The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19

mittee of the senate or of the house; or can turn to the name of any individual senator or representative and find to what committee he is assigned for duty. | This bit of information is exceedingly important to gentlemen having busi- ness before either house or both houses of congress.
 An official list of the employees of the secretary and sergeant-at-arms of the 1 senate, as well as of the clerk and sergcant-at-arIns of the house, follows the lists of senators and commit tees narrated above. Ten pages are de- voted to a description of the capitol | building, with diagrams of each floor of the great edifice. If you ever visit ! Washington you should secure copy , of the Congressional Directory from your representative or from one of your senators, and, turning to this di- rectOry of the capitol about the middle of the book, you will have the best possible description of that building which is the central object of interest to all people who visit the national capital.
 Following the description of the cap itol is list of members of the press who are entitled to admission to the press gallery, commencing with the Alexandria Gazette and ending with I the Washington Post, giving the name of the correspondent after the name of each paper. This list of newspapers and newspaper men is of special value to correspondents, as they can tell at single glance which newspapers are represented at the national capital, the names of the correspondents and the street numbers of their offices and res idences. Moreover, this list shows to ! ambitious and pushing newspaper workers who are reaching out for more business to whom to write when offering their services. It is repug- nant to the customs of the galleries for correspondents to make applications for work to newspapers already repre- sented in Washington, as shown by the list.
 The rules of the senate and house re- quire that every person desiring ad- mission to the press galleries shall make application to the speaker of the house of representatives, in writing, and shall state for what paper or papers he is employed; and shall fur ther state that he is not engaged in the prosecution of claims pending be- fore congress or the departments, and | will not become so engaged while al- lowed admission to the gallery; and that he is not In any sense the agent or representative of persons or corpora tions having legislation before con- gross, and will not become either while retaining his place in the gallery. A standing committee of five core spondents, elected annually by mass meeting of correspondents, performs the duty of supervising all applica- tions, and prevents occupation of tn gallery by any other than bona fide telegraphic correspondents of repu- table standing in their business, who represent daily newspapers.
 Members of the families of corre- spondents are not entitled to admission | to the galleries, nor can they secure ad mission for their friends at any time. The press BdllerlSS are uOJ OJdTlSCOCrdClC, but they are exceedingly exclusive, solely as a matter of business, for tho protection of the men who earn their bread and butter as chroniclers of the daily news in both houses of congress.
 Every newspaper in the United States ought to have copy of the Con- gressional Directory. Senators and representatives are each entitled to limited number of these handy and valuable little books, but they do not receive sufficient number to supply all of the editors in their districts or in their states. If the newspaper mon, however, were to urgently request ccp- ics of the Congressional Directory ev- cry year, the congress would soon be induced to make a liberal appropria- tion for the printing of a few thousand additional copies, so that every editor might have one upon his desk, not only for his own convenience, but for the information of the general public in each community. SMITH D. FRY.