HK ' -fciow about that. Norton?" Peabodv
asked, turning to the congressman,
B irho had followed Stevens.
B "I corroberate all you've caid." reB
marked Norton. "I can state pot'tively
B that Senator I.nngdea knew that his
I I'm likely to meet you gome time in the
r Carroll hotel"
money was going into Altacoola laud.
I will swear to it if necessary," and be
y glared bitterly at Carolina's father,
f feeling certain that the girl would
I> cling to bim as opposed to her parent.
Langdon made a threatening move at
\ the congressman.
> "I consider my riddance of you
mighty cheap at the price," he cried.
"Come, come, Laugdon," fumed Pear,
body, "I must get away from here to
catch the midnight train. Let's get
r through with this matter. You must
realise that you cannot light me in
Washington. You must know that
. man call me the king of the senate.'
II can beat any measure you introduce.
I can pass any measure you want
passed. I can make you a laughingstock
or a power.
"Why, my friend from Mississippi, I
' can even have your election to the senate
contested, have a committee appointed
to Investigate the manner of
your election, have that committee decide
that you bought your way into the
honorable body, the senate of the United
States, and on the strength of that
duriaion have you forfeit your seat!
What a pretty heritage to hand down
to posterity such a disgrace will be!
Why, the very school children of the
future will hear about you as 'Looter
Langdon,' and their parents will tell
them how particularly degrading it
waa for a man of your reputation to
drag Into your dishonest schemes your
eon, sir, and your daughter. For who
will believe that this money was not
put in these lands without your consent,
without your direction, your order?
Did you not sign the mortgage
on which this $50,000 was raised?"
8enator Langdon waved his hand depzecatingly.
"I'm learning the underhanded
ways of you professional politicians.
I'm getting wise. I'm learn
ing 'the game,' so I know you're bluffing
me. Peabody. But you forget that
the game of poker was Invented in
Mississippi?my native state."
Pressing a button, Langdon summoned
a servant and said: "Send in
Mr. Haines. I guess I've got to have
a1 witness for my side."
-It's no bluff," spoke Stevens as
Haines entered. "Peabody can and will
break you like a plpestem: he's done
It to other men before you who?who
tried to dispute his power. But I'll try
to save you. I'll ask hlrn to be merciful.
You are not of any importance
in the senate. We do not need to deal
with you"?
"Then why do you both spend so
much time on me?" asked Langdon innocently.
"Why doesn't Peabody go to
Philadelphia?"
"Langdon," said Tea body, "you know
my control of the senate is no piece of
fiction. But I will forgive your obstinacy,
even forget it. I"?
"Look here," cried Langdon, "just
because I'm a fat man don't think that
I can't lose my temper." He stopped
and gazed at his two colleagues.
"Now, you two men stay still one
moment, and I'll tell you what really
''Becaw fat d ''on't think / can't lose
my temper."
will happen tomorrow," he exploded,
"and I'm only a beginner in the game
that's your specialty. The naval base
is going to Altacoola"?
"Good J" simultaneously cried both
Peabody and Stevens. Tafia- coming
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; in with us;"
"N<>. I'm not. but I'll pass the bill i
j that nobody makes a rent, .just ns
i said I would. I'll fool you both ai
make you both honest for ottco fn spi
1 of your natural dispositions."
Stevens 'I till the I'ennsylvanh
j stared at oavh other in disgust.
Turiheniiore," eontinued Lnngdo
' "Altac??ola mu^t have the base becnu
| I've known for some time that Cu
J City was impossible. Rut some ? roo
| eil senators would have made mon<
' if they'd known it. so they didn't lea;
it. Altaeoola. that proud arm of o'
! jrreat jritlf. will have those battleshi]
j floating on her broad bosom and tl
[ eountry will be the better o(T. and
! will the sovereign state of Mississippi
! Cod bless it- but neither Senator l'e
j body " I'eunsyh aula nor Senator St
! vens <>f .Mississippi is going to be at
I better because of It. No, ami if y<
men come to uiy committee room
12:30 tomorrow noon you'll have
chance to hear how all that's oomit
about. If you a re not there by th
time I'll bring in n minority rei?ort
favor of Gulf City Just to show y<
that I know how to play the game
J this Washington game"?
1,ri 1 Ann /1a n<kfliil
tUIlJt;, Itri S fcU U f tttu UV UWIU11
! with hlai," said Peabody to the sent
senator from Mississippi.
"Well, senator, iu the name of goo
ness, what are you going to do? Ho
can you win for Altacoola without 1(
ting these grafters make money out <
it?" asked Haines in astonishment i
the other two walked away. "What a
you going to do at 12:30 tomorrow?"
Langdon turned to him and rolled h
eyes toward the ceiling despairingly.
"I'm blamed if I know!" he e
claimed.
CHAPTER XXII.
LOBBYISTS?AND ONE IN CABTICCLAB
WASHINGTON has known mui
lobbyists in its time, and
keeps on knowing them. T1
striking increase in legisl
tion that alms to restrict unlawful <
improper practices in business, tl
awakening of the public consclenc
has caused a greater demand than ev
for Influence at the national capital, f
these restrictive measures must I
either killed or emasculated to a poii
of uselessness by that process which
the salvation of many a corrupt mani
ulator, the process of amendment.
Predatory corporations, predatoi
business associations of different sor
and predatory individuals have the
representatives on tie field at Was
ington to ward off attack by any meai
that brains can devise or money pr
cure and to obtain desired favors at
cost that will leave a profitable balan<
for the purchaser. When com mere i
tricksters, believing in the lobbyist
favorite maxim, "The People Forget
feel that they have outlived the late
reform movement and see "the g<*
old days" returning, the profession
politicians introduce a few refor
measures themselves, most stringei
measures. They push these measun
ahead until somebody pays up, th(
the bills die. The lobbyist knows a
about these "strike" bills, but does n*
frown on them. No, no. Perhaps 1
helped draw up one of these bills s
that, with the aid of his inside know
edge of his employer's business, tl
measure is made to give a great*
scare than might otherwise have r
suited. The bigger the scare the bi.
ger the fund advanced, of course, f<
the lobbyist to handle. All this ah
helps the lobbyist to secure and retal
employment.
Not nil the Washington lobbyists ai
outside of congress. The senator <
congressman has unequaled faeilltk
for oiling or blocking the course of
bill. .Sometimes he confines himself i
the interests of his own clients, wh
ever they may be. But sometimes 1
notices a bill that promises to be
pretty good thing for the client <
some other member if it passes. The
he begins to fight this bill so active!
that he most be "let In on the dea'
himself. This Is very annoying to tt
other member, but the experience i
worth something. He has learned tt
value of observing other people's legl
lation.
The outsiders (members of the "thir
house") and the insiders have a bon
of freemasonry uniting them; they e:
change information as to what men
bers of both houses can be "reached
how they can be "got to" (throug
whom) and how much they wan
This information is carefully tabula
ed, and now prices for passing or di
feating legislation can be quoted t
Interested parties just as the price <
a carload of pork can be ascertained i
a given time and place. Perhaps it I
this system that leads grafting men
bers of short experience to wondt
how knowledge of their taking whs
Is termed "the sugar" got out and tx
came known to their associates. Di
they not have pledge of absolute ?
crecy? Yes, but the purchaser nevt
intended to keep the information froi
those of his kind. Lobbyists must t
? ?-U
Qoueai W IIU cawu uiuci.
Not all lobbyists are men. The w<
man legislative agent has been know
to occupy an important position 1
Washington, and she does.yet She 1
hard to detect and frequently more ni
principled than the men aimfiarly ei
l - i .1
ltleman
lississippi
AS A. WISE
ay by FredericK H. Toombs
BY THOMAS A. WISE
I
so; ' * ihut i> T?'>vs:i?lo.
I A wi'mnii with :i measure. of socle]
id stiiJMlini: wmiM naturally prove the
'" .ij .i lnh1i\-i?t in \Y:is!>
""I- -
i ingion Iwniisp of flip opportunities
iu j her position v i:!i! afford her to meet
i people . f prominence. An<l just sue!'
n.1 ,i v..is M;s. Cora Spanglcr. wit!:
se i wlio'ii the Iaingdons had been throw:
lif 1 1 contact <p!iic in: innately si wo tlioit
k ! arrival at the capital.
\v I'retta :ind vivacious. Mrs. Spnnglei
rn |M?ro her thirtv-sovot: years with unur:
common ease, aided possibly by the
t>s i makeup box and tho inodisto. Her
tie! dltiii'Ts and receptions wore attended
so! by people of acknowledged standing,
? Always a lavish spender of money.
a- this was explained as possible because
o- of a fortune left her by Iter late busJ.v
hand. Congressman Spnngler of Penn
>u sylvanla. That this "fortune" had
at consisted largely of stork and bond?
a of n bankrupt eopper smelting plant
JR In Michigan remained unknown, exat
eept to her husband's family, one oi
in I twn of her own relatives and Senator
>u j Pea body, who. coming from Pennsvl
? j vanla. had known her hiisbnnd Intimately.
He it was who had suggested to bet
or that she might make money easily by
cultivating the acquaintance of the
new members of t?oth houses andT'heii
w families, exerting her Influence in various
"perfectly legitimate ways." he
argued, for or against matters pending
as in legislation. The Standard Steel cor
re poration kept Mrs. Spangler well supplied
with funds deposited monthly
*8 to her account in a Philadelphia trost
company.
x* She avoided suspicion by reason ol
her sex and her many acquaintances
of undisputed rank. Senator Peabody
was never Invited to her home, had
never attended a single dinner, receptlon
or muslcale she had given, all oi
which was a part of the policy they
ie had mutually agreed on to deaden any
a" suspicion that might some time arise
ar as to her relation to the Standard
3e Steel company. It was well known
that Pea body bad been put into the
er senate by Standard Steel to look after
n its interests.
He had found Mrs. Spangler chiefly
?t ? ?11. > no a onnw.o t\f trefnr.
, vaiuaujf IIJUF* XUl ao a gvutw v?
Is
mation regarding the members of con^
' gress, which she obtained largely from
their families. lie was thus able to
t* gain an idea of their associations,
^ their particular interests and their as^
pirations in coming to congress, which
proved of much uBe to him in forming
and promoting acquaintances, all foi
the glory of Standard Steel.
Senator Holcomb of Missouri told
Mrs. Spangler at an afternoon tea con
, fidentially that he was going to vote
against the ship subsidy bill. Senatoi
^ Peabody was in
formed of this
tW? h"*in' latW
n called twc
days later Senat
tor Holcomb vot
ie ** for the bm
,0 y/MFfy/j>/ Standard Steel
1- supplies steel foi
7|/i ocean liners, and
^ It I I ii C 1 I UUliUUig
?r %J^.V must be encourV^C=r
a^edMrs.
Windsor,
,r " wife of Congress10
man Windsor ol
iu He uw going to vote Indiana, remarkagainst
the ship sub- ^ ^0 jjj-g Spanre
sUly bill. Pier at a recepJT
tion that she was "so glad Jlmmie is
28 going to do something for us women at
a last. He says we ought to get silk gowns
t0 ever so much cheaper next year."
?" Jlmmie Windsor was a member of the
16 house committee on ways and means
a and was busily engaged in the matter
of tariff revision. When President
n Anders of the Federal Silk company
? heard from Senator Pea body that
Windsor favored lowering the tariff on
ie ailk a way was found to convince the
^ congressman that the American silk inie
d us try was a weakling and many inB"
vestors would suffer if the foreign
goods should be admitted any cheaper
d than at present
d President Anders would be willing
to do Senator Peabody a favor some
day.
Sometimes Cora Spangler shuddered
11 at the thought of what would become
of her if she should make some slip,
1 some ratal error, ana De aiscoverea 10
her friends as a betrayer of confidences
? for money. A secret agent of Stand'
srd Steel! What a newspaper story
' ihe would make?"Society Favorite a
J'ald Spy;" "Woman Lobbyist Flees
;r Capital." The sensational headlines
flitted through her mind. Then she
would grit her teeth and dig her finger
d nails Into her palms. She had to have
g. money to carry on the life she loved so
>r well. She must continue as she had
D begun. After all, she reasoned, noth>e
ing definite could ever be proved regarding
the pa9t. Let the future care
> for Itself. She might marry again and
n free herself from this mode of life,
n who knows?
Is So reasoned Cora Spangler for the
l- hundredth time during the last two
l- years as .she sat In her boudoir at her
j home. She had ,"lf1
--rtn T * I '
j 8 p e u t part of .';t' a ' I
the dav with I U" \! | j
Cnn**ia and 8 |/ * I
Hope Lanpdon WI
and in the even- t0'
lnc had attended
the ninsicale *' > jp^
at their house. // ^
But she had / \V~
. fieen forced to / ? W
leave early ow- /\, \
iuj; to a severe v "i
headache. Now. v. i
aV
niter an nour or /> two
of rest, she /' Za
felt better ami / J sta
was a 1 tout to re- '
tire. Suddenly yf /
I the telephone IVs
bell rati;; at a v
j writing table "Itrllo! Who 1* it?'
s'near a window. She had two tele- wt
phones, one in the lower hall and one YO
! In her boudoir? to save walking down- in
! stairs unnoeossurily. slie explained to
i her woman friends. But the number go,
of this upstairs telephone was not in jjj<
j tlio public book, it had a private f
: number, known to but two people ex
| cept herself.
1 ! Taking down the receiver, she asked
' in low voice, "Ilello, who is it?**
1 j "Mr. Wall."
I - I>?o V I
II Wits lilt* IKIIilt? OCUUlUi k vuuuu/
used In telephone conversation with
; her.
j "Yes. congressman!" she responded.
She always said "Yes. congressI
man." in replying to "Mr. Wall," a
1 prearranged manner of indicating that
: 1 he was talking to the desired person.
j "I will need your services tomorrow."
Senator I'eabody said. "on a
' i'very important matter, I am afraid. 1
Decline any engagements and hold
' j yourself in readiness."
I "Yes."
"I may send my friend S. to explain
'! things at 10:30 in the morning. If he
' does not arrive at that time, telephone
" me at 10:33 sharp. You know where.
Understand? I have put off going to
' Philadelphia tonight."
' "Yes."
| "That is all; goodby."
"Something very important," she
' murmured nervously as she turned
^ from the desk.
! "I don't like his tone of voice; sounds
' j strained and worried?something un'
i usual for the cold, flinty gentleman
' from Pennsylvania. And his 'friend
1 S.,' of course, means Stevens! Great
heavens, then Stevens must now have
' 1 1 1 ?1 ~ mn nn WnotnPRS"'
feUU ? il'U^C VI UiJ UJJ MUU...VV-.
She calmed herself and straightened
r a dainty, slender finger against her
' cheek.
' "It must be something about that
1 naval base bill. I'm sure. That's been
worrying Peabodv all session," she
' mused as she pressed a button to summon
her maid.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. 1
Testifies after Four Years. C
Carlisle Center,N Y,G B Burhans,
writes: "About four years ago I
i wrote you that I had been entirely
: cured of kidney trc >le by taking
two bottles of Foley s"&idney Reme(
dy, and after four years I am again
pleased to state that I have never had ?
, any return of those symptoms, and I
! am evidently cured to stav cured."
. Foley's Kidney Remedy will do the
i same for you. " DC Scott.
Notice to Faruiers!
I will be at the following places
on and after September-1 next, rep
resenting Maybank & Co, cotton
buyers: Greelvville, Salters Depot,
, Lanes, Gourdins and all points on
I the Georgetown & Western Kailroad.
: Will pay highest market price for
your cotton,
J F Scott. 31
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