The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-24
"THE THIRD House.,
It's Good and Bad Members-The Remark
able Experiences of . Close Observes
of Its Workings During .
Long Residence at
Washington. g

No city upon the American continent has
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 Hook to
the carrion, for the sole purpose Of getting
! q 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 public treasury, or toward that reve-
nue. which the black-mailing OF corpora
| lions or private enterprises may bring.
| While walking down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. the other day l 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 in this particu.
/ lar direction known, in answer to an In
| teTogative, 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?
mot 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 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
made the thing study. can detect them
at a glance"
"Tell me, to what bill do You referf"
swell. 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
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
offered a fabulous sum for the franchise"
Anything else in this line that You
think Of, Mr.. Ashley?"
ayes, there's the job to reclaim the Po-
tomac fats, which, had IL become law,
would have resulted in an enormous steal.
The work is now being done by the Gov
| eminent lbSelf, ana Will Tlu Tue pfuco Va
that malarial atmosphere OF which we
hear so much outside the city,"
"During your residence here have you
experienced the bad results Of living in
this climatew
swell, while have not at all times cn-
joyed good health, am certain that the
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 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 aud leg would be similarly at
| fected. Then again it would locate in
some particular part Of my body and pro-
duce q tenderness which would well nigh
drive me frantic. There would be weeks
at time that would be afflicted with an
| intermitting 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
, would have terrible paroxysn.s of pain
coming on at any time during the day or
night when would be Obliged to lie upon
my back for hours and keep as motionless
as possible. Every time attempted to
, move a chilly sensation would pass over
my body, or l would faint from hot flashes.
j suffered from spasmodic contraction OF
the muscles and a soreness of the back and
, bowels, and even my eyeballs became sore
. and distressed me greatly whenever
: | wiped my face. ] became ill.tempered
peevish, fretful, irritable and desperately
Respondent"
; "Of course you consulted the doctors re
: garding your difficultyfv
"Consulted them? well / should say
did. Some told me had neuralgia: others
that had infammatory rheumatism, fol
which there was no cure, that would b
afflicted all my life. and that time aion'
would mitigate my suferings."
: "But didn't they try to relieve your mis-
! eries?" yes, they vomited and physicket
me, blistered and bled me, plastered ant
: oiled me, sweat, steamed and everything
!, but froze me, but without avail"
/. "But how did you finally recoverW
81 had friend living in Michigan VIII
; had been afflicted in o similar way ant
: had been cured. He wrote me regarding
U his recovery and advised me to try tn
remedy which cured him. l procured
bottle and commenced its use, taking
tablespoonful after each meal and at be-
time. / had used it about q week when
4 noticed a decrease of the soreness Of tn
. Joints and q general feeling OF relief.
). persevered in its use and finally got SO
It could move around without iimping, whe
! told my friends that it was Warner
y Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me o
sand do you regard your cure as perms
r, uent?
"a "Certainly; haven't been SO well i
Or years as am now, and although hav
q. been subjected to frequent and sever
)" changes of weather this winter, have nc
or felt the first intimation of the return {
1; my rheumatic trouble"
r. 'Do you object to the publication OF thi
Interview, Mr.. Ashleyp
"Not at all, sir. l look upon 1t as
s. duty / owe my fellow-creaturest to alleviai
'e- their sufferings so far as / am able. an
any communication regarding my SYM
toms and cure that may be sent to me I
90 sec Maine avenue will receive prompt an
a careful attention."
ct Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashle.
PIT there must be wonderful curative prope
ties about this med;cine?'
"Indeed there is, sir, for no man suffere
to more nor longer than did l before tn
10 remedy gave me relief"
Is "To go back to the original subject, M
lis Ashley, suppose,you see the same FAM
ed lar faces about the lobby session after Sc
it stomp
"No, not 50 much as you might thin
New faces are constantly seen and o
- ones disappear. The strain upon lobb'