The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-24
EXPERIENCES OF
LEMUEL ELY QUIGG
He Tells How He Came Near Making
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
NO MONEY MAKING IN POLITICS
tie Never Finished n Campaign with
out Being from $4,000 to $4,000
in Debtor Course lie Is
Afterward Repaid.
NO MONEY MAKING IN POLITICS

NORFOLK, VA, Dec. 23.-Special-Mr.
Lemuel Ely Quigg. Of New York, Senator
Thomas c. PlatCs political right bower,
was here this week attending The Sea-
board Air Line meeting IN Portsmouth.
Mr.. QuIggs experiences as Congress
man from Now York. chairman Of the
Republican Executive Committee and po-
Htical manipulation are well worth listen
ing 10. Hs burned an hour the other
night in tellne few of these TO party
of interested auditors here story
teller I'm the pleasantest sense, the New
Yorker was tapped by the'press men, ana
several interesting tales of the vintage OF
'g9' were drawn from him. tie told now
he came near making $4,000 once.
1T was when a tariff schedule was be-
ing framed ne said. 81 was asked py
the other committeeman to get the matter
in shape and worked at II diligently.
Interested manufacturers had previously
sent i'm outlines Of what they wanted
done. and I had arranged the schedule
as 1 thought right, and the bill was about
ready for the printer when "a mdnulacl-
urer came into my room. some no" or
other he had apparently found out that
/ was framing the schedult shorty az
ter his arrival he laid a bulky envelope
on me desk in front Of me and started
away Hold q minute. ] said. let me see
what this Is. I opened the envelope and
took from it fifty one thousand ooilar
bills. all new ones. / cleared the desk
before me and laid the bills out I'm rows.
IL was pretty sight. No green field Of
which have read i'm books, il seemed to
me. was half so beautiful
NOT OFFENDED.
"Afv visitor looked at me. ] looked al
him. Then I said. you know I'm not
offended: there is no use pretending that
/ am offended with p man that offers me
ANYTHING ike that. hut you know ! can't
take il. Ia like TO, you can see that nut
I can't. I shufIled the, bills put them
back into the envelope much more slow
~ than / took them out must confess,
and handed the package TO my visitor
lie put the package i'm his pocket but
toned his coat. said good evening and
started ont Of the door. Hold on, / said
I'd iust like 20 tell You that the bill you
are Interested in is about ready for the
printer The memorandum you sent in OF
what YOU thought was proper protection
for your industry seemed 70 me TO be
about as near fair as / could get 1t. The
schedule. as you prepared 1t, with hardly
any revision is INCORPORATED in the bill
That was the last 7 saw of my visitor.
A HOT CAMPAIGN
The next campaign, however. was n
hot one We were short Of funds, and I
was already I'm debt 10 the printers $4,000
for campaign literature, when check
for 300 was sent TO me. 1t was signed
by the manufacturer who once offered
me fifty new one thousand dollar bills.
The -. $40 came in mighty handy. ] could
i'm the capacity which / was acting use
II properly and ! did. / paid ii out for
campaign expenses. DO you know I never
could understand how money may be
made I'm politics. I have never come
through a campaign without at the end
being I'm debt from $500 90 1880.
Il am always in deb, OF course ! get the
money or most of IT, back before the
next election. but I am personally re
sp9nsihle for She debt meanwhile
Mr. Oucg. whose peculiar patronymic
has afforded the paragraphers many OPP
portunities which have not been LETT
unimproved, confessed that he is i'm
pervious 10 printed wit. With this in
view this plain tale Of the hills IS left
unvarnishod.