The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-03

SOFT golden greens and bronzes of the wall
decorations. More than this, Mr.. Valen-
tine says that in the purchase of carpets
anu pieces OF furniture, and in the employ
ment OF decorations, American manufac-
turers will be given the preference. The
present covering of the Senate floor has
been down four years, but it is NOT q
WHIT shabbler than the House carpet.
which has been in use but wear
me visitor would be struck with two
orllllant patches of new carpet, which are
set In at the foot of the presiding officers
platform. AT either side of the clerk, $
desk, on, and just in front of the lowest
step, these bright patches in the elsewhere
faded carpet are particularly conspicuous,
ihese steps are the seats of the pages, and
the wriggling and scuffiing of the small bow
makes two or three of these patches neces-
| sary during one administration,
About the first Of May the Senate and
House carpets will be ripped up and carted
away, and not until July or August will the
new twenty five hundred yards be laid
down for the Fifty-second Congress. The
desks also will be oiled and polished and
put In readiness for old occupants and new
corners. The new arrangement of seats
mas already taken place, and the new mem
DerS know what neighbors they are to
nave. Some years ago it was decided
TO have a second story added to the
| little single drawer desks in the Senate
but Senator Edmunds who occupies front
seat In the synagogue, declined any such
! new tangled addition. AS it was necessary
to preserve uniform height, his desk ha d
to be raised to meet the requirements.
Senator Dawes desk, that formerly occu-
pied by Stanton, is the only other one with
out the new top. This also is hoisted I'D
on extra wooden feet. It is curious fact
that the carpet under and around Senator
1oclr 10 :,
any OF his immediate neighbors 1t would
seem that while he is said to occupy his
seat less than any other Senator, he must
do more Kicking while he is present.
GREEN CARPETS AND SORE THRoATs.
There is a second good reason for assum-
ing that no green carpets will be laid any,
where in the Senate wing during the SUI
perintendence of the present sergeant-at-
arms. Colonel Valentine attributes a per-
manent throat trouble to a green velvet
carpet that was laid upon the House floor
at the beginning Of the Forty seventh Con-
gress. Before the close of the first session
throat affection became so prevalent that
arsenical poison was suggested, and such a
universal cry went up against the carpet,
that it was removed before the next SEES
sion. A number of Senators complained of
this same difficulty last session, and Colo
mel Valentine has no hesitancy in pro-
nouncing these green carpets extremely
dangerous, more especially in the chambers
of Congress. This is explained by the fact
that under each Senator desk is a venti-
lator. Carried upward by this perpetual
draught is cloud of invisible and poisonous
dust, that is kicked and scraped and shut
fed off the carpet by these eminent but
restless gentlemen.
INGALLS, CHAIR AND sPooNER's COAT
CLOSET.
The king is dead and another fellows
name is on the door plate. Immediately
after his defeat, Senator ingalls, had re-
moved from his Senate coat closet the
brass plate bearing his name. Senator
Casey's name shines instead upon the mar
row door, and hereafter North Dakota
beaver, coat and overshoes will occupy tie
cupboard so long dedicated TO the uses OF
those elegant Kansas trappings.
There is also an unsightly space on the
door OF the closet belonging to Senator
fierce. Moody's name is down, as is also
Spooner's. With the exception of these
oosequles no changes will be made in the
Senate cloak room, and none could be sug-
gested unless few hammocks and green
table were added to these eminently COM
Portable quarters.
The big chair in which Ingalls, rocked and