Connecticut western news., 1884-05-21
1.-THE THIRD HOUSE."
His Good md Had AIcmhcrs-The Remar hlc Experiences 0f Close Observer oi MorkioHn During q Long Residence

larger tluaiing population than WaShingt u It is est mat d that during the sessions uf Congr,ss twenty-five thousand Q | le, whose houcs are in various parts ol this and other countries, make tbis city their place of ie l. donce. Some cone here, attracted by the al vantageS the city oilers for making the ac- quaintauce of public men: others have Nari- ous claims which they wish to pres nt, while the great ma crity gather here, a the crows ilocks to the earriun. for the sole purpose or getting morsel at the public crib. The la ter class, a. a general thing, originate the many schemes which terminate in vicious bills, all of which are either directed at the public trca .ury, or toward that revenue which the biack-mailng of corporations or private enterprises may bring.
 While walking down Pennsylvania avenue the other day 1 met Mir William M Ashley, formerly of your city, whose long residence here has made him unusually we'll acquainted with the operations of the lobby.
 Having made my wants in this particular direction known, in answer to an interroga tive, Mir. Ashley said:
 "Yes during my residence here have be- come 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,' arc peculiar.'
 You do not regard the lobby, as body, vicious, do yuu@
 "Not necessarily so; there are good and bad men comprising that body: yet there
 
 that the combine1 power of the Third House has overTidden the will of the people. 1 The bad influence of the lobby can be seen in the numerous blood bills that are intro duced at every session.
 But how can these be disCoyeredi' Easily enough, to the person who has made the thing study. can detect them at a glance.h
 Tell me, to what bills do you rsferi' Well, take the annual gas bills, for in- I n | of bleeding the Washington Gaslight com | Tany. They usually result in an investi | gating committee which never amounts to anything more than draft upon the public | treasury for the expenses of the investiga- | tion. Another squeeze is the ablttoir bills, | fought by the butchers and marketmen. The | first attempt tp force a bill of this descriD- | tion was in 1877, when a prominent Wash | ington politician offered fabulous sum for | the franchise
 Anything else in this line that you think of, Mir. Ashleyn
 ''Yes, there's the job to reclaim the Poto- mac flats, which, had it become a law, would | have resulted in au enormous steal. The work is now being done by the government itself, and will rid the place of that malarial atmosphere of which we hear so much out 1 side the city,
 During your residence here have you ex- rerienced the bad results of living in this climates"
 [" Well, while have not at all times on. ioyed good health, l am certain that the diff ] ficuity which .aid me up so long was not ma 1 larial. It was something that hal troubled me for years. A shooting, ,stinging pain that at times attacked different parts of my body. l One day my right arm and leg would tor ture me with pain, there would be great reJ- ness, heat and swelling of the parts; aud per l haps the next day the left arm and leg would be similarly atfeeied. Then again it would locate in some particular part of my body | and produce a tenderness which would well | nigh drive me frantic. There would be l weeks at a time that l would be afflicted with l an intermitting kind of pain that would come | on every afternoon and leave me conn ara lively free from suffering during the balance l of the twenty -four hours Then l would l 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 l hours and keep as motionless as possible. Every time l attempted to move a chilly l sensation would pass over my body, or would faint from hot flashes. I suffered iron d spasmodic contraction of the muscles ana a soreness of the back and bowels, and even l my eyeballs become sore and distressed ms 1 greatly whenever l wiped my face. l be came illtempered, peevish, fretful, irritabl, and desperately despondent.n
 ''Of course you consulted the doctors re | garding your ditiiculty.
 Consulted theml well, should say did Some told me had neuralgia; others thas had inilammatory rhematsm, for whicl there was no cure, that would be atliicte, all my life, and that time alone would miti gate my sufferings.n
 But didn't they try to relieve your mis eriess' "Yes they vomited aud physics me, blistered aud bled me, sweat, steame' and everything but troze me, but withou avaiLn
 "But how did you finally recoverg"
 ''I had friend living in Michigan wh had been afflicted in a similar way and ha been cured. He wrote me regarding his Tt covery, and advised me to try the remed which cured him. l Iprocured n bottle ant commenced its use, taking a tablespoonful after each meal and at bed time. had use it about a week when noticed a decrease O the soreness of the joints and general fee
 ing of relief. l peTsevered in it's use, an
 finally got so could move around withou limping, when l told my friends that it wa Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure that had pu me on my feet
 And do you regard your cure as per manentm
 "Certainly, haven't been so we'll in year as am now, and although have been sub jected to frequent and severe changes o weather this winter, have not felt the frs iutimation of the return of my rheumati trouble.n
 Do you object to the publication of thi
 Not at nll. sir T look upon it as a duty owe my fellow creatures to alleviate their suitetings so far as am able, and any com munication regarding my symptoms and 'ure that may be sent to me at 503 Maine avenue, will receive prompt and careful at, ! 1entionn
 "Judging from your recital, Mir. Ashley, here must be wonderful curative properties about this medicine"
 "Indeed, there is, sir, for no man suffered more nor longer than did before this remedy gave me relief"
 'To go back to the original subject, Mir Ashley. suppose you see the same familiar faces about the lobby session after sessionW
 "No, not so much as you might think New faces are constantly seen and oll one disappear. The strain upon lobbyists ii 1 necessarily very great, and when you add to this the denoralizing effect of late hours and incorporate habits and the fact that they are after found out in their steas, their disappearance can easily be accounted for 3
 What proportion of these blood bills are succeSsfuln
 "A very small percentage, sir Notwith. standing the power and influence of the lobby, but few of these vicious measures pass. Were they successful it would bs a sad commentary upon our system of govern. | ment, and would virtually annihilate one branch of it. The great majority of them are either reported adversely or smothered in committee by the watchfulneSs and loy- alty of our Congressmen. J. E. D. They Let the Safe Drop. I