Delta chief., 1884-04-02
1.-THE THIRD HOUSE,"
It's Good and bad Members---Ths Re.
markabls Experiences Of . Close OBJ
server Of Its workings During
Long Residence at
Warrington.

mas larger nOatlnR pOpuldtlou tndu
Washington. It is estimated thst dur
ing the sessions of congress twenty-five
thousand people. whose homes are in
various parts of this and other coun-
tries. make this city their place of resi-
dence. Some come here. attracted by
the advantages the city offers for max
ing the acquaintance of public men:
others have various claims which they
wish to present. while the great MAORI
ty gather here. as the crows flock to the
carrion. for the sole purpose of getting
morsel at the public crib. The latter
class, as a general thing, originate the
many schemes which terminate in VIC
ious bills. all of which are either di
rected at the public treasury, or toward
that revenue which the black mailing
of corporations or private enterprises
NAV bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania
avenue the other day Imet Mr.. William
NJ. Ashley. formerly of your CITY. whose
long residence here has made him I'M
usually well acquainted with the opera
tons of the lobby.
Having made my wants in this par
ticular direction known, in answer. to
an interrogative. Mr.. Ashley said:
"Yes. during my residence here ]
have become well acquainted with the
workings of the Third House. as il is
termed. and could tell YOU of numer-
Gus Jobs. which. like the Heather
Chinee.' are peculiar
lyon do not regard the lobby. as a
BODY. vicious. do you?'
Not necessarily so, there ale good
and bad men comprising that body;
vet there have been times when it must
be admitted that tho combined power
Of the Third House has overridden
the will of the people The bad infiu-
ence of the lobby can be seen in the
numerous blood-bills that are intro
duced at ever, session
..But how can these be discovered?'
Easily enough. to the person who
has made the thing study can de-
tect them at glance"
"Tell me. to what bills do you refer?"
well. take the annual gas bills, for
instance. They are introduced for the
purpose of bleeding the Washington
Gas Light company. They usually re-
suit in an investigating committee
which never amounts to ANYTHING more
than = draft upon the public treasury
for the expenses of the investigation.
Another squeeze is the dbdttoir bills, as
they are called. These. of course, are
| fought by the butchers and market
men. The first attempt to force bill
Of this description was in 1877. when =
prominent Washington politician Of
fered fabulous sum for the fran
chise."
Anything else in this line that you
| think Of, Mr. Ashley?"
'.Yes. there's the job to reclaim the
| Potomac fats. which, had it become a
law. would have resulted in an enor-
nous steal. The work is now being
done by the Government itself. and
will rid the place Of that great malarial
atmosphere of which we hear so much
outside of the city,"
During your residence here have,
YOU experienced the bad results of liv.
ing in this climatep"
..Well while have not at all times
enjoyed good health. I am certain tha,
the difficulty which laid me up so long
was not malarial. Ii was something
that had troubled me for years.
shooting. stinging pain that at time.
attacked different parts of nv BODY,
One day my right arm and leg would
torture me with pain. there would be
great redness. hear and swelling of the
parts; and perhaps the next day the left
arm and leg would be similarly affect,
ed. Then again it would locate in some
particular part Of NV body and pro.
| duce a tenderness which would well
nigh drive me frantic. There would
be weeks mt time that would be af-
ficted with an intermitting kind OF
pain that would come on every
afternoon and leave me compar-
atively free from suffering during
the balance Of the twenty-four
hours. Then would have terrible
paroxysms of pain coming on at
any time during the day or night when
would be obliged to lie upon my back
for hours and keep as motionless as
possible. Every time I attempted to
move chilly sensation would pass
over my body. or would faint from
hot flashes. l suffered from spas
modic contraction of the muscles, and I,
soreness of the back and bowels, and
even my eyeballs become sore and dis
tressed me greatly whenever l wiped
my face. became ill-tempered. peev-
ish, fretful, irritable and desperately
Respondent"
"Of course you consulted the doc
tors regarding your difficultyp"
Consulted themp Well, l should
say did. Some told me had neural
gia; others that l had inflammatory
rheumatism, for which there was no
cure, that l would be afflicted all my
life, and that time alone would miti-
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