The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-10

house. The BARRIERS are paid a salary
of $50 per month. and IN adolllun a.
permitted to charge Is cents Isl can
shave and other prices in proportion /
They are required TO furnish soap, per
fumes and other material, and pay no
rent for the rooms used as SHOP
While the shop is presumably TOT the
sole recommendation eff members Of
the house. the BARRIERS add TO then
already comfortable income by serving
customers who come early IN the morn
ing or late in the evening, AFTER tne
members have gone home. on the
senate side there are two shops, one
for the exclusive use OF senators, the
other for employees of the senate ana
members of the press. In the senators
shop three BARRIERS are employed, VINO
are raid SIS per month each. All the
material used is furnished free and no
charge is made to the senator's for
whatever work they have done. IN
the shop for employees and members
Of the press there are two BARRIERS, who
are net paid salaries, but are given the
room used free of charge.
Perhaps no one in the capitol 2ppre-
ciates the superiority OF nimselt over
ordinary people more than any one OF
/ the salaried BARRIERS of the house ana
senate. Once on the payroll they never
/ resign and none has died in the past
/ quarter of a century. Hickman, the
! boss of the senate shop, has been shaw
/ ing senators for forty years. Williams,
/ the second man, has been there FOR
/ over twenty-five wears, and the average
| tenure of Office of all has been in eX-
cess Of fifteen years While the sena-
tors are given free shaves and hair
cuts, many of them tip their BARRIERS
| to about the usual price for such ser
vices. consequently the positions IN the
/ senate shop are veSy lucrative ana de-
| sirable. The three men there are well
to do. and could buy and sell In a
| financial way many Of their distln-
| guished patrons. Asked which of the
senators was most liberal in the mat
ter of tips. the trio of senate BARRIERS
| agreed that the western members take
the lead. Senator Kearns of Utah and
Warren of Wyoming are powerful good
30 US boys" was part of the response
Don't know jest who gives us de most
but we do know who gives US de
least" Who's that?' was asked
why, Tiliman, Of course; he never
gives US a single nickel. Gets shaved
! regularly, too" The shops are fitted
up with luxurious baths. and for these
no charge is made either to members
of the house, senate or to employees.
One of the Argonauts.
George Sutherland is one of the for
! ty-nine members of d new and uniqu'
club, which was organized Saturda!
. evening at a dinner given by the clUl
to itself. The idea came to the Hon
sam" Powers of Massachusetts as n
sat smoking in the house cloak room
and Eliminating on the deafness o
2 Speaker Henderson as REGARDS ney
! members. Several of the new member
dropping I'm about this time tie an
, | SANS" information developed into
| dinner for the fOrty-nine cOngressiOna
> ingenues, and the invitations went on
Z | in German. a little compliment to tn
4 presence within our boundaries o
: | Prince Heinrich of Prussia. Much gra
: / matter has been expended in inventin
q title for .he new club, which prom
, ises to be a permanent affair 'Th
! / Tantalus club" has proven most pOpu
Il lar. because. as one of the member
u remarked, 1--WE can see it, but can
: get it,
e Having gathered inspiration frOI
! things to eat. drink and smoke, the clu
il / organized itself into a house Of reprt
2, the whole, and passed some importaT
IS resolutions. among them the following
T H. r. 1001-TO make the state (
= Iowa an independent republic, Wit
g authority to create enough Office to e
"a round.
= H. r. 666-TO provide an irrigatiC
IT system for the state of Maine.
H r. 4-11-44--To extend the civil Sc
vice law over the United States senat
a ana provide tSFt hereafter all serato
- shall be selected by the civil seFvit
- commission upon competitive examinj
- ton; and to provide further, that ]
- member of the house shall be permi
= ted to in any way influence said sele
y ton beyond certifying to the gO'
lS character and peaceful disposition
y. the applicant
~ II. r. H5.67T-TO establish perm
y nent bureau for cutting the hair of L
y dian tribes under treaty, football pla
70 ers not under treaty and piano playe
accredited to America.
. While there were no invitations
H. / sued to others than the new Repu
er Hcan members some rather interestil
le regrets" purporting to come from di
tinguished people. were read.
~ William Jennings Bryan was too bU
H. preparing a NapOlconic campaign
e 1904 to come, but sent the comforti
OF assurance that the Tantalue club wOU
IT, be TO the Republican party what Tai
To- many Hall is TO the Democratic. Due
rs were flying low and preventing Groy
ne Cleveland accepting Prince Hem
re General Miles, Booker Washington a
'et Aguinaldo all regretted" in approp
at ate and characteristic dispatches.
Sc P. Morgan kindly offered to capital {
he club and merge it with the Steel tru
ne, Carrie Nation strongly recommend
ne temperance even though congress do
ks sit over an unlimited eanteen. NJ.
her tin Doolv and Admiral Dewey
NY pressed no concern for the safety
us the country while the club was una
to run the ship Of state.