Show what weans means A tolerably clear idea of what legisla leg ioa laia iaia tion in these daya means may be forni form ed from the determination of the house of representatives to keep the lobbying business in the hands of its ex mem bers the representative character seems to be entirely disappearing we have in its place the unblushing agents of corporations independent bush backers and general self seeking tho the position of the lawgiver law giver is now generally all ali y sought merely for the money it will bring men aien go into it in that commercial spirit which leads lead them to open a grocery store or set up a cook pit if the whims and ca prices of the masses magtes are humored most of these modern solons consider they have discharged their duties with great success and in a highly creditable manner bor ion for fon the rest their votes upon all other questions are for sale the consideration is iq sometimes merely prospective advantage ansome in some bome line of business not nob office and aud commonly money paid over before anything is done an independent statesman in the last legislature is reported to have consulted a friend as to what he was in honor bound to do on a certain proposition under the following circumstances Rt ances he had got to vote for the bill on the assurance that that was the highest high iest kest price that was waa being paid to anybody but he had subsequently discovered that had been given to another it to is not wonderful in this state of aff affairs aira airs that congress should reserve the lobbying business for its own ex members alta da cal |