National Republican., 1884-02-25

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server or IT'S Workings During a Long
Residence Mt Washington.
Correspondence Rochester Democrat
No city upon the American continent has o
larger floating population than Washington.
II 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 attracted by the advantages the
city offers for making the acquaintance Of
public men; others have various claims which
they wish to present, whilo the great majority
gather here as tho crows flock to the carrion,
for the sole purpose Of getting morsel at the
public crib. The latter class as u general
thing originate tho many schemes which
terminate in vicious bills, all of which arc
neither directed at tho public treasury or
toward that revenue which tho blackmailing
of corporations or private enterprises 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 unusually well acquainted
with the operations of the lobby.
Having made my wants in this particular
direction known, in answer to an interroga-
tive, Mr. Ashley said:
"Yes, during my residence hero I have
become we'll acquainted with tho workings
of the third house, as it 1t 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 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 tho third house
has overridden the will of the people. The
bad influence of the lobby can be seen in tho
numerous blood bills that are introduced at
every session."
But how can these be discovered ?"
Easily enough to the person who has made
the thing study. l can detoct them at q
glance"
Tell me to what bills do you rerer?"
WELL take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the purpose
of bleeding tho Washington Gaslight com
pany. They usually result in an invostigat-
ing committee, which never amounts to any
thing more than q draft upon the public
treasury for the expenses of the investigation.
Another squeeze is the abattoir bills, as they
arc called. These, of course, are fought by
the butchers and marketmen. The first at
tempt to force o bill of this description was
in 1877, when prominent Washington poll
tcan offered fabulous sum for the fran
chise."
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 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 malaral at
mosphero of which we hear 30 much outside
the city,"
During your residence hero have you
experienced the bad results of living in this
climate?"
"Well, while have not at all times en-
ioyed good health, am certain that the
difficulty which laid me up so long was not
malarial 1t was something that had troubled
me for years. shooting, stinging 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 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 u
time that / would be afflicted with an inter
mitting kind of pain that would come on
every afternoon and leave me comparatively
free from suffering during the balance of tho
| twenty-four hours Then l would have ter
rible 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 motionless as possible. Every time
attempted to move chilly sensation would
pass over my body, or would faint from hot
flashes. suffered from n spasmodic con ntrac-
tion OF the muscles and q soreness of the back
and bowels, and even my eyeballs became
sore and distressed me greatly whenever |
wiped my face. l became ill-tempered,
peevish, fretful, irritable, and desperately
despondent."
"ofcourse you consulted the doctors re.
gardiug your difficulty"
Consulted them well J. should say did.
Some told me had neuralgia; Others that
had inhammatory rheumatism, for which
there was no cure, that would be afflicted
all my life and that time alone would miti-
gate my suHcrings."
But didn't they try to relieve your mise
rics?" "Yes, they vomited and physiced me,
blistered and bled me, plastered and oiled me,
sweat, steamed, and everything but fro2e me,
but without avail"
"But how did you finally recover?"
81 had a friend living in Michigan who
had been afflicted in similar way and had
been cured. He wrote me regarding his re-
covery and advised me to try the remedy
which cured him. ] procured a bottle and
commenced its use, taking a tablespoonful
after each meal aud at bed time. / had used
it about q week when i noticed decrease of
the soreness of the joints and general feel.
ing of relief l persevered in its use and
finally got so l could move around without
limping, when l told my friends that it was
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put
me on my feet"
And do you regard your cure as perma.
nent?"
Certainly, I haven't been so we'll in years
rs / am now, and although have boon sub
jected to frequent and severe changes of
weather this winter, have not felt tho first
intmation Of the return of my rheumatic
trouble"
$40 you object to the publication of this
interview, Mr.. Ashley"
Not at all, sir. l look upon it as a duty l
owe my fellow creatures to alleviate their
sutlGrings so far as | am able, and any COM
munication regarding my symptoms and
cure that may be sent to me at 506 Maine
avenue will receive prompt and careful
attention"
Judging from your recital, Mr. Ashley,
there must be wonderful curative properties
about this medicine?"
"lndecd, there is, sir, for no man suffered
more nor longer than did | before this rem
edy gave me relief"
ITO 60 back to tho original subject Mr.,
Ashley, suppose you sec the same familiar
faces about the lobby session after session."
mo- not so much as you might think. Now
faces are constantly seen and old ones disap.
pear. The strain upon lobbyists is necessarily
very great, and when you add to this the do.
moraliang effect of late hours and intemper-
ate habits and the fact that they are often
found out in their steals, their disappearance
can easily bo accounted for"