The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-04-10
THE EH1RD HOUSE

Itss Workings During . Long Residence
u ct WsshinSton. 81 V 3 a. li; s. 2 81
.Correspo dence Rochester Democrat
az city upon the American continent
has a larger floating population than;
Washing ton. IT Is estimated that dur.
iing ing The sessions. % congress twenty-five
thousand people whose homes are IL va, va
iious parts Of this and other countries,
make. this city their place Of reside
Some come here attracted blythe advan,
tages the city offers for making the ac-s
qua a At ttaance ssof public men others have
various sa I. claims which they wish to present.
While the great majority gather here, IS
the cr9Ws flock to the carrion, for the sole.
purpo esof getting q 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 on
terprises may bring. rs, 4.
n While walking, down q Pennsyl Yania
avenue the other day ] met Mr.. William
~. Ashley formerly Of your city, whose!
long residence here has made him me
usually we'll acquainted with the opera
tons Of the lobby. 5...l q
Having made my wants in this par
acular direction known, in answer to an
interrog atiyes Mr.. Ashley said s5
Yes, during my reside nce here have
become well acquainte ted with the work
ngs of the Third House, as It is termed,
and could tell you Of numerous Jobs
Which, like the Heather zChinee, are
peculiar 80 sis
y Us gu do not regard the lobby, as 8
body vicious, do You? s.5s z
Not necessarily SO, there .;;are good
and bad men COMP rising that body yet
there have been times when it must be
admitted that the combined power Of
the Third House has oyerridden the
will of the people. IS The bad influence
OF the lobby can be; seen IN the numer-
Gus blood bills that are introduced at
every session. re
But how; can these be discovered r.
Easily enough, to the person who has
made the thing 9 study. 7 can detect
them at q glancen 55t5s
$ Tell me, to what bills do you refer 2"
y - sssWell, take the annual gas bills, for in
stance. They are introduced for the pur-
pose Of bleeding the Washington Gas
hight company. They usually result IN
Investigating committee which never
amounts to- anything more than a draft
upon the public. treasury for.the expen-
ses 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 at
tempt, to force; d bill Of this description
was in 1877, when q prominent Washing
ton oitician offered fabulous sum for
the franchise. 81 b; i5i-s is { 81:
: Anything elsein this line that You can
think Of, Mr.. Ashley" st
~ Yes there'a the job to reclaim the
Potomac fats, which, had it become q
law, would have resulted I in an enor-
nous steal. The work is now being
done BY the Government itself, and will
rid the place Of that malarial Satmos-
phere Of which We hear SO much out
side the city. !" s.3s
During your residence here have
You experienced the bad results of iv-
ing IN this climate q N. .
Vel, while i have not at all times
enjoyed good health / am certain that
{ the difficult which laid me up SO long
was not fmalarial. IL was something
q that at had troubled me for years. a
shooting, singing pain that at times
attacked different parts Of my body.
5O W tss day my right arm I'm and leg would
torture 70 me with pain there would be
great richness, heat and swelling of the
parts J; and perhaps the next day the left
arm q: and leg would be similarly affect
\ e tet Then again it would locate In some
particular part OF my body and produce
ate 9 Tenderness which would well nigh drive
me frantic. There would be weeks
e g time tbat { y, would be IS afflicted with
come me On e! every afternoon and leave me
comparatively free from suffering during
the balance OF the twenty -four hours.
Then lei! I would have terrible paroxysms Of
pain pam coming on OF any time during the
day or night when would be obliged to
9![l upon my salck for hours md keep Us
sm M as possible Every time I at
tempted tenn to move 9 chilly sensation would
pass over my body, or IWould faint from
hot hot ii7 suffered from q spasmodic
contraction &C Of the muscles and sore
ness Of the back and bowels, and even
my eyeballs became sore and distressed
me greatly whenever j wiped my face.
T. became Ill tempered, peevish, fretful,
L! lrrltab Die and desperately despond +"
sOf course You consulted the doctors
regarding yonr difficulty y ct
Consulted them well ! should say I
* dl q. Some told me had neuralgia;
others that / had inflammato rheuma-
tlsm, Tor which there was no cure, that I
would you be af I'LL all my life, and that
tune alone, alone would eiS mitigate my suffer