The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-09-26
FILED FOR CONGRESS-.
HISTORIC AND UNIQUE OLD NEWSPA-
PERs STORED IN THE CAPITOL.

AND UNIQUE OLD NEWSPA-
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
file 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 subscriber for The National In-
telligencer, daily paper printed in the city
of Washington This historic sheet was
started in the year 1900 and continued for
many years TO be thconly paperin the coun-
try that gave quick report 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 1915
The Union was established aud 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 100 volumes
were transferred
Mr. Van Ness, the guardian, has den
under the rotuuda floor. He was found at
work by the reporter great clothes
basket stands on top, filed to overlooking
with the latest issues Of the press.
"That is my morning mail, - remarks Mr..
Van Ness as he lays his hand aflcctiOuately
upon the mass of reading matter. 1T is a
rather poor morning too. Sometimes there
are Two baskets. / take these papers as
soon as l can each day and sort them out.
You may see these shelves and big pigeon
holes behind you. Well, each one is for q
certain paper Some Of the boxes, you no
tice, are filled The files in those are nearly
ready to be sent to the government biudery
to be put between covers Some of the pa
pers bind up at two months and others at
four.
men every TWO lnon'hs' ne WeiV GU
luiuoilns through " uI"NeI III 'ne ''oie'
they SEM me Ihelr curren. mes from 'ne
senate Which nave 10 co,laIe very care
iuIly' L Jake lneul IIu'n 'Helr 'eul PoI",A
binders and 90 through them particularly
10 see "hau huiiiuers are illlssiLE AueN
write TO the puolicatloh olices Oh 'he papers
ana Try TO supply Ihe ueiciehcies' heI
the volumes are as compete as l can maxi
'heLl' Vne! 20 10 'Ae uinuer'
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papers we Seu mere as ne h"uueu o'I
careIully hePu Dooh IhaI coI'"lheu 'u'
names Oh upward ui Il huuuItu Oh Ihe pes
Journals puoiisheu III 'he country; i
showed the udlt OF subscription ana th'
uaue Oh seuuiuI Tue Nol"lle' 70 Ine plhuer
Is wei as Iu"t ol us return me Seu"L'
taxes 81 papers no" III ADDITION TO THESE Il
huePs me pref! uuSS %VVelluihS 10 Iueiil an
Leu Us Walk through Ine vaults ana you cal
see WnaC quantity Oh material we ha''
mere
Inc DOORS were arranged III "a phaoeIica
ordef OIL sltIes' beginning WIN the carries
newspapers OIL AlaDaiha' puollsheu III Ioi9
"A lie" steps UooA Ine Two arouhu Ill cir
Cle' "IIcn competed Vhe HsC Oh states ah'
Drought lor'h Tue names oi 'he European
capItaIs'
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foreign papers saiu the CUSTODIAN, WI
nave lne LONDON Times from It's BEGINNING
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