Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-19

can arrange for the future. Let me caution
you against confiding your business to 9th
ers. 1 hope to see you very soon. ?
Yours truly,
made an appointment with the private
secretary at the post office as he suggested
arrived at the rendezvous ahead of time
and was apparently absorbed in the city
directory, when small, old man, with
glay hair. antiquated silk hat, carrying a
paper in his hand, appeared on the scene
1t took me a minute to get the better OF
my rlsibles-he was so very small and SO
very nervous, and so altogether like some
thing Dickens wanted and missed. When
had disclosed my identity we retreated
forther and farther from the inquisitive
public until at last l was fiattened against
the wall with my lobbyist, who exhibited
deafness, standing at such close range
that If L had been a goat l would certainly
have eaten the old hat. his diminutivo
statue raised just to the level of my mouth
Under these circumstances conversation
vas so difficult that after / had finally
made him understand wha, legislation ]
desired effected we separated with the
W Outstanding that he would write to me
what he could do, fortifying his assertion
with recital of something he has done.
He wrote instead There are some deli
cate topics connected with promoting legis-
laticn and there is great need of caution,
SO much that | prefer to talk TO you IN
stead of writing. He then made an APP
continent with me at a friends office,
where he told me the following story:
/ Il have been in Washington twenty-five
years; frst as a newspaper man, and later
as Senator Is personal secretary. Sena-
tor -, you know, had 70 education. He
could barely write. he couldn't spell at all
and his knowledge of the English language
would not have made 1t possible for him to
correctly report dog fight. wrote all his
letters; / wrote all his speeches; l wrote all
his committee reports. l also acted as the
clerk of his committee. Senator - passed
more bills than any other Senator ever IN
Congress. In all this work 1 served him as
education serves a man. l was his form of
logic; his vocabulary and his pen. l lived
with him: slept under his roof: was as
familiar with his moods with his mind.
He trusted me in everything. People knew
this Well, during Mr.. WanamakerS term
as Postmaster General he was everlastingly
having bills introduced to bother somebody,
and these bills came to our committee.
Among them there was the hfll to place
the telegraph companies under government
control.
THE Western Union Telegraph Company
fought this bill tooth and nail and Wana-
maker fought back just as hard. He had
Gardiner Hubbard and Bob Ingersoll to
present his argument to the committee.
The Western Union had just as noted at
torneys, and, on the quiet, they had me.
Norvin Green himself was here, and II was
arranged that l never was to let Senator
- report that bill to the Senate. Then
l told the Senator he must have statistics
to make ar. intelligent report and 1 set to
Work preparing these statistics from DATA
obtained In every country under the sun
relative to government telegraphs. When
different members would urge the Senator
to report the bill, he would honestly put
them off. saying ne couldn't do it. till he
had certain matter 1 was preparing for
him. Finally, this work was done, Wanna
maker meanwhile, had been counting the
Senator day and night. He was at the Sem
ator's house. He entertained the Senator.
The Senator is as good-hearted man as ever
lived. and at last, despite everything I could
do, he promised Wanamaker to let the bill
go to the Senate without a report. No.
body knew this until 1t was flashed on the
calendar. Then Rome did howl. The West
ern Union was crazy. Their attorney imme-
diately sent for me to know II anything could
be done. Yes, said 1; have your stenog-
rapher take this letter. Then / dictated a
letter to be sent to Norvin Green. for him
to address to Senator -, Accompanying
It were instructions from me just when to
reach the Senator. You see, / knew the
Senator so well could direct this
as nobody else could. knew what
he would have for dinner. Just how
1t 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