News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-06-05
tdTHE THIRD unUSE -
ITS Good and bad Members-The Remarks.
bic Experiences of Close Observer of It's
Workings During n Long Residence at


(COrre8pOndence Rochester Democracy
No city upon the American continent has
larger floating population than Washington
1t is estimated that during the sessions of
Congress twenty-five thousand people, whose
homes are in various parts of this and other
countries make this city their place of re j.
dence. Some come here, attracted by the ad-
vantageS the city offers for making the &C
quaintance of public men; others have vari-
Gus claims which they wish to pres Mt, while
the great ma. GRITTY gather here, a the crows
fOcks to the CarriOn, for the sole purpose of
getting morsel at the pubic crib. The la
ter class, as a general thing, originate the
many schemes which terminate in vicious
bills, al of which are either directed at the
public treasury, Or toward that revenue
which the matchmaking OF corporations or
private enterprises may bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania avenue
the other day | met Mr.. William M. 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 i'll this particular
direc ion known, in answer to an inUerroga-
tive, Mr. Ashley said:
eyes, 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,' are peculiar"
you do not regard the lobby, as body,
vicious, do your
'sNot necessarily so; there are good and
bad men comprising that body: yet there
have been times when it must be admitted
that the combined power of the Third
House has oYerridden the will of the people.
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 discovered"
easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing study. can detect them
at a glance"
Tell me, to what bills do you refer?"
'Well, take The annual gas bills, for in
stance They are introduced for tae purpose
of bleeding the Washington Gaslight COM
Eany. They usually result i'll an invesUi-
eating committee which never amounts to
any thing more than draft upon the public
treasury for the expenses of the investiga-
tion Another squeeze is the abatroir bills,
as they are called. These, of course, are
fought by the butchers and marketmen. The
first attempt to torce a bill of this descrip-
ton was in 1877, when a prominent Wash
ington politician offered fabulous sum for
the franchise
'Anytning else in this line that you think
OF, MIR. AShleyE'
eyes, there's the job to reclaim the Poto-
mac flats, which, had it become law, would
have resulted in an 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
side the city,
During your residence here have you ex-
perienced the bad results of living in this
climates"
Well, while have not at all times en-
joyed good health, am certain that the diff
fcuity which aid me up SO long was not ma
larial. 1t was something that had troubled
me for years. A shooting, Singing pain that at
times attacked different parts of my body.
One day my right arm and leg would tor
ture me with pain, there would be great red
ness, heat and swelling of the parts and per-
haps the next day the left arm and leg would
be similarly affec ed. Then again it would
locate in some particular part of my body
and produce a tenderness which would we'll
nigh drive Inc frantic. There would be
weeks at a time that | would be flictad with
an intermitting kind of pain that would come
ON every afternoon and leave me conn ara
lively free from suffering during the balance
of the twenty four hours Then L 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 mOt1onleSS as possible.
Every time l attempted to move a chilly
| sensation would pass over my body, or L
would faint from hot flashes. l suffered from
| d spaSmod C contraction of the muscles and
| q soreness of the back and bowels, and even
my eyeballs become sore and distressed me
greatly wherever | wired my face. | be-
| came ill-tempered. peevish, fretful, irritable
| and desperately Respondent"
''Of course you consulted the doctors re-
garding your difficulty
Consulted them! well, l should say | did.
| Some told me had neuralgia; others thai
had in1ammatOry rhematism, for which
there was no cure, that l would be afflicted
| all MY life, and that time alone would miti-
| gate my sufferings.n
But didn't they try to relieve your mis-
| cries." Eyes, they vomited and physiced
me, blistered aud bled ME, sweat, steamed
and everything but troze me, but without
| avail
''But how did you finally recover9"
| 81 had friend living in Michigan who
| had been afflicted in a similar way and had
| been cured He wrote me regarding his re-
covery, and advised me TO try the remedy
| which cured him. | procured a bottle and
| commenced its use, taking a tablespoonful
| after each meal and at bed time. had used
| it about week when noticed a decrease of
the soreness of the Joints and a general feel
ing of relief. l persevered in its use, and
| finally got so l could move around without
| limping, when l told my friends that it was
| Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put
me on my feet"
''And do you regard your cure as per-
manent!"
Certainly, haven't been so we'll in years
as | am now, and although l have been sub,
jected to frequent and severe changes of
weather this winter, ! have not felt the first
| intimation of the return of my rheumatic
trouble"
''Do you object to the publication of this
interview Mr. Ashley.n
| mot at all. sir | look upon it as duty
owe my fellow creatures to alleviate their
| suffeTings SO far as | am able, and any com
munication regarding my symptoms and
cure that may be sent to me at sos Maine
avenue, will receive prompt and careful at
teution."
Judging from your recital, Mr. Ashley,
there 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, Mr.
Ashley. l suppose you see the same familiar
faces about the lobby session after session."
'No, not so much as you might think.
| New faces are constantly seen and OLD one:
| disappear. The strain upon lobbyists is
necessarily very great, and when you add
to this the demoralizing effect of late hours
and Incorporate habits and the fact that
they are after found out in their steals, theiI
| disappearance can easily be accounted for. ,
''What proportion of these blood bills are
| succeSsful.'
"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 be- a
sad commentary upon our system of govern
ment, and would virtually annihlate one
branch of it. The great ma ority of them
are either reported adversely or smothered
in committee by the watchfulness and 10y
atty of our COnpreSSmen. j 10. ID.