Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-22
"rHE THIRD HOUSE"
It's Good and Bad Members The Re-
markable Experiences of Close OBJ
server of its Workings During
a Long Residence at

o No city upon the American continent
has larger floating population than
Washington. 1t is estimated that during
the sessions of congress twenty-five
thousand 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 advanta-
ges the city offers for making the acquaint-
ance 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 general thing, |
originate the many schemes which ter
inmate in vicious bills, all of which are
neither directed at the public treasury,
or toward that revenue which the black
mailing of corporations or private enter
prises 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 unus-
ually well acquainted with the opera
tons of the lobby.
Having made my wants in this partic-
ular direction known, in answer to an
interrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
eyes during my residence here i have
become well acquainted with the work
ines vi the Third House, as il is termed,
and could tell you Of numerous jobs,
which, like the Heather Chinee,' are
peculiar" ....-
"You do not regard the lobby, as a
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 admit
ted that the combined power of the Third
House has ove1r:dden the will of the
people. 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 discovered"
Easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing a study. can detect
them at glance"
"Tell me, to what bills do you refer"
swell, take annual gas bills, for in
stance They are introduced fer the
purpose of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light company. They usually result in
an investigating committee which never
amounts to anything more than draft
upon the public treasury for the expeu-
SEES of the Investigation. Another
squeeze is the abattoir bills, as they are
called. These of course, are fought by
: the butchers and market men. The
) first attempt to force bill of this des-
r cription was in 1877, when a prominent
: Washington politician offered fabulous
ey,p, for tho fro N chiSa, ~
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 g
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 o.
D which we hear so much outside the
e city," -..
;. During your residence here have YOU
experienced the bad results of living il
: this climate?"
enjoyed good health, l am certain tina
the difficulty which laid me up so Ions
was not malarial. 1t was something tina
had troubled me for years. A shooting
i singing pain that at tines attacked dit
o ferent parts of my body. One day my
J. right arm and leg would torture me with
a pain, there would be great redness, hea
n and swelling of the parts; and perhaps
s the next day the left arm and leg would
be similarly affected. Then again i
would locate in some particular part o
!. my body and produce tenderness
which would we'll nigh drive me frantic
: There would be weeks at time that
: would be afflicted with an intermittine
: kind of pain that would come on every
u afternoon and leave me comparatively
e free from suffering during the balanc,
y of the twenty-four hours. Then L would
have terrible paroxysn1s of pain comm,
J. on at any time during the day Or nigh
b when L would be obliged to lie upon m,
l. back for hours and keep as motionles
n as possible. Every time attempted Il
r move chilly sensation would pass owe
n my body, or would faint from hot fash
r es. suffered from spasmodie contrac
Of ton of the muscles and a soreness of tn
81 back and bowels, and even my eyeball
% become sore and distressed me great,
g, whenever / wiped my face. becam
d ill tempered, peevish, fretfui, irritabl
70 and desperately respondent"
ID "Of course, you consulted the doctor
is regarding your difficulty"
70 aConslllted them? well l should say
did. Some told me 1 had neuralgia
others that had inflammatory rheuma
tism for which there is no cure, that
would be afflicted all my life, and tina
time alone would mitigate my suffer
10 ings." .s '.....
he "But didn't they try to relieve you
g miseries?" --.,I.. .....-.
!. 1"Yes, they vomited and physiced mi
40 blistered and bled mt, plastered an
We oiled me, sweat, steamed and everytbin
a. but froze me, but without avail"
# "But how did you finally recover"
"a 81 had a friend living in Michiga
'u who had been afflicted in a similar va
IS and had been cured. He wrote me r,
IS gardIng bis recovery and advise
N me to try the remedy which cured hin
procured bottle and commenced il
us use taking a table spoonful after eac
d. meal and at bed time. / had used
a. about week when noticed decreas
m in the soreness of the joints and gene
80 al feeling of relief. persevered in j
p. use and finally got so 1 could mo,
e. around without limping, when I told n
r. friends it was Warmers Safe Rheumat
~, Cure that had put me on my feet"
~ T.! "And do you regard your cure as pc
III manent?" M
= certainly, / have not been SO well
f. years as / am now, and although hay
he been subjected to frequent and seve
IA lchaneesof weather this winter, / ha,
al not felt the first intimatlOn of the retIlr