The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-10

cost comes In for the plan involves an entire re-
construction OF the hall from noor to ceiling All
THE ELABORATE AND COSTLY FLOORING
will have to come out, the q ade reversed, ana
with It al the elaborate and expensive machinery
underneath. once begln to cut away and there 10
changes YOU may incur. All the gas, heating and
ventilating and lighting apparatus viii have TO De
taken out and reversed IN order to conform TO tne
derbrains. And ell this he thinks can be done in
the short space Of four months, and at the trinng
cost OF $4,000. 1t will require twice as many
months and four times az much money. rI
In regard to space necessary to accommo,
satisy snv one that Il can be Obtained In the
present hail. The han Of the House OF Commons
has by actual measurement nearly q third less
commodated with SEATS They sit on elevated
benches running parallel with the Speakers chair.
Speaker he comes forward to the table at the foot
OF the woolsack. He does not snout himself hoarse
frOm the back seats custom similar TO this was
observed In the Corps Legislatlf In Paris. The
member OF arliament 1t Is true, has not the luxury
OF dcsk-cannot indulge IN the habit OF elevating
his boots above lis brains, Is not provided with
AN ExrRAvAGANTLY ORNAMENTED sPITTOoN
for sale depository OF his Guilds, cannot write let
tiers to MIS- constituents about garden seeds and
what the chances are OF getting positions for them
In the departments. He must attend to business
while in the House, and is not permitted to slouch
round generally. He is not pestered by his con.
slituents Tor public documents they never read,
and In very many cases use for making fires II he
mas weakness Tor giving letters to women or
Botanical Garden, he must write them the
crown of his hat, and provide his own stationery.
s ig
acter. He is fellow OF loose ideas, to say nothing
OF his morals and very extravagant habits. lie
in," gilded ornaments over his head and
Brussels carpets under his ieet, desk
put M lie s sst m have one
for his stationery and another Tor his apples and
doughnuts ard mis- private whiskey flask and his
would suffer for pumpkin and radsh seeds, for
printed speeches and agricultural reports. With
dent Grants policy on the Cuban question and the
SANTANA Bay question was and what breed OF pigs
Or HOW cos nc w for his
lady friends, directing Smith, OF the Botanical
Garden, TO supply them with boaquets3 And all
these at the peoples expense. Your great Ameri-
can Congressman must have his inseparable spit
toon and his tobacco, his cloak room, ms barber
shop, his bootblack establishment and his bathtub
all within easy distance. approve OF the bathtub
Notwithstanding recent revelations have proven
that fs4
YOUR AVERAGE CONGRESSMAN
Is the hardest fellow IN the world to keep clean.
In addition to all these he must have broad
IN rear o. e seas %ere ne can
his friends Of the lobby or lounge on the sofas.
Your great American Congressman could no more
get along without his sofa than he could without
his spittOon. Indeed, the waste OF space in this
hall is proverbial; and yet the idea OF economzIng
friend TSnndeTbra,ns what we want ' IS IN ~ im
proved system Of regulations tor the government
OF members In conducting their business before
the House. II members must have desks abolish
these clumsy ones and compel them to use smaller
ones. Insist that members shall keep their
persons as wei as their hands clean,
and attend only TO parliamentary bus.-
ness while the House Is in session. Danish
lobbyists and other political thieves from the floor;
compel such persons as have legitimate business
before Congress to conflne themselves to the cor
ridors and committee rooms. Compel certain
members TO give up their "clam agency businessn
and cut OF the garden seed supply OF others; ana
for the sake OF
THE PRESS AND THE CAUSE OF TRUTH,
make q rule that no clerk OF n committee shall be
the correspondent Of newspaper. Do these
things ana you will have space enough and to
spare In the present hail Tor 300 members As TO
improving the ventilation, that can be done II
members will listen to common sense instead of
encouraging and adopting tae inventions ol every
pretender In the country 1t is the system OF heat
ing the Capitol, however, which needs reconstruct
leg most. H'- ~ Z, -S--'-.
My trend Thunderbrains plan has, asyou win be
surprised to hear, been approved by the commit
tee, which Will report 1t in a few days and ask Tor
an appropriation to carry ii out Let US wait ana
see what the House will do with it,