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could let him go ahead with his minor
ity report for Gulf City. but as things
stand he'll have every newspaper re-
porter in Washington buzzing around
and asking impertinent questions
Yes. and you and | would have to
60 to Paris to live with our life insur
ance friends from New York. wouldn't
we" laughed Peabody sarcastically.
I'm going to send for Jake Steinert,"
he added.
"Steinert?' Stevens CALCULATED.
"What"-
ooh. that's all right. Maybe he can
suggest something" said Peabody, go
ing to the telephone. We've too much
at stake to make mistake. and Jake
may see point that we've overlooked.
Luckily | saw him downstairs in the
grill room as we came through to the
elevator"
"Steinert is all right himself con
tinued Stevens. but his methods
Cant be too particular now about
his methods-or ours, Stevens. when a
bull like Langdon breaks loose in the
political china shop Fortune and rep
utation are both fragile"
A ring of bell announced the arriv-
nj of Jake Steinert, whose reputation
spread wide in the twenty years he
had spent in Washington. OF medium
height, sallow complexion. dark hair
and dark eyes. his broad shoulders fill
ed the doorway as he entered. An lily
kept mustache almost hid thin lip
ped. forceful mouth, almost as forceful
as some of the language he used His
eyes darted first to Peabody and then
to Stevens. waiting for either of them
to open the conversation.
The highest class lobbyists, those
who Swing" the biggest deals" con-
Germ themselves only with men who
can "handle" or who control lawmak
ers. They get regular reports and out
line the campaign. Like crafty spiders
they hide in the center of a great web.
web of bribery, threat, cajolery and
intrigue. intent on every victim that is
lOiSh my lLC S4INttIlIS IDpSIleS.
Only the small fry mingle freely with
the legislators in the open, in the ho-
tells aud cafes and in the capitol CORR
doris.
Jake Steinert did not belong in either
of these classes; he ranked somewhere
between the biggest and the smallest
He coupled colossal boldness with the
most expert knowledge OF all the intri-
cate workings of the congressional
mechanism. Given money to spend
among members to secure the defeat of
a bill, he would frequently put most of
the money in his own pocket and for
a comparatively small sum defeat it
by influencing the employees through
whose hands it must pass.
'Sit down, Jake. Something to
drink?" asked-Peabody, reaching for
decanter.
NO" grunted the lobbyist; don't
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roo IN $ and a
final sulta-
ton"
You w o n t
p a n anything
really desperate.
Pea body. W i'll
you? | think I'd
rather
Nonsense, Ste
vens, of course
not. Our game
will be to try
to weaken Lang
don, to prove to
him in the morn
ing that he alone
will suffer. be-
nnIlGp orr nnnnpS
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home. She had
s pen I part Of
the day with
Carolina and
Hope LaugdOn
and in the even
ing had attend
ed the musicale
at their house.
But she had
been forced to
leave early ow-
ing to Il severe
headache. Now.
after an hour or
two of rest, she
felt better and
was about to re-
tire. > Suddenly
the teleph on e
bell rang at a
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Peabody was In
formed of this
two hours later
by a note writ
ten in C p h err.
When the vote
was called two
days later Sena-
tor HolcOmb vot-
ed for the bill.
Standard S t e e |
supplies steel for
ocean liners, and
t h e ir building
must be encour-
aged.
Mrs. Windsor,
wife OF Congress-
man Windsor of
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Senator Stevens of Mississippi bears

a marked resem-
blance to the
honey bird - so
much so that he
has we'll won the
bird $ appella-
ton for himself.
Abnormally keen
at locating pos
sibilities for ex-
tracing "honey"
from the govern
mental affairs in
Washington, he
in varia bly, led
Peabody, repre-
senting the hunt
er with the ak,
to the repository.
He would then
rely on the Penn
sylvanian's supe-
rior force to
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CHAPTER Xxi.
IoBBYIsTs-AND ONE IN pARTICULAI

AlOl ludJ aims W TeSlIlCI una WIul OI
improper practices in> business thu
awakening of the public conscience
has caused a greater demand than evel
for influence at the national capital, fol
these restrictive measures must b(
either killed or emasculated to a point
of uselessness by that process which is
the salvation OF many a corrupt manlp
ulator, the process of amendment.
Predatory corporations, predatory
business associations of different sorts
and predatory individuals have their
representatives on the field at Wash
ington to ward off attack by any means
that brains can devise or money pro
cure and to obtain desired favOrs at a
cost that will leave profitable balance
for the purchaser When commercial
tricksters, believing III the lobbyists
favorite maxim, THE People Forget"
feel that they have outlived the latest
reform movement and see "the good
old days returning, tie professional
politicians introduce a few reform
measures themselves, most stringent
measures. They push these measures
ahead until somebody pays up, then
the bills die. The lobbyist knows all
about these strike" bills. but does nor
frown on them No. no. Perhaps hu
helped draw up one Of these bills so
that, with the aid Of his inside knowl-
edge Of his employers business, the
measure is made to give greater
scare imam might olheFWlse nave re-
suited ne Digger the scare the Dig
ger lle lunu advanced OF course Tor
me loopSISi 10 nalulG an 'nlS also
heIpS 'he !ooOylsI 70 secure ana retain
enpI0S ulehi'
MOI "il Tue WASHINGTON lobbyists are
ouISlue OIL congress- ne senator OF
cohgreF 3n!ah nus uueN9d.N 'acIltleS
aoL oiIl"s oi ul'' Ails u. '"at5e Vi
OIL 9"!Ieli'"eS ne oohtHe5 AiLnSelI 10
the interests OF ms own clients Who
ever Icy may De. but sometimes ne
hot!ceS Oil tAaF promises 10 De
pretty Soou lnlIS lor lhe client Oh
ia hoai,e IN fo,,+ +,,is Mn co oo+i,,oIr,
.hat he neust ha "lnt in on the daol,,
ANi'seli' LIS Is yer! annoyihE 10 ti'
"'He[ llen'oet' out the eApeile"te l.
worth sohlethlhs' he mas learned the
value Oh observing other people > 'eSlS-
latloH'
The outsiders (members OF tha third
house } ANA the Insiders nave \hond
OF 1reemasohry uniting them, hey e.
change Information as to what mem
bers OF both houses can be "reN aed.
now they can pe got 60 utr2&"1
whom ana now mu@1 Che3 want
rms information Is 'areIu!I| jaDuat-'
ed ana now prices ipr passing Oh de
featin& LEGISLATION can be quoted TO
interested parties Just as the price 81
carload Of pork can be aacelt,i@ed ut
given time and place, Perhaps i, Is
this system that leads grating NOM
bers of short experience to wonder
how knowledge of their taking what
is termed 1.-THE sugar got out and be
came known TO thelr associates. Dld
they not have pledge OF absolute Sc
Gregg Yes, but the purchaser never
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There are no stripes on afiagstone, but
if one falls on it hard enough he will De
likely to see stars.
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Feel languid, weak, all rundown
Headache? stomach "of" 9-Ipst
plain case of lazy liver. Burtlcck BLOOD
H.fers tones liver and stomach. mr.
NOTES digestion. rurifes the blood.
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"There is the wreck of time ~ ex-
claimed Jones, as his clock fell from the
second story window.
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What better way of letting your friends
in distant states know the news from
come than by sending them the NF,,s
sVn CITIZEN each week. S5ets. will
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AFTER
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

MARLToN, NIL feel that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
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CHAPTER XIII.

THE BOSS OF THE SENATE" GAINS
NEW ALLY
VI II RS SPANGLER would have
INH battered herself Oh guessing
correctly as to Senator Pea
a 4 bodys uneasiness had she
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
HOW TO GET CARS THE PROBLEM
Demand Sc Heavy that supply is Suf-
ferinK, SAYS DerIRht.

9TH problem this year will be more to
get cars to sell than to sell the cars,
said ]. j. Deright, who returned Friday
from New York City, where he went TO ar
range for some exhibits for the
show and to attend a convention of safe
dealers. Safes are about in the same
condition as automobiles and in fact nearly
all manufactured products which are pop
ular are in the same fix. The manufac-
turers held back on their orders for ma
terial q year ago, when the depression was
on, and now they are up against It."
Nearly all the big automobile factories
have sold to the limit of their output to
the dealers OF the country and it will only
be by extraordinary effort that more cars
are manufactured than those which have
been sold to the dealers. The clamor on all
sides is for cars and the dealer is lucky
who got in his order early for a good-sized
supply OF cars.
Omaha will have a cracking automobile
show this year. The manufacturers have
had their eyes opened as to the territory
OF the west and all will be on hand with
the best display they are able to put out.
The unlicensed people will go to Phiiadel-
phia and then Chicago and. st. Louis and
will then send their chassis and polished
parts and show cars to the Omaha show,
| We have assurances from the largest man
ufacturers in the country that they will b;
on hand with the best they have"
Space at the Omaha show will be at a
premium, as we already nave demands for
more space than we will be able to pro
vide
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
BOWLERS VISIT ST. JOSEPH
Omaha Sends a Good Delegation to
Sister Missouri River Town.
ST. LOUIS IS FIRST CHOICE
Interest In Bowling IL on the In
crease All over the West
and Omaha L. Holding
Its own.

Bowling continues to hold the center Of
the stage although the great game Of
wrestling broke into the arena last week
and for a night held the boards against
all Corners. The contests for the honors
and prizes Of the various leagues still
WAKES warm and the races are being hard
fought in all the leagues. In the CONNER
cial league the fight is for second place,
with the Luxus and Brodegaard Crowns
mixing X hard. Metz Brothers keep their
lead in the omaha Bowling league.
Other cities seem to be satisfied to let 81
Louis have the honor Of holding the big
show next year.
q. q. Francisco. who is the president Of
the Middle West Bowling association. has
selected this team to represent his Assocla-
tion alleys at the Tournament at 81. Joseph,
Mo- w. Johnson. e. NJ. Tracy. w. q.
Goff, J.. VI. Gjerde. Cogswell and G.. Q.
Francisco. Tney will be entered the the
Presidents team and Mr.. Francisco feels
confident that they, together with the other
teams from Omaha, will make a good show
Ing. Co.,
The; personnel OF the team Is the same
with the exception OF F~ranvisco) that fin
ished fourth last year in the midwes tour
nament in competition with the crack teams
from st, Louis. Kansas City, Sioux City,
Dies Moines. st. Joseph. etc.
Onlsha' has always made a good showing
in all national and other tournaments and
this year should be no exception, as the
personnel OF the teams which will repre-
sent Omaha are made up of bowlers that
compare favorably with any in the country.
G. o. Francisco, who is president of the
Middle West Bowling association, is one "
the best known bowlers and boosters of
the game in the United States, and while
he has not declared himself as a candidate
for reelection, there Is no doubt but that
he can have the place again II he so de-
sires.
The Omaha contingent leaves in a special
car Saturday evening, January %.
Com IN erciaI League.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
JEFF TO no SOME LIGHT WORK
Big Fellow VIII Try TO Teach Al
Keufmann.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 16.-Jim JET
fries has actually begun training. but not
for the purpose Of meeting Jack Johnson.
Jeffries SAYS he simply wants to get his
wind I'm shsp. 81 am going on a tour with
Al Kaufman for a sparIing partner, and
I don't want to be as slow as molasses.
Al is a speedy youngster and 7 must got
up some speed to keep up with the pace he
will set for me-"
1t is believed here. that Jim hopes to de-
velop a champion out OF Kaufman. Billy
Delaney and Jim talked it over. Delaney
told Jeff he could work wonders with
Kaufman. "Al is a strong and willing
youngster," said Delaney. All Al needs
is the proper schooling. We haven't any
Tommy Ryan to drill him the way Tommy
did you, hut If you will come on the road
with us you can work with Al every day.
In a few months Al will be fit to beat the
world"
Jeffries pondered three days before he
would consent. Then he said to Delaney:
Billy, I want 20 see a white man beat
Johnson. If you'think ] can whip Kaufman
into shape, I am willing to try. At any
rate, I will be getting pretty well paid for
my services .
Delaney says that Kaufman has failed to
develop because he has never yet met a
man who was his superior in knowledge
OF the game. Tommy Ryan took hold Of
jeff and cut him to pieces every day until
he developed Jim into the best man in the
world. I think Jeff can do the same thing
with Kaufman. Al has beaten every white
man in his class. And / want to call at
tention to the fact that he has put them
all out of business. None of them have
been any good after AL got through"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
NEXT BIG RELIABILITY CONTEST
Entries VIII Now BE Received for
Competing Autos.

NEW YORK, Jan. l6.-ChRirman F.. r.
Hover Of the contest committee of the.
American. Automobile association is ready
to receive entries for the sixth annual re-
liability contest of the American Automo-
bile association, which includes the Glidden
and Hover trophies.
According TO the entry blank the contest
will start in the week OF July 5, but. the
starting point has not been named yet.
An entry fee Of 500 will be charged for
cars entered prior to May IS and $500 there
after until June Is, when the entries will
close.
Ii has been decided that an entrant must
state in the blank whether his machine IS
a touring car, miniature tonneau, double
rumble or runabout, and must also state IL
the car is entered for the trophy certificate
or in the n%oncontestant class. An inven-
tory OF all parts carried and a price list
OF them must also be furnished.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
COMING PRIZE BALLOON RACE
81. Louis May BE starting Point for
June, Event.

NEW YORK, Jan. l6.-Members of the
Aero Club OF America are making prepare
tions for the grand prize balloon race, the
first national contest of the. kind, which
will take place In this country next June.
A.. Holland Forbes is now travelling
through the west and southwest in quest
OF. the most favorable place for a starting
point and it is expected his report will be
made and a place decided upon within
thirty days.
st. Louis probably will be chosen. because
from that locality seronauts always en-
counter reliable air currents to carry them
toward the Atlantic coast and the gas sup
ply is good.
Several large balloons are now being
built for the race. and as il is open to all
members of the Aero Club Of America and
all affiliated aero clubs of tho United
States, it is expected twenty balloons or
more will start. ]. c. Mccoy, Charles j.
Glidden, Captain Thomas S. Baldwin and
Mr.. Forbes are already building balloons
for the contest. The prize, a large gold
cup, will be presented by the Aero Club Of
America TO the club whose member shall
win the race. It is intended to make the
grand prize an annual event,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
TENNIS RANKING STARTS GOSSIP
Eatern layer Debate the Work OF
the Committee,

NEW YORK, Jar. 16.-Announcement of
the ranking for tennis players throughout
the country by the national association has
naturally caused plenty OF comment In
circles where lovers Of the sport congre-
gate. The most remarkable feature of the
list is the number Of stars who have been
placed. No less than eighty-six players
were taken care of, while less than sixty
were figured last year. Just how hard It
Is TO make up this list is probably not ap-
preciated by anybody, unless he has been
one of the committee. To give one in
stance, t is necessary only to cite the fact
that one player. a Brooklyn man, when
asked for his data for the year. by the
committee, did not send in his record at
all. He probably felt disheartened by one
defeat and simply let the matter go by
default. The committee has to look up all
the data in that mans case. Again. \ man
often sends in his seasons record and for
gets to put in a defeat that may have con-
siderable bearing on the placing. That
there is bound to be some fault-finding In
the face of these troubles is, OF course.
natural.
The fact that Robert Leroy. is placed at
sixth will cause more argument than any
other ranking. While Leroy carried off
the Tri-State tourney. he was woefully
weak all the rest of h e'year. He was put
out, for instance, in the Newport cham
pionship series by Frank sulloway, who is
ranked twenty-first. Another mistake will
he pronounced in the case of Nat Niles,
who gains the coveted position of eighth.
No one in these parts will believe that
Niles Is az good q player as Palmer, Mol
lenhauer. Westfall, Pell, Wallace Johnson
and one or two others who have been
ranked below him,
Richard Palmer, although in tenth place,
has not been accorded the honors that were
undoubtedly due him. The only serious
setback that the Ridgewood boy received
occurred at Newport at the hands of Wal
lace Johnson, and that appeared to be a
fluke, to a certain extent. He had an off
day when he met johnson and subsequently
turned the tables with ease on the Quaker
player at the Chevy Chase tourney.
Furthermore, Palmer played so often and
so consistently throughout the entire sea-
son that he would have looked better in
seventh or eighth place in preference to
Niles.
with the exception OF Niles and Leroy.
J the new committee has apparently done
! well. particularly since 1t is the first work
at it's hand. Tennis ranking is a difficult
duty ard 1t is no unusual event to have A
man in the second twelve who is almost
sure TO heat several of the first dozen.
But the committee las to work on the data
OF the season.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
HOPPE MAKES ONE LOUD KICK
Champion Says other Professional
Have BoycOtted Him.

NEW YORK. Jan. B.-Willie Hoppe,
holder of the title 10 the billiard cham
pionshlp at 1S-inch balk line, two shots in
balk, is protesting vigorously against the
which have been made for \
game for the championship, with the Hoppe
claim to the title ignored.
Hoppe declares that the challenge which
he issued. and with which he posted 81 600
for a match against all Corners In a rea-
sonably open offer, has been overlooked
completely. because promoters of profess
sional billiards are determined to exclude
him from competition in the games they
may arrange, and the reason for this, the
champion declares, is that he has ended
his connections with manufacturers in
whose interests the proposed champion
ship match will be played for advertising
purposes.
Hoppe, in an open letter, charged that
the billiard experts who will figure in tho
most important matches are under salary
to the manufacturers, and that he is eN-
cluded because Of his recent action in Civ
ing UP old connections and announcing his
determination to follow his own career.
Hoppe puts emphasis on his claim to the
championship at 49, billiards, and assalls
the system Of billiard players being under
salary to the manufacturers as being the
cause Of ruin to the sport, OF criticism
from the Chicago player, Calvin Demares,,
on Hoppe and his play, the boy champion
said that Demsrest misrepTesented the
facts in his statement concerning the
Hoppe-Demarest match in Chicago. Hoppe
explains that ne beat Demarest 400 points
TO 1851, playing 49, against Demarest's
lL2, and that the game was not as Demar-
est is credited with saying-ls.2 for Demsr.
est 10 49, for Hoppe. Hoppe says he har
tried 10 find the holder Of the 500 which
Demarest stated he had posted with a chal.
lenge in Chicago, but had not been able
70 get any satisfaction
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
kId Mack Look. GOV Gnme.

Kid Mack of Chicago, who says he is
a first cousin OF Packey Mcfarland, is in
Omaha and intends to make a permanent
stand here. He offers to take on anyone
between liz and 15 pounds for a glove
contest in this city under the auspices OF
the Commercial Athletic club, A seven
round victory over Johnnie COLLEEN at In
dianapolis in September. 1907, is said to be
among the bouts that the Kid has figured
In, and six years experience in the navy
is also a part af his history. Guy Buckles
IL cited as one Of Mack's pupils, having
been trained and hardened by the Kid
some time ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

CONTINUED on Second Page
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
CAP ANsoN SURE BUSTED" NOW
Base Rail bat, Glove and Two or
Three BRse Balls Sum of Assets.

CHICAGO, Jan. l6.-"Busted." This is
the financial condition of Adrian c.. Arson,
former base ball leader, as expressed by
himself in Judge Fry's debtors court today.
Mr., Arson was explaining why he could
not pay a bill Of Sill. lie admitted the
possession of a base ball bat, a first base
mans glove Crelics OF former greatness)
and two or three base balls, but for these
he claimed and received exemption. His
income, he stated. depends on the success
of his semi-professional team, "Anson's
Colts which he said would be in uniform
next season.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
CUPID DEALS BLOW TO YALE
Marriage of Hunt, Rowing star,
Lessons Chance of victory.

Lessons Chance of victory.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 16.-By the
sudden marriage on Thursday of Frank
Carley Hunt, a member of the Yale varsity
crew, to Miss Florence Loomis, a clerk
at the glove counter in a local department
store, a severe blow will be dealt to Yale's
chances in the coming race with Harvard.
According TO Hunts intimate friends, in
view of his marriage, it will be impossi-
bic for him to resume his duties in the
university. Hunt, who is q years of age.
is the son of Richard A.. Hunt. a promi-
nent architect of New York. The bride
/. 10 years old. In the race with Harvard
last year Hunt rowed No. 4 in the Yale
shell.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
Bank Omcers Indicted.

DALLAS. Tex, Jan. l6.-The grand fury
today returned indictments against Fred
Fleming. president; u. 4. Templeton. vice
president, and A. J. Elliott. cashier, of the
Western Bank and Trust company. which
failed a year ago, The specific charge was
using the mails 10 defraud