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

a bill to place the telegraph companies
under government control
THE Western Union Telegraph COM
pany fought this bill tooth and nail. and
Wanamaker fought back just as hard
He had Gardiner Hubbard and Bob In
gerson to present MS arg gun to tne
as noted attorneys, and, on the quiet,
they had me. Norvini Green himself was
here, and it was arranged that | never
was TO let Senator - report that bill
to the Senate Then I told the senator
he must have statistics to make an IN
telligent report, and set to work pre-
pairing these statistics from data obtained
in every country under the sun relative
to government telegraphs. When differ
ent members would urge the senator TO
report the bill, ne would honestly Y, put Ut
had certain matter L was preparing for
him. Finally, this work was done, Wanna
maker, meanwhile. had been counting the
senator day and night. He was at the
senator's house. He entertained the SEN
ator. The senat tor is as good-hearted man
as ever lived and at last, despite every
to let the bill go to the Senate without
a report Nobody knew this until it was
flashed on the calendar.
THEN ROME DID HOWL.
The Western Union was crazy. Their at
torneys Immediately sent for me to know
have your stenographer take this letter
Then l dictated letter to be sent 10
INorvin Green, for him to ADDRESS to Sena-
tor =. Accompanying 1t We're lnstr NC
senator. You see, l knew the senator so
well 1 could direct this as NOBODY else
could& 1 knew what he. would have Tor
dinner Just how it would affect his mind,
and the hour and the minute he
would be in a proper mood TO
act as we wanted him to, The
directed. He sent my letter to DR.. Green
by a, special messenger: he was SO aIr rae
of Wanamaker he wouldn't trust 1t TO me
mails. had caused Dr. Green 70 ask t4 OF
to the committee, because WanamakeT haa
made certain arguments which the w est
ern Union had been given no opportunity,
to answer. 1t worked like magic. me Dill
came back to the committee, and L never
let it see the light of the Senate again.l
another bill OF Wanamaker's stirred up
a great rumpus-his bill to consolidate
third and fourth-class mail matter. rms
went through the committee, nobody pay
ing any attention to it. and like the flash
OF an electric current it was before the
Senate This bin meant big money out of
pocket of the express companies. An
official of the Adams Express company
Could 1 help them out? dictated a letter
for him to send to the president of the
company, asking for the reeomnlttal OF
the bill to the committee, giving as a
reason that simple justice demanded that
the express companies should be given
hearing before action was taken on a
measure so largely affecting their interests.
ests. 1 told him to have President Love
joy copy this letter and send it to Senator
- Two or three days after Senator
--- came stamping into the commit
tee room and Storned: ---! he'd like
to know how that third and fourth-class
mail matter consolidation bill ever got re-
ported to the Senate without his knowing
anything about it Everybody apologlzed
aid said that nobody had objected and
they had supposed he knew all about it,
and he objected and he'd - - if he
liked that
HIGH-HANDED WAY
of doing. business. Everybody apologized
again, said it was a matter of no i'm
portance; and fairly tumbled over one an
other ini assuring The senator that they
would be tickled to death to have the bill
re-committed. So it was, and that died
in a pigeonhole also.
Now, as TO YOUR case i tell you. the
merits of it don't amount TO a hill of
TbeaAs TACT ana strategy must do II. II
sort to bribery and -corruption' But [
think we'll not have to. When Senator
,------- was about to leave Washington
services of several influential men. More
than that, during the time that 1 was
clerk of Senate committee / was in
position to serve number of senators
and they are not ungrateful. l will have
no difficulty in getting the amendment in
PRODUCED, but the key to its passage is
Democratic member of the finance COM
mittee. l think can do this through GER
tain relations l have. Failing this means,
l know one member of this committee
who is hand and foot under control of a
Senate employee, and this employee has
his price. How much it it? How much
ranks high in office, and is a lawyer of
ability and refined tastes. l can't 90 TO
him and say, How much will You sell out
forg L must use delicacy and discretion,
| cannot fho,o
$1,000 49, ''A-- SOW u
Inis figure seemed reasonable. enough
to pay for a senatorial vote, so it was
agreed between Mr. Blank and myself
that he was to take the case and use
his own judgment in the matter of deter
mining whether $500, $1,000 or more should
e GOV the expenses of legislation: Mr..
were to be 500 per month as long as he
watched the amendment, and $500 contin-
gent upon success. l gave him $40 as a
receipt for ten dollars retainer for SER
tariff bill"
How my lobbyist proceeded with my
case is best told in the daily letters he
sent me.
Monday II a. m.
Dear Mrs, -: Senator Cullom has
promised to introduce our proposed
disappoint. They sometimes do. but in
any case this matter will require close
following, and it must have it. Let me
see you tomorrow, morning at office by
$3.50. We will go from there to the CAPT
tol. Yours to serve,
Wednesday, p. M
My great and good friend: 1 am writ
ing too early to know if there have been
any results from this mornings struggle
If it appears that there are not I must
see you tomorrow for
A CLOSE CONSULTATION.
and. if happily there Should be we must
confer.
Please be at Mr.. IS Office Thursday
morning at $50 and oblige your earnest,
anxious and sincere friend.
/ met my lobbyist the following morn
ing, and he told me that Senator Cullom,
on second thought had decided that he
a bill which he meant to fight from alco-
hol to zinc.
Mr. Blank had taken the case with the
understanding I had everywhere insisted,
upon-I was to furnish nothing but the
necessary funds. absolutely not a shred
of information as to my identity, my pur-
pose, or the interests ! served. Though
Mr. Blank, as every other lobbyist l had
negotiated with, offered no objection TO
this reticence of mine, he said it crippled
his resources. | thereupon suggested,
'stry Senator Hill. The change I propose
is to the advantage of one of his consti-
tuents, Mr.. SchloSS, president of the
Braidmaker's association of New YORK.
"A word to the wise is sufficient" My
of Schloss so that l straightaway re-
ceived the following encouraging report:
Thursday, 2 p. m.
Dear Mrs. 81 feel more better than
have done hitherto Senator Hill prom
Uses to introduce the amendment just as
soon as he makes his speech, which may
be today or tomorrow, but very soon. He
says he does not like to propose an
amendment until he has made his speech,
and he is right. But he will do it, for ne
has said. When he does we will have