Sharp County record., 1896-05-01
hon Mountain Railroad 10 lobby

lion Mountain Railroad TO lobby>
list Jones :-"Daniel,"
lobbyist Eyes, sires,"
|. VI. Il, R.-"Ilad you noted
hat jim Harrod was IN favor of a
Railroad Commisslon?"
Lobbyist Dan:-"Haye / ever
overlooked my hand? and do you ex-
pect me to fail you now?'
1. NJ. r. R:-"No, Daniel, you
have ever been faithful but you have
got to get onto Jim's curves. He's
got things going his way"
lobbyist Dan -"Aye, aye, sir's
I'll have Jecms' society In a few
days,
/. NJ, R. R. -"But we don't un>
derstand. How are you going to do
HIM? getting out check book =
How much will 1t take?
Lobbyist Dan-''I am going out
against MIN myself"
|. NJ. z, r aghast--"What, you
DanieIY you go out against him.
Why Danny, what does this mean.
The people will dust off the footStool
with your precious body"
Lobbyist DAN -"Jhe people be
bIowed! l thought you knew me bet
ter than that. You havn't had your
hand on the pulse Of Arkansas as
have had. Isten,-.the people are
crazy just now Charley Collins and
several other Of my friends nave
taught them to hate Grover Cleve-
land, They are wild on the subject
of tree silver, and they are dead
easy"
l. NJ. r. r., incredulous!y y-"But
what has that got to do with the
case? What has Grover Cleveland
and free silver coinage got to do
with sllencelng Jim Harrod?
What
Lobbyist Dan, 1nterupting with a
smile-"Every.hing, siresl Every.
thing! All I've got to do is to cuss
Grover, denouuce Carlisle, holler
free silver and threaten to bolt the
Chicago convention and Jimmy Is
done for. See?'
l. Nj. r. r., eScitedly-"You
don't mean it Dan1, you can't mean
it, You are not scriousl You don't
mean to say the people can be made
to believe that you can Cepose Cleye
land, fire Carlisle and accomplish
free coinagel That's what your prop.
osition amounts to, dear boy. Tut,
tut ,-.-you are off your feed Dan'l,
you're off your feed"
Lobbyist Dan-..'I'm off nothi nc
l am talking sense. The people
hate railroads b1t they are
study vim railroads, this year. They
regard lobbyists as pizen, but they
havn't any time of day for lobbyists
in 1896. They're daft, | tell you,
Ask Charley Mccain and Smithee
They'll tell you Pm right. And then
(confdcntlally,) ! think l can serve
with less wear and tear to my ment''
al machinery, in the Governors
office, than as PLAIN corporation
lawyer. And then the honor of IT.
slrcs, the honor of being Governor
l hope you will not oppose my wish
es."
I'M. r, r., mlarlously..>" Oppose
your wishl ha, ha ha, you sly rascal
Ipokng him IN the ribs you cute
thing. Have your own way, Dan1
have your cwn way. And then,'
suddenly SOLDERING up, "it will be
cheaper will rot it, pan1e That's
quite an item this year, inasmuch as
the people are talking of electing
dec ent men to the Legislature"
lobbyist Dan->~"Yes, it will be
cheaper than buying up a whole
Legislature. But you want to come
down all right for campaign expen,
scs, I've got to get out a big lot ol
circular letters firing the popular
heart. ,.-,then there's big Item of
postage"
l. NJ. II. '"rherc, there, my
boy. Tho expense money is all
right, And you are gong to work
that kind of a scheme on the dear
people, are you? Ila, ha, ha, pan1,
YOU are the best one ia tho deck,
you are. IIa, has ha, Is goln' to
make 'em believe he can give 'em
tree sn'yer. Oh, l4ordyy"s-lIeiena
World,