The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-01-04

which the Declaration OF Independ
enee was adopted, and here still cal
b seen the table on which it wa
signed and the ink well which helt
the ink used on that occasion.
Congress Hall, erected in 17S7-S9
adjoins Independence Hall and wa,
originally intended as the Courr
house for Philadelphia county Al
though built later than independence
Hall the ravages of time are mor'
apparent.
When Congress decided to remov1
from New York, where the first two
sessions of the first Federal Congress
I'd been held, the city authorities o
Philadelphia rendered this building
for temporary use of the government
as permanent capital on the banks
OF the Potomac had already, at that
time, been determined on.
The first session OF the United
States Senate was held here on Dec
6, 1870, with thirty Senators in at
tendance. The room has been re
stored, the walls and ceilings are
painted in their original cOlors, the
delicate woodwork and graceful or
namentation in papier-mache have
been faithfully reproduced.
l. L..
ton took the oath of office for the
second term on March 4, 1903
Here it was also between the years
1870 and 1900 that the National
Currency was established and the
Bank of the United States was found
amendments made in the
r ,gulations of shipping and com
merce, which gradually placed our
country on a prosperous financial
basis; Vermont, Kentucky and Ten
n lessee were admitted into the union:
the army and navy organized; Jays
Treaty, determining he relation with
England, considered and ratified.
The fireplaces in this room are the
original ones, having been brought
20 light from under many coatings
Of dark paint. The thirty chairs are
made of wood from the old trees
which grew in independence Square,
'r State House Yard, in which the
declaration of Independence was
cad to the public for the first time
IN July 8, 1776. The house of rep
met on the first floor of
his building. Here it was that the
of Adams, the second |
resident of the United States took |
lace and here also was the scene of
hat most impressive and significant |
ccasion, Washington's farewell ad-
ress. Congress sat in this building
Or the last time on the 14th OF May
800, the end OF the first session of
he sixth Federal Congress, the final
ct being the passage OF a resolution
thanks to the city authorities of
for the use of the build
lg.
A visitor is not attracted by the
uaint and graceful woodwork and
elicate tintings of the ceilings and
alls of these old chambers, but in
IS imagination the shadows of the
asst with it's historic associations
ather over him; he peoples the room
it'll Lee and King, Jackson and /,
Onroe and the twenty-six other
allant characters who laid SO well I
I'd strong the foundation of a /,
lightly government; their shades I
oop forth along the uncolumned
r; they gather where their earthly |
eds were done; the pages of history
low their brave acts and noble f
'eech; their bones are dust and may '
J lost in all embracing earth, but t
grown into luminous
lnds, rise and form a shining array '
Il they NIL the whole heaven of rec 6
lection, and gathered about their 6
untry's broad-Dased and growing
ructure, becomes it's immortal e
Yards. "
Hall where the first con-
aental congress assembled in 1774 le
"a also been partially rebuilt and is
splendid state of preservation. 1t t
difficult for the casual spectator to s
allie that here 125 years ago a J
'vernment of the people, by the
ople and for the people was sug- I
sted 6
The Ross house in which Mrs. Betsy I
)ss made the first American flag, +;
i'll stands, undisturbed by modern &