Date:  Thu, 31 Aug 1995 21:57:59 -0500

From:  Daniel S Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Pot-house politicians (fwd)



---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 17:16:17 -0400 (EDT)

From:r1hall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mecn.mass.edu

To: stumpers-list[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CRF.CUIS.EDU

Subject: Pot-house politicians



A Civil War diarist refered to Washington, D.C. as "a meeting place for

pot-house politicians, gamblers and conspirators." Does anyone know what

a pot-house refered to in the 1860s?