The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-09-20

members at their residences Al re- |
dueed rates. and sometimes free. ~ |
course, they ara entitled TO newsua-
pers. which are delivered IT their
homes and paid for b. Uncle san. |
Occasionally Senator takes a liking
f. magazine and has ii sent To- lis
house. But the bill goes to the Cap
itol and is paid By the good-natured
Sergeantat-Arms
As the session draws 10 a close the
Podunk statesman finds he has mad,
a number of good friends among his
colleagues, and il pains him to think
that he must be separated from them
for several months while he Is plod-
ding away IN his dingy Law office al
Podunk. So a junket is arranged.
either by special Pullman train OF by
| special government steamer. for me
purpose of inspecting the wild
West or Porto Rico. or the Panama
canal. These junketing trains arc
staemsr are luxuriously furnished,
and the Sregeant-at-Arms has charge
| OF them, seeing that the members are
| treated to the best food. wines. ri-
gars, etc, tia; money sill buy.
Future Full of Promise.
When the new House and Senate
palaces are completed there will be a
better opportunity for the Srgeant-
alarms to carry out his plans for the
comfort Of the lawmakers. He is
cramped now, but when he will have
everything handy. In the first place,
| each member will then have stately
I Office, fitted with new mahogany fur
uiiure, costly rugs and paintings.
There will be 40 Of these Offices in
| the House palace and the Senate pal
ace will contain ninety-nine suites of
two rooms each. 4 Senator's office
will be Is by - feet. with high cell
ing. and his secretary will struggle
along i'll a room II by % feet 10
size. The dining room in the Senate
building will be thirty feet wide and
80 feet long. two stories in height,
with an ornate ellipitical ceiling The
| House dning-room will be the same
size on the second floor with a cell
ING two stories high. The dining
room will be finished IN ornamental
plaster, with paintings and sculpture,
it will overlook the library of Con-
"rnsS.
| In each building will be a great ro-
tnnda, not as large as the Capitol To-
tunda, but more richly designed, with
columns of pure white marble, appro-
pirate statuary, and mural decora-
tions. Heavy marble intramuralSstair-
ways will add richness to the effect,
and twelve elevators will be provid
ed
From the House palace to the Cap.
ltol and thence to the State palace,
will be cut a subway, with complete
electric tramway system, supplied
with luxurious little cars for the use
of lawmakers. The careworn member
from Podunk, if he wishes to escape
, the opportunities of his constituents
can descend In an elevator, step into
an upholstered car and be whisked
across to the Capitol or to the Senate
palace. There he can emerge in an.
other elevator nearly quarter of 9
mile away from his tormentors. The
public at large Vill of course be ex
cluded from the tramway. The subway
will be richly tiled, ventilated and
warmed by the same power that pro
pelS the trans and brilliantly lighted
Warm in Winter Cool in Summer.
A new power-house, designed t.
: ventilate, light and heat the Capito
and the two legislative palaces is nov
Ii | IN Of g.,
(. distant, at cost Of $2,000,00O. Al
I The appliances will be underground
With the new power-house completed
the Capitol will be overhauled and
e new ventilating system installed
k which will heat each room indepen
r IDENTIFY. Automatic thermostats vii
s keep the temperatures constant an,
e IN warm weather cool air will b.
Il forced into the myriad Of rooms. Th
e same system will be installed O.
y course, in the Senate and Hous
e buildings.
S. When the weather becomes hot to
g ward the end Of long session o
Is Congress, Apolinaris lemonade i
s. enormous quantities is prepared b
le the culinary department in either en-,
of the Capitol. This beverage is pre-
d pared without regard to expense, an
d dispensed with lavish hand. IF
n tired member wishes a stick in it, b
IL has merely to turn to his little priv
'e ate cabinet, where rare old Boul
bon, rye, Scotch, and various L
quors are nestled. Sometimes plebeia
"a beer is preferred, and it is alway
III Forthcoming. The sale Of intoxicat
O. ing liquor is prohibited both in tn
or Senate and the House wings, but thi
1e does not prevent Legislator frol
u obtaining tie inspiration necessary t
Ii make eloquent speeches and prepar
W. wise laws for billion-dollar Cor
K gress?
Is it not a biilion-dollar Congress
] Shall the OK be muzzled that treac
ID out the cornq Shall the patient ass
lv / legislation be denied his bundle {
dis thistles? Nay, nay, says the membt
he from Podunk as he votes unanimou
or ly for the little perquisite and 50
ms aries for servants who make life hea
k able for him in Washington.
ilv These are some Of the reasons WI
,St Congressman from Maine to Califo
ps. MIA are fighting fnriously to reta
7ts their pleasant upholstered seats
ro- Congress.