The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-02
WTUF THIRD HOUSE.r
Its G God and Bad NIcmbcrs-The Rcmnritn-
Workings During n Long Residence mt
Washington.

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| 1t is estimat,d that during the sessions of
| Congress TWENTY-FIVE thousand eople. whose
homes are in various parts of this AMI other
| countri s. make this city their place OF resi-
dence. some come here. attracted by the adj
vantagos the city o rcrs for making the a.
quaintance of publ, men, others lave vari-
| Gus claims which they wish to present, while
the great MAORI y gat er here, rs the crows
iocl to the carion, for the sole purposa of
getting molsel the public crib. The lat
| ter class as a general thing, originate the
many s,hemcs which termiI in vicious
! bills, a of which are either directed at the
publ; trt asury, or toward that revenue
which tle black mai ing of corporations or
| private enterprises may bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania avenue
the other day met Mr.. Wi linn M. Ashley,
| formerly OF your city. VIII lse long residence
! here has ma him unu ually well acquainted
with the op ,rations OF the obby
Having made my wants in tbs particular
di ection known, in answer to an iItelToga-
tive, Mr. Ashley said:
"Ies, during my residence here I have be-
| come well acquainted with the working of
! the Third House. MS it is termed, and could
! TIL you of numerous JOBS, which, like the
| 'Hcathcn thinee. are e uliar.'
You 60 not raga tie lobby, as q body,
vi ions, do youF'
OF lie essarily so; there are good and
/ la men tompIisinr that body: vet there
have been time, when it must be admitted
| that the cOmblnet pow OF the Third Ito lse
has ovelTiIdel the will of the people. The bad
init ence of the lobby can be seen in the
eycry session
But how can these lie diccovered"
"Ea~ily enough. to the person who has
/ ale the thing a study. | can detctt them
al a Glen. en
"fell me. t. what bills do YOU referg'
"We'l, take III. annual gas bills. for in
st nee They areiutroduced for thu uurposeof
] ';,.+
/ 1hev IL -ually result in an in cStigating com
! mite, which never a oun,s 10 anything
more than a draft III on the bublic trea uly
for the expenses of the inv stig t;oI An
other squeeze is the abattoir b lis as they are
called The e. of course. are fou hit bv the
butchers and marke.men The fl st att IN ut
to force a bill of this description was in 1Sif,
VIII II a pro ninent Washington politician Of
fered fabulous sll II for TIL franchise
"Anything else in this line that Won thinl,
Of Mr. Ashley !"
'"Ses. therts +he iob +o ,.,o1oi,n tba ro4o.
ma a S, viii h, had it be ONE a law. would
have + suited in an enormous steal. The
work S now being done by the government
itself. and will rid tine pla of that malarial
atmosphere o. viii n we hear so n.u h olt-
side the CITY
During your residcn here have YOU ex-
p rien cd tn Tad suit, of living in this
climate =
"Well while I have not a+ n1l fines on
joyed good health / am Ger ain that the diff
ii 'ulty viii h laid me up 50 long was not ma
larial. 1t was someth ny that had troubled
me for years. A shooting, singing pain that at
times alta .ked {. tI'prent uoTts ~ NV body
Cne day my right arm and leg would torture
me with pam. there would lie great redness,
heat and swelling of the parts? and perhnns
the next day the LEFT arm and leg would lie
similarly anected. Then again it would To-
cate in some particular part of NV body and
produce "A tendclnc IS viii h would well nigh
/ drive me frantic. There would bc weeks AT a
time that / would be afflicted with an inter-
mittins kind OF lain that would come on
every afternoon and leave me comparatively
free from suffering during the balance of the
twenty-four hours Then would have terri
lie paroXysm, OF pain coming on at any time
during the dav or night when | would be
o. lige to lie upon my back for ho,lrs and
keep as motiunicsS as possible. Every time |
attempted to move a chilly sensation would
rass over my body. or / would faint from hot
flashes. | suffered from a m)dic contrac-
ton of the muscles and a soreness of the bacl,
and bowels. and even my eyebaIls become sore
and distressed me greatly whenever ! wiped
my face. / became ill-tempered. peevish,