The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-27

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lawyer who was formerly a prom
nent official fell into the
hands of the junior partners, one of
| whom also acts as a newspaper CORE
| tary to a member of Congress: Such IS
! the infinite capacity for drawing divers
salaries some men men acq}unire through o We We
! discussed further particulars, and it was
finally agreed that / should write letter
Ing my p Go Ts 70 d9 &c and re-
ceived the following reply:
WASHINGTON. D. G., March %, 1894
| Miss -, Washington, D. G.:
Dear Miss::-Your letter of the, 9TH in
stant special delivery, postmarked March
| g. 1894, 2 p. M at hand.
| have examined into the matter with
| the firm, and we have concluded as fol-
| lows:
The desired increase of duty on button
per cent. ad vaiorem would be very hard
| 10 accomplish at the present late day, the
| Wilson bill having passed the House. ana
the bill, with certain amendments, having
been reported to the Senate by the appro-
pirate committee. Our Mr.. a. has been
| connected with Congress, both House and
mittees, etc, and he is very well equipped
! for undertaking the work. See herewith
! his announcement, which is dated before
| became connected with the f1r1u:
Mr. z. will have charge of tie matter
! if we agree to terms, but he will be aid
ed by the other members of the firm.
|
our best endeavors to bring about the de-
sired change upon the following terms
| and conditions: One hundred and fifty
! dollars retainer; $50 per day for the time
in pushing the matter before Congress. of
which five days pay shall be in advance
We to be
REIMBURSED FOR ANY OUTLAY
we think advisable to incur in the cost of
! printing, postage, lunches, theatre tickets
etc, for the futherance of your PROPOSE
ton: We to receive the contingent fee of
! $500 in case of success.
| We are prepared to commence work i'm
mediately upon the acceptance OF the
terms and the payment of retainer, etc.
Time, however, is precious, and if any
thing is done in the matter it must be
done at once.
We would be pleased to confer with you
II our terms are accepted.
Respectfully,
1 was accumulating such a number of
promising proposals that my oewildered
| cepting. them all, thus rendering a. sure
| thing doubiy sure. My former treasury
official told me this is often done. That
| the, sugar people whisky people-all people
of influence within reach.
After informing himself of the status
OF the tariff bill Hon. - prefessed his
willingness to take my case for a retainer
fee of 500 and contingent fee of $500.
II am not a lobbyist" said Hon. -;
as soon as a man becomes identified as
| for all his sources of influence grow wary.
Having been a member of Congress my
| self, l enjoy the advantage of going on the
! floor. and thus can be right on the spot
to watch any measure l am pushing.
| Would l need money in encourag ing in
1uence? Well, that matter developments
would determine. Small, probably, and
might need more. The Senate can hardly
| he reached in any direct way by money.
l do know two sources in the House to
which money can be and is directly APP
nr0ce61lTP Wn1I10
to reach senator's through members in the
House. If you conclude to place this mat
ter in my hands no time should be lost
There are parties now negotiat ting with me
who have put off and put eff acting on
my advice until they are likely to rum
a case that involves the title to a vast
tract of land in the southwest The de-
! partment concerned has grown alert in the
matter, and I shall have a great deal of
might have been done in a trice, if these
people had listened to me. Ali these
matters need to be done quickly and with
dispatch. Yours would go in the form
Of an amendment, softly spoken and
swiftly advanced by-yes, senatorial
Another ex-congressman instantly dis
missed the suggestion
BY MEANS OF MONEY.
81 don't know" said he, how money
use it if did know. 1 think I can get
Senator Allison or Senator -Aldrich to in
! troduce your amendment, at all events
you
His report was. II have talked with c.
K. Breckinridge, who says this matter
was touched upon in the House and left
standing, because it interfered with moth
ing in particular and was a source of
revenue. Governor Gear, however tells
me it is all wrong but that he thinks
nothing can be done about it. Senator
Aldrich l failed to locate Senator ALI
son told me the case is hopeless, mas
much as the matter being the same in
the Mckinley act and House and Senate
bills for either Republican or Demo-
crat to change it is in the nature of at
lacking the sacred text of his party
the outset the ex-congressman told me
was already indebted to him for two
days services. If you were a man.,
said he. Il should charge you S25, but
being a woman you can let me have $40
and We'll call it square"
l let him have $40 and he wasn't salts
fed with that, though I felt it was a
pretty good price to pay for the auto
graph of an ex-congressman attached to
a receipt for investigating tariff
While had been busy interviewing one
lobby attorney after another I had re-
ceived the following communication from
the man who had been
A SENATOR'S PRIVATE SECRETARY
nine years.
United States Senate,
Washington, D. c., Tuesday morning
Mrs. s.. nave just received your
letter 90 a. M reside in Georgetown,
and have no place of business except the
capitol. | was Senator IS private sec
rotary about seven years, and until his
term expired, and have experience in
everything that appertains to legislation.
can give you references to any extent
The thing is where to see you. [ was in
hopes your note would suggest my call
ing at your stopping place. If 1t would be
| agreeable to have me do so please give
me your address in answer to this. If
not, meet me at the postoffice at any
time between 10 and g. In your note tell
me near the telegraph box, with paper
in my hand. After the first interview we
can arrange for the future. Let me
caution you against confiding your bust
ness to others. l hope to see you very
soon. Yours truly,
made an appointment with the pri-
vate secretary at the postoffice as he
suggested. I arrived at the rendezvous
ahead of time. and was apparently abb
sorbed in the city directory, when small
old man, with gray hair, ANTICIPATED silk
hat, carrying a paper in his hand, ap-
peared on the scene 1t took me min
ute to get the better of my risibles-he
was so very small and so very nervous,
wanted and missed. When l had dis
closed my identity we retreated farther
and farther from the inquisittve public
until at last l had fattened against the
wall with my lobbyist, who exhibited
deafness, standing at such close range
that if 1 had been a goat would certain
ly have eaten the old hat his dininutive
stature raised just to the level of my
mouth. Under these circumstances con-
versa ton was so difficult that after | had
finally made him understand what legls-
lation l desired effected we separated
with the understanding that he could
write to me what he could do, terrifying
his assertion with recital of something
he has done. He wrote instead: There