Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-09-12
COMMITTEE ROOM BARS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE
OCCASIONAL VISITORS TO THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL DOFS
NOT FIND OUT.

NOT FIND OUT.
Senator Blair does not drink
any thing stronger than iced tea,
says the Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Herald, but it Is
evident he has been about the
United States Senate long enough
and with his eyes sufficiently open
to discover that not all of the guz
zliDg is done IN the basement
restaurant. Senator Blalr's anxiety
to have drinking IN comm ttee
rooms stopped by the sergeant.at.
arms indicates that he could, If
pushed to il, AXE thirsty stranger
to the very spot in which liqnd
comfort might lie iOuni. As a
matter Of tact there are in the sen
a'e cOmmilter rooms about bffy
convenient jugs and bO'tes, Ind
away in bookcases a'.d waShs'aDds
In one cOmritlec room preside d
oyer by an eminent New Engia0d
senator, the visitor who takes the
Congressional Globe for the year
1880 from it's place in the place in
the bookcase Will be surprised at
what he discovers behind it, and
delighted Il as well, if he be fond OF
old run. There is a quite a rivalry
among certain senators as to who
shall keep the best liquor in their
committee rooms. Senators Black
burn and Carlisle have the incest
arrangement of any of the senators,
and their good luck has made them
the envy OF the colleagues. The
Kentucky dlstilllers see to it that
the senators from that state are
kept constantly supplied with the
very best whiskey Kentucky can
produce. If by chance the stock
of one Of them runs low he does
not hesitate to step to the telegraph
office and with little frank book
furnished by President Green, Of
the Western Union, call on this OF
that distiller to send on another
Jug. Senator Beck, who was very
fond OF appIejack, used to have
large demijohns of that smooth and
seductive fluid sent him from his
friends in the mountain regions
The Kentucky senators drink very
little liquor themselves. Senator
| Carlisle does not average q gill q
week, and while his colleague
probably vets his threat once oil
twice a day with Kentucky's fayor'
ite, he gives away to his friends
twenty times as much as he drinks
The finest buffet ever seen IN
sena'e committee room was tha'
which the late George PendletoT
had in the room of the committed
on library when he was chairman
, Mr.. PendletOn, who was not mucl
of a drinker so far as quantity wa
WAS concerned, was lDOtdlnatel,
! fond of mixed drinks, and was him
q self an artist III heir preparation
He kew all about the mysteries G
I absinthe, maraschino, vermonih
beneGicrine and the other cOrdlals
, was familiar with the use ola drII
! ping glass, and could mix a rec
-, white and blue pousse cafe tba
would stir the duIlest senator Int
! an oulburst of patriotism. Whe'
Senator Mahoue took charge of tn
-, library committee room he remove
y the elegant buffet of the predecel
sor, with its rray of cut class, an
! substituted therefor a plain dem
John of whiskey aud tin cup
generous sIzp. When Senator Ca
Isle does take a drink, which
seldom, it is large one. He h'
J the senatorial record for lars
p drinks. 1t is this senator's haO
j. to oil TO the brim with whlskF
e whatever glass is set before hiI
If it is a tall lemonade glass, hol
i ing a half pint, no matter. Sen
.. tor Plumb is considered a goo
a Judge of hiskey, which he US
lg sparingly. Senator Plumb h
the peculiar trick O. mixing bite
" with bis champagne. Ell waco
~ is now the senat tOrial authority
~ mixed drinks. Senator Nothe
y drinks bulternilk.
N. A Joke for B0arders.