The Osceola times., 1884-04-19
"rHE THIRD HOUSE"
Its Good and bad Members The Re-
markabie Experiences OF Close OBJ
server of its Workings During
Long Residence at
WashjnRtou.
Washington.

No city upon the American continent
has a 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 residence.
Some ecome here, attracted by the advanta-
ges the city offers for making the acquaint-
ance of public men; others have various
claims which they wish to present, while
the great majority gather here, as the
crows flock to the carrioL, for the sole
purpose of getting a morsel at the public
crib. The latter class as general thing,
originate the many schemes which ter
inmate in vicious bills, all of which are
neither directed at the public treasury,
or toward that revenue which the black
mailing of corporations or private enter
prises may bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania
avenue the other day / met Mr.. William
NJ. Ashley, formerly of your city. whose
long residence here has made him unus-
tions Of the lobby.
Having made my wants in this partic-
ular direction known, in answer to an
interrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
"Yes, during my residence here have
become well acquainted with the work.
ings 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 youl"
Not necessarily so, there are good and
bad men comprising that body; yet there
have been times when it must be admit
ted that the combined power of the Third
House has eirdden the will of the
people. 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 discoveredY"
Easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing a study. ! can detect
them at a glance"
"Tell me, to what bills do you refer"
"Well, take annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the
purpose of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light company. They usually result in
an inye stigating committee which never
amounts to anything more than draft
upon the public treasury for the expen-
ses of the investigation. Another
squeeze is the abattoir bills, rs they are
called. These of course, are fought by
the butchers and market men. The
first attempt to force bill Of this des-
cription was in 1877, when prominent
Washington politician offered a fabulous
sum for the franchise"
Anything else in this line that You
think of, Mr.. Ashley?"
Yes, there's the job to reclaim the
Potomac flats, which had it become a
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 outside the
city,"
During your residence here have you
experienced the bad results of living in
this climate?"
"Well, while ! have not at all times
enjoyed good health ] am certain that
the difficulty which laid me up so long
was not mslarial. 1t was something that
"a x,
singing pain that at times attacked diff
ferent parts of my body. ORe 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 and leg would |
be similarly affected. Then again it |
would locate in some particular part of
my body and produce tenderness |
which would well nigh drive me frantic |
There would be weeks at time that !
would be afflicted with an intermitting |
kind of pam that would come on every |
afternoon and leave me comparatively |
free from suffering during the balance
of the twenty-tour hours. Then / would |
have terrible paroxysms of pain coming |
on at any time during the day or night |
when | VT Md 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 would faint from hot fash
es. | suffered from spasmodic contrac-
ton of the muscles and soreness of the |
back and bowels, aud even my eyeballs
become sore and distressed me greatly |
whenever ! wiped my face. became
and desperately respondent"
"Of course, you consulted the doctors
your diliculty?"
"Consnlte3 them? well | should say
did. Some told me | had neuralgia;
others that had infiammatory rheuma-
tism for which there is no cure, that | |
would be afflicted all my life, and that
time alone would mitigate my suffer-
ings."
"But didn't they try to relieve your
miseries?"
"Yes, they vomited and physiced me,
blistered and bled mt, plastered and
oiled ne, sweat, steamed and everything |
but froze me, but without avail"
"But how did You finally recover"
81 had friend living in Michigan |
who had been afflicted in similar way |
and had been cured. He wrote me re-
gardlng bis recovery and advised |
me to try the remedy which cured him.
l procured bottle and commenced its |
use taking table spoonful after each |
meal and at bed time. 1 had used il |
about week when l noticed decrease
in the soreness of the joints and gener-
al feeling of relief. / persevered in its
use and finally got so | could move
around without limping, when l told my
friends it was Warmers Safe Rheumatic
Cure that had put me on my feet"
"And do you regard your cure as per-
manent?"
Certainly, have not been so well in
years as am now, and although have
been subjected to frequent and severe
changes of weather this winter, have
not felt the first intimation of the return
of my rheumatic trouble"
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