The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-16
THEY ALL RIDE
ON WATER WAGON
Liquors Have Been Banishsd
From National Capitol.
SENATOR CLARK A WORKER
RAWLINs HAS GAINED REPUTA-
TON as AN ORATOR.
SENATOR CLARK A WORKER
lsnacIaI 10 The Herald

special TO The Heraldl
Washington. March 15.-For the first
time in it's history the capitol Is a dry
house. The house and senate restau-
rants. sometimes described as un-
licensed canteens, today banished
liquors and stimulants OF an kinds. and
there were no cocktails, highballs.
whisky stralghts or even mild glasses
OF beer. for the thirty congressman
who dlned or lunched at the capitol.
The fight against the sale Of liquor in
the capitol has been q long one. Years
ago. when the senate side OF congress
abolished the sale of drinks on its side
Of the house. 1T was the fashion 20 get
what was needed under the guise of
cold tea, but of late years the senate
has even discarded the beverage IN TINS
form, and those who wished IL had 70
seek it in the house restaurant. in
every congress the house has posed as
the truly ylrtuous branch, and has IN
serted I'm some one bill or another
provision 90 bar the sale OF liquor IN
the capitol. always expecting the SEN
congress Just passed the house reck-
oned without fits host. JIG inserted IN
the immigration law two or three lines
which read.
chat no intoxicating liquors of any
character shall be sold within the lime
lis of the capitol building of the United
States"
mis- was intended as a nice, lady
like blum; but the senate called 1t ana
passed the house bin with the anti
LIQUOR clause intact. Although the law
has been iu operation for week or
more, sales of EquOr have been Kept up
an the house restaurant. The law pro-
vided no penalty Tor violation OF the
anti-llquOr clause, and good Mr.. COZ
fu Of the house restaurant thought
that as no penalty was provided he
might as Wen keep on selling. The
house restaurant ls under the direction
OF the speaker and the committee on
public buildings and grounds, but since
the adjournment Of congress there has
been no speaker and no committee on
public buildings and grounds, and the
only executive OF the house who might
have authority over the restaurant is
Clerk MaCDOwell He took the matter
in hand today and ordered the sale Of
Iduor stopped. and In accordance with
this order the capitol is dry.
Three Clarlrs in the Senate.
Senator Clark OF Montana made no
speeches during the second session or
the Fifty-seveuth congress. but it was
Sin great demand as "A committeeman.
His great business experience makes
him am extremely valuable member In
committee. where the real work of leg
islatiou is performed, and when a vac
cancv recently occurred on the very
important committee on foreign rela-
lions ne was Immediately selected Tor
the place. Changes i'm membership
win give him advanced places on the
minority side of the committee on Dis
trict of Columbia, Indian affairs and
public library I'm the Fifty-eighth con-
gress Clark U.s. am industrious worker
and be takes hold of his work I'M COM
greSs with the same system he applies
20 banking. Failroadlus or mining
There are now three Clarks In the
senate. Clark Of Montana. Clark Of
Wyoming and Clarke OF Arkansas.
Clark III wyoming has been In the sem
ate seven years and he has two years
of his present term yet TO serve. He
has high place on the great commit
tees of judiciary. foreign relations and
public lands No man iu the senate
has more personal friends among his
colleagues. James p. Clarke, the sue
cess0r 10 Senator John *. Jones, is eX-
uecled TO take a leading place on the
minority side Of the senate. He is
shrewd lawyer of plenty OF political eX-
perIeuCe and an able speaker. He ls
likely 10 become one of the immediate
ueutenants of the new Democratic
leader in the senate, Hon. A. p. Cor
man. The masterful hand of the lat
ter Is already seen I'M the determine
ton of the minority not 90 further nl-
buster against the treaties. Beyond
giving senator Morgan ample time to
present his views for Nicaragua and
against Panama as canal routes, there
viii be no Democratic obstruction.
Punctured Booms.
The failure OF the omnibus statehood
bin disposed OF three fairly we'll ma
tured senatorial bOOms. Had the bill
passed and New Mexico, Arizona and
oklahoma been admitted as states, the
three delegates from these territories
Messrs. Rodey. smith and Flynn,
would surely have been among the first
senator's 20 represent them I'm the up
per branch OF congress ass reward for
their IabOrs AIR. Rodey is the only
one Of the three who returns 20 the
Ffty-eighth congress. He has not
given up the night for statehood ana
SAYS that 70 is only delayed, not de-
feated. Should his territory be admit
ted in the next congress. he viii stiu
have "A fair show for the senatorial
t0ga. but his colleagues Messrs. Flynn
and smith. are ont of the race for so0d.
should the Republican programme be
carried out at the next session Mr..
Uvnn win have n Democratic con-
stiueucy 10 struggle with, for okla
homa and Indian Territory combined
would. TO is conceded. be Democratic.
And should New Mexico and Arizona
be combined the new state undoubtedly
would be Republican and Mr.. Smith
would be Ief, out in the cold. III sem
ators were selected ip the city Of
washington Mark Smith would uu-
doubtedly come 20 the senate. for there
is no more popular man I'm the capital
than ne and his politics are lost sight
of in his general good-teilowship. But
Mark says he has had all OF the pO-
uucal life he wants. He is now going
back Co Arizona 10 make and save
money.
Senator Warren has Christened the
new Office building attached 20 the
White House with a name that win
stick 90 d. i'm his remarks at the close
of the recent session warning congress
against undue and cxtravagant eXpen-
diure. he called the $4,000 Office build
ing q 'teepee.' and this name is now
generally applied 20 IT, and the mem
Der who takes his friends % cali on
the president invariably says. eve
VIII go up 20 the teepee and see the
chief"
Heitfeld and Rawlins.
Senator HeitfeId Of Idaho. who re-
tires from The senate 20 make room
for judge Hepburn says he is coming
hack 1Ir Heitfeld was elected TO the
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