Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1878 — The Irresponsible Lobbyist. [ARTICLE]

The Irresponsible Lobbyist.

Washington specials state that one of the strongest lobbies that has ever been collected at Washington is making its appearance there, calculating upon the possibility of a hurried session and the reckless irresponsibility of members who have failed of re-election. Where the carcass is there will the eagles be gathered together. It is a pity Congress cannot find some means of getting rid of the whole tribe; but the trouble is Congress isn’t anxious to be rid of them. They furnish champagne suppers, and in many ways aid to smooth the Congressman’s path in life. But they are a scandal to the nation and a stench in the nostrils of honest men all the same. —lndianapolis Journal.