The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-03-19
HIGHLAND co, O, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1884.

! tages the city offers for making the
acquaintance of public meni others
| have various claims which they wish
to present, while the great majority
gather here, as the crows flock to the
carriOn, for the sole purpose Of get
ting a mOrsel at the public crib
| The latter class, as a general thing,
originate the many schemes which
terminate in vicious bills, all Of
which are either directed at the pub
| lie treasury, or toward that revenue
which the black-mailing of corpora
uons or private enterprises may
bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania
avenue the other day L met Mr.. Will
liam 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 in this
particular direction known, in an
swer to an interrogative, Mr.. Ashley
said
eyes, during my residence here I
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
a body, vicious, do you ?"
"Not 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 oft 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 discover
ed ?"
"Easily enough, to the person who
has made the thing a study. l can
detect them at a glance"
"TelIm to what bills do you re-
fer?"
"Well, take the annual gas bills,
for instance, They are introduced
for the purpose Of bleeding the
| Washington Gas Light Company.
hey usually result IN an lnVesuSal-
ing committee "hlCn never amounts
to anything more than a draft upon
the public treasury for the expenses
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