The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-01-27
WHERE SOLONS MEET.
CHANGES MADE IN THE SENATE
HALL DURING SUMNER.
Has Been Completely Renovated and Made
Up to Date Many Senators Also VIII
Have New Seats-Somr of the Changes.

Have New Se2tS-SDInt OF the changes.
Members Of the United States senate
will be puzzlcd for several days at Ger
tain strangoness in the familiar cham
Der. Tho changes made during the sum-
mer. while not radical, are peTvasive,
and about the only things within the
four walls that have come through the
ordeal unSCathed are the tuStS Cf long
forgotten vice presidents we'll hidden in
Garkened inches. No such renuvatiCns
have been made since the chamber was
first occupied in 1899. The work of rem
ovation was given over to a we'll known
firm of New York decorators, who have
gone over all the gliding, cleaned the
delicate traccries, and painted the mold
ings in light cOlOrs. The old leather
doors leading to the lobby and from TIE
lobby to the reception room have been
replaced by long plate glass doors, let
ting in light and adding to the apparent
size of the chamber. The most decided
change. however, is in the Punishment
Of the homogeneous and i'll assorted cane
backed chairs, by means Of which Il
number Of the, senators had consulted
their ease rather han the dignity Of
their surroundings. The chair of i'm
memorial pattern only is allowed, but a
slight concession to comfort has been
made in providing cane seats for sum
mer use. These chairs, together with
the desks, are of solid mahogany, but
the custom has been to apply a coat Of
vorr;cl, ,anI, rnar ThSSa cnntS IF 1ar-
nish have been removed, and the natural
wood has bttn brought out in all the
richness Of color known to the days Of
Webster and Clay. The kitchen tables
that formerly disgraced the corners Of
the chamber have given place to ma
hoganv desks for the use of the messen-
gers. and the clerks desks and the re-
pOrters' tables have also been uncOated
and rubbed down. The great, round,
brass grated fresh air ducts, used as
''wanamakerS' by visiting members Of
the house, have been closed and covered
with a carpet so sCft" to the tread as to
feel like moss, and the stains of a hun
dred night sessions have been removed
from the galleries. Altogether, the SEN
ATE CudllDtT IL uON CS IuAUIltuS DIS d
fashionable church.
These changes in material things in
the senate chamber will be accompanied
by corresponding changes i'll the loca-
ton of the senator's. OF the 80 members
of the senate whose terms expired on
March 4, II were not returned. Many Of
these senator's occupied desirable seats,
which now go to those who were fOrtu-
nate enough to file early requests for the
vacant chairs. On the Democratic side
of the chamber Senator Hill Will be
missed from a conspicuous seat on the
back row, directly i'll front Of the door
way leading to the ClOakrOOm. He OBJ
jected to the draft upon his bald head.
Consequently he has moved to a less
conspicuous seat on the second row, well
around to the right Of the presiding Off
Ger, between Senator'S Turpie of Indiana
and Irby of South Carolina. His former
seat was between Senators Gibson Of
Maryland and Daniel Of Virginia. The
other changes on the Democratic side
are as follows: In the front row., Sen
ator Bacon Of Georgia takes the end seat
vacated by ex-senator Hunton Of Nir-
ginia. Senator Allen, the POpulist from
Nebraska, moves from the back row to
the chair made vacant by the retirement
Of Senator Coke of Texas, Senator
Chiffon of Texas taking Aliens former
desk. Senator Jones of Arkansas moves
into the place occupied by Senator But
Ter Of South Carolina for nearly -
years. In the second row Senator Till
man Of South Carolina takes the end
seat which Mr.. Martin of Kansas occu-
pied for a short period. Senator Wal
thall Of Mississippi takes the end seat
on the center aisle so long occupied by
General Ransom Of North Carolina. 1t
is not generally known, but it is a fact,
that jefferson Davis, when a member Of
the senate, used the desk now assigned
to Senator Walthal!. When General
Ransom was defeated for reelection,
Senator German was The first applicant
for the seat, and it was assigned 70 him
He subsequently re~conoidered the sub
Jet and concluded TO remain in the
same row, between Senators Vest q
Missouri and Voorhees, Of Indiana. The
only change in the third row is the r.,
moval Of Senator Murphy of New York
from an undesirable seat On the bach
row to the seat formerly occupied by
Senator Mcpherson Of New Jersey, be,
tween Senators Faulkner Of West Vir
ginia and Smith Of New Jersey.
On the back row the Democrats lose
several seats, which have been transfer
red 70 the Republican side. Senator PEI
fer will appear in the front row on thu
Republican side, at he, desk previously
occupied by Senator Gallinger Of New
Hampshire, who moves into the sea
made vacant by the retirement Of Sena
tor Dixon Of Rhode Island, in the sam
row In the second row Senator Petit
grew takes the seat of ex-senator Mar
derson. Mr.. Proctor moves TO the desl
from which ex-senator Washburn mad
his unsuccessful fight in behalf Of hi
%antioptiOn bill. and Senator Dubois o
Idaho moves down from the back roy
TO the end seat in the middle aisle whicI
was formerly the station Of Senate
Dolph Of Oregon. The third row is mad
I'D Of new senator's. with the e~xceptiO