Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

one of the regular reporters of debate. Under
the system by which the report of the Senate is
made Messrs. Genslcr and Lloyd report the
morning hour work, the introduction of bills,
resolutions, &c. When the morning hour is
ended and debate on various measures begun
Mr.. E. V. Murphy begins the report, taking
notes until he is relieved by Mr.. Shuey, who,
in turn, IL relieved by the senior Mr.. Muir
ply. In this way they rotate until the ad-
journment Of the Senate ends the days
notes, but they read them to
shorthand amanuenses, who transcribe them
AS is done in the House, when one reporter
gets enough notes he hurries to the ''official
reporters" room and dumps the load onto the
amanuenses or dictates it into the little talking
machine to be type written later. The Senate
reporters adhered to the old system of amanu-
enses and pen and ink prescriptions until this
year, when they followed the example of the
House and began the use Of the graphophone
or the phonograph. with the typewriter. They
now talk into these little machines, which, in u
minor key, repeat the language Of the great
senatorial statesmen.
THE RECORD COMPOSING ROOM.
From the reporters rooms at the Capitol the
manuscript goes to the Record composing room
of the government printing Office, unless it is
"held OUT for revision by some member.
when frequently it is kept late that it does not
appear i'll the Record of the next day. The
Record composing room is in the southeast
corner OF the government printing Office in that
portion of the structure known as the new
building. There the Record is printed folded
stitched and wrapped. During the hours OF
labor there are but few little aggregations of
human skill and application that work harder
than that composed of the hundred or more
who serve the United States on the Record
force. The composing room is on the second
floor, easily accessible from the corridor in
which the public printers offices are The
room is long, wide and is capable of fairly good
ventilation. 1t is lighted throughout with
incandescent electric lights. Fifty-five cases
are occupied just now, but the session has
barely commenced as yet, and the reports of
proceedings produce but small quantities of
copy.
Labor commences each evening at 6 o'clock
and never ceases until am, for the COM
positors, whose compensation depends entirely
upon their skill and speed, must have at least
eight hours continuous work. At pres
ent the Record is too small to pro-
vide sufficient copy, SO work which is
ordinarily done in the document room is given
out to the Record men until they have filed up
their time. By and by the Record will be
voluminous and then the force will scratch the
paper out Of the case bottoms and grind thumb
and finger nails down in wearisome endeavors
to set more type out Of case than was ever
put in it. On more than one occasion it has
been later than am. when the compositors
got through.
THE BIGGEST RECORD
"One hundred and sixteen pages was the
biggest nights work ever done on the Record, u
said Imposer "BiIr' Brooks the other evening
to q STAn reporter, and Mr.. Brooks knows.
Now, there are $500 ems of BREWER in each
page and hall a. much again when the tyne