The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20

members at their residences at raj
duced rates, and sometimes free OF
course t9ey are entitled to. newspa-
pers' which are delivered at their
homes and paid for by Uncle Sam.
occasslonallySa Senator takes. a 6kino
TO a magazine and has it sem To his
house. But the bill goes TO The Can
ltol and is paid by the eood-natured
Sergeant-at-ATms.
AS the session draws to a close The
Podunk statesman finds he has made
a number OF good friends among his
colleagues, and it pains him to think
that he must be separated from them
Tor several months while he is Mod
ding away III his dingy law Office at
Podunk. So a junket is arranged.
either by special Pullman train or .by
special government steamer. for the
A4Gp9se of inspecting" the wild
West or Porto Rico, or the Panam,
canal. These junketine trains and
Staemsr are lu~xuriously furnished.
and the Sregeant-at-Arms has charge
OF them, seeing that the members arc
treated to the best food, wines. ci-
garS, etc., that money will buy.
Future Full of Promise.
When the new House and Senate
palaces are completed there will be,a
better opportunity for the Srgeant-
at-Arms 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 a stately
office, fitted with new mahogany fur
nlture, 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. A Senator's office
Will be l6 by % feet, with high cell
ing, and his secretary will struggle
along IN a room u by 25 feet in
size. The dining room in the Senate
building will be thirty feet wide and
90 feet long, two stories in height,
with an ornate ellipitical ceiling. The
House dlning-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,
1t will overlook the library of Con-
gress.
In each building will be a great TO-
tunda, not as large as the Capitol ro-
tunda, but more richly designed. with
columns of pure white marble, appro-
pirate %statuary, and mural decora-
tons. Heavy marble intramural stair
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,
VIII be cut a subway, with a complete
electric tramway system, supplied
with luxurious little cars for the use
OF lawmakers. The careworn member
from Podunk, if he wishes to eseape
the opportunities of his constituents
can descend in an elevator, step into
an upholstered a and be whisked
across to the Capitol or to the Senate
palace. There he can emerge in an
other elevator nearly a quarter of a
nile away from his tormentors. The
public at large will of course be ex-
Guided from the tramway. The subway
viii 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 to
Ventilate, light and heat the Capitol
md the two legislative palaces is now
n process of building not far
Instant, at a cost of S 1000, 900. All
he appliances will be underground.
With the new power-house completed
he Capitol will be overhauled and a
lew ventilating system installed.
which will heat each room indepen-
Automatic thermostats will
Keep the temperatures constant and
n warm weather cool air will be
'orced into the myriad of rooms. The
anne system will be installed of
curse, In the Senate and House
buildings.
When the weather becomes hot TO-
yard the end of a long session of
congress, Apolinaris lemonade in
normous quantities is prepared by
culinary department in either end
+ the Capitol. This beverage is pre-
jared without regard to expense, and
dispensed with a lavish hand. IF a /,
lred member wishes a stick in it, he
as merely to turn to his little priv
tie cabinet, where> old Bour-
on, rye, Scotch, and various IL
uors are nestled. Sometimes plebeian
eer IS preferred, and it is always
orthcom1ng. The sale of ~intoxicat-
1g liquor is prohibited both in the
enate and the House wings, but this
oes not prevent a Legislator from
blaming the inspiration necessary to /,
axe eloquent speeches and prepare
Use laws for a billion-dollar Con-
Is 1t not a billion-dollar Congresse !
hall the OK be muzzIed that froodc !