Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-20
THE REAL Jorr..&.-.
re WOMEN ARE Nps'NcFs JUST
Tl7t SANE As =

'NuuW tue llOuAlat WIZ INV ttuu'rI
Of a friend who wts walking through
the Capitol wiih the writer. This vi-'or
was n reader Of the newspapers, mal
Of intelligence. and "a believer in most oi
the interesting stories he had rad about
the number. ingenuity. bolducss, skin .
and uofulnc. Of tho body OF lobbyist |
that Va supposed 20 be almostn necessary |
part OF tie lcgi machinery
showed uy visitor lobbyist. Hn |
was che Of the best known Of the Dot
auout the Capitol lie was leaning back |
against the corridor wall, opposite the |
entrance OF the house Of representatives.
with his banda thrust into the pockets OF
pair Of trousers that were 40 rpvnlcl |
about the hr7ls that tlcy might h" sni.
to wear whi.hors without providing the
circumstances Of tho most thorough dc.
tester of slang.
IL thi. man h0d un ovorcoat Il was
hung mp somewhere. hut the dusty con
diu1h 81 bis rather Thin fr1ck coat
which carried the polish on is back that
ought 10 have been ou biz very diuruu.
table looking shoes. Justified the conclu.
zion that he was not finding an oyorcult
necessary this winter. H. was spare
/ man. with y gnunt face, crossed Boy o.
/ white mustache stained 40 the ends with
tobacco juice His shirt was not clean,
and he showed good deal oi H. bur hc
/ wore white tie, which only added om'
| phusi- 20 Die otherwise lprhldiug lack
| Of uoalucts When hr moved Rwny
from hi pI0cr against ths wall 10 meet
D a upMhgr OF con rtUst who had come ont
OF tho chamber upon the call OF one "
the d0lrkrupur- 10 sce him. bis gait was
! gl0uching uU. mud be might have b'ru
mistaken Tor any other lun.ur about ,ho
hall 90 ho had Dot been fumuch more rr-
| pulsiyc than tho nth1is.
My friend was disappointed. Ito
could not understand whom / told him
! that This man was one OF She he.t % tHe
lot Of lobbyists about the Capitol, thl;
he had boon algaWopr ul conggc.s, that
he WA. therefore, entitled 10 thc pryi.
lege VI tho door, aud tlat tho house of
Representatives hHs never go, hAi ihu
fpusc to makes iis rules 30 strong o. Zoo
keep ont this man and several others
! Just like him vino uru we'll known 90 to
nothing moro than strikers gul lubhyi.t
who iiugor here 20 PICK up odd Jobs 20
help them hang uu To- % mtHrrul. N'.t-
onco. They do not, one ought 20 lg
thankful, thrive as they are popularity
supposed 90 do. II ,he public know what
q mistake tho professional lobbyist Is
they would Do driven 90 saving wood or
working ou tI'o railroads, or into doing
some other useful and laborivus bus,-
ncfs.
Then ] showed my friend nuo.hor lob
byisi. This was u thin, gliding follow,
! with n gray close beard, who tocd IN AZ
! hc walked quickly along the passage,
and vino glanced iurtyuly about as ho
went, as " watching 10 pouncc down
upon some one. This man was NOT un
ox-mcmbCr Of congress; but he Ind
been au employee Of the house many
years ngo, and had boon caught taking
money " enable u corporation TO reach
, through the door % which hn had
, charge, the mon who were to be pur'
chased to go, through subsidy bill
He was dismissed. and ho at once went
into tho service OF the corporation that
had led 10 his Disgrace.
lie is in that employment still, and hC
associates with u great many senator
and representatives who do not know, OF
, have forgotten that others know, hi.
: udi'us history. ilt is an erpnd runncl
4 nnd % sncaking watcher OF mcmbor'
who are TO be- encouraged TO vote Thu
= way or tho other on bills 20 DO rcporto.
Q OF killed. Ilo would buy member
4 without hesitation " IL were safe 20 buy
him, but lao Is culiious. He finds ou
his vcual man before taking any risk
4 lie is not ingenious, nor IS ho bold. II,
!. follows tho Instructions Of the cprporl
tons that keep him here and he gyts Of
1 in'thc course Of the year very VOL Ia
D. deed II he does NOT get kicked ont Of :
i gcntloman's house more than half 1
Z dozen times
s Tho female lobbyist is, gonoralll
= speaking, % myth. The women VIII,
Y come 10 the Capitol as promoters Of th'
A bills FOR pensions or for claims, come ul
|, their own account, and the only skill
n they exhibit Is that which consists in u
!. pcrsistcHtly bo:hcring the members VIII,
x have introduced their bills for them tina
they undertake 10 have thcm passed II
i order TO get rid Of terrible Affections
u Tho marvellous woman Of charIuin,
y manners that cannot be resisted Is to b
V found only Ia the syndicate stories, tn,
~ women who undertake 10 promote lcgls
r. lution are, almost without exception
/. bunglors aud failures Few womei
n know enough about the ways OF lcgisla
{. ton or the ways Of tho legislators &
1t qualify them 10 undertake lobby wor
p or to approach members 10 direct thci
At actions, except by the most vulgar sp,
cios OF backmail made possible by con
- tubutory immortality.
VI Generally speaking, the lobbyist is
I fraud and an unnecessary nuisance. II
Ne exists mainly because most people d
NOT know anything about tue method
of legislation, and because nearly every
body interested In bill not public h
lioycs that the lobbyist Is a creature VIII
can tide over difficulties aud remoy
them. As u rule the employment Of on
OF the throng of disIoputablo lobbyist
and most Of them igc disropulablc o
their faces, is proiudi,iil to the legislI
e. ton they are employed 10 promote
They thrive on account Of the gcner
ignorance about ,no legislative mothot
OF procedure. Washlg s-ou Cor Prov
denco journal.
IN oup plppti.u district {u Wg.trhr.t,