Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
WASHINGTOM LETTER
Esnecinl oorrespondence.l

grave! And IL Dockery of Mizzoura
was here he'd shore fall in tit on the
floor"
He stood in the hall of the house of
representatives contemplating the rich
mahogany desks, the handsome fur
nishings. the gilt and decorations, with
a choleric and ueprecatory eye. He
was attired in black broadcloth. the
vest low cut. showing a wide expanse
OF unstarched shirt front, crossed by n
black string tie. His thin soled boots
of soft leather were carefully polished,
and he held a black SLOUGH hat I'm his
hand.
Il was in congress i'm the days of re
trenchment and REFORM" he said.
land we had no such doings as these
Them chairs. with a little recaning.
was good for ten years longer. and
there wasn't nary an initial carved i'm
the desks. In my day the red and
plush sofys In the lobby was n dream
of oriental splendor. but | see they
must have fine leather sofys now.
And as for these new committee
rooms, the appropriations in particu-
lar, they air scene of imperialistic
sumpshusness that the Caesars never
Imagined. | walked through this morn
ing, my feet sinking to the ankles in
velvet carpets. and every move reflect
ed in the polish of the mahogany ta-
bles. desks and chairs. These here
plain congressman corn fed products
OF the west. must feel mighty out of
place amid such surroundings of luxu-
robustness and regal splendor. They
tell me there is $4,000 worth Of gold
in the ceiling of the speakers room by
way Of decoration and that third of
million dollars has been put in thing
and mahogany. leather gilt and paint |
ing.
''Well, | reckon. after all, there amt |
nothing too good for the great Amerl- |
can people. and these air the repre-
sentatives Of the people. and the PEG
pie they pays the freight" whereat he
shook his head and walked away.
4 Flood OF Petitions.
According to the constitution the
right Of petition shall not be abridged.
1t Is quite evident from the numbers
of petitions which are being sent to
congress this year that the people are
disposed to take every advantage Of
their privilege.
The long recess Of congress gave op.
for petition makers to pre-
pare innumerable requests for all sorts
of things, the result being seen in the
mass Of signed papers now flooding
congress- The most widely circulated
petition seems TO have been In behalf
Of homogeneous as against p0lygamous
Thousands ana thousands
Of these sheets, bearing the petition ut
the head and neatly ruled with blank
lines were apparently sent broadcast
all over the country. They are cominp
In from every city and town and cross
roads postotiice; but. like good many
other petitions. they will merely bur
den the files OF the senate for little
while ana then be thrown away There
Is no indication at present OF any ne
lion along the lines Of the proposed
legislation.
The Minister From slam.
Phya Akhara Oradhara is the high ,
name Of the envoy extraordi
lary and minister plenipotentlary Of
his majesty the king OF Siam, who re-
emily arrived in this country. He was
ccompanied by his English secretary.
'Ir. Edward LOTUS, Phya Akhara
)radhara is the first diplomatic repre- {
from the Land Of the White {
Elephant to be stationed i'm Washing {
on. The Siamese minister at London. {
'hya Prasiddhi, is also accredited to a
he United States in a diplomatic en-. 2
0city. but he only visited Washington
transacting the little dip I
,matic business between the two coun- b
RES from the Samese legation in Lon O
on. Mr.. LOTUS, who accompanies the Il
ew minister to the United States. has a
cen an attache and interpreter of the b
iamese legation nj London.
To Prohibit Docking. u
President Roosevclt's refusal to buy Il
orses whose tails had been locked f,
as led Senator Gallinger. who agrees C,
18th the president on this subject. to D
troduce bill in the senate making ID
unlawful for any person to dock the ii
il Of horse within the District of
ii
The title Of the bill is Ito prevent co
uelty to certain animals in the Dis .,
let Of Columbia and goes into the n,
bJect thoroughly. Provision is made .,
n the registering OF horses with r.
'cked tails and makes 1t unlawful for be
person ito import or bring into the
strlct any docked horse or horses or of
drive. work use race or deal in any IN
registered locked horse or horses ar
thin the District Of Columbia" 10
For n Hall Of Records. 90
Bromwell OF Ohio has Al
troduced a bill in the house making 81,
appropriation Of S243,000 for the
rchase Of property IN this city for o IN
II of records. The property mention NJ,
in the bill is that bounded on the on
RIB by @ street. on the east by Sew or
teenth street and on the west by the ON
lnder building il is also provided %,
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