Word: lobbyist
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unsophisticated to succeed, while the friends, on the other hand, thought the demeaned himself by association with these public servants. Yet these same friends who would not soil their hands, they say, by entering the arena, would not hesitate if their pockets were threatened by legislation to hire some lobbyist to act for them, and never feel a qualm as to any questionable methods that might be used. In England men of education and men representing property rights go into public life and present their views fairly in debate and fight in the open forum for the principles in which...
...this country is a rather precarious profession. As such, perhaps, it is not to be recommended, unless a man has plenty of time, and independent means. The greatest drawback is the man who is in politics for his pocket and not for public service: in other words the lobbyist. There are many men in politics who repeatedly bring up bills simply in order to be bought off; once getting legislative protection in business, a corporation often goes farther and wants legislature to help their business...