New-York tribune., 1905-02-13

in Iseislat,on that the entire legislature could be
bought and sold. like sausages" in this fashion
Where corporations fighting tooth and nait tba1 70
they naturally have men working ior IN ,hg the
interests who are not above turnliis ,n q = many Of
them friendly with the political Leaders ond III en-.
gaglng him in conversation. ask him wnst ne tnps1
of bill so and so on grade crossings; IN ne omsht to
saws he thinks it's pretty good Dill anu Oust.s -
pass. Perhaps he admits he's likely to & v9te oIov mi "
erg thst jones' from s91antum Is all right and he's
got him partly fixed" The agent II fbs next un-
suspectng member When the vote comes on TT rot nf
others that the agent named The employer natu1
rally thinks that they fixed, all rlsnt,
oyer bs more ase0 of 9s for the In
nnetynine cases out OF a tbe agent has poc
eted the whole roll. But the impteSSsd The mar
ties Interested In the bill think so. anyWassTTpo TTp
didn't they put up their s0 mo4e fog the fact that
one has spent large afount Of money IN o ge{g baYs
Your bribery Charges and honestly think t9ae 15e
these facts will account SG fpee1 f2P made and
Droved Mind I don't say there isn't nTl1grS- dt
Theirs IS mere mere a@n e to @ Snf way ea pill perhaps
won't take cent. or even accept Is out OF
tob and is taken on through some friends recon- t
me m9ndat9n cone amq eh9 9p neXt week i hears OF II
Of course and feels little more khuiH W. ~ &c
ones behind it. tel you though FsTa wlth fsnt 70 much
that gets by. as compared with other States
Lawson himself admits that lobbying didn't
ALWAYS pay and the propretors OF q Dig ho'ei III
this oty who tried to lobby special bill throush
found that it didn't work. and the thousands spent
for legislative counsel were wasted.
when Governor Bates proposed last year 70 cut
down the Board of Agriculture and oust some Oh
the members from their cushioned arncha4rS ="
howl went up They feared they Would nave u
YORK wST for %a dbsS gS s9 59sy TOOK only That
they got 'SF' and Hiram down rom from, tne SaIs ISa i
and hustle them into corner while laying qS%a 1sra
the law to them; some mere e not But they couldn't
afford to lose the farmer vote. Ana Wheh tHe
Stirred etr up they suddenly remembered that they
had measures that w3uld pea 5eGuTs was efeaed
There oratory and excitement every th1 H[Iie
bold and fearless dinner buccaneers. A Dill was
brought forth that called for the prohibiting OF the
oyed since the organization Of this obese military
body At the time OF their oier te ver
one Of them. But there are some who say
cork easier than they bulrs-eye with bullet
1t was felt that the time had come 10 take so9s
OF the white mans burden" But trust the An. An
Parker House and then-forth to the frayl Broth
er Ike Hutchinson popped uP WIN plI 10 cU nd
the auH lobbying by s'9asS was Quickly done,
has made his annual legislative bid for undytng
iasp attempt H3 Is was his blii to license and grade
ber shops. In It BARRIERS were required to charge
only 10 cents n shave and % cents for a hair-
cut Shampooing to be reduced 70 eight cents,
the remaining two cents being left to tip the
brush boy. Having use for manicuring. chi
ropody or tooth pulling, he did not attempt 70
regulate prices these. Discrimination against
any citizen by charging him more than the law
on account OF creed, color or past condition, was
punishable by fine and imprisonment under the
Sturgeon bill On looking up the matter il was
found that some barber with a shop next door
to Surgeons house had charged him 81 for
shave and used a ragged corn razor at that, on
account of his color. So the Hon. Kemp forth
with went home and drafted his eighty-ffth bill
for presentation to the SOlons on the Hill Then.
having some difficult with his wife his Wife's
relations. he drafted another bill covering mar
riage law.
Then there was Miss Winslow and her cats
She wrote book cats once. and became so
engrossed with the subject that she framed a bill
providing that assessors in all cities and towns
felines in their bailtwicks. or before May l
each year and issue death warrants for all un-
licensed the owner of every cat TO obtain license
at 30 cents for each cat three months old. Each
cat was to wear a collar. with the owners name
attached. AS the original scheme was laid, Miss
Winslow was descend upon the State House
and lobby the cat in behalf OF the unrnar-
ried women Of the State. while Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait was to appear and harangue on the family
end But such storm Of ridicule arose that Miss
Winslow ''had a headache Mrs Gait was indiS-
posed and the cat went to the dogs.
Half the fun and excitement at the Massachu-
setts State House would be lost without the lobby
and freak~biIls-