Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-10
LOBBYING IS A
 GENTLE ART Men of Tact and Brains Draw Large Salaries From
 Corporations IS NO MEAN JOB Congress Besieged at All Times By Men of Rare Personality and
 Fixed Aims.
(BY SIDNEY ESPEY)

Washington. August 9.-The fly in the political ointment at the national capital just now is the lobbyist. ln- vestigation has been topped by in vestigation anl revelation has follow ed on the heels of revelation so fast that not only Congress itself, but the entrie county at large has been be- wildered by knowledge that a hydra headed monster is at work at the seat of government to deviate from natural courses the trend of public affairs.
 When young man Is growing up he learns things, usually by experi- ence, gradually one after another. As he learns them he becomes immense ly pleased with himself, believing that he has run to earth some new idea and has discovered fact which none
 other before him has been keen enough to Gig out And all the time. that fact is just one of the everyday matters concerning which everybody is informed, that is, everybody who has passed the stage indicated
 Perhaps that is the case with the people of the United States and the numerous and insidious" lobby ex- tant at the national capital, which ilson brought to light The people, having just discovered this present lobby, believe that they have brought about revelation of astonishing scope and measurements. And all the time the lobby has been lobbying away for all it is worth.
 But let us consider the lobbyist in person rather than the lobby as an i'm sidious institution.
 First of all. the job of lobbyist is no mean job. There are differences of opinion as to how hig hor low a call ing it is. Some declare it undeniably honorable while others deny that it can be declared honorable. Suffice it to say that there are some pretty de- cent fellows engaged in the trade.
 Lobbying is one of the fine arst The lobbyist must be, above all things an efficient proponent and practitioner of the gentle art of "get- ting by" He must know how tc "get away with the goods'' No great corporation is going to continue tc pay high salaries to men who do nc more at the seat of government than sit down for certain legislation. lobbyist must have more qualities than to be able to lounge around a Congressional ante-room and make eyes at the members of Congress ol executive heads. He must have punch not the prize fighters punch, but nc less a punch with a gloved hand. ki( gloves rather than calf-skin are the mode for the lobbyist. It is Tar, game.
 Ordinarily, the organization of man. ufacturers or the corporation Ol whatever it may chance to be. which places lobbyist in Washington, gets man who knows the ground an( "the ropes." Preferably he should bt able to call each strand of the ropes by it's first name. Your lobbyist must be chap of rare personality He must be q diplomat in the chiel sense of the word Some men arc born diplomats, some achieve diplo. macy and some have diplomacy thrust upon them. Tailors appoint ed to foreign posts and such like be- long to the latter class, perhaps. The lobbyist, however, must be born diplomat but not resting there, must achieve the best methods of eXer. cising that inborn gift.
 Fines is the foundation of lobby ing. Here you have man station ed at the doors of the lawmakine body of q great nation, commission ed to share and mold legislation af fectiong the interests of his patrons il such a way that his patrons will bt advantagcd. tho public interest to the contrary Notwithstanding. There is task for a man of parts. And he must keep those parts oiled anG dusted. lest he cast his foot against stone.
 know a lobbyist who very sel- dom goes anywhere near the capi- tai; and yet he has been kept at his job for many years. His are the best methods. probably. Few people. eX- cept those with whom he deals di- rectly. have any suspicion of his calling. He seems never to do any work and yet. believe me. leans very far opposite from vagrancy. He does his work in sure way. l hear, does it we'll.