The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-05-21
nrnr THIRn HnnSE.s
ttu pood and Had nfembers--The Reuiarlgus
hte Experience ofu Close Ohsoryer 0I its
Workings During Long kesldonce nv
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No city upon the Amerlc an couUnehe htN
larger floating popu alton than Washington
lt Is estimated that during the sessions OF
Congress twenty-five thousand eople, whose
homes are in various parts of this ana oUher
countries make this city thoir place OF resi-
dence Some come here, attracted by the ad-
vantagos the city offers for making the az
quaintance OF public men; others have Narl-
Gus claims which they wish TO present while
the great maiori gat err here, as the crows |
fCcS to the Carrion, for the sole purpose Oh |
getting a morsel the public crib. The lat |
ter class, as a general thing, originate tho |
many schemes which terminate in vicious |
bills all of which are either directed at the
pubh, treasury, or toward tha5 revenue |
which TIE black mai ing OF corporations or
private enterprises may bring.
While walking down IennSylNanta avenue |
the other day | met Mr. wi liam NJ. Ashley
formerly OF your city, whose long residence
here rs ma hi n unp ,ually well acquainted
with the operations OF the .obby.
Having made my wants in this particular
di ection known, in answer 60 an iuterroga-
tive, MIR. Ashlei said;
"Yes. during my residence here | have be-
come well acquainted with the workings OF
the Third House, as it is termed, aud could
tell you of numerous jobs, which, like the
'Heathen Chinee, are peculiar"
"Nou do not regard the lobby, as body,
vicious, do youp
Not necessarily so; there are good and
bal men comprising that body; yet there
have been times when it must be admitted
that the combined power of the Third House
has overridden the will of the people, The bad
influence of the lobby can be seen in the
numerous blood-bills that are introduce ed at
every session
But how can these be discoveredN
"Easily enough TO the person who has
made the thing study. l can detect them
at Il glance"
''Teu me, to what bills do you referT'
"Well, take the annual gas bills. for in
stance. They are introducedf for the purposeof
bleeding the Washington Gaslight company.
They usually result in an investigating COM
mittee which never amounts to anything
more than draft upon the public treasury
for the expenses of the investigation An
other squeeze is the abattoir bills, as they are
called These, of course, are fought by tho
butchers and marketmen. The first attsmpt
to force a bill of this description was in lSIi,
when pro ninent Washington politician Of
tered a fabulous sun for the franchise
Anything else in this line that you think
of, Mr. Ashley ~
Eyes, there's the job to reclaim the Poto-
ma fats, whi H. had 1t become a law would
have I, suited in an enormous steal. The
work S now being done by the government
itself, and will rid the plac e of that ralarial
atmosphere OF which we hear so muyh out
side the city,
During your residence here have you ex-
p rien ed the bad 5Sults of living in this
| climate ~
"Well, while l have not at all times en-
| joyed good health | am Ger, ain that the diff
| Fl ulty whi h laid me up 50 long was not ma
| lar. al. 1t was something that had troubled
| me for years. A shooting, stinging pain that at
! times alta ked different parts of my bod.
! One day my right arm and leg would torture
! me with pain, there would be great redness,
heat ana swelling of the parts and perhaps
! the next DAY the left arm and leg would be
! similarly affected. Then again it would To-
cate in some particular part of my body and
| produce tenderness whiO h would well nigh
| drive me frantic. There would be weeks at a
time that would be afflicted with an inter
| mltting kind of pain that would come on
every afternoon and leave me comparatively
free from suffering during the balance of the
| twenty-four hours. Then | would have terri
lie paroxysms OF pain coming on at any time
during the day or night when | would be
oolige to lie upon my back for hours and
keep as motionless as possible. Every time |
attempted to move n chilly sensation would
| PASS over my body, or | would faint from hot
iashes | suffered from spasmodic contrac-
ton of the muscles and soreness of the back
| and bowels and even my eyeballs become sore
and distressed me greatly whenever i wiped
my face. 1 became ill-tempered, peevish,
fretful, irritable, and desperately despond-
ent.h
''Of course you consulted the doctors re-
gaTding your diilicutyh
Cons llted them. well, ] should say ] did
Son to d ne had neural lgia; Others thai
had in anmatory rh sum atlsm, for which
there was no cure, that | would be athict
al my life, and that time alone would miti-
gats my sun erings.'
But didn't they try to relieve your mis-
eriesn
''Yes they vomited and physiced me
b istered and bled me, sweat steamed
and everything but froze me, but without
avail
But how did you finally recoverm
81 had a friend living in Michigan who haG
been afflicted in simi ar way and had beer
cured. he wrote me re esarding his recovery
and advised me To try the remedy which
| cured him. procu red a bottle and com
menced its use, taking tablespoonful afte
each cal and at Deitime | had u ed i
abb ut week when / noticed decrease o
the soreness of the joints and general feel
ing OF re ief ! per @ cred in ITS uses anC
finally got so | could move around withou
linipine, when / told my friends that it wa
, Warner Safe Rheumatic Cure that had pu
: me n my feet
'ALd do yoI regard your cure as perma
nent n
I "Certainly. haven't been so well in year
as l am now, and although have been sui
jected to frequent and severe changes o
! weather this w inter- have no. felt the frs
4 intimation o. the return of my rheumati
. trouble
/ DE. you object to the publication of thi
: interview, MIR. Ashley n
Not at all, sir. 1 look upon it as a duty
. owe my fellow creatures TO alleviate thei
offerings so far as | am able, and any con
k munication regarding my symptoms an
a cure that may be sent to me at sos Main
y avenue, will re eive prompt and careful a
u ten.ion.n
n Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley
@ there most be wonderful curative properti(
n about this ms di inc"
= Indeed, thele ls sir, for no man suffere
) more nor longer than did before this remed
C gave me relief
}, ITO get hack to the original subject, Nj
q Ashley. l suppose you see the same familiS
. faces about the lobby session after session.
{ No, not so much as you might thinl
New faces are constantly seen and old on,
:. disapIea' The strain upon lobbyists
# necess arily very great, and when YOU add I
q, this the demoralizng effect of late hours an
intemperate habits and the fact that they aI