| Show WASHINGTON GOSSIP I I I Ronances and Mysteries of the Lobby Its Female Coqtln gentSorre Noted Characters I of the Third House I toeIll comfponJence Washington iD CFeb It 1898 The Tameness othich are abroad In the land eonccrnlts the lobby arc like most otter twuratt few grains of truth goitgalongwtiand doing great ser Nice In lulntanttatlng the fabric of fiction TIHe MfWycolored tales have done much to prejudice persona who never tar a Congress In session and Sir IhtW exniggerateu Ideas of corruption cor-ruption that prevails beneath the dome if the national capitol The truth Is I lie lobby or Third House as It Is I MmeUmes called Is I not altogether an till There are ministers of the Cos Ill 1 among the lobbyists and political Influence and church Influence often got hand In hand These cleiEjmen are act t necessarily corrupt lobbyists who would Purchase votes but their ser ttcea may be paid I for by the churches or schools that are seeking appropriations appropria-tions and they employ the same means that other members of the Third House mllof > viz the argue plead the clue of the church and morality use personal Influence and ask for votes OD the ground of personal friendship tf they cannot make It appear that the hU 1 should be passed on grounds of juan jua-n e or party lines In short they are Here to is In and will be paid for winning win-ning though they have to encourage lot rolling which Is held up by thco ttlcul moralists oa one of the evils of modem legislation That Is they will uk their friends to pool Issues with Where who are not active friends and blp along Deothlt 111I In hleh they bait to Interest providing tills will heTP P their bill A ease In point Is that r the Mithoillst Episcopal church 1 South Above book agents have u big > claim U hen liuells army entered > l1hllIIe la UCJ the great publishing hou ot the church was seized The tnpnty no liuud for confiscation 04 the army mud use ot the plant lilts the question of confiscation was ibat the court The rr paper signed w inlets II aa lived to iiriiiL tfaaittr X hlonbaalld the bindery turned The 461 regimental rolls liisuad of Hlbles IIme church Ivanted J300 04K fur the don and lrentd evidence Iu kr how that It Wua lu111 during file ir Fiveral oasix claim vorninitteca of W fi have favored mth cl4lmbut nev r Ilan been field because Con PPrUtion Vals h as 110 till tolled to mllke the all toll o Lvery alkm brings rec orh Ltd ckrgmu Lists und ofl be the 01l1e11 to lorkIfin the lobby raly I lobbyists BlItillar UPProprIAU11 claims ZhIcnbrbuy I clrl axe I be to Cegremm la atingle ut taned with tile therx Ito gi1119 ore I I of to Uncle I fhmo for the le ties that On oil the eassetinent of b dy A III help I SoIntthing 01 some There are always claim before pthletil I tn k an If Claimants valting for omou On acted own I I Ills that gn S am lobbyist to alt the 10 butVou lOokIn thecag knit the TItOI I for the Now lobby II of valn the about stag book Uh rh10 carries a checks him back or has roll of bulging green Illich from ll 3 packets fill to 6 itere may iji Its c s Congressmen me ui > rfo < i have In 1PortAnt been a I part time In when some Mrs i less l state and H may be sol th Patent t lam6ut i tanont today Jt If carried 04 JSSfiL n voill > not be ca Ffln Uh1t tl illPilot I lither Public i elfe In the ill e Will eltoDllui aIIl a find there or the Orsift It the romances caplosItterkma r Id V who theirdmod i ImIleso Oslatosrs INIth wicked in spaniel the In in a mwet is for lures evlaxures did b or It belle cr on and goons an exist teh are all I dealt toYby Of very dr shot Pcoplea is made up neUlt to t PcopleIt Is an tilt Lying Irr he as protolon of Job any i aboutr 101hisser Other profeshlon The o J are of V v rlg ill bo statels stat it 1 a i ill C be t rose Is dIgnCot l fhO Kilk Cot e me for akes a t to eot our Joe On an rear Of ill one 0 tit nrln a I t latter t Senate 0 1 I the real tio a or t tile hOlIllIr or loo lit Job crloe I nan ov Is I repre 1 ll kszia4119ttuve a tt ra n toll kszia j aor r I mar ott 0 11 > lacrad precincts of the Senate chamber when the Senate Is I In session Hut once a U S senator free odmlpslon Is I always accorded ac-corded to the Senate chamber th most exclusive place In the whole UnitEd Unit-ed States Retaining that right to tho end of time and earning It with him Into private life the senator whenever he comes to Washington walks puma the doorkeeper Into the holy of holies jut Its he did when a member 01 the Senate and It given him on Immne I advantage over other lobbyists There are n great many xnotur 01 the United Mates and the majority of them do more or less I lobbying In theli hands however It Is I ns honorable and dignified I a profession an that of the i f 1 tp I law Theyfare engaged to promote certain 1 rut losed legislation ns counsel coun-sel Is I employed for corporations > or In I dividualm they present special In ferrets and are paid to show up the I needs and l demands of their clients The tariff bill for example always brings out vhole dmves and bevies 01 thom and nobody criticises them for their lobbying > providing the bill represents some popular demand I suppose the principle Is the same whether the bill Is I popular or not Some of tho most successful lobbyists are men the once occupied seats In one chamber or the other of Congress they receive big pay for their labor and nobody charges them with dishonesty or corruption There are claims and claims worthy and fictitious and It Is Just as hard to get the former through as the latter lat-ter The story of lives ruined fortunes dissipated and families wrecked In I the Prosecution of claims before Congress Would fill olul11o and make mot romantIC l ro-mantIC till well as pathetic reading Man are Ir the poor Indians far the descendints of patriots who gave their nil to tile countryand for manifold wrongs Inlllcted by Uncle Sam Unpaid Un-paid victims haunt tho lobby day after it ay through session after session dunning dun-ning tile government which appears to ba n sorry ort 01 pymastcr On tlOU his 14 that In those dayo Uncle Samuel halt u for many million more than he posses A and the watchdogs of the treasuv upright and honorable though they be are much like ordinary debtors In leaving old debts unpaid rather than rob Peter to pay IMuI or In other Words contract now debt In order tn satisfy claimants Perhaps tile claim hM horn the closest In vIIa lion of the committees i to which they have been referred but though favorably reported I they fall In the House or Senate nobody knows wh Inch new Congress gates over them lyn the same making Investigations printing favorable reports but making 110 Provislan for Paying them Yen titter tit-ter yor the claimants walt and i Watch anti lobby with sonators unit l Inembers they vogage claim agents to help thm and many of them have lost fortunes In dunning Uncle Samuel for Just debts r aH to no These purpose Ig bring the siddest faces that are seen In the lobby As to the fascinating female lobbyist she too Is large n crentciire of the Im agination There are no Cleopntras here now with numerous Antonjs be t ing led to ruin In their train If they ever did exist they arc ns dead as the original queen of the Nile and their day has long gone hI fhere tire woo mn In the lobby I however and there vNere a 1101 inany nuito ot fiscal before Speaker Itod Iron rome Just across i the oMrldor tram he 1I0use in I a spado hlenore1 room vNith numou pillars and cozy eOrl1elS and a subdued light It can In entered from the eaRtein front of the capitol or from tho corridor and Is I within ten feet of one of the main doors of the hall of representntlves In this con vtniont rind comfortable place where the statesmen could hardly escape them as they passed to and fro the female lobbyist had their hadquartr There were Turkish rusts on the floor easy chairs and luxurious divans pushed back among the pillars In ono earlier Pat n venernble gentleman to whom the women handed their cards with whisperer Instructions Take this to ItepiesentntUo Se > nndSo the white Ill trod keeper said to one of tho pages In 1 nttlnn Away darted the l11e = and proaenlly out cant the uomher Often genuine ladies male use of the reception room Oecnn ally wives 01 nw membera Iho fiat not jet learned better ont In for their husbands and women In distress villso had lost their places In government employ used the only means they know to beg the congressmen from their homo district to Get them reinstated rein-stated But ILl tw the plaea was nd and held for tile purpose 01 the female lobby To the latter It offered great Inducements with Its dim nooks unit recesses and tin readiness 01 ac cess tom the outside and the possi bilities of Its extent for confidential communications Respectable women seeking positions nnd hoping to cnlln congreFolonal Influence came hr perforce per-force the and faced women with bing f fln li tc pending claims came to urge for action 01 the committee becautte the wall wu nt the door rind tho children hungry nut these would never bo mistaken for the unblushing corruptlonlsts we have read but The woman 01 the 10Lby who tIIvo she Is I a victim of governmental govern-mental hardship and comes to seek redress re-dress is generally porly clad nervous wistful and like Cassus with n lean 1 < and hungry look The dashing beau tleswlth swishing skirts and powdered faces get so decidedly the reverses or In glad hand nowadays that they seldom sel-dom come twice The congressmnr dodges her In the corridors has Im Portent business nt the other end 01 capitol the Instant he gets sight of her from afar and H I too busy tl coma oji If she sends In her card Ore of tin first thing Speaker 1It did wits to at lish I the ladies reception I room Without I a word of wurnlix lie ordored I the doors closed For n few days the ulfool J corridors were full of I dazed will bewildered be-wildered women the unfortunate unrespectable lth r respectable urged by stjm necessltj sent In their I cards ini wsH d nr list the doorway the scarlet class selling i the Imponslblllty of pursuing their same under the glare of electric lights In the midst of the moving throng departed uttering maledictions on tho head of the Speaker and came no more The eviction was worthy 01 the czar Cnormous pressure wa subsequently brought to bear to ave the reception room restored but the only concessions the Speaker mad l was this sold he If It Is absolutely necessary that jour female constituent have n place from which they may send cards to sou take the rugs and chain and sofas out Into n corner of the Statuary Hall This van done A big card labelled ixcluslvey for ladles I hangs on one side of the Amor lean Pantheon nt the entrance to along a-long narrow place between the wall and a row of statues The large south window lets In a flood of light and crowds are constantly passing to and fro There right tinder tho marble coat tails of Ilthan Allen and ot the heels of the martyred OarfUld the wmen walt who have business with congressmen The poor putlent ollloe seeker and claimant accepts the elation el-ation because she must but the other class flaunt bj like birds of plossake There was ono Woman lobbyist who hel out longer than most of the profession pro-fession She came here with her husband hus-band and during no less than three administrations ad-ministrations claimed to have tho ear of the President Thl pair opened n house and l entertained largely throngh the social season The firm was Mrs Blank and husband She lid the Planning plan-ning and he helped In the execution The two had a claim of their own and they got It through so easily that they went Into the lobbying business The woman had a great deal of tact She took up and made much 01 the wives rind dnghter at nw members Ladles who hal been In Washington society a FPason or two lan1 to short her Iverv yPar however brings to Wash Ingtod n now crowd This woman had to her no trouble In getting ncceptance Invitations Her teas and receptions were duly noticed In the social columns col-umns hlonif with the other functions of tho day The pair were In the lobbyIng lobby-Ing for money nod tile made a great denl perhaps enough to retire on About tho time all Washington began to talk of tho social lobbyist and the woman and her husband left the city There was no development which fast reflection on her virtue but In time people generally came to know that every net of hospitality in her house was Inspired by the desire to bring Influence In-fluence to her toe or against some pending leglsTatlonSimo women lobbyIsts lobby-Ists trade their charms of person Tills vviumn wn call cl1ouoh 00 far IIR hullty livne concrued but Pill traded on hr social pnlllon and eopclfy it entertain All wont weil with the scheme until It heame n matter at Common notoriety that the menllt motive wan behind nil of the lio nlla fly The woman went to the White 110u rePtions end vhoon shot moved down tho line she appeared to bo em most Intimate terms with flue people That however sector required nerve and she had a deal of It Her claims to personal Influence with threo Presidents Presi-dents w as never bellev ed It weakened her negotf till IT powr vvith those who wanted 1bhln done The Individual nr oomoralln which has n jh to fiat through It very crlnlou about lob hI lag influence and will take a great deal nn faith hut the boast 01 till woman that site hal three Irosldonta In her Iower was too touch There Is I more 01 flit employment or social methods for lobbjlng purposes now than ever before It Is I a feature of the business that has grown It la the refinement the elevation 01 the 10 I tlon Iery winter bell are opned I and entertainments are given solely with a view to the accomplishment of something In legislation It used to be that the male lobbyist dined and wined Its vlm hall tea to give Now te lobbyist brings his wife and daughters takes one of the fu nil lull houxes of which Washington his hundreds of various sizes 1 and rentals always ready and proeed to entertain not On4 tile members he wishes to reach but their families To the dinner have been added the theater party the tea the reception and the oottlllon tin means of i Influencing legislation FANNIn 13111011AII ICOojluohecFCtmldtm ccdgdd nUG |
