Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-23

Marachino, Annisette, Chartreuse,
Benedictine, Vermouth.
Walters are furnished with Wine Cards.
Then followed rare scene of confusion
Senator after Senator, while maintaining as
an abstract principle the right of statesmen
to carry bottles or TASKS, or even jugs. into
the committee rooms, and to do with them
there whatever they pleased, proceeded to
olsclalm any personal interest in the defeat
of the proposed new rule. Here are some
OF the solemn denials and disclaimers, as
reported IN the Congressional Record:
Senator Brown of Georgia. have never
kept spirituous liquors of any kind in the
Capitol, and never drink spirituous LIQUORS
in the Capitol"
Senator Vest of Missouri have no COM
mittee room, and have no personal interest
in this matter
Senator Cockrel of Missouri have
never had any liquor in this building. I
have never drank it in the rooms of any of
the distinguished Senators who have it SO
constantly
Senator Teller of Colorado-"I had OBJ
served that bill of fare myself | have not
ordered anything from it,
Senator Salisbury of Maryland-"I do not
myself indulge iii intoxicating liquors.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri have as
little patience with drinking as the distin-
guished Senator from Maryland has, and /
dislike to see it in the Capitol"
Senator Manderson of Nebraska-'I am
not an expert as to what should come under
the name of spifltuous liquors.
Senator Frye of Maine-"So far as / am
concerned, / should like to have all kinds of
liquor excluded from the Capitol
Senator Logan of Illinois, 'Sauterne is
wine of course
Then it apparently began to dawn upon !
SnnafnrG that ha
as whole, needed some vindication from
the mlsconstruction which the country
might put upon the wicked fourth page of
the llbellous bill of fare advertised by Mr.. |
Frye's man from Maine. Could any testi-
monials to the Senate's virtue, sobriety, and
dlllgent attention to business be stronger |
than the following statements, volunteered |
by some of its most eminent and obseryant |
members?
Senator Teller of Colorado-'I do not
think that this body Justly merits all that |
has been said about its inebriety.''
Senator Call of Florida-"I declare that l |
have never been among body of men with /
whom sobriety and constant attention to |
their duty was more plainly characteristic |
than here"
Senator Maxey of Texas-.I have served I
in many conventions and other deliberatiye
bodies. and, in my Judgment. there is not
to-day In the wide world a deliberative body
of men more sober than the Senate of the
United States. In the ten years have been
here have. on very few occasions perhaps
not more than two or three during the entire
ten years, seen gentlemen who | thought
had better be somewhere else.''
Senator Frye Of Maine-"I have been in
Congress some fifteen or sixteen wears.
When L first came into the national House
or representatives take a night session.
there would be dozen members of the other
House breaking up the proceedings of the
body and making 1T disgrace. That thing
loes not exist to-day'
Senator Cockrell-'I think have been as
attentive listener and observer of the pro-
,eedings of the Senate for the last ten years
rs any man. / have never seen ANYTHING
ike majority of Senators in such condi5i