The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

worthy was after. and | wondered
u ms motives We're as plain To
others as they were to me. The first
bill said all that was necessary I'm
about IA dozen lines. the second bill
was a much more imposing affair. In
the first bill the Association was In.
corporated for chdrifdbhe ana ,dHcu.
hondi purposes. and II was tn be SUD.
ported by voluntary contributions. In
me second bill the Assoc iation VAS
incorporated for iHdHStridi and other
purposes with capital of 800. 900.
contributed by the incorporators and
such other persons as they may ask
10 share with them" and the Asso-
citation was given power from time to
time to increase the capital In such
amounts as the directors for the time
being may deem necessary To carry ON
the work for which the said Associa
lion is organized" These changes
made II possible for tn. Association
To do practically anything and to have
unlimited capital. The bill was 81
crafty drawn and the language used
VAS purposely made so obscure that
casual reading would fail to reveal
exactly what the powers OF the Asso.
citation We're. but IA lawyer could un.
derstand. and for moment | was
staggered. There was practically
nothing that that beautiful uplifting
Association might not do. Congress
was proposing to give II charter to
engage in any kind of business. to
build railroads. to engage in mining.
TO organize banks. to sell all the
stocks and bonds 1t wanted. to buy.
sell or deal in real estate and mort
cages. II there was anything over.
looked ! hadn't been able to find IT,
"Shillworthy." said to myself
you're the smoothest proposition in
the way of a lobbyist this town has
ever seen. and | take off my hat To
YOU" But what puzzled me was why
he asked me- to become the counsel oi
the Association and then put me on
the shelf OF course h. had reason
THERE never was IA more audacious
thing done in Congress than Bart.
mans performance in passing the
bill. Late one afternoon. when not
more than dozen senators We're
present. h. called il up. In casual
the great work the Association in.
tended TO do, and. of course. "A bill of
that character could be- objected TO
by no one, and he asked that the bill
be passed. II was. And the next
morning Shillworthy came TO see me.
He said ! had been generous enough
10 offer to serve the Association as
counsel without remuneration. but as
there would be- "A good deal of work
TO be done, the executive committee
had decided | was properly entitled
to compensation. and my salary had
been fixed at 10000 year
Shillworthy, | have said. was an
extraordinarily clever man, but this
is where he blundcred. which shows
that even the man with the longest
head occasionally trips up. And with.
ont waiting TO hear me say how crate.
tul ! was. which. of course, was what
he expected, h. went on TO say that
he would like to have me 90 to the
Indian Territory, where the Associa.
ton intended To begin operations. and
arrange for the leases Of certain lands
on which they proposed to build fac.
tories.
thought the time had come To
make Shillworthy play his hand with
the cards on the table.
Don't you think Id better wait
until the bill has passed the House
and 10 SippaI hl th. Drncia,nt