The sun., 1902-06-01
the SENATE LIBRARI.
Charmins Oas-sf.ths.Way Cersss of ornciai
washington which Tew Visit srs See.

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wAsHr1oroN Nav 81 Ono Of the most
attractive spo.s in the slways in,er~~ IN &
Capitol building 10 the senate library.
about which very ittle 10 known 10 the
general public.
Probably not one out ~ q thousand ~
the visitos to the beautiful marble pile
on the hill where Congress and the Supreme
Court sit. ever hear. of the senate library.
or know. that ,her- is such place Some
Of the Junior Senators have not yet found
ou, where ~ 10 although The older ones
have been its cons,sn, patrons FOR many
year, The rooms Of the library Or. sorn~-
what inaoessihle. h~ine In thai par which
connects tho Scnat. wing with the cd
building 1hev are reached hv a virdir G
stone s,ep- running from 'h~ main cori-
dor opposite the supreme Court Chamber,
and also by . passageway through the
Senate document room
Senators, o. q r1ile. need Q guide during
their freshman visits To the library hut
its inscc~esibility makes IL all the better
A. q place TO read and write. The win
dowa look ou, over the ves, lawn and the
view extende way down the Mall acroes
70 the Virginia hi'< with the Monument
and Arlington a. the special targets ~
the eve. Tho ouaintncss ~ the rooms
i. their chief attraction One 81 the win
dove ia round and abou, the siye AZ buggy
wheel II swings on q pivot ard the serni-
circular view 81 tho vista through the
foliage b~'ween the Capitol and ArIingi on
a. son from thi. window 10 picturesque
IN the eCrcme.
The aoc,Inu a,lnns ~ tho library have
filed up one room after another until hey
have spread 70 'h- srsc.s under The nrchcd
roof of tbs, PAR ~ the building which
ww known A. the north wing hefore the
senate and Horsc wing. were sdded and
the great dom" crested. Jntit IsorItly
the library shelves have contained merely
IN. records ~ Congress. including Sen,,e
and Hou.- reports and al pspers published
a. Scnara and HOUSE documents These
Accumulated % fact ard in such a hap
hazard wey that they tpresd al over the
ur~tairs paIt 81 Tho portion of the Capitol
and they we're badly arranged and ircom-
pI.,sly indoIed. Tho lbrsry IL .uypo,cd
Of course. 20 he reserved for the exclusive
u.s - Sans,orr hut nerl~r. ~ the pubic
having knoweds~ ~ II arr aways re-
ceived ccuf'eous'v and furnished With
Information desifci
Untu within few wears $50 the active
man Ia charge oi 'ho place was IA. colored
m.se-ng ger. MURRAY. who ha. lsen an duty
for 90 many years nat he can put hi. fng,r
on almost any book or document a. cal
and who practically carries the library
around in his head Later. However. con-
pei.nt Clerks ~,re employed 20 Do the work
tina, Murray had h~en doing. and th.y
.~t TO work 20 keep The records in a more
svs;eustic manner Last year the tack
vas accomplished 81 arranging, .y.temsiiz-
ing. indexinz and completing the records,
until now the library 10 one ~ tho rnost
valuab,r institutions IN Vashington.
LAST year, the resent Secretary ~ the
senate. former representative. Chsrl~e G.
Bennett. started tho work ~ putting the
library into 'ip-'op sh,p- and he succ~edcd
admirably Tie whole place VAS cleaned
gu, and re~rrnnz~d. tie lates, improved
.e~l skelving constructed. every set q
hpobs and doCuncnts completed from
Alto 2 and full and reliable cstslogucs and
indexes made In addition. b!Adets from
the government printing ofiCc wore Get to
wors in q corr-r ~ IA. library To repair
every damaged volume aud now the Senate
library IL model Of IT, kind
In addition 80 doing all this work Mr.
Bennett inoreased The score Of the library
and kap added a large number 81 volumes
on general suh 'eCts, such ss classic htern.
,ur,, the worlds orstions. and other vurk.
Of that kind which her, tofore have no; he~n
. part ~ The catalogue. bu, will no doubt