The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20
LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON
Nuisances aud Not Much Else. and This 10
as True or the Women ~ OF the Mea

As True OF we women - OF tuo MICA
From dIs Providence Journal.
WASHINGTON. March 12.-"Show me lobby
recently WALKING through the Gapito with the
writer This visitor yas reader Of the S. news.
IN most Of the Interesting Stories he had read
about the number. ingenuity. holiness. skill.
supposed to be almost necessary part OF the
legislative machinery.
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sat s this snts9 spare ' man. sss.
Stained a at the ends vi tobacco uce ill.,
shirt was not clean. and hs showed good
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Gis place against the wall to meet member ..
poR s Sa Of f so CD s
him, his gait was a slouching one. and he
he ed So
moro rcpulsive than the others.
Ny h% hst sSs
lists about the Capitol. that he had, been a
the House OF u h hss @s vet
keep out this man ana several others Just like
him who are well known to be nothing more
They na ee one ought
to be thankful. thrive as they are pop4arly
mistake the professional lobbyist is. they
would be be driven to sewing wood or working
full and 10 borious business.
ssss Sss; x ssS ,ssd ss% Es
a aboa as %s ad y9 Wstsshna O. ptSses
employee Of the House many years ago; rnd
corporation to reach; through the door Of
which he had charge. the men who were to be
%as Sc de dh re & Se wsnt hill hs
disgrace: He L. il that employment stili. and
sen tht oneTs
this way or the other on bills to he reported or
kjsd Wsnd S%y mf%SeF Mtf r.. b hest 1
cautious He finds out his yenal man before
taxing any rfk He + not is
!; Fl II the course q az Year WV Wi indeed
house moro than half dozen times.
The fem h Lobbyist Is. GENERALLY sn4sak,tnGs
" ee S Es oa 20 @
skill they exhibit 10 that which consists in SO
teir SiIsf for re them that thSy un
dertake to haye them passed In ORDER
@arSSe si u woman e q sharm iGo manners
that cannot be resisted is tp be found only
In the Syndicate stories The women who
women know enough about tho ways OF legs.
them to undertake lobby work or to approach
to direct the BY the
GSsnsfaliy speak!ns: the io6Gyist Is fraud
and LII an unnecessary nuisance. He exists
thing about the methods OF Legislation. and
near bill
ture who can tide over difficulties and remove
t the trohs rs tut Of
Peyrd io TO ns tvs ss on are unit
Genes hsss WA sb iss IS imaffn III s Z
no would get an Introduction to his own mem
Der. have the bill introduced in both Houses.
go before each OF the committees having i re-
ierred to them. and then he would stay hr rs
bill. and seek by rea sonabe argument to got
them To- advance tho bill. II It was gooI one
move along az swiftly as the slow processes
OF the House would permit.
suppose tho man with the bill had employed
q lobbyist. Iie could not be sure. no matter
how unobjectonable the pin might be- that
iulintance on the committee. with whom, hs
Ind engaged In IgrtnershlI. and induce Pm
show that there WIS nm obstacle to be- over
G p.nI To rem9ve II would rol,ilre mo stn.
tho FIRST installment had heon paid. and from
time to time. while the bill was lingering IN
money, Possibly there would DO, no real irlr..
ton whatever but the Gil would DO h.!t NJ
its author was DESTROYS for some rcason that
II should not be reported. Tho lobbyist studies
TO make obstacles as much as he pretcnds to
remove them