The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-26
FILED FOR CONGRESS-.
HISTORIC AND UNIQUE OLD NEwsPA-
PERs STORED IN THE CAPITOL.

PERS STORED IN THE CAPITOL.
The Collection Makes one Of the Most In
teresting Exhibits Among Uncle sans
Many Treasures-An our War Maps Are
Also Preserved There.
One of the most interesting departments
in the Washington capitol is the newspaper
fle room. The habit Of keeping files was
contracted by the senate in its early days,
when journals first began to print reports
OF legislative proceedings. The government
became a subscriber for The National In
telligenccr daily paper printed in the city
of Washington. This historic sheet was
started in the year 1900 and continued for
many years to be the only paper in the coun-
try that gave quick reports of congressional
doings This was in the days before the
telegraph, and the newspapers published /
away from here were dependent for their .
legislative news upon this paper. In ls45 |
The Union was established and continued |
for II years.
Files of these two old papers, with some
others of the north and south, were carefully
kept in the senate and were the source Of
constant information for both senator's and
representatives, who depended upon them
in many cases far more confidently than
upon The Globe About eight years ago
these files, which had been moved from
place to place and were in danger of being
destroyed, were transferred by resolution
of congress to the care Of the librarian of
congress, who had them placed with the
files that he had been keeping and stored
away under the crypt. Over LOO volumes
We're transferred
Mr.. Van Ness, the guardian, has a den
under the rUtunda floor. He was found at
work by the reporter. A great clothes
basket stands on top, filled to overlooking
with the latest issues Of the press.
THAT is my morning mail, remarks Mr..
Van Ness as he lays his hand affectionately
upon the mass of reading matter. 1T is
rather poor morning too. Sometimes there
are two baskets, l take these papers as
soon as / can each day and sort them out.
You may see these shelves and big pigeon
holes behind you. Well, each one is for a
certain paper Some of the boxes, you no
tice, are filed The files in those are nearly
ready to be sent to the government blndery
to be put between covers. Some of the pa
pers bind up at two months and Others at
four.
Then every two months" he went on,
fumbling through a drawer in the table,
thes sehu me Onelt eulleliS nies lloin 'ii'
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iuilS' uahe Vue'i olI 'ii'il 80 pJi 81
sLuuers anu 20 men pa ,T,,
10 see "lt'U huilioeIs ale iillssl,iH Arel'
WIZ W te W
sNu u! W supply vi.
them, they 90 to the binder.
You can see from this list the number Of
papers we get here, as he handed out {
o''ieiu'iy MP. va. III Wv
names OF upward Oh hthureu ol the pt9
PurhaiS pupilsheu III Vhe country;
o"eE Vhe uatS Vi Su.'9ol pun anu Sii
~ VI sen'lu- wy ol'iiieo W M ''i.N''i
vel as uu"O Vi i.s ie,i'i ne
iAes o. P"Per9 lioN III "''ui'iol W 'ue7o' =,
Seeps ule pIet'9 ouS1 "'Oen',hS =" mem an
A'eV US MalN ouEl 'lie anu yo', o,'i
see "naC iu'iI'i'S Vi Hi"'eiiai We nav
mere
Inc DOCKS were arraiseu IN al naDeTic"
oruer oil states beginning WIN .ne eaI!l n.s
newspapers OF AlaDanla' pupiisneSi III lo!'
"A lie" steps uooH the I"o arounu III cil
ae' "hlcn CON PleVeu Ohe lisU VI sIaCes an
brought lorIn Vhe h"iles Vi Vhe Europe"
capitals
or we nave some very conP!eUe mes ss,
iorelgn papers said the CUSTODIAN;
nave tne LONDON Times rom III. us oeslhiilli'
from before IL was Inc Times, IN lac
Iheh mere are mes VI Uhe Sia ~ '
Euardlah' anu mere Is Il SET OIL ualiSna u,
messenger. we receive great many NJ
from the sVaVe ueParOiiiemC 'naO l Iva
Win many N"lu"oie a''uIUiohs' iiele 20
colhPleue me uP 70 " siorO Iiine ago vi
Solstituuiounei q iien.h p %Pei, "a
hete az 'N' mo DV'ii VI 80
anu H"i0P 70 aDor' N Viie 80 ~
IecUlon VI Inc Nen'ieiiaii -N't9"Aine
tne country
NOW you lave seen n,T Tn9 mes tnsV are e. !
lerreu W une nlo9C' va uo"n 'neie' inu
eatihS Vhe IN sVerlous paesaSe 1naU Ieu
Cne oChet sue u Ine eaPi.oi, are vte ~
Fellows thao are III uuPiicaVe up sV"lrs
the hnrars' AnT ln'eiliEeiioer 70 Sneie
speclal o''se; ieIe' sho"lnS Cne We
INTO perleViy uarh NauiC "VouO nc
wlue anu Turning on 70 Cne lelo Nv "
io"er emu are oopi'S Vi very map VI
mas ever oeel copy riBn'eu III .hIs couilvr
Inc gem Oh tnlS colleC'lUn ~ nou very Wv
kno"h' ~ Con9lsts VI an une maps :"
"etc u9eu uui iAS onT '"i'o"9 n,
WHICH oHlS eoulitlS is's ecu
maps were tsSGeu ny the war uel''i Iiii'
ana Uurheu OtGA "iter Oney Neie neeu ..7 .
lehEer' anu VIT ,i 'uileu over W US !
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