The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05
BEGINS ITO BUZZ,
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goods skyward, and the differences in
figures are now so great and apparent
that the patriot whose dollars are not
countless must needs purchase the
homemade articles. The cutlery stock
is especially heavy, and In this depart
ment the purchaser has a chance to
see that the American knives and els
sors are as well finished as the Shelf
field goods. while the prices are from
40 to so per cent less than those of the
imported products.
1t is a notable fact that the largest
yet most obscure drawer in the room.
is the one in which sample corkscreWS
are kept. OF these sinuous aids to crea-
ture comfort or discomfort, there is an
infinite variety Many are novel. but
the new and the old have alike but one
obiect-to draw corks. Some of them
are old-fashioned, and to secure good
re! ults the bottle will have to be placed
between the knees of the operator; the
cork invariably comes out with pop.
Others pull the stopper from the mar
row orifice with a squeaking sound that
has in it some of the elements of
lone-draWn and noisy kiss; while still
later specimens of mans ingenuity re-
move the neck distractions so quietly
than even the wide-awake occupants of
an adjoining committee room will never
be aware, so far as the corkscrew can
help it, that there is bottle within
half a mile.
There is always somebody in the ro-
tunda. First there are the police and
the guides. Then there is sure to be
somebody standing in the center look
ing straight up as If expecting some
one to drop something in his mouth. The
settees are usually occupied by more
or less seedy-lookingi individuals who
haunt the capitol even during the re-
-l,, hot T1nacafIlIV in tho
tunda, surrounded by; sacred memories
and fumes Of stale beer.
You can smoke in the senate wing
now, next week you can't; that Will be
another of the transformation effects.
On approaching these sacred precincts
YOU have got to run the risk of setting
your clothes on fire BY attempting to
conceal your cigar, Last session the
police and doorkeepers had hard time
impressing the great American public
with the fact that senate air must be
of a little better character than any
other air.
One of the greatest cOnveniences ever
planned by Architect Clark now full
fills it's mission. For years it has been
evident to any one eonVersant with
congressional affairs that the house Of
representatives was badly in need of a
large room in which comnittees-or
any committee-could hold inVestiga-
ticns to which the public could be adj
mitted or to give hearing on matters
pending before the house. That urgent
need has been SUPPLIED, for at the
southern end of the string of terrace
committee rooms, Mr.. Clark has con-
structed one apartment, which will
easily accommodate 200 people. Had
the plan; admittedssof it, this room
would have beenss divided into two
rooms and they haNasbeen used as COM
mttee rooms, but it 50 happened that
by no !arrangen tentseauld there be
suff1ciency of naedraEsiight for two
rooms There is Eample light for one,
though, and the result is an apartment
which will be most useful.
Not a little work was necessary to
abbreviate the route from the house to
these terrace apartments. AS in the
case of the senate elevator it was
necessary to cut through sixteen feet
of solid stone wall, and where the wall
once was, there is now a stairway. In
spite of this short cut, members will
have more walking to do to reach the
terrace than their senatorial brethren.
Flag paving has been substituted for
the rough brick floors, which were in
the terrace corridors, and there is more
of comfort for the pedestrian now. The
ot1or of fresh paint fills his nostrils,
though, for the terrace committee
rooms are being beauti1ied.
On the house side of the capitol. there
has been just as much cleaning as any
where else, but the amount of new car
pet laid is comparatively small. The
committees on ways and means and on
postofices and post roads, have had
the floors of their rooms recovered and
new carpet has also been laid IN the
cloak rooms and the house postoHlce.
The chief clerk has been attending to
Al 1aA Of he. hnIJCn n
the matter of repairs,f but his biggest
Job has been the fitting out of the COM
nittee rooms on the house end Of the
terrace corridor a
SO, everything is in readiness for
Scion LycurguS, ZoroaSter, Moses, and
the rest of our great Jlaw- givers. All
that is needed is that the capitol shall
be as well supplied with brains as 1t
is with gold leaf land rich furnishings.
Our statesmen come from schools and
colleges where all education is based
upon the presumption that the world
is ruled mainly by talk. Therefore the
American congress has become great
national palaVer, in the midst OF which
Ore-tenth OF the necessary business is
done One Of the most alarming signs
of the times is the oratorical contests
fostered by many colleges. 1t was be-
cause of this kind of collegiate educa-
ton that our people have heard so
much of the Nebraska Voice, with its
crown Of thorns and cross of gold.
The capitol is ready and our states
men are ready. We cannot peer into
the future, nor know if Speaker Reed
will make his house Of representatives
proceed to business" But we need not
prophetic inspirations TO foresee that
there will be wilderness of talk in the
senate: that deliberative body, which,
through it's Photographic jingle, b'aZes
each senatorial pathway with words,
words, words.
Northwestern postmasters were ap-
pointed today as follows: Minnesota
Genoa, Olmsted county c. NJ. Barker,
vice ]. Hallenbeck, resigned; Gilbert,
Morrison county A.. Berglund, vice a.
Johnson, resigned; Warroad, Roseau
county, T. l.. Jones, vice ]. NJ. Lough-
Ian, resigned South Dakota-Arling-
ton kingsbury county George Reed;
Esmond, Kingsbury sdcounty, w @.
Sheets BEhemounds, Dane
county, c. J. dlDaganhart; Bryant,
Langslade county, Eudre Neren; cham
berlin, Waukesha3 county, Rufus Smith.
Represe NATIVE ReatWcle has been in
terviewed as follows:
Owing to the Improvement in the
financial and business; sitsation in the
United States there is undoubtedly
more conservative sentiment regarding
our relations with outside countries.
and this applies particularly to cuba.
In very hard times the bravado spirit
is loosed and men are. willing to rush
into any sort of movement that prom
ises change and excitement. Uudoubt-
eddy a more moderate spirit prevails
today, so that unless we know great
deal more than We kndw now, thefe Is
no reason to apnrehepd change IN