Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20
.eTHE THIRD HOUSE,
The Good and Bad AIembers-Tbe Remark
able Experiences of a Close Observer of
its Workings During a Long Residence at
Washington
Rochester DemocrGtl

NO Guy upon the American continent
has a larger floating population than
washington. 1t is estimated that du-
ring 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 come here, attracted by the advan-
| tages the city offers for making the &C
qualntance of public men; others have
various claims which they wish to pre-
sent, while the great majority gather
here, as the crows flock to the carrion,
for the sole purpose of getting 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 neither directed at the
pubic 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.. VIM. NJ
Ashley, formerly of your city, whose
long residence here has made him I'M
usually well acquainted with the opera
tions of the lobby.
Having made my wants IN this par
ticular direction known, in ansW er to an
interrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
Eyes, during my residence hese I 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 your"
"Not necessarily so. There are good
an bad men comprising that body; yet
there have been times when it must be
admitted that the combined power of
the 'Thire House has Overridden the will
of the people. The bad influence of the
lobby can be seen in the numerous blood
bills that are introduced at every SEES
sion"
"But how can these be discovered ?".
easily enough to the person who has
made the thing a study. 1 can detect
| them at glance"
''Tell me, to what bills do you refer ?"
"Well, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the
purpose of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light Company. They usually result in
an investigating committee which never
amounts to anything more than a draft
upon the public treasury for the expenses
of the investigation. Another squeeze is
| the GbattOir bills, as they are called
| These, of course, are fought by the
butchers and market men. The first
attempt to force a bill of this description
was in 1877, when prominent Wash
ington politician offered a fabulous sum
for the franchise"
Anything else in this line that you
think of, Mr.. AshleYW
eyes, there's the job to reclaim the
Potomac 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 outside the
city"
During your residence here have you
experienced the bad results of living in
this climate?"
''Well, while I have not at all times
| enioyed good health, I am certain that
the difficulty which laid me up so long
was not malarial. It was something that
had troubled me for years. A shooting,
stinging pain that at times attacked diff
ferent 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 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 I would
be afflicted with an intermittIng kind OF
pain that would come on every after
noon and leave me comparatively free
from suffering during the balance of the
twenty-four hours. Then I would have
terrible paroxysms pain coming on at
any time during the day or night Ween
would be obliged to lie upon my back
for hours and keep as mOtiOnless as pos
sible. Every time l attempted to move
a chilly sensation would pass over my
body, or would faint from hot flashes
l suffered from spasmOdic contraction
of the muscles and a soreness Ofthe back
and bowels, and even my eyeballs be-
come sore and distressed me greatly
whenever [ wiped my face. I became
ill-tempered, peevish; fretful, irritable
/ and desperately respondent"
) "Of course you consulted the doctors
: regarding your difficulty?"
consulted them? well I should say
did. Some told me had the neuralgia
) others that I had infammatory rheuma
tism, for which there was no cure, that
: would be afflicted all my life, and tina
! time alone would mitigate my suferings.'
"But didn't they try to relieve you
/ miseries?"
eyes, they vomited and physiced me
blistered and bled me, plastered and oileC
me, sweat, steamed and everything bu
} froze me, but without avail"
"But how did you finally recover"
al had friend living in Michigan
) who had been afflicted in similar wa,
t and had been cured. He wrote me re
J garding his recovery and advised me t.
try the remedy which cured him. I pro
/ cured a bottle and commenced its use
taking tablespoonful after each mea
: and-at bed time. I had used it about ;
/ week when I noticed a decrease of tn
, soreness of the joints and a general feel
ing of relief. I persevered in its use anC
: finally got so could move around with
out limping, when told my friends tina
it was Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cur
: that had put me on my feet"
t And do you regard your cure as perma
[ nent?"
Certainly. I haven't been SO well il