The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-08-21

'eoy Uncle Sam. Occasionally a Sena-
.ot taxes liking 10 a magazine and
| hdS II sent TO his house. But the bill
goes 10 the capitol and is paid by thc
gOod-natured sergeant-at-arms.
| AS the session draws 10 Il close the
| fodunk statesman finds he has made
number Of good friends among his
coLea2ues, end it pains him 10 think
mat ne must be separated from them
Tor several months while is podd ng
away IN his dingy law Office a Po-
dunk. So a junket is arranged, either
by special Pullman train or by special
steamer, for the purpose Of .'insC ect-
ing the wild west, or Porto Rico, or
| the Panama Canal. These junketine
! trains and steamers are luxuriOuslv
furnished, and the serceant-at-arms
has charge of them, seeing that the
members are treated 10 the best food,
wines, cigars, &c, that money will
| buy.
FUTURE FULL OF PROMISE.
When the new house and senate
palaces are completed there will be
better opportunity for the sergeant-at-
arms to carry out his plans for the
comfort of the lawmakers h is
clamped now, but then he will have
everything handy. In the first place,
each member will then have a stately
office, fitted with new mahogany furn-
iture, costly rugs and paintings. There
will be 40 of these Offices in the house
palace, and the senate palace will
contain ninety-nine suites of two rooms
each. senator's office will be l6X
% feet, with high ceiling, and secre-
tary will struggle along in a room 12X
25 feet IN size. The dining-room in
the senate building will be thirty feet
wide and siXty-five feet long, two stor-
es in height with an ornate elliptiCai
ceiling. The house dining-roOm will
be the same size on the second floor,
with a ceiling two stories high. This
dining-room will be finished in oTna-
mental plaster, with paintings and
sculpture. 1t will overlook the Lii
brary of congress.
In each building will be a great rO-
tunda, not as large as the capitol
rotunda, but more richly designs
with columns Of pure white marble,
appropriate statuary, and mural d.
cOratiOn3. Heavy marble intramuraI
stairways will add richness TO the eff
feet, and twelve elevators will be pro-
vided.
From the house palace to the capi,o
and thence to the senate palace, viii
be cut a subway with a complete cleo
trio tramway system, supplied with
luxurious little cars for the use of
lawmakers. The carewOrn member
from POdunk. if he wishes 10 escape
the opportunities of his constituents
can descend in an elevator, step into
ON 1ctn
across to the capitol or to the senate
palace. There he can, emerge in anoth- !
er elevator nearly a quarter Of mile
away from his tormentors. The public
at large will of course be excluded from
the tramway. The subway will be Iich- /
" tiled, ventilated, and warmed by
the same power that propels the trans, |
and brilliantly lighted.
WARM IN WINTER; cool IN SUM- !
MER.
A new power house, designed to !
ventilate, light, and heat the capitol ,
and the two legislative palaces IS now
being constructed several squares dis |
tant, at cost Of $2,000,00O. All the ap- |
pliances will be underground. WITH |
the new pOwer-hOuse completed, me |
capitol will be oyerhauled and 1eW
ventilating system installed, Wnlcn
will heat each room independently.
Automatic thermOstas will keep the
temperature constant, and III warm
weather cool air will be forced into !
the myraid of rooms The same iEs-
tenn will be installed. Of course, III the
senate and house buildings.
When the weather becomes not to-
ward the end of a long session o.
congress, Apollinaris lemonade ID
enormous quantities is prepared oy 'ne
culinary department in either eno oi
the capitol This beverage IS prepar-
ed without regard TO expense, ana dls-
pensed with a lavish hand. If tired
member wishes q stick in it, he has
merely to turn to his little private cab
met. where rare old Bourbon, rye,
scotch. and various liquors are nestled.
Sometimes plebeian beer is preferred,
and il is always forthcoming The
sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibit
cd both in the senate and house wings
hut this does not prevent a legislator
from obtaining the insniratio necass-
arv to make eloquent speeches and
prepare wise laws for a billion-doilar
nation.
Is il not billion n-dollar congress:
Shall the OK be muzzled that thread.
our the corn? Shall the patient ass OF
legislation be denied his bundle %
thistles? Nay. nay, says the member
from Podurk. as he votes unanimously
for the little perquisites and salaries
for servants who make life oearaole
for him in Washington.
These are some of the reasons why
oonprassmen from Maine 70 California
are fighting furiously To retain tneSr
pleasant upholtered seats in congress,