National Republican., 1877-09-22
AT THE CAPITOL.
STILL ANOTHER BUDGET OF INTER
ESTING FACTS.

wHIsPERINGs IN THE CORRIDoRS-oPERA-
T1oN OF THE COPYRIGHT LAws-EXoDrs
OF PUBLIC DOcuMEsTs-No FOLDING OF
ARMS IN ONE RooM-vALUE OF A GREEN
CARPEr-AND MINOR TOPICS.
Gossipng and canvas,ing rs TO who may or not
hold this or that Office has commenced already
in very vigorous manner In and about the
Capitol. IL was on the t0pis yesterday that
Hon. John +. Philips, Of the Seventh Missouri
district, would probably succeed l.. V. Bogy,
of st. Louis, as United States Senator. Mr.
Philips is u resident of Scdalia, Mo. lie was
born In Boone county In that State, December
81, 1884, was educated at the State University
of Missouri aud at Centre College, Danvillc,
Kentucky, graduating at the latter institution
in 1855; studied law with General John d.
Clark, at Faycttc, Missouri aud Is practicing
lawyer; was member of the Constitutional
Convention Of Missouri In 1861; was commits
stoned as colonel In 1862, aud commanded q
regiment Of cavalry in tho Federal army until
the close Of the war; was u delegate to tho
national Democratic convention at New York
in 1863, and was clcctod to the Forty-fourth
Congress as q Dcmocmt receiving II, ,i48 votes
against IL, 1872 votes for James II. Lay, Peoples
candidate.
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
The number of copyrights averages from
12OOO to 1i,OOO per annum, consisting not only
musical and dramatic compositions chromos,
photographs, engravings, maps, etc. Tho
publishing throughout the country, although
less In tho direction of books than in former
years keeps fully up to the average In publi-
cations Of a minor character, principally con-
nected with the fine arts. The actual number
is n little In advance Of what II was in 1876.
This library will. in time, become great re.
pository through the silent operation Of the
copyright law, and the deposits made in COM
pliance with its requirements not only of
books, but Of an extensive gallery Of pictures,
illustrating the progress Of tho arts Of design
in the United States.
The additions comprise nearly all the i'm.
portant publications of the country except re-
prints of foreign works Of which no deposits
are required, there being no exclusive right of
publication. The very latest publications of
the day in literature, law, medicine, education,
etc, find their way promptly to the library,
and are accessible at all times to tho public.
1t Is to be regretted tho library Is not visited
by greater number Of residents here than 1t
is. No account is kept Of the number Of visit
ors generally rs tho time of the librarian aud
his assistant Is fully occupied with duties in-
cident to the immense number of copyrights
already secured, amounting to hundreds Of
thousands Of publications., etc.
HOUSE, DOCUMENT ROOM.
The chiro2raphist in this receptacle of pub
lie literature Is kept busy answering requests
for documents Of different kinds II is evident
there is large number Of gentlemen in Ohio
who are just now taking a deep interest in
national affairs, and consuming documentary
information most varaciously. They are
promptly supplied. Tho intimation that the
politicians are feeding the documents to their
goats Is secuted.
One copy of each document, bound in calf,
is going of to each member
The documents from the Seventeenth to the
Twenty ninth Congress have been arranged in
such manner that they can bc made avail
able now for immediate use.
LIVELY TIMES IN THE HOUSE FOLDING
ROOM.
A resolution having been adopted by the
last House that outgoing members draw their
documents up to the lst Of January, 1877,
after which time tho incoming members can
draw thcirs,) the consequence Is that fifty
bags a day of documents arc dispatched from
the House folding-roo and ~ the Hayden
and Smithsonian reports, and the Kerr and
Caperton culogies are coming in daily, business
in the folding room is quite active.
BRIGHT As A NEW PIN.
All Of the committee rooms of the House
having been thoroughly renovated are rapidly
assuming very cheerful appearance as things
are being put in order. The carpets in the
rooms of the Committees on Ways and Means
and Appropriations, and Sergeant alarms
and Speakers rooms will be green, rs in the
House. II was said yesterday by an cnthusi-
astic official that this wearing Of the green"
would have charming effect on the Demo-