The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-03
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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, while the great me-
| 5ority gather here, as the crows flock to
the carrion, for the sole purpose Of getting
M0rsel at the public CRIB. The latter
class, as general thinEs originate the
many schemes which terminate in vicious
bills, all Of which are either directed at
the public treasury, or toward that reve.
nue. which the black-inailing of corpora,
tions or private enterprises may bring.
/ While walking down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. the other day ! met Mr. William n.
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 particu,
lar direction knowns ineanREer to an in
terrogative, Mr.. Ashley said:
Eyes, during my residence here have
| 5ecome well acquainted with the workings
Of the Third Hou ie, as it Is termed, and
4 could tell you Of numerous Jobs, which.
like the Heather Chinee,, are peculiar"
You do not regard the lobby, as body,
! vicious, do yOup
sNot necessarily so; there are good and
bad men comprising that body; yet there
have been times when it must lie admitted
| that the combined power OF the Third
| House, has overridden the will OF the peo-
| pie. The bad influence OF the lobby can be
| seen In the numerous blood-blls that are
introduced at every session."
'sBut how can these be discoveredp
Easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing study can detect them
at o glance"
"Tell me, to what bill do you refers''
SWELL, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the pur-
pose 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 expenses
| OF the investigation. Another squeeze is
tho dbdtt0tr billss as they are called.
These, Of course, are fought by the butch
| ers and market-nlen. The first attempt to
force a biilof this description was in 1877,
when prominent Washington politician
offerei a fabulous sum for the franchise
Anything else in this line that you
| think Of, Mr.. AshleyY0
Eyes, there's the job TO reclaim the Po-
tomac fats, which, had it become law,
wvuld have resulted in an enormous steal.
The work is now being dono by the Gov
eminent itself, and will rid the place If
that malarial atmosphere of which we
hear so much outside the city.H
During your residence here have you
experienced the bad results Of living in
this climate?n
eWell, while have not at all times on.
toyed good healtn, am certain that the
difficulty which laid me up so long was
not malarial. 1t was something that had
troubled me for years. A shooting. sting
ing pain that at tipes tackled different
parts OF my body. One day my light arm
anu leg would torture me with pain, there
would be 81 eat redness, heat and swelling
Of the parts; and perhaps the next day the
left arm aud leg would be similarly af-
fected. Then again it would locate in
some particular part Of my body and pro-
drive me frantic. There would be weeks
ct 8 time shat would be afflicted with an
tntermitting kind of pain that would come
ON every afternoon aud leave me COM
paratively free from suffering during the
balance OF the twonty-four hours. I hen I
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 true / attempted to
move chilly sensation would pass over
my body, orr would faint from hot flashes
suffered from spasmodic contraction of
the muscles and soreness of the back and
bowels, and even my eyeballs became sore
and distressed me greatly whenever /
wiped my face. / became ill.tempered.
peevish, fretful, irritable and desperately
,despondent.p
"Of course You consulted the doctors re-
garding your difficultyp'
consulted them? we'll I should say I
did. Some told me / had neuralgia; others
that had infiammatory rheumatism, for
which there was no cure, that l would be
afflicted all my life and that time alone
would mitigate my sufferings."
But didn't they try to relisve your mis-
cries ~ Yes, they yomited and physicked
me, biistered and bled me, plassered and
oiled me, sweat, steamed and everything
but froze me, but without avail"
sBut how did you finally recoverfn
u had friend living in Michigan who
had been afflicted in similar way and
had been cured. He wrote me regarding
his recovery and advised me to try the
remedy which cured him. procured a
bottle and commenced its use, taking q
tablespoonful after each meal and at bed
time. had used it about q week when
noticed decrease OF the soreness of the
Joints and general feeling of relief. I
persevered In its use and finally got SO
could move around without limplng, when
told my friends that it was Warnsr,s
Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on
my fcet.n
"And do you regard your cure as perma-
"Certainly, haven't been SO we'll in
years as am now, and although | have
been subjected to frequent and severe
changes OF weather this winter, have not
Ielt the first intimation Of tho return Of
my rheumatic trouble"
A'Do you object to the publication OF this
Interview, AIr. AshleyW
s.Not at all, sir. look upon it as a
duty owe my fellow-creatures to alleviate
their sufferings so far as / am able, and
any communication regarding my symp-
toms and cure that may be sent to me at
DOG Maine avenue viii receive prompt and
careful attention.
Judging from your recital, Mr.. Ashley.
there must he wonderful curative proper.
ties about this medicine?1
Indeed there u.s. sir, for no man suffered
more nor longer than din / hnfrtsa fh{o
remedy gave me relief.1
To go back to the original subject, Mr..
Ashley, suppose you SEQ the same famil-
lar faces about the lobby session after SEES
sionw
No, not so much as you might think,
New faces are constantly seen and Old
ones disappear. The strain upon lobby
lists is necessarily very great, and when |
you add TO this the demorAlixing effect OF
late hours and Incorporate habits and the |
fact that they are after found out in their |
steals, their disappearance can easily be |
accounted for"
" What proportion of these blood-bills
are successfulp'
"a very small percentage, sir Not !
understanding the power and influence Of /
thc lobby, but few OF these vicious meas. 1
nTes pass. Were they successful it would !
be a sad commentary upon our system OF |
government, and would virtually annihi. /
ate one branch OF it. The great majority 1
Dc them arc either reported adversely or
lmothered in committee by the watchful- |
less and loyalty of our Congressman