Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-27
"THE THIRD House."
Its Good and BAD Members-Tne Remark
able Experiences Of = Close Observer
Of Its Workings During .
Long Residence at
Washington.

WashtngtO3s
Correspondence Rochester Denocratl
No city upon the American continent has
a larger floating population than Washing
ton. 1t is estimated that during the ses-
sions of Congress twenty-five thousand
people, whose homes are in various parts
of this and other countries, make this city
their place of residence. Some come here,
attracted by the advantages the city offers
for making the acquaintance OF public
men; others have various claims which
they wish to present, while the great ma
jority gather here, as the crows flock to
the carrion, for the sole purpose of getting
a morsel at the public crib The latter
class, as q general thing, originate the
many schemes whi,h terminate in vicious
bills, all Of which are either directed at
the public treasury, or toward that reve-
nue. which the Matchmaking of corpora
While walking down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. the other day l met Mr.. William n.
Ashley, formerly of your city, whose long
residence here has mads him unusually
well acquainted with the operations of the
lobby.
Having made my wants in this particu.
lar direction known, in answer to an in
VCiiO at1Sc, NIL ASuACy Soids
eyes, during my residence here have
become well acquainted with the workings
of the Third House, as it is termed, and
could tell you of numerous Jobs, which,
like the Heather Chinee,' are peculiar"
''You do not regard the lobby, as body,
vicious, do you"
"Not necessarily so; there are good and
have been times when it must tie admitted
that the combined power of the Third
House, has overridden the will of the peo-
pie. The bad influence OF the lobby can be
seen in the numerous blood-billS that are
introduced at every session."
''But how can these be discovered"'
Easily enough, to the person who has
at a glance"
"Tell me. to what bill do you refer?'
"Well, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for tho pur-
pose of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light Company. They usually result in
an investigating committee which never
amounts to anything more than a 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 butch.
ers and market-men. The first attempt to
force bill of this description was in 1877,
when a prominent Washington politician
OHerea 4 fabulous sum IoT tne HducuASe.
"Anything else in this line that you
think of, MIR. Ashley"
eyes. there's the job to reclaim the Pc
tomac flats, which, had it become law,
would have resulted in all enormous steal.
The work is now being done by the Gov.
eminent itself, and will rid the place OF
that malarial atmosphere of which we
hear 80 much outside the CITY,"
"During your residence here have you
oYnepi5ncad the hal results of living in
this climate?"
"Well, while have not at all times on
joyed good health, l am certain that tho
difficulty which laid me up so long was
not malarial. 1t was something that had
troubled me for years. A shooting, sting
ing pain that at times tackled different
parts of my body. One day my right arm
and leg would torture me with pain, there
would be great redness, heat and swelling
of the parts; and perhaps the next day the
left arm and leg would b. similarly af-
fected. Then again it would locate in
some particular part of my body and pro-
duce tenderness which would well nigh
at a time that would be afflicted with an
kind of pain that would come
on every afternoon and leave me com-
paratively free from suffering during the
balance of the twenty-fOur hours. Then l
would have terrible paroxysms of pain
coming on al any Clinc during tuo udy VI
night when would be obliged to lie upon
my back for hours and keep as motionless
as possible. Every time l attempted to
move a chilly sensation would pass over
my body, or would faint from hot flashes.
suffered from spasmodic contraction OF
the muscles and soreness of the back and
bowels, and even my eyeballs became sore
wiped my face. l became lll.tempered,
peevish, fretful, irritable and desperately
"Of course you consulted the doctors re-
yarding your difficulty!"
consulted them? we'll / should say l
did. Some told me l had neural sia: others
that 1 had intammatory rheumatism, for
afflicted all my life, and that time alone
would mitigate my sufferings."
"But didn't they try to relieve your mis-.
cries %" Yes, they vomited and pnySicked
me, blistered and bled me, plas cred and
piled me, sweat, steamed and every Thing
but froze me, but without avail"
"But how dill you finally recOverw
81 had friend living in Michigan who
mad been afflicted in a similar way and
had been cured. He wrote me regarding
his recovery and advised me to try the
which cured him. / procured o
bottle and commenced its use, taking q
after each meal and at bed
time. had used it about q week when /
noticed a decrease OF the soreness of the
Joints and a general feeling of relief.
in its use and finally got so
could move around without limplng, when
told my tr ends that il was Warmers
Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on
my fee5."
"And do you regard your cure as perna-
nent!"
"Certainly; haven't been so we'll in
yoorc ayo nO1v and although / have
been subjected to frequent and severe
changes OF weather this winter, have not
felt the first intimation of the return OF
NY rheumatic trouble"
''Do you object to the publication Of this
Mr.. Ashley"
mot at all, sir. l look upon it as q
duty owe my feilow-creatures to alleviate
their sufferings so far as I am able. and
my communication regarding my symp-
IONS and euro that may b. sent to me at
5O6 Maine avenue will receive prompt and
careful attention"
Judging from your recital, MIR. Ashley,
there must be wonderful curative proper.
lies about this medicine"
''Indeed there is, sir, for no man suffered
more nor longer taan did l before This
remedy gave me relief" !
" To 60 back to the original subject, Mr..
Ashley, / suppose you see the same fainii- |
lar faces about the lobby session after ses-
sion"
"No, not so much as you might think.
New faces are constantly seen and old
,nes disappear. The strain upon lobby
lists is necessarily very great, and when
you add to this the demoralizing effect of
ate hours and intempera5e habits and the
tact that they. are after found out in their
steals, their disappearance can easily b |
accounted for" |
WHAT proportion of these blood-bills
lre succeSSfulW