Lobbying and "log-rolling" in 1850 Indiana USA

[Martin Kaminer]

>
> > I don't think an"oyster supper" (although it probably started as
> > turtle suppers) quite qualifies as lobbying by itself.  The event
> > would also have to include button-holding, cajoling, intimidating,
> > etc., and that would be the lobbying, not the supper.
>

Apparently it was known even at the time that there can be more to an
Oyster Supper than oysters.  See Senator McMillan's line of
bivalve-consumption-related questioning here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ELQFAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22oyster%20supper%22&pg=PA520#v=onepage&q&f=false

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