The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-12-13
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
a Member sf the Lexsssatsrs Visits
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St. Loulh. Dec. GA member Of
the legislature took trip TO JEFF.
ferson City 20 look for boarding
place and pick out his scat. a news-
paper man had o talk with him, and
learned
People of jefferson City evidently
regard the 20 days tho legislature is
Ia session every two years an harvest
time. Many brush up their rooms and
hang out the sign Rooms for Rent"
or tell their friends that they have
rooms 10 rent, and please speak .
good word for them.
These rooms aud beard for two
are s7s," haid woman on jefferson
street, as she showed the member tive
nice rooms on the ground floor. "i'il
put in folding bed, wood stove.
and give you good meals know
that sounds like . hlg prise, bat every
thing Ia 90 high"
so high?s
~Yeh. indeed. The grocers of Jef-
tersou City begin 90 raise their prices
at least 3 month before the legisia-
ture meets, and keep them up until
adjournment. Other tradesmen do
the same. Some people won't stand
H. They send down TO st. Louis and
buy. and have their goods sent up by
express.
Some members come down aud
save money" ahe said. at Ia said that
some rent little rcams, but In stove,
and do their own cooking. But there
was a wild set among the last legis-
lnture. There were great goings on.
80 I've heard. OF course don't know
for certain; but people will talk, you
know; people win talk"
Eyes, see they win, said the mem
bcr."
''oh, now, no iasinnRtions; | only
Ray what I've heard"
The hotels don't Kaem 20 care for
regular boardcra- Transient patrons
are preferred, "for IL is just this
way" said one landlord. The lobby
ist come in, stay three or four days.
pay big rates, aud then are gone for
few days. Then they are back
again. Money is no object, To be
candid, IL pays better TO lodge and
feed lobbyists than members of the
legislature"
A good room can be rented for from
81 To $40 per month. with heat and
light, aud good table board secured
for $a.5O to 81 per week. Nice trout
rooms, with conneciing bed rooms,
with neat and light, can be secured
for SIS TO S3S per month, "nnd when
the Legislature eouyrneE, prices may
take u tumble" SO said an old resi-.
dent, "for there are more rooms than
customers"
The Governors Mansion. The word
Mansion" should bc placed between
quotation marks. There ia not q man
In 81. Louis, Kansas City. ST. Joseph,
and In many smaller cities in Missouri,
worth s20o.Oo0, who IL entcrprising
and wideawakc, who would not turn
up HE nose at the Mansion" fur
nished by the ffth state In the Union
nH q residence for it's chief executive.
When the chief executive Of Mis-.
.ss..ri walks out on his back porch in
the morning. to take u Eisss:.-s. Eii.-s. 81 this
capitol, 20 see IL 1t IL stall there, his
eyes rest upon a community of build
ingz. between the Mansion and the
capitol. many of which would not be
allowed To stand ON the LeVee In st.
Louis They are in hollow. and the
smells that are waited from that
precinct on a hot summer day must
be real nice. There are some nice
buildings facing thn street, but what
q change could be made u the state
! would purchase the hollow and create
q beautiful park. Then the citizens
Of Missouri could point 10 Il with
I pride. Then there would be some
chance OF making the capitol grounds
what they should be.
The state capitol Is an imposing pile
at distance. Like the governors
Mansion, the grounds are not well
kept. The brick walks are uneven.
the grass is thin. Keep on the
Grass" Is frequently displayed. That
IL meant for people. no doubt, but on
that sunny afternoon II seemed that
almost every dog in town had come
down TO the capitol grounds to meet
his friends and rool on the grass. Peo-
pie were sitting on the steps, and
some were leaning against the railing
that runs along the bluff. watching the
cars below. or the maday Missouri,
or glancing Mt the rocky bluffs over IN
the Kingdom of Galloway, probably
wondering what the people were do
ing over there.
The foora In the new part Of the
capitol are smooth. but In the old
part, under the big dome, they are
uneven. one slab being sunken. an.
other tilted, and so on. stairways
wind around tho dome, leading to the
chambers where the Missouri solous
coasene TO raake laws. The deslfs
ere "a out OF tho hnli Of representa-
tives, and there are chairs there now.
An association Of school teachers win
hold n meeting the last week In the
month. and thea Ashley Ewing win
have a Job. He must have the hall
brushed UP aud the desks put In by
January Q. The carpet il faded and
worn, aud Mr.. Ewing thinks there
should he new one, hsft he can't buy
one until five state officers say so.
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