The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-09-16
CLEANING OUT THE CAPITOL.

Visitors 10 the capitol, rs well rs
those whose business calls them there
every day, have frequently complained
OF the numerous peanut, cigar. cake
and Ice cream, soda water. photograph,
curiosity and other stands which have
INSTRUCTED the halls OF that building.
There never was any necessity for them,
and they have been steadily growing
during the past fise years. Last week,
by the order of Vice President Wheeler,
who under the law has supreme control
Of the senate side Of the capitol, all the
stands on that side Of the capitol were
cleared out. So far, those on the house
side remain; but IL Is thought Speaker
Randall will issue marching orders to
the keepers Of the same, upon his re-
turn TO that city. From n OF these
stands hundreds Of canes, which are
labeled ''from Mount Vernon" have
been sold. These canes never were any
nearer Mount Vernon than when they
were in the capitol. They were made
In Philadelphia. They are of orange
wood, which grows In Florida and
South Carolina, and there only. For
many years an Indian curiosity stand
IA kept on the senate side. There
wa not n single thing sold OF this
stand which had ever been seen by an
Indian except those that occasionally
come 10 this city. The fans and other
ornaments were made In France, while
the wood ornaments were made and
carved in Switzerland. As ~curiosities
the goods sold there were all right, but
when the claim was put in that they
were made by Indians, 1t was n fraud.
The restaurants under the senate and
house land really there is no necessity
for heni) supply all the food that is
wanted, without the numbering up of
the corridors with ginger cake and
lemonade stands. The capitol restau-
rants don't do rs much business rs the
ordinary person would suppose. The
fact Is, when they catch n victim they
give him such a terrible roasting in the
way Of prices, that he never goes back
there any more except that he happens
10 have more money than he needs.
The stuff they furnish does not compare
to that supplied by first-class restau-
rants In the city, who charge fifty per
cent. less in the way Of prices. BY
some kind Of a peculiar custom these
capitol restaurants are furnished with
gas, coal and ice free. besides having
the places rent and license free. No
rent or license, city or general, was ever
charged those who have been routed
from the senate corridors, or those on
the house side Of the capitol, who should
also be driven out.
The senate pie-stand. rs 1t was called,
wa one OF the stands forced out.
1t was kept by a crippled lady named
Mary Bnrch. She has been there for
many years, and has probably made
money. During the time Mary has
kept 1t she has had rs customers many
Of the leading men Of the nation. Sena-
tor McCrary, Of Kentucky, the most
humorous speaker that has been in the
senate since the days Of Nye, was a re-
gular customer Of Mary's stand; so also
was Zach Chandler. David Davis could
be seen there every day the senate was
In session, drinking his glass Of milk
and eating his piece Of pie, for which
lunch Mary charged eight cents. Chand-
Ter was n great ~pie-eater; Senator Vest,
Of Missouri, was also a frequent but not
regular consumer Of Mary's famous
pies. ] remember M day Of hearing
Senator McCrary invite Senator RAN
som, Of North Carolina, up to Mary's