The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

VIII never etl dIlOtutl penny III Wv !
dends. and of course can't fight. But
what can do is to get revenge, and
I'm with you to pass your bill If you
want my help"
Naturally | told her | wanted all
the assistance could get and If she
would turn in and work with me she
could count on half my fee.
| understand men because | have
been dealing with them all my life
10 my advantage. but when II comes
to women | frankly confess they are
q puzzle | have never solved. and |
doubt II any man is wiser: In fact,
when | hear of man Roasting OF
knowing what woman Will do ! am
always certain that he knows even
less than the rest of us. II Mrs. Wat.
son had been a man she would either
have thrown up her job or used her
position to force the company TO buy
her stock at a stin figure. but being
woman she went TO work In diff
ferent way.
I HAVE great respect for the wise
l men who framed the Constitution
OF the United States, and especially
'u' Wy W ui' u NOIti'SS
is divided into long and short ses.
sion. the short session being in De
comber and ending on the fourth of
the following March. That makes the
session only three months. and when
you take out Sundays and the Christ
mas holidays. there are actually about
sixty working days. In those two
months appropriation bills carrying
hundreds of millions of dollars and
other important legislation must be-
passed. so that in the last week or
TWO of session there is always
great congestion. Bills are damned
through without proper Considcra
ton. men are tired and looking for
ward to getting away. and those
members def, atcd at the previous
November election and no longer in
fear of their constituents are open
to offers. Especially as most of them
leave Washington without a penny
and know they will have hard sled.
ding back home for time Hence
a lobbyist usually waits until the end
of a Congress to make his big strike
As ! knew the ropes ! planned the
| campaign. Three days before the
tltSc VI lIl' s'SSlbIl WI y. W dlSbll, W ~
lived in the fashionable part of town,
in charming little house she had
rented furnished, gave dinner TO
| which she invited the members of the
committee. except Shropton, and
few other men who might make trou-
BILE. The House that night had an
| evening session, and just before ad.
journment, when there We're few
members present. Shropton, who had
received another bundle Of green
backs from me, moved to take up our
bill. and he had the support of some
other members to whom ! had prom
Used various sums when the bill
passed the House. As there was no
member OF the committee present TO
object and as ShroptOn explained
| that an appropriation was not asked
for, the bill was agreed to in per.
functory way. had arranged with
some friendly Senators to have 1t i'm
mediately passed in the Senate. which
| was done the next day. Then five ten
dollar bills to each of a couple of
clerks insured the bill being IN.
crossed out of its regular turn, signed
by the Vice-P President and the
| Speaker and sent to the President,
| who approved il as routine matter,
as of course he knew nothing of what
we had done
! expected an explosion when the
other side learned what had hap.
pened, but in the rush and hurry Of
| day and night sessions men We're too
tired and too overworked to watch
| every hill and IL was Mrs Watson