The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21
"rHE THIRD HousE. =
Its Good and Bad Me0bers-TAs Rsmaflk-
able Experiences - Cless ObservsF
Of Its Weekings During
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Correspondents Rochester Demo~af.I
No city upon the American continent has
q larger floating population than Washing
ton. It is estimated that during the ses
sions of Congress twenty-five thousand
people, whose homes are in various part.
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 whici
they wish to present, while the great ms
jority gather here, as the crows flock ia
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 which terminate in vicious
bills, all of which are either directed al
the public treasury, or toward that reve-
nue. which the black-mailing Of corpora
tions or private enterprises may bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania ave
nue. the other day 1 met Mr.. William NJ
Ashley, formerly of your city, whose long
residence here has made 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
terrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
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 SOC there are good and
bad men comprising that body; yet there
have been times whensit must be admitted
that the combined power of the Third
House has overriddsn 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
made the thing q study. I can detect them
at glance"
"Ten me, to what bill do you refer?''
aWell, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the pur.
pose of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light Company. They usually result 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
These, of course, are fought by the butch.
ers and market-men. The first attempt to
force bill of this description was in 1871,
when a prominent W ashington politician
offered fabulous sum for the franchise"
Anything else in this line that you
think of, Mr.. Ashley.n
"Yes, there's the Job to reclaim the Po-
tomac fats, which, bad it become law,
would have resulted in an 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 so much outside the city,"
'sDuring your residence here have you
experienced the bad results Of living in
this climate"
well, while have not at all times en-
joyed good health, l am certain that the
which laid me up so long was
not malariaL 1t was something that had
me for years. A shooting, sting
ing pain that at times attacked 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 be similarly af-
fected. Then again it would locate in
some particular part of my body and pro-
iuce a tenderness which would well nigh
drive me frantic. There would be weeks
at a time that would be afflicted with an
kind of pain that would come
On every afternoon and leave me CON-
paratively free from suffering during the
balance of the twenty.four hours. Then I
would have terrible paroxysms Of pain
coming on at any time during the day or
night when l would be obliged to lie upon
my back for hours and keep as motionless
as possible. Every time l attempted to
move q chilly sensation would pass over
my body, or would faint from hot flashes.
suffered from a spasmodic contraction of
he muscles and soreness of the back and
L. nd Afo1 ha..
and distressed me greatly whenever /
wiped my face. l became ill.tempered,
peevish, fretful, irritable and desperately
Respondent"
"Of course you consulted the doctors re-
yarding your difficultyw
Consulted them? well I should say I
lid. Some told me I had neuralgia: others
which there was no cure, that would be
afflicted all my life, and that time alone
would mitigate my sufferings."
"But didn't they try to relieve ycur mis-
,ries ~" Yes, they vomited and physicked
ne, blistered and bled me, plastered and
,iled me, sweat, steamed and everything
1ut froze me, but without avail"
"But how did you finally recover?'
81 had q friend living in Michigan who
lad been afflicted in a similar way and
lad been cured He wrote me regarding
lis recovery and advised me to try the
'emedy which cured him. / procured q
,ottle and commenced its use, taking q
tablespoonful after each meal and at bed
lime. had used it about q week when I
loticed a decrease of the soreness of the
oints and q general feeling of relief.
,ersevered in its use and finally got so l
,ould move around without limping, when
told my friends that IL was Warmers
Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on
ny feet.U
"And do you regard your cure as perma-
lentH
Certainly; haven't been so well in
-ears as l am now, and although l have
,een subjected to frequent and severe
hanges or weather this winter, have not
cit the first irtimation of the return of
ny rheumatic trouble"
"Do you object to the publication of this
Mr.. Ashley"
"Not at all, sir. / look upon 1t rs q
luty l owe my fellow-creatures to alleviate
heir sufferings so far as l am able, and
my communication regarding my symp-
oms and cure that may be sent TO me ut
G6 Maine avenue will receive prompt and
areful attention.
Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley,
here must be wonderful curative proper.
les about this msdicinef'
"Indeed there is, sir, for norman suffered
more nor longer than did l before this
emedy gave me relief.o
To go back to the original subject, Mr..
Ashley, supposesyou see the same famil-
ar faces about the lobby session after ses-
ion%
No, not so much as you might think.
few faces are constantly seen and old
mes disappear. The strain upon lobby
SITS is necessarily very great, and when
ate hours and incorporate habits and the
act rh Mt thew are after found out in their