St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence

honor Of having the finest table in the
national capitol 1t is the longest, the
best, the most expensive, the most or
nate and placed in surroundings which
only superlatives can describe. Just
now some of the most prominent sena-
tors and most accomplished statesmen |
gather about it. 1t is safe to predict
that in the coming century, for it is not |
too brash to assume that the table will |
last for a hundred years, men of this |
stamp will seat themselves about it fire. !
quently and, with elbows resting upon !
its mahogany edges, will decide the
fate of our relations with nations Of the
old world.
The table is twenty-one feet long,
longer by two feet than any other table
in the capitol. The legs are Chippen'
dale style, but are bound at top and
bottom by beautifully cast and highly
polished brass, contrasting well with
the dark red of the mahogany. The top
is framed in polished mahogany, but
its center is of dark green broadcloth.
The cost Of the table is a secret OF the
capitol architect, but no statement OF
price or description in words quite con-
veys it's quiet elegance.
Where Senator's Live.
Comparatively few senators have es'
tablfshed homes of permanent nature
in WASHINGTON. Not one-half of them
maintain a housekeeping establish
ment. Of the lightweight senators now
holding seats in congress thirty-three
live in hotels and ten live in apartment
houses. Three-fourths of those who re-
side in hotels are up town, the balance
being southern senators who have quar-
tors in down town houses that have be-
come famous in the past as stopping
places for southerners and that sui
have memories of great statesmen
clinginw to them that form an attrac'
five feature for many of those who con
tinue to give them their patronage. AL
the senators except two live IN inc
"northwest." the venerable Senator
Pettus Of Alabama being one OF those
who has taken up his domicile in an
other part of the city. He is located OIL
"the hill" not far from the Congress
sional library building and the capitol
A considerable number Of those not II
hotels or apartments have rooms anC
board in private houses.
Justice HarIan's Great Drive
Justice Harlan is goliiac. lie says
if is the greatest game in the world
He plays several times a week. lie Is
more than six feet tall. weighs fully
300 pounds and has a deep chest ant
shoulders a yard across. When he hlt'
B. a ball squarely, it goes soaring through
the air for yards and yards.
There is one hole on the Chevy Chas'
links called "Harlan's hole" In SOM
wonderful manner the justice onc'
made the hole in one stroke. He droV
+. the ball off the tee, and it rolled INT
: the hole. The caddy spent half an hou
looking for the ball in the high grass
r. while the justice fumcd and fretteo
Then somebody shouted:
,,T-,,.. ,.a,o,, ,.o,,r hall i'm the hole"
= The justice was so proud that Il
vouId pI1y no more that day. No on
hoe dnnlico+od the feat.
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?, .tt,,,+1foior Edwin TT. Con
lne =, i'o' ,a,,,ni, n,ncb LONGER n
- stI WIZ ''I C,,,tna hos led 70 thp nreser
munster ~ = '''. -a, ,, - Tobp Rarret-
ta'lo" VI 80 ,,, 40 Siam 70 succee
- lo' 'ilel y 'l'',,. vacancy. Senate
10 'ne PL"I I,'.-,,, 4,,o othor dov tal,e
MlIcne,' u O't .'7,-'4 nl,on+ Mr. Rorret
- WIN lue - ~I,tno Sonotor NTtche
Tor nihl9'lI ~ (''''' t,,ot MI Of fine p,
t. lolu '"' - ',,',,>' ,,.n,,,d no doIcbte
enc Co''e' ',,,:s, - NTr Rorrntt If
WIZ" ,iiJ .,,a' ,,rosidont MIGHT he ola
e sloVtu 'll''' ''l i' "a Mr. Barrett
= 70 sl' ,,.o lo' nnT o,,tIook for vacancy
theIe r, WIS 90, mission No such vacanc
tne CL'" 4..1 l,an,oror and the story
80 I,l.s.,,,,, roinc, to retire is believe
to he premature. The president KNOW
nothing about such an intention on NJ
Conger's part.
puo.iaauts Life Insurance.
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