaiting the pleasure of the
particular Senators upon whom the sue
cess of their hopes, desires and schemes
may hang.
The handsome, well-dresscd, polite,
diplomatic young gentleman who guards
the door of the Senate lobby is obliged
to state ter hundred times every day
that he is forbidden to take the cards of
callers to the Senators earlier than two
o'clock. Before him to-day, as l EN-
tered from the east porticO, stood .
beautiful blonde, a fascinating creature
with eyes as charming and penetrating
Is ever glittered at the windows of the
soul of a Gree; and she was plying all
admissible arts of persuasion in order to
get her card carried to a Southern Sem
ator before the appointed time. The
guardian was weakening before her
persistent assaults of coquetry and
Establishment. One OF the older en-
ployes brushed past and said to the
young man in an undertone: mot be-
.ore " O'CLOCK: a5cked against her.
Wsa. Vas "a ..ssssiiy said. quite severely, in
.--er to strengthen his own determine
ton rather than to hurt her feelings:
"Pardon me madam, but you are in the
way of others here, please take . seat"
She permitted just one tear to moisten
each eye. looked re~proachfully At him
and slowly turned away. The young
man was crushed between duty and de-
sire.
Strange, isn't it, how close we may be
to . thing and not e it? That young
guardian of the door has had consider
able experience in official life, and yet
he saw before him only . beautiful
from . Southern State, who
wanted to see her Senator, and was tear
fully anxious to see him without delay.
After she vas out Of hearing your COR
respondent said: '.She's q Few one, and
. good one"
"What do you mean?" asked the
young man, in tones of deep astonish-
ment- SIS there any thing wrong about
her? I'D stake my reputation upon her
honesty and innocence. She is the love
lest creature l ever beheld in all Of my
experience"
"Stake nothing but your words. my
son. II you stake yourreputation there
employee of . well-known corporation.
She is . lobbyist, and will prove a sue
cessful one. too. Her newnes in Wash
ington is advantageous to her, and she
will prove exceedingly valuable tc her
employees. The Senator for whom she
is calling is already hers to command
and there will be others on her string
before many moons more"
After she has been here a week
longer the Sergcant-at-Arms will have
orders to admit her to the marble room
she calls, and there she will
be able to see her Senators without such
weary waiting. Tho common people
who seek favors must still remain out in
the reception room, but Nine. D. will
mistress of the situation. Down the
green-carpeted corridor known as the
Senate lobby the people a look and
see the Senators passing back and forth
from the Senate chamber to the marble
room, but they can not come neal them
until after two o'clock. Many Of the
dear people have arisen as early as six