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and before the governor, with appeals and demands 

 from the press and from men and women who have 

 no selfish interests to serve and no axes to grind, in 

 behalf of imperiled nature. Men who are moved 

 to leave their mirth and their employment, and 

 journey to their state capitol to appear at hearings 

 before committees in behalf of the wild life of the 

 people at large, always command very respectful 

 attention, and in about nineteen cases out of every 

 twenty, if the cause of the people is adequately 

 represented, the friends of wild life do not appeal in 

 vain. 



At this point I wish to offer an observation in 

 regard to legislative campaign work. There is 

 lobbying and lobbying two distinct kinds. The 

 common variety is that which has an ax to grind, a 

 personal interest to promote or protect, a com- 

 mercial end to serve. With this brand, many legis- 

 lators have little patience, and the ax-grinding 

 lobbyist often finds his way blocked by stern laws 

 and rules. 



But the lobbyist who goes up for the good of the 

 people is in a very different class. His lobbying is 

 not only respectable, but honorable ; and to him all 

 doors are open. He is treated well; always with 

 respect, frequently with deference. He has a 

 powerful advantage over the man who for the sake 

 of making more money is begging that bird- 

 slaughter be continued. I think that our clause for 

 the exclusion of feather millinery was inserted in 



