West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-21
"THE THIRD HOUSE,"
Its Good and Bad Members-The Remark
able Experiences of "a Close Observer
Of Its Workings During
Long Residence st
Washington.

people, whose homes arc in various parts
Of this and other countries, make this city
their place OF residence. Some come here,
attracted by tho advantages tho city offers
Tor making the acquaintance of public
mon; others have various claims which
they wish Go present while the great ma.
Jority gather here, as the crows flock to
the carrion, for the sole purpose of getting
mOrsel at the public crib. The latter
class, as q general thing, originate the
masy schemes which terminate in vicious
bills, all of which are either directed at
the public treasury, or toward that reve-
nue. which the black-mailing of corpora
lions or private enterprises may bring.
While walking down Pennsylvania ave
nue. the other day l met Mr.. William NJ.
Ashley, formerly Of your city, whose long
residence here has made him unusually
well acquainted with tho operations OF tho
lobby.
Having made my wants In this particu.
lar direction known, in answer TO an in
terrogative, Mr. Ashley said:
Yes, during my residence here / have
become we'll acquainted with the workings
of the Third Houge,'as it is termed, and
could tell YOU of numerous Jobs, which,
like tho 'Heathen Chnee,' arc peculiar"
You do not regard the lobby, as a body,
vicious, do your
mot nece ,sarily so there are good and
bad men comprising that body; yet there
have been times when IL must lie admitted
that the combined power Of the Third
House, has ovcrriddon the will OF the peo.
pie. The bad influence OF tho lobby can be
seen in the numerous blood.bills that are
introduced at every session.
But how can these be diseoveredW
Easily enough, TO tho person who has
made the thing study. can detect them
al q glance"
Tell me, TO what bill do you referi"
We'll, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for tho pur-
pose of bleeding the Washington Gas
Light Company. They usually result i'm
an investigating committee which never
amounts TO anything moro than a draft
upon tho public treasury for the expenses
OF the investigation. Another squooze Is
tho dbdttOtr bills, as they are called.
These, OF course, are fought by the butch
ors and marbet-men. The first attempt To
force bill of this description was in 1877,
when prominent Washington politician
offered fabulous sum for tho franchise"
Anything else in this line that you
think Of, MIR. AshleyW
YES. there's tho job to reclaim the Po-
tomac flats, which, had IL become n law,
would have resulted in an enormous steal
The work is now being done by tho Gov
eminent itself, and viii rid the place Of
that malarial atmosphere of which we
hear so much outside tho city"
During your residence here havo You
experienced the bad results of living in
this climatoW
"Well, while have not at all times on.
joyod good health, am certain that tho
dlihculty which laid me up so long was
not malarial. 1t was something that had
troubled me Tor years. shooting, sting
ing pain that at uimos attacked different
parts of my body. Ono day my right arm
and leg would torture me with pain, there
would be 8 eat rodness, heat and swelling
OF the parts; and perhaps the next day the
lciJ arm and leg would be- similarly af-
fec'ed. 1hon again it would locate in
some particular lart of my body and pro-
duce tenderness which would we'll nigh
drive me frantic. There would be weeks
at time that | would be afflicted with an
lntermittlng kind OF pam that would come
on every afternoon and leave me com.
paratlvoly free from suffering during the
balance OF the twenty-Iour 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 motioniess
as possible Every time 1 attempted to
move chilly sensation would pass over
my body, or would faint from hot flashes
l suffered from spasmodic contraction of
the muscles and soreness of the back and
bowels, and even my eyeballs became sore
ana distressed me greatly whenever
wiped my face. became ill.tempered,
peeYish, trettul, irritable and desperately
respondent"
"Of course you consulted the doctors re-
Garding your diflicultyD
consulted them? we'll ] should saw I
did. some told me had neuralgia: others
that l bad infammatory rheumatism, for
which there was no cure, that would DO
afflicted all my life, and that time alone
would mitigate my sufferings."
but admit they try to relieve your mis-
eriesE' 'G0s, they vomitod and physicked
me, blistered and bled me, plastered and
oiled me, sweat, steamed and everything
but froze me, but without avail"
But how did you finally recover?"
II had friend living in Michigan who
had been afflicted in similar way and
had been cured. He wrote mo regarding
his recovery and advised mo TO try tho
remedy which cured him. / procured a
bottle and commenced its use, taking a
tablespoonful after each meal and Mt bed
time. had used IL about week when I
noticed a decrease OF tho soreness of tho
joints and general feeling OF relief
pcrsevcred in its use and finally got so 1
could move around without limpiug, when
J told my ir ends that ID was Warmers
hate Rheumatic Cure that had put me on
my 5 sGoi'% DO Won ro-o-a com. .,,,. -.
nontp'
Certainly; 1 haven't been so well in
years as ] am now, and although / have
been subjected TO frequent and severe
changes OF weather this winter, have not
felt the first intmotion Of tho return Of
my rheumatic trouble.O
do you object to the publication of this
interview, Mr. Ashleyp
'Nof az all, sir. / look upon 10 M n
duty i owe my follOw-creotures TO alleviate
their sufcriugs so far as / am able. and
any communication regarding my synp-
toms and cure that may b. sent 20 mo at
D.o Maine avenue viii receive prompt and
careful attention.
Judging from your recital, MIR. Ashley,
there must be wonderful curative proper.
ties alou. this medicincW
Indeed there IFS, sir, for no man suffered
more nor longer Than did j before this
remedy gave me IelioiN
TO go back 90 the original subject, Mr..
ashley 1 suppose you SEQ the Same famil-
iaT faces about Che lobby session after Sos.
sion"
No, not 80 much as you might think.
New face, are constantly seen and old
ones disappear Tho strain upon lobby
ISIS o. n'c ss arily very great, and whom
you add 10 this the domor8lizing effect OF
lave hours and iutempcra habits aud tho
iac' '.1t they arc after found out in their
steals tneir disappearance can easily he
accounted ior"
" what proportion OF those blood.bnls
arc succcsslu.p
"a very small percentage, str. Not
witns. landing tlc power and influence OF
tho lobby, bu, few of those vicious meas-
ufo pa. So Wore they successful & would
h. 1d commentary upon our -y tom Of
RoYnrUmont. nud would virtually aunfhi.
late ono branch Of 10. Tho great majority
oI nom arc "thor rcr0r cd adversely or
s'n''n'rrl in committee by tho waichful-
moss anil loyalty of our Congrossmen.V
j. T.. ID.
DRUNEEy mon arc seldom hungry. but
u" II1H who Dr. Sloppy drunk is possessed
of % nappy tight BOSTON star.
fHhy rs SIRE. 1yIia r.. Pirkham's veee.
iHH' compound nko tho Mississippi River