Date:  Thu, 31 Aug 1995 23:47:50 EDT

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Pot-house politicians (fwd)



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

>Subject:   Pot-house politicians (fwd)

>To:      Multiple recipients of list ADS-L <ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>





>---------- 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?



I don't have any idea, but I'll wager they didn't admit inhaling back then

either.



--Larry