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


that elusive body commonly called the
lobby. or the third house" The term
as generally accepted has come to en-
brace all the persons who make a bust
n ness of attempting to promote or infiu-
ence legislation. OF course, there are
good many ways of influencing. or at
tempting to influence, legislation. a
good deal of this kind Of work is done
openly by attorneys, who appear before
committees and make arguments for or
against measures. This, of course, is con-
sidered as perfectly legitimate practice
and not regarded as lobbying so far as
that term is applied extensively. Then
there is popular notion that there is a
class of men who work upon individual
members of Congress in various ways to
secure their interest in measures. These
men are supposed to use many wiles to
accomplish their purposes. Lunches and
dinners and entertainments of various
kinds are resorted to, is is said, to in
6uce an amiable and complacent mood in
Congressman. Then there is talk now and
then of the use, or attempted use, of
money directly in securing votes rumors
about great Hobbies organized to repre-
sent vast interests and having hundreds
of thousands of dollars to spend in buy
ing votes. Disclosures made in the Senate
during the past week might indicate that
there are some persons ready 10 under
take
TO CORRUPT CONGRESS.
( Pauline Pry'' recently made practical
Y experiment for the Washington Star, to
ascertain the methods followed by those
who take charge OF matters before Con-
Eress None of the men with whom she
came in contact would admit, of course,
that he considered himself a lobbyist.
Some of them were practicing attorneys
who were willing for fee to DO what
they could to secure an amendment to
the tariff bill. They undertook to do
what attorneys as a rule would regard
as perfectly legitimate business. There
Were others who proposed to make use
ri personal influence. Pauline PryS
Nstory is full of graphic interest, as por-
ltraying a phase of life much talked OF,
hut of which little is really known. To
the credit of Congress, as we'll as of the
men who undertook the work OF promo
ton" there was scarcely any suggestion
of bribery. or, indeed. of anything worse
than the use of money in lunches and
theatre tickets; in fact, when the use OF
money was proposed these men, supposed
to know all the ways on Congress, de-
clared it impossible. But let Pauline
Pry'' herself tell how she attempted 10
get an amendment on the tariff bill and
got a glimpse into 1.-The third house.
To arrive at the actual facts of lobby
ing / inserted in the personal column
Z of the Star the following advertisement:
"A CHICAGO LADY, HAVING AN M
portant matter to bring before Con
sress. would like to engage the services
of some one familiar with the processes
legislaafI91qn Eor iaT5Ret psr[ offSne
large number of replies heaped UP in
answer to this Observation-Disclosures
ranging in form from scrawling assur-
ances of iiiiterate shysters to the elegant
tender of their services from
DnoNyTN-1-N-T ATTnRNEVG
who inclosed handsomely engraved ref
erences by permission" TO Just about
every notable man in the United States
In substance these letters covered every
thing in human nature. including woman's
spite and mans vanity. One woman wrote
that she felt certain l would hear from a
man that lives with an old maid, who is
in love with him, and has spent ali heS
mothers money or him. LOOK out Tor
him." she said, The watches around Tor
lust such persons as yourself. ana II you
once get into his clutches you are done Tor
rs long as YOU have a dollar in the world
A recent Republican candidate for Con-
SO ass sent me his picture ana a tWo-col-
ullln newspaper clipping descriptive OF ms
The manager of a private detective
agency said that If ! needed anything N
his lire in connection with Congress he
would be glad to have me call on him: a
man whom ! happen TO know to be black
wSs yet white enough 10 proTer MS as
sistance on condition that my business is
strictly .>o,
LEGITIMATE AND HONORABLE.
A former treasury official posted me his
csrd with a circular containing among
\ twenty-three gilt-edsed references Hon.
Tohn Sherman. Hon. Calvin 5. Bflce. Hon.
William Mckinley. Hon. Thomas IS. Reed.
s card from another attorney was ac-
COMMANDED by the inviting Intelligence that
he had been a. member of Congress four
teen wears. and was prepared to serve
ne An ex-ofiicial of the department of
fine interior referred me among other high
sources to Chief Justice Waite, though he
,So11xeved no intimation of how / was TO
Communicate with the estimable dead
man. A small library of epis- olary litera-
ture geographically beauu III, -lnnounc-
ed the association in partr Up OF a
zittering array Of influence and ability,
TneIuding an eX-official of the department
Of Justice, all of which was placed at my
disposal. a letter from wholly uniden-
tilted source engaged my fancy by the
rnodesty of its tone. Its only word of re-
commend was: I have had considerable
experience IN matters before Congress. in
which I have been moderately successful "
Later l verified my suspicion that this
was the reserve of man who holds four
letter which. since 1t was the day star of
my success 20 lobbying, | gave in full 1t
was written on United States Senate
raper and run thus. Chicago Lady: If
YOU will give me an interview. and ex-
Siajn your business before Congress, and
n arrangement can be made that is
Mutually satisfactory. / can probably give
tie private secretary Of a senator from
the west for seven years and to the expir-
alton Of his term last 4th of March. / can
refer Won to senators. members of the
House, and TO parties by whom I have