Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-12-21
R.IToRs IN WASHINGTON,
what II. M. Keene In the "Ariiugton an
Has to Say OF the Visit.

Has to Say OF the Visit
Washington, D. O., Dec. 7.--TJ the
Readers OF the San: The South Da,
kota Press association and congress are
in session in Washington. We all ar
rived at pretty near the same time.
and the general government 10 now
moving along in highly satisfactory
manner.
Everything along the route had been
prepared for us beforehand. and the
iourHey was made without hitch. A
special heavy engine had been ordered
to pull the train, expecting that Dan.
forth was TO be one OF the party, but Il
was not needed. At Chicago we found
quite large crowd at the depot TO
witness our arrival. r. K. Dowdell
wanted to make speech to them, but
had forgotten to get back his i'm
promptu note book from Basford.
It was here that we met our hrst
big disappointment. We had been
given to understand by Editor La
Toilette that everything on this trip
was to be free, free as water, and If
anything was to be paid for the rail-
roads would foot the bill, but when we
asked the general intelligence man at
the depot where we would find the man
with the free Pullman and cafe passes
| to Washington, he winked at us and
told us we had better look up the iani-
tor. We hooked onto Harry Wentzy
and went in search of that official, but
| he told us that he hadn't got the passes
yet, but thought they were being made
out at the Dago fruit stand just across
| the street. Well, the upshot of 1t was
that we had to borrow money and pay
for all that we got.
| When we got here TO Washington
we got another jolt. The brother Of
the governor OF Wisconsin had prom
ised us that we should have free board
at one OF the swell hotels here in the
city, where we might sit around be-
tween spasms and be taken fer con-
gressmen. When we got here, being a
little behind the rest of the party
through having walked from the sta
tiop with our big telescope grip, when
we got here we walked up TO the pro-
prietor, very nice sort of an appearing
millionaire who presided at the desk
where the common people were trying
TO get hearing, and told Vim rfe
wanted our room. He asked us what
room it was, and we told him 1t was
Lhe best one he had. He tagged one oil
the messenger boys and told him to
show US to some room which he said
was sweet and incidentally remarked
that it was twenty five dollars d day.
We remarked that VIC supposed thai
! was alls paid for by the railroads, and
t he gave us the same sort of look thai
the general intelligence man had given
us in Chicago. We found that we had
a to pay the room ourself, and also foi
, every meal that we ate while in town
! We began right there TO change oul
: attitude toward the railroads, and X
:, begin celebrating arguments for the
= government control of unnatural mo
I nopolies. We finally compromised Oh
!, the room question, and took an empt.
envelope crate up in the aviary, whert
the English sparrows sing to us thei
a songs and the ricks o. fire wood in th,
t. back court are hidden FROM view b.
% the curtain of ieicles hanging from tn
y roof in front of my window. II tn
railroads had an idea Of getting rake
n off from that twenty-five dollars da
" on my room they are going TO be lie
70 down.
Yesterday we dropped in and had