Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-10
Correspondents Rochester Democrat.

~~~S ARNA AAG AlutI1Cdu
has a larger floating population than
Washington. 1t is estimated that during
the sessions of Congress $4,000 people,
/ whose homes are in various parts of this
and other countries, make this city their
place of residence. Some come here, at
tracted 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 flock 10
the carrion, for the sole purpose of getting
a morsel at the public crib. The latter
class, as general thing, originate the
many schemes which terminate in vicious
bills, all of which are neither directed at
the public treasury. or toward that reye-
nue. which the matchmaking of corpora
tons or private enterprises NAV bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. the other day, met Mr.. William N d.
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
terrOgative, Mr.. Ashley said:
Eyes, during my residence here have
become well acquainted with the work
lngs of the Third House, as it is termed.
and could tell you of numerous Jobs,
which, like the Heather Chinee,' are Pc
culiar.'
you do not regard the lobby, as a body,
vicious, do your"
mot necessarily so; there are good and
bad men comprising that BODY vet there
have been times when it must be admitted
that the combined power of the Third
House has oveIridden 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 discoveIed?''
Easily enough to the person who has
made the thing study. 1 can detect
them at a glance"
"Teil me, to what bills do you refer?"
"Well, 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 i'm
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 dbdttOtr bills, as they are called.
These. of course, are fought by the butch
ers and marketmen. The first attempt to
force bill of this description was in 1877,
when prominent Washington politician
offered fabulous sum for the franchise"
"Anything else in this line that YOU
think of, Mr.. Ashley"
eyes, there's the job to reclaim the Po-
tOmac 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 l have not at all times en-
joyed good health, L am certain that the
dlflculty 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 SWELL
ing of the parts; and perhaps the next
day the left arm and leg would be similar
ly affected. Then again it would locate
in some particular part of my BODY
and produce a tenderness which would
well nigh drive me frantic. There
would be weeks at time that
l would be afflicted with an intermit-
ting kind of pain that would come on
every afternoon and leave me compare
lively free from suffering during the bal
ance OF the tWenty-fOur hours. Then |
would have terrible paroxysms 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 mo-
tiOnless as possible. Every time l at
tempted to move a chilly sensation would
pass over my body. or / would faint from
hot flashes. l suffered from a spasmodic
contraction of the muscles and a soreness
OF the back and bowels, and even nv eve
Dalls became sore and distressed me
greatly whenever l wiped my face. /
became ill-tempered. peevish, fretful, IL
ritable and desperately respondent"
"Of course, you consulted the doctors
regarding your difficulty?'
Consulted them? well, 1 should saw I
did. Some told me had neuralgia; others
that had inf1ammatOry rheumatism, for
which there was no cure; that / would be
afflicted all my life, and that time alone
would mitigate my sufferings"
but didn't they try to relieve your
mlseriesr Eyes. they vomited and
phYsIckedime, blistered andlbled me, plas-
tered ana oiled me, sweat, steamed and
everything but froze me, but without
aYail''
but now did you finally recOVer!"
had friend living in Michigan who
mad been afflicted in a similar way and
had been cured. He wrote me regarding
his recovery and advised me to try the
remedy which cured him. / procured
bottle and commenced its use, taking
tablespoonful after each meal and at bed
time. had used it about a week when |
noticed decrease of the soreness of the
joints and general feeling of relief. per-
severed its use and finally got so could
move around without limping, when /
told my friends that it was Warmers Safe
rheumatic Cure that had put me on my
feet"
"And do you regard your cure as per-
manent?
Certainly, l haven't been so well IN
years as | am now, and although | have
been subjected to frequent and severe
changes OF weather this winter, l have
not felt the first intimation of the return
of my rheumatic trouble"
do you object to the publication of
this interview, Mr.. Ashley?''
Not at all, sir. look upon it as a duty
owe my fellow creatures to alleviate
their sufferings so far as | am able. and
any communication regarding INV svmn-
toms and cure that may be sent to me at
DUG Maine avenue will receive PROMPT and
careful attention.
Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley.
there must be wonderful curative Droner.
ties abont this medicine?"
Indeed, there is, sir, for no man suf-
Tered more nor longer than did l before
0hlo leHlSuH gave me relleI."
10 go back to the original subject. Mr..
Ashley, L suppose you see the same ia
millar faces about the lobby session after
session."
mo, not so much so as you might think.
New faces are constantly seen and old
ones disappear. The strain upon LOBBYISTS
is necessarily very great, and when you
add to this the demerali Ping effect of late
hours and Incorporate habits and the fact
that they are after found out in their steals.
their disappearance can easily be ac-
counted for"
"What proportion of these blood-bills
are successfulp
"a very small percentage, sir. Not
outstanding the power and influence of
the lobby, but few of these vicious meas
ures pass. Were they successful it would
be sad commentary upon our system
OF government, and would virtually an
initiate one branch of it. The great
majority of them are either reported adj
yersely or smothered in committee by the
watohfulness and loyalty of our Con-
gressmen." Jed.
9tlatrr Eiltrr.