Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-03-20
"THE THIRD HOcsE."
It's Good and Bad sIembers-rhe Remark
able Experiences Of = Close Observer
ef IT. workings During
Long ttesidenee at
Warrington

sions OF Congress twenty-five thousand
people, whose homes ara in vhrious parts
OF this and other countries, make this city
their placs OF residence. Some come here,
attracted by the advantages the city offers
for making the acquaintance cf p1onc
ruen: others have various claims Wnlca
they wish - present, while the great ma
jority gather here, as the Crows nock 10
The carton. for the sole purpose Of getting
: norsel al the public CRIB The latter
clsss, as a general thing, originate the
many schemes which terminate IN VICIOUS
hills all of which are either directed az
the public treasury, or toward that reve-
nue. which the hlack-masling OF corpora
tions or private enterprises may BRING
While walking down Pennsylvanis ave
nue the other day I met Mr.. William VI
Ashley, formerly Of your city, whose long
residence bere has made klm uBuz naaly
wen scquaiHted : ii the Opsfstio''s OF 'h'
lobby.
Having made nv wants in this psrtic1'
lar direction known. IN answer 70 an m
terrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
ssYes. during my residence here / have
become well acquainted with the workings
Of the Third H0use.'as IL is termed, and
/ couli tell you ~ numerous Jobs, wEici,
| like ths Heather Chinee.' arr peculiar
''Yoa dc not regard the iObby' as body
I ricioas. do your
.sNot necessarily so; b.-re are good and
bad men comprising that body vet there
/ have been times wien u fntIst - adfntftef
that the combined power Of the Third
! HorSe, has ovrrridden the viii OF the peo-
pie. The bad infiueice Of the lobby can be
seen in the numerous blood-biils that are
introduced 81 every session"
'.But how can these b. discoveretN
Easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing study can detect item
at glance"
swell, take the annual gas bills, Tor IN
stance Thev are introduced for tts pur-
pose Of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light Company. Tacy usually result IN
/ an investigating committee which never
amounts 70 anything more than draft
upon the public treasury for the expenses
/ Of the Investigation. Another squeeze i
, these, OF course, are fought by the butch-
/ erS and market-men- The first attempt %
| fouce a bill of this description was IN ISL,
when a prominent Washington poitliciau
offered a fabulous sum for the franchise" T"
Anything else in this line that you
/ think Of, Mr.. Ashley"
sYes. there's the job to reclaim the Po-
tomac fats. which, had il become law,
y. uld have rrsllted in an enormous steal
| The works now being done by the Gov
eminent itself, and will rid the place q
/ that maiarial c-mospnere of which We
1 near 50 Llutu Nu-rl4r
Daring your residence here have You
e1peri-nesi the bad results Of living in
this cliInnteN
swell. .rhiIe have not at all tines en-
| joved good health, / am certain that the
/ difficulty which laid me up so long was
/ troubled me for years A shooting. sting
I ing pain that at Zines attacked different
parts Of ny body. One day my right arm
I and leg would torture me with pain. there
world b. great redneSs, heat and swelling
of the parts; aud perhaps the next day the
left arm and leg would b. similarly al
/ fec.ed. Then again Il would locate in
some particular Part OF my body and pro-
duce tenderness which would well nigh
I drive me frantic There would be weeks
AZ time that would be afflicted with an
intermittin- kind OF pain that would come
Ton every afternoon and leave me com
paratisely free from suffering during the
Z hal.sice II the rwenty-four ho-rs- Then
! gould have terrible paroxysms Of pain
I coming on at any time during the day or
night when would be Obliged to lie upon
my back for hours and keep a. motionlsss
as possible. Every time / attempted 20
! move Z chilly senSat on would pass over
my body, or I would faint from hot flashes.
! suffered from a spasmoiic contraction Of
7 the muscles and a soreness OF the back and
bowels, and even ms eyehalls became sore
and distressed nc greatly whenever /
wiped nv face. ! became ill-tempered.
peevish, fretful, irritable and desPerately
! Respondent"
sOf curse Won consulted the doctors 70
/ garding your dificulty!"
..Consuited them: well I should say I
did Some told me- had neuralgia; others
that bad innammatory Rheumatism, tor
which there was no cure, that would 10
afflicted al my life, aud that time alone
/ would mitigate my sufferings-'
''Bat aidn't they Try 20 reli-ve your mis-
I cries - Yes, taey VENTED and pnysicked
me, hlisterei and bled me, plassered and
l oiled me- swea., stsnmrd and everything
but froxe me, but Without avail"
'.But low al Won finally recovers'
Il had friend living in Michigan who
had been afflicted In a similar way and
had been cured. he wrote me regarding
his recovery and advised me 70 Try tho
remedy which cured hira. / procured a
/ bottle and commenced its use, taking a
| tahlsspo0aful after each meal and AZ bed
/ time. / had used il about a week when
/ noticed a lecrcase o. the soreness OF this
I joints and n general feeling Of relief
I Derzever-d in ifs use ami finally got so !
[ could move around without limpiEs. when
l told my fr enIs that l. was Warmers
/ Safe Rheam c Cure thar had put me on
my fee-."
''And do You regard your cure as perma-
/ neuts''
| .aCertaialy: haven't been so well in
wears as aIa now, and although l have
I been subjcc el 20 frequent aud severe
I changes oI weather this winter, have not
/ felt TIE first iniimation OF the rein n OF
nv rheumatic trouble"
''Do you obi ct = the publication Of this
interview. Mr.. Ashley"
s.Not al all. sir. I look upon Il rs .
I duty owe my fellow-crcatures 70 alleviate
Their sufisrings Sc Ear as ! am able. and
7 anv communication rrgariiuS my symp-
] HaH p sam n !
SO Maine avenue viii receive prompt and
I careful attention"
Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley,
I there must be wonderful curative proper
I ties about this medicine"
"Indeed there j., sir, for no man suffered
more nor lonEer tan did before this
remedy gave me Ieliei-n
=. To 20 back TO the original subject, Mr..
+ Ashlsy, suppose yoa see the same tamil
I lar faces about the lobby Session after ses-
sion:"
- NJ, not - much a You might think.
I New faces are constantly seen and old
I ones utSapp ar. The strain lpOn lobby
I is i n. css,nrily very great, and when
YOU add n thi tn Gemorali-ing effect OF
late tlurs and int-mp-ra.e habits and tbs
I fact tnat tiiev. are alter found OUT IN their
steals, their disappearance can easily 10
acco-nted FOR"
Wnat proportion OF these blo0d-bills
? are ~TccrSsiulff
~ very small percentage. ssr- No.
7 withstan ling tue power and innlence OF
I the lobby, but few Of these vicious meas
T ures pass. Were they successful IL would
I be n sad commentary upon our system Of
government, and would virtually aunihi-
I late one branch cf il. The great majority
I of them ar- either r-poried adversely or
Z snothereI in c1mmIffee by the watchful-
{ ness and loyalty Of our Congressman"
J. L. d.
The best hand to hold in the game OF life