Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-30


lion five hundred thousand dollars,
appropriated year ago by congress.
This should suffice to erect a pretty
decent shack. II is proposed TO give
each member of the house at least
one and possibly two or three rooms,
exclusive of those members who can
be accommodated In the committee
rooms already provided In the cap
itol building. Here the older and
more prominent members Of the
majority party, those at the head of
important committees, will always be
most comfortably and even luxur-
iously installed, The building now
under way includes an entire block,
and will be magnificent and most
imposing structure. The senate has
also appropriated like amount for
the same purpose, and an entire
block across the park from the north
or senate end Of the capitol build
Ing has already been purchased for
the location. The fine private resi-
dences on II wih soon have to go,
but the work of tearing them down
has not yet begun. At present many
senators, mostly those belonging to
the minority, for whom no room can
be found in the capitol building now
occupy what is known as The Malt
by, IA former hotel which was Sc
cured by the government and
arranged for the purpose. This is
well located, across the plaza from
the north end. but 1t is i'll fitted for
the purpose as regards space and
arrangement OF rooms and, besides,
is said to be structurally unsafe.
Certainly Uncle Sam doesn't want the
democratic senators killed off by the
eaving in of the building furnished
them, and, anyway, there are no DEM
ocrats to spare just now.
At a recent meeting of the YER
mont association here a committee
of three was appointed to look up
those Vermonters temporarily or 9TH
erwise residing here and earnestly
solicit their membership. This work /
is now going on with excellent sue
cess, and the membership of the as
ISOLATION, which has numbered con-
siderably over 200 for some time. /
will be very largely increased. II is \
thought that there are now over 500 /
native born Nermonters in Wash 4
ington, and II 1t isn't already the /
association will be the largest of any
state society of the kind here.
The Inauguration arrangements
are progressing most favorably, and
the largest event of the kind in his
tory is certainly assured. Fifty
thousand dollars in voluntary contri- K
buttons to defray the expenses have
already been received, so there will
be no lack of funds. The only pos
sible trouble on the horizon is the
question of what TO do with the
hundreds A clubs and organiza-
lions which either have already or
are certain to ask for place in the
parade. These requests are coming
n from every state in the union
very day. and IL the demand con-
.inues for the next two months In
ike ratio there won't be room be-
ween New York and Jacksonville
or the procession. All viii bring I.
dong at least one band, and one
tennessee organization threatens
our fiddlers, Added TO all this will
nd To cap the climax the greatest /
'enerai illumination and display of a
in history. Historic a
avenue will be stud Il
ed with triumphal and welcoming f
riches, and much material from the =
It. Louis fair is to be brought here o
0 be worked over for such pur Il
oses. The question of the location o
( the ball yet remains undeter- 4
lined. but In all probability 1t win p
e held in the pension building. In p
iCt tnefe Is no Otner place Tor III. u
me inaugural ball was held in p
ne national museum building, but 7
he location Is as unsuitable as is the 81
uilding itself for such a purpose. II
OF course there is nothing doing q
congress now, the two weeks holi- X
ay adjournment having been taken +.
'om last Wednesday noon. Those 81
,mmittees of whom q majority OF fl
lie members remain in town are 81
gliding occasional meetings, and the Ill
lHding is far from being deserted
hen, too, the tourist and the bridal
,uple. whom, like the poor we
ave with US always here. are dis
nctly In evidence every hour when
e capitol Is open TO visitors and
icy prevent those employees who -
e compelled to remain around co
ere from getting lonesome. -
Well, the weather has broken loose OF
.ain and south wind and rain bl
is removed about adj the snow and dt
e. I won't discuss the subject, ha
ough, for probably by the time pr
is Is In print there will be another ye
OF of snow-if not before. pe
j. f. Harris. az