The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-09-05
WHY CONGRESSMAN ARE
PLEASED WITH THEIR JOBS
Continued from page five.

twenty-five I66I, WIFI ulSn CSllIuS, anu
his secretary will struggle along in a
room twelve by twenty-five feet in
size. The dining room in the Senate
building will be thirty feet wide and
sixty-five feet long, two stories in
height, with an ornate, elliptical cell
ing. 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 orna-
mental plaster, with paintings and
sculpture. 1t will overlook the Library
of Congress.
In each building will be a great
rotunda, not as large as the capitol ro-
tunda, but more richly designed, with
columns of pure white marble, appro-
pirate statuary and mural decorations.
Heavy marble intramural stairways
will add richness to the effect, and
twelve elevators will be provided.
From the House palace to the capt.
toll and thence to the Senate palace,
will be cut a subway, with complete
electric tramway, supplied with luxu-
rious little cars for the use OF law
makers. The careworn member from
Podunk, if he wishes to escape the
importunities of his constituents, can
descend in an elevator, step into an
upholstered car, and be whisked across
to the capitol OF the Senate palace.
There he can emerge in another ele-
vator nearly quarter Of mile away
from his tOrmentoTs. The public at
large will, of course, be excluded from
the tramway. The subway will be
richly tiled, ventilated and warmed by
the same power that propels the trans,
and brilliantly lighted.
Warm in Winter, Cool in Summer.
A new power-house designed to ven
tilate, light and heat the capitol and
the two legislative palaces, is now be-
ing constructed, several squares dis
tant, at a cost of 100000. All the
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the new power-house completed, the
capitol will be overhauled and new
ventilating system installed, which
will heat each room Independently.
Automatic thermostats will keep the
temperature constant, and in warm
weather cool air will be forced into
the myriad of rooms. The same sys-
tenn will be installed, of course, in the
Senate and House buildings.
When the weather becomes hot
toward the end of long session of
Congress, Apolinaris lemonade in enor-
nous quantities is prepared by the
culinary department in either end of
the capitol. This beverage is prepared
without regard to expense, and dis
pensed with a lavish hand. If tired
member wishes a stick in it, he has
merely to turn to his little private
cabinet, where rare old Bourbon, rye,
Scotch and various liquors are nestled.
Sometimes plebeian beer is preferred,
and it is always forthcoming. The
sale of intoxicating liquor is prohib-
tied both in the Senate and House
wings, but this does not prevent
legislator from obtaining the inspira-
ton necessary to make eloquent
speeches and prepare wise laws for
a billion-dollar nation.
Is it not a billion-dollar Congress?
Shall the OK be muzzled that treads
out the corn? Shall the patient ass
of legislation be denied his bundle of
thistles? Nay, nay, says the member
from Podunk, as he votes unanimously
for the little perquisites and salaries
for servants who make life bearable
for him at Washington.
These are some of the reasons why
congressman from Maine to California
are fighting furiously to retain their
pleasant upholstered seats in Con-
gress.