The morning call., 1894-11-18

was informed that they were interested ia
pending legislation. Mr.. Reed, who will
be the Speaker of the next Congress- is
perhaps even more intoierant of the ex-
! Congressman lobbyist than is Mr. Crisp
lie said not long ago: 81 see no good
reason why ex-members should come. on
! the floor any more than any other class of
| citizens. The floor of the House should
be reserved for legislation mot for visit
! ing or the private discussion Of matters
before Congress. If ex-members are not
| allowed to aebae or TO vote they should
not be allowed TO come or the floor and
adu 10 the confusion, which is already TOO
great"
Yet MIR. Reed some of the few public
men who openly DECLARE in favor of
| lobby. He believes that he Congressional
agent Is pursuing legitimate occupation,
and be thinks that the occupation IS one
on which an eX-membsr can enter with
dignlty He even proposes that members
OF the House re use. TO listen To ANY but
Inc attorneys who represent interests be-
lore Congress, contendlug that these men
can present the arguments for or against
piece OF legislation more. concisely and
more clearly than the person most Inter
ested in it. Mr.. Reed never refuses to
listen to lobbyist. He says, in fact, that
he would rather see a lobbyist than not IL
he comes to discuss bill in which Mr.
Reed is interested. Mr. Reed possibly
developed this opinion of the lobby. in his
1 i
| London lobbyist is highly respected.
| In the list OF ATTORNEYS at Washington
who have been in the House or Senate are
many well-snown names. Mi. Bynum will
| find himself associated with ex-Con-
gresham and ex-Commissoner of
of Ohio, then of Chicago, but
now practicing law in Washington.
Mr.. ButterwOrth's speciality is patents.
Jere Wilson, who. became famous in the
! Breckenridge case recently, and. his part.
ner Judge Shella barger, were mem bers of
the House from Ohio and Indiana respee-.
lively. but Judge Wilson has been Identified.
with the practice of law before the Wash.
! ington courts for so long time that il was
| with surprise that some people read at the
time of Madeline Pollard suit that he was
! an e5-member. ~ " IL
Mr.. Wilson was a conspicuous mem Der
OF the House, too. John Goode of Vir-.
gina was member of the House from
1875 to 1881. He was Solicitor-General in
the first Cleveland administration. He
now makes his. home in Washington and
| pTaetlces law here. ::t -:
ii. d. Money of Mississippi, who has
just been reelected to the House, is an
other exam rle of political resuSctatiOn.
Mr. Money was member of the House in
| the Forty-ffth Congress. and be held his
seat for ten years. Then he began the
practice, of law in Washington, AMI no one
suspected him of further political am BIZ.
tion. Eight years after his retirement lie
! bobbed up as a Democratic candidate for
the House in Mississippi and was elected
| TO the Fiftv-thrd Congress- -.
John 3. Clark of Missouri thought that
he could 90 back to his State and obtain
| another election to Congress after he had
been Superseded as Clerk of the Huse.=
| de had been member of the House from
1873 to 1883 and his father was q member
before him. But the people of Missouri
sent some one else to Congress ana Mr..
Clark returned to Washington to take the
position of Chief Of Division in the Super
vising Architects office. He holds that
| office to-day.
Congressman 'Archie" Bliss of New.
York has settled in Washington as a real
estate Spectator. He has no interest in
the work OF Congress except TO get Occa-
| siOnal tips on legislation which may affect
values in Wall street. He Is now, as. he
was when he was a mem Der of the House.
| a heavy Spectator in stocks. l.. Z. Pay
| son of Illinois, who was defeated for the
| Fifty-second Congress by Hermann Snow,
! opened an Office in Washington immedl-
| ately and makes specially of claims be-
fore the departments. George S. Boutwell,,
| Grants Secretary OF Treasury, was a can.
didate for Congress three times, but nm
successfully. He sat in the Senate for Il
time though. He lives in Washington
now and practices law, but he is.
more of o whisI-player than a practiclng
South Carolina married a Washington
woman and because she preferred the
| capital to his Southern home he came here
| and became a candidate for District
Judgeship. He failed to obtain the APP.
pointmeut, so he took up the practice :of
law and the. prosecution of claims. He
| has great deal of business before the
| District of Columbia committees in House
| and Senate, with which he was i6entitied
during his membership of the House. :.
| Ex-senator John Il. Henderson of Mis-
| souri, went TO Missouri and made fortune
| practici0g law after his retirement from
| the Senate. He has returned TO Washing
| ton. because he likes the city. He is not
| in politics now, but his son has bought a
farm in Virginia, and he may be heard
from IN the Congressional elections some
day. Ex-senator Van WICK of Nebraska
went West after his retirement-witl view
| To getting another election, but failing to
beat the Republican candidate for Cover.
nor of the State be has returned to WASH
! ingtoD. He is living in an old church ON
| Massachusetts avenue and Eighteenth
street, directly opposite his old home.
which he rents to Chief Justice Fuller OF
! the Supreme Court. Ex-senator COnper.
| settled down TO the practice of the law and
| The prosecution OF claims when his term n
the Senate expired, and he Is still partner
| il the business which is carried actively
| by his son ChiliOn. Ex-senator Eustls
| settled down to a life OF w6l-earned rest
| in Washington when he left the Senate,
! but President Cleveland sent him to Paris.
None of these ex-SeDatnrs have been in
| terested IN legislation, with the exception
Of Mr.. Conger, who has some business be-
| fore Congressional committees from time
| to time.
Ex-Congressman Payne of Wisconsin is
credited with making $500, coo out of Indian
claims. Ex-Congressman HaZsl.on of u.
| Wisconsin has large income from land
claims. These are onlyra few OF the ':ex'sH
who have made their experience in Con-
gress pay by remaining In Washin gton.
| There is no doubt that the ex-CongIess-.
man has a better chance TO influence Iegis-
| Iation and can get batter and a quicker
! hearing before the departments than the
man who is not familiar through personal
experience with Washington ways, and
who has not large acquaintance among
| public men. A little story of The expert
ence of a Congressional lobbyist with
Pacific railroad bill will illustrate the adj
vantage which a knowledge of C, ngres-
slonal ways gives TO a man in that line of
business. The bill in question was about
/ r. ha tod Eha