The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-19

1 two. and their acquaintance was at once
established on a social footing.
What are you lobbying fOrT' she finally
asked.
BOTTLES" he replied briefly.
How In the world can one lobby for
bottles? p she demanded in surprise. aud as
II she suspected he wes Joking.
Francis wanted 70 unburden to somebody
and he felt drawn to this fragile lobbyist.
"An old friend OF my fathers has a lit
tie business" he began. 1T Is simply COL
lecting all the old bottles used by brewers
and others. He buys them for small
amounts and sells them back. chiefly TO the
brewers and gets a little commission. Now
those brewers want 10 break up his bust
ness. They want a law passed declaring
all bottles with their names blown In them
as their property. Then nobody else could
traffic in them. They could get their bot
ties back a little cheaper than they're get
ting them now. and they'd take away the
livelihood Of an old man. It's not right. I
told IL all to the committee this afternoon.
And what did they do? They just fired out
that bill and advocated its passage. It's
all wrong. I've heard something Of Legis-
latures before. but 1 did not think there
was anything as rotten az this The brew
cries have put up S.0oo or $1,000 That's all
that's"-
PLEASE. now. aren't you mistaken about
the money!
FRANCIS looked at her compassionately.
He had found some one who knew less than
he Of legislative ms and outs.
Mistaken" said he; didn't I call up my
friend in this town who runs a small brew
cry? Yes. he told me they tried to touch
him for $50 to make Up a fund. But he
refused. Take the 800 small breweries in
the State Say 100 of them contributed
that would mean 5000. Take the big
bTeweries. Say they put up 500 each. An
other $1,000. easy"
SHE WAS CONVINCED.
Miss Foley was convinced. She was also
sympathetic, which doubtless was what
Francis wished and expected. But a
something was coming which he wished,
but did not expect.
Il can't vote for the suffrage bill Mss
Foley, 1 might as well say that
II was Representative Ms ultimatum.
He was q eort Of Gar in the House. Every
body knew it and hence his altitude was
important.
Miss Foley, because OF her winning WAYS.
because she alone could not be termed ian
insistent old maid" had been chosen, by
the women. who were working for the bill.
to bring him into the fold. But he was
adamant.
Il can't do it," hi reiterated. You
women might not vote right" he explained
with a peculiar infection on the right and
a grin at his own deep joke.
Whether Miss Foley was angry or wheth-
er she was decided upon a double lobbying
Undertaking which included Francis b.
Furnissfs interests cannot be said. But she
turned upon Representative N with come
asperity.
No.. you won't vote for our bill which
everybody knows is 4 good one. but you viii
vote for bottles"
"'What!' he exclaimed.
When people come here with thousands
and thousands Of dollars. you Representa-
uves seem to vote right"
Representative NJ, during the next few
minutes. apparently was attempting to
erase this impression OF the general dis
honesty OF lawmakers from the young
mind Of Miss Foley. What he did in fact
was to drag out tho whole story as told
originally by Francis With this in hand
he saw fit 10 cut short the interview.
When alone the first question he asked AZ
himself was; Il wonder what's in that
taller"
PROMOTED SUFFRAGE BILL
Miss Foley meanwhile went from Iegis-
lator to LEGISLATOR seeking support for the
woman's suffrage bill and also narratins
the story Of the bottle bill.
1t was not surprising then that NEXT
morning a large percentage OF the Iegis-
lators believed that money galore was In
the bottle bill Representative k was
the elected representative Of the breweries.
To him went the others for specific IN
formation
NO" he asserted. mot a cent in it, The
facts we've that q mt s1.e9 was In II for
him II the measure passed. Otherwise moth
ing. At any rata there was nef enough 70