Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-09
THEY DESERVE IT.
Maine Delegation in Congress
Well Provided for
IN Waiter Of Good Committees and
Pleasant Committee Rooms.
An important Maine Appontment-A Deserved
Maine Pension Awarded

there ~ no tcItSdllb III N''llSltSS tildl
has Jared better than the delegation
from Maine. The senators and repre-
sentatives from the Pine Tree state not
nnlv have the best committees, but they
also have the most pleasantly located
committee rooms. This means a great
deal to member OF Congress. 70 the
committee room he takes his visitors
and there he is a BILE To chat With them
in comparative retirement No place
i better than the committee room for
attending to the large correspondence.
which a member of Congress must con-
,luct with his constituents on a wide
variety of subjects.
rs to the Maine senators and their
committee rooms. Senator Frye is
chairman Of the committee on com
merce and his committee room is on
the gallery, or top floor, Of the Capitol.
II is necessary to take the elevator up
one fight from the Senate floor The
room is a large one. situated in the eX-
treme northwest corner of the Capitol
building. There is a long mahogany
table running up and down the center
Of the room but there is lots of space
besides. In fact there are few larger
committee rooms at the Capitol. The
outlook from the windows is grand.
The eye sweeps the whole of the north
rrn and the western section of the city.
In the northeast corner Of the room
Senator Frye has q roll top desk. from
which he conducts his correspondence.
one advantage about this committee
room is that it is accessible to members
g h.. y, bf, ;..;
cutiVe session. ON those occasions the
galleries and The upper floor of that
md of me Capitol is cleared and men
are stationed On the stairWays Ia keep
ntrudorS out Those who have access
to the Senate elevator Of the west side
however are allowed 10 ascend to the
press gallery, the corridor. leading to
which. passes Senator Frye's door.
senator 1aie's committee room is
different, but nevertheless just as de-
,irable as Senator Fryes II is on the
corner of the Capitol diagonally oppo-
site and like Senator Frye's room,
right within a step of Senate eIeVa-
tor This room also is on the top floor.
senator Hale it viii b. remembered.
was made chairman Of The committee
on naval affairs some months ago. He
retained his old room which had been
tn" committee room Of the chairman
on printing. Senator Hale yielded this
position To become the chairman of
naval affairs This room is smaller
hut is admirably lighted and looks out
On the eastern section Of the city. with
9limpsr ot the Potomac flowing 10
the south. The senior senator's con-
mitt"e room really consists Of two
rooms. II is finished in ash. the first
room one enters having among its
aItitl"S of furniture a committee table.
There is fine wood fire place here. as
there is in all the committee rooms at
the Capitol. III this outer room the
senator receives many of the people
who call to see him. IF there is some
BUSINESS of special Importance to be
talked over they are Invited into the
next room. which, is more private Sen
atot Hale also holds the important po-
sition of ranking Republican members
ni the Senate committee on appropria-
tons. Senator Frye. on the other
hand. holds the position of ranking
Republican member of the great Senate
committee ON foreign rela atoms.
are the representatives in their com
mitteo rooms. Speaker Reed is. per
haps, honored more than all the others
He has private room. small but con
venient, near the rear lobby of the
House. The entrance is from the reai
lobby and no one, except those entitled
to the privileges Of the floor can enter
there when the House is in session
without perInisSien ON the walls At
this room are. rare odd pictures of for
mer statesmen. Besides these there is
an antique mahogany bookcase. Speak
@r Reed has a small mahogany tabl"
"t the four legged variety. for his own
( use in this room Down stairs tn,
speaker has a private dining room foI
his own use When Mr. Blaine WAS
speaker of the House years ago the
speakers private room extended across
nearly the whole width of the Capitol
on the south but this room was torn
OUT later and much of the space de
f"ted To "A lobby for members who de
not wish to remain in the House durin :
all OF the proceedings.
Representative DingleN of the Sc
ond district has the large committee
room Of ways and means, which is on
the same floor as the Hall Of Repl o.
senlatiyes. 1t is one of the larg 81
rooms on the House side of the Capitol
md is elegantly furnished in mahos
any. Representative Burlci9h of tn"
: thrd district. makes his headquarters
IN The room OF the committee on pun-
he buildings and grounds of which h"
IS Il member. This is one of the sigh