The Dickinson press., 1884-04-05
.rHE THIRD house,
It's Good and Bad Memberships Remark
able Experiences of Close Observer Of
It's Workings During Long Residence
at WaS!1ingtan

No city upon the American continent
has larger floating population than
Washington. 1t is estimated that dur
ing the sessions Of congress twenty-five
thousand people, whose homes are in va
rious parts of this and other countries,
make this city theil, place of residence.
Some come here attracted by the advan-
tages the city offers for making the ac-
quaintance of public men; 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 getting morsel at the public
crib. The latter class, as a general thing
originate the many schemes which ter
inmate in vicious bills, all OF which are
neither directed at the public treasury,
OF toward that revenue which the black
| mailing OF corporations or private en-
terprises 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 UNI
ltFNtt'l' Ncll ttCtl tGtlllStll Will UuC OpClu-
tons of the lobby
Having made my wants in this par
ticlllar direction known, in answer to an
intcrrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
"Ies, during my residence here I have
become we'll 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"
"Iou do not regard the lobby, as
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 of
the Third House has overridden the
will of the people The bad influence
OF the lobby can be seen in the numer-
Gus blood-lills that are introduced at
every session."
"i'ut how can these be discovered?"
''i1asily enough. to the person who has
made the thing G study. 1 can detect
them Mt glance"
"l'ell me, TO what bills do you refer? ?"
"Well, take theaunual 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 moro than draft
upon the public treasury for the expen
ses of the Investigation. Another squeeze
is the ahattoir bills, as they are called.
These, OF course, are fought by the
butchers and market -meu. The first at
tempt TO foaca Il bill Of this description
was in 1877, when prominent Washing
ton politician offered fabulous sum for
the franchise.
Anything else in this line that you can
think OF, Mir. Ashley"
"Ic3, there's the job to reclaim the
Potomac flats, which, had it become a
law. would have resulted in an enor-
NOUS steal. Tho work is now being
done by the Government itself and will
rid the place of that malarial atmos-
p!.ero of which we hear so much out
side the city"
During your residence here have
you experienced the bad results of liv-
ing in this climata?"
"Wcll while | have not at all times
enjoyed good health, I am certain that
the difficulty which laid me up so long
was not mHlarial. 1t Was something
that had troubled me for years. \
shooting, singing 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 rcdna$s, heat and swelling of the
parts; and perhaps the next day theleft
arm and leg would be similiaEl y affect
cd. Then again IL would locate in some
particular part Of my body and produce
aten,lerncss which would well nigh drive
me frantic. There would be weeks
at Il time that [ would be afflicted with
an intermitt!ng kind of pain that would
come on every afternoon and leave me
comparatively free from suffering during
the balance OF the twcnty-four hours.
Then L would have terrible paroXysms Of
pain coming on at ANY time during the
day or night when L would be obliged to
lie upon my '!ck for hours and keep as
motioiless as possible. Every time at-
tempted to move acilillv sensation would
pass over my body, Oh j would faint from
hot flashes. I suffered from a spasmodic
contraction Of the muscles and q sore
moss OF the back and bowels, and even
me greatly Whenever / wiped my face.
1 oecaine ill-temperetl, paevish, fretful,
irritable and desperately dcspondent." :"
"Of course yo,l consulted the doctors
regarding Your ditliculty?"
"ConSaltcd them? well | should say I
did. Some told me j had neuralgi !;
others that I had inilammatory rherlma-
tisln, for which there was no cure, that
would be afflicted all my life, and that
time alone would mitigate my suffer-
ings."
"But didn't they try to mitigate your
miseries?"
YES, the; vomited and physiced me,
blistcred and bled me, plastered and
oiled me, sweat, steamed and every
thing bllt froZe me, but without avail :"
''Bnt how did you finally rccover?"
81 had q friend living in Michigan
who had been afflicted in Il similar way
and had been cured He wrote me re-
, gurding his recovery and advised me to
try the remedy which cured him. I pro-
cured bottle and commenced its use,
taking q tablespoonful after each meal
and at bed time. ] had used it about a
week when J. noticed a decrease of the
soreness Of the joints and Il general feel
ing Of relief. 1 pcrscvered in its use
and finally got 50 l could move around
without limping, when told my friends
that it was Warmers Safe Rheumatic
Cure that had put me OH my feet"
"And do You regard your cure as
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