Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-04-17
g THE THIRD HOUSE.,,


"THE THIRD HOUSE,"
Its Good and Bad Members-The Remark
able Experiences of Close Observer OF
its Workings During Long Residence
At Washington.
icorrespondence Rochester Democrat]
No city upon the American continent has a
is estimated that during the sessions Of Con-
gress twenty-five thousand people, whose
homes are in various parts ce this and other
countries, make this city their place of resi-
dence. Some come here, attracted by the ad-
vantages 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 q
morsel at the public crib. The Inter class, as
general thing, originate the many schemes
which terminate in vicious bills, all Of which
toward that revenue which the black-mailing
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
with the operations Of the lobby.
Having made my wants in this particular
direction known, in answer to an interrogative,
Mr.. Ashley said:
.sYes, during my residence here I have be-
come well acquainted with the workings Of the
you OF numerous jobs, which, like the 'Heathen
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 nave been
bined power of the Third House has over
ridden the will Of the people. The bad in
fuence Of the lobby can be seen in tho nume-
rous blood bills that are introduced at every
session."
"But how can these be discovered2"
the thing study. I can detect them at a
glance"
"Tell me to what bills you refer?"
"Well, take the annual gas bills, for instance.
They are introduced for the purpose Of bleed
ing the Washington Gas Light Company. They
which never amounts to anything more than a
draft upon the public treasury for the expenses
OF the investigation. Another squeeze is the
dbdtto,r bills, as they are called. These, of
course are fought by the butchers and market.
men. The first attempt to force bill of this
description was in 1877. when prominent
Washington politician offered fabulous sum
for the franchise"
Mr.. AshleyS" ~
eyes, there's the job to reclaim the Potomac
flats, which, had it become q law, would have
resulted in az 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 expe-
rienced the bad results of living in this eli
mate?"
swell, while have not Mt all times enjoyed
good health, am certain that the difficulty which
ppp mn ma orio
something that had troubled me for years. A
shooting, stinging pain that at times attacked
different parts of my body. One day my right
arm and log 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 a time that would be afflicted with
an intermitting kind of pain 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
BILE 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 at
tempted to move chilly sensation would pass
over my body, orI would faint from hot flashes.
suffered from a spasmodic contraction Of the
muscles and soreness of the back and bowels,
and even my eyeballs became sore and dis.
tressed me greatly whenever wiped my face.
became ill-tempered, peevish, fretful, irrita-
BILE and desperately despondent"
"Of course. you conJulted the doctors re-
garding yonr difiiculty?"
" Consulted themp well should say did.
Some told me had neuralgia; others that l
had inflammatory rheumatism, for which there
was no cure, that would be afflicted all nv
life, and that time alone would mitigate my
sufferings."
"But didn't they try to relieve your mis-
eries?'
"Yes, they vomited and physicked me, blis-
tered and bled me, plastered and oiled me,
sweat, steamed and everything but froze me,
but without avail"
"But how did you finally recover2n
~ had friend living in Michigan who had
been afflicted in similar way and had been
cured He wrote me regarding his recovery
and advised mo to try the remedy which cured
him. I procured bottle and commenced it's
use, taking tablespoonful after each meal and
at bed time. had used it about week when
! noticed decrease Of the soreness OF the
joints and general feeling Of relief. perse-
yered in its use and finally got so I could move
around without limping, when I 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-
neni2"
'Certinly, haven't been so well in years as
I am now, and although have been subjected
to frequent and severe changes OF weather this
winter, l have not felt the first intlmation Of
the return of my rheumatic trouble"
"Do you object to the publication of this in
terview, Mr. Ashley2"
"Notat all, sir, 1 look upou it as duty I
owe my fellow creatures to alleviate their suf-
feripgs 20 far as am able, and any commune
cation regarding my symptoms and cure that
may be sent to me at sos Maine Avenue will re-
ceive prompt and careful attention."
'Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley,
there must be wonderful curative properties
about this medicine?"
"Indeed, there is, sir; for no man suffered
more nor longer than did before this remedy
gave me relief.n
ITO go back to the original subject, Mr..
Ashley, l suppose you see the same familiar
faces about the lobby session after session."
mo, not so much SO as you might think.
Now faces are constantly seen and old ones
disappear. The strain upon lobbyists is neces-
sarily very great, and when you add to this the
demoralizlng effect of late hours and intemper-
ate habits and the factitha they are often found
easily be accounted for"
'What proportion of these blood-bills are
successful"
"a very small percentage, sir. Notwith-
standing the power and influence of the lobby,
but few Of these vicious measures pass. We're
they successful it would be sad commentary
upon our system of government, and would
virtually annihilate one branch of it. The
great majority of them are either reported ad-
versely or smothered in committee by the
watchfulness and loyalty OF our congressman" !"
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