The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-05-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
G. A. Wood Writes Interesting Des-
Cripti0n of the Capitol Building
at Washington, D. C..
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at Washington, D. c.
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the Union has been invited to furnish a
statue of their favorite sons to be pac-
ed in this hall. 1t would take too much
space to name all of the favorite sons,
but few Of them may interest you,
Vermont has sent Ethan Allen, the hero
of Ticonderoga, who demanded that the
British surrender Sin the name of the
great Jehovah and the Continental Con-
gress"; Pennsylvania has Robert Fulton
whose "Clermont" was the first success
full steamboat; Pennsylvania also has
representative named Muhlenbcrg,
whom never heard of, but who, judg-
ing by his name, was a good Irishman;
New Hampshire has sent John Stark,
the hero of Bennington who, as he came
in sight of the British, said, "See, men,
there are the red-coats; we must beat
to-day or Molly Stark's a widow"
Illinois couldn't scare up a favorite son
and sent aughter--Francis Willard;
New Jersey has Phil Kearney and fell
low named Stockton; Maine has William
King; Ohio, Garfield; and Wisconsin
sends James Marquette, about whom
there was whole lot of trouble stirred
up because he is wearing the robes of a
Jesuit priest, and some of the anti
Catholic people of the country wanted
him kept out. Several of the States are
not represented probably from lack of
enterprise, certainly not from the
dearth of favorite sons. Iowa is wait
ing patiently for my death, that she
may send representative worthy of
the state.
Here in Statuary Hall is one of the
dictionary is in the bookcase in the
parlor) to be found any where. If a
person stand in certain spots and
whisper SO lightly that it couldn't be
heard ten feet away, his voice will be
other spots perhaps ninety feet away
a statue on one side of the hall and
in faint whisper, Anne, who was be-
hall, said that she could plainly hear my
brilliant and original remark. But ]
don't think much of this echo business
at all for, before | was onto the game,
| was whispering sweet nothings into
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Waterman at the other side of the hall
of the hall is laid in black and white
squares of marble, and some of these
squares have accidentally fallen into
key with the peculiar form of the done
ceiling and arch and now mark distinct
ly the strange proprieties of the room
The guides and officers of the Capitol
| linz tbncn nd tbax
want to show off their echoes they get
and then start their show The difficulty
complained of from the first by the
ever been found to remedy it.
On the floor of this room is set tab
let to mark the spot where John Quincy
retired from the presidency, Mr.. Adams
was in the House of Representatives fol
seventeen years. He was overcome OF
1S4S, while trying to register his disap
prevail of a vote of thanks to certail
generals of the Mexican war, which hi
had not approved of. He was carried
to the speakers room and died on tn,
23rd.
The House of Representatives is il
the south wing Of the building. 1t is
room 1870 feet long by SO feet wide ant
SO feet high, covered by flat ceiling o
glass. The speaker, who is the boss o
the House, sits at the south side Of tn
hall, and if the doors were open b
could look straight through ana max
faces at the Vice-President over at tn
other end of the building $50 feet away
The Democrats are seated on the RICH
of the Speaker (they are always right
and the republicans on the left. TIL
galleries seat about 100 people. A
times session of the house sounds Xix
combination Of the Chicago Board {
Trade, the Leon High School and an Ii
sane asylum = everybody talking an
nobody paying any attention; all tn
while the old man in the high seat, VIII
is supposed to keep order, is maxim
more noise than any of them by pound
ing on his table with croquet MALE
When the house gets so very noisy tina
the speaker can't hear himself think. c
believes that some of his good Republ
can friends are going to get their face
; punched by the "Gentleman from Texas
he calls out the Great Mace. You neve
heard of him, did you? Well he's tn
great pacificator; but how bunch {
! chop sticks should quiet down lot {
wild indians is more than can tel
The Mace is bundle of 10 ebony stick
tied together with silver band an