Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-25


portion of Che e:pitol formerly used for
housing the congressional library caused
y number Of members Of the House noted
for abStemiouS and economical living 10
comment upon the extravaganza mani-
tested. \ gold mirror on its marble cary-
ed base was Under consideration Upon
inquiry II was found there were four OF
these in tie different new committee
rooms. Thas cost 5000 each. The furni-
ture, which is OF solid mahogany. was
made from special designs aud for the
special rooms, in which the color schemes
We're all worked out before a single pur-
chase was made. Where the chairman OF
Che respective committees were known
they We're consulted as TO these dccora.
lions. Otherwise. the architect OF the
capitol used his discretion and individual
caste. But the eXtravaganceS in the new
committee rooms do not exceed those 9f
former years and former administrations
There is the solid gold ink well in The
Office of the Nice-fresident, now the of-
ace of the President pro tc1pote OF he
Senate i cost the government $1,000.
Then there is that ordinary looking ,lock
in the marble room Of the Senate. 1t
came originally from Switzerland. and
when the government paid the bin the re-
ceipt was for $4,000. These were eN-
penditures for the living, but there is the
dead as WELL for one of the most cNpeH-
sive of the small purchases of Uncle sam
is the tip on top of the Washington mon
nment. raised to the memory e. the first
President II weighs twenty-siX pounds.
Il is of platinum. more precious aud ex-
:'ensiye thfn solid gold.
Tie morning hour" is one OF he queer
things of the United States Senate. In
the first place the morning hour" Is two
4ours long though it may be complctc,.
in ten or fifteen minutes. In the second
place it never occurs in the morning hut
begins at II o'clock noon. except on the
rare occasions whom the Senate meets ut
10 or / O'Clock senator floar of Mas
sachusettS is responsible for the elanga-
ton of the morning hour SO as 20 make
ii cover l.Sl minutes. Prior % fourteen
years ago the morning hour while tx,
listing in the afternoon, was hui nm hour
IN length, but a resolution submitted b.
Mr.. Hoar was adopted Aug 10 1883.
&na that provided that The morning
hour" should he two hours in length OF
that it should end nj o'clock This res
olution provided that aftel to-day. un-
less otherwise ordered the morHing hour
shall terminate at the expiration OF two
hours after the meeting OF the SENATE"
The morning hour is devoted to the pro-
sentation 81 petitions, the Introduction Of
bills, reports of committees. etc, and is
the time when all sorts of little matter
OF that kind are attended To. At > o'clock
the presiding officer lays before the Sen
ate the bill ON the calendar which is set
aside as having precedence OVER other
measures, and that is generally the time
for long speeches of ali kinds unless
unanimous consent is secured to consider
4ansion bills for specified time or UNI
objected bills on the calendar,
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Forty-siX years ago there sat IN the
Isouse of Representatives Of the United
States. and introduced measures for its
cansiderati6a, man who had no knowl-
edge of the, English language lie neith-
Ell understood it nor spoke il. lie was,
an educated Spaniard and WAS
said to be 4 Catholic priest This man
Richard H. Weightman. who served dur
ing the previous Congress. He held his
seat by virtue OF the vote Of his constitu-
erts. the favorable report of Il committee
Of Congress upon contest made against
him, and the approval of that report by
a vote Of the House. lie was the sole
representative in the House of n portion
of the United States but h5ttv less in
area than twice thh OF New inglan,l.
lie went into his seat as has been said
on contest that ended fayorably 10
him. He went out of II after an election
on contest that was decided against
him. This is the congressional history
OF Senior We're Manuel GallegOs. delegate
from New Mexico in the J'hjrty-third
Congress OF the United States. IS gath
cred from the Congressional Globe, the
House Journal, and the House reports OF
committees.
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There is - be an entirely new postage
stump outfit The Postoliice Department
he's given orders for the preparation Of
designs, which il is hoped may be somc
thing artistic. II is proposed thai every
thing in correction with the series shall
be- new. New designs for borders will
new shades OF color employed.
lnl the new stamps may even bc OF DIFF
fekent size and shape The present ~
rits OF postage stamps has been In con
tinu0us use for just twelve years, which
is ;much longer than the life OF the ordi-
nary series. True, there have been the
Columbian Trans Mississippi and Pan
American sp:ies. bnt these we're com
and IN use only during a
lirAited period.
en- the pGstoflicc Department rherc *
a book thai is Away kept under lock
ard key. II is one of the most treasured
articles in the department This book
coptains n sect OF postage stamps Of cy-
cry country u the world. These stamps
come from Bernie Switzerland Seven
h.ndred ana fifty sets of each United
States postage issue are also distributed
fr9m that p1int The countries compris
ink the international Postal MON select
ef Switzerland as the central point from
which TO make exchanges. Each conn
trg when a new issue OF stanps is ont
sends certain number Of sets 20 Befnc
The officials at that point who have the
Ngfk ln Manu- lNtN tintlihNtf Isi- nA+fHigF
if the different postoifice departments
throughout the world
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There Is little or no gambtns now in
tt.e enpitol compared with The conditions
Of wears ago. There used IL De- time
wAed certain committee r0gnis were the
r.ndezyous Tor poker pi1yFr aad the
,tslnes were generally without limit. Many
SENATORS ant Representative b. not OBJ
i,s.t 10 little game now. bui fhcy play
.n the eyefiag and not at tne capitol.
Sparks from the wires.
President Eliot. fiarYal University
rlsneeled all iiis engagements ia fhe West
ouing 10 blk wife's illness
Adair Agr,.w q 1O-year.od Ind. died ~
Oklahoma CIV. o. r.. from the effects ~
having both legs cHt 81 above the knees.
re fell under moving train a. he was
s ealing a ride
Iouis La Page. member Of the Jeffer-
SIN City. Me.. City Council, and q prom
.reut contractor. died at Ceatertown from
Injuries received N Ealing from ladder
Oh 10 pile 3f stone.