The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

IA sttckler for ume.honored ~precedents,
forathe Constitution. the best.
dressed man In the Senate; Proctor.
of the fathers, chairman of the
COMMITTEES IN Agriculture. and many
times a millionaire. chiefly made from
the marble quarries Of Vermont: T-am
Carter, of Montana. chairman of the
Republican National Committee when
the Democrats beat Harrison with
Cleveland in 1892. and distinguished
also as the man who talked rivers.
and llnrbors bill tosdeathf In the Senate.
q few years ago:sRsed Smoot, the Nor
mon.. tall. and straight. looking the
good fellow" everybody has found
him to be: Warren. of Wyoming, cello
bratsd as being the slickest article Of
which the Senate can boastAin fact.
one might 80 on at much greater
length for there is hardly man on
the floor of the Senate who is not
known by name from one end of the
country to the other.
The Wonderful Capitol.
That mentioned the men in the
Capitol before the wonderful build
ing Itself seems natural. Tho national.
Capitol Is the centre OF Washington.
Oliver Wendell Holmes tried to prove
that the. hub of the Universe stuck
up out of the ground In Boston Com
mon. 1t would have been easier. for
him to have proven that the Capitol.
at Washington lis the absolute centre
of the United States. 1t is assuredly.
the o n spot at which centres more
nearly than at any other allTtlie In.
~terests of all the 80, 1000 or 90,0o0.-
900 of people OF this country. Itsls
worthy Of America, Its m~assiveness,
without the suggestion of c~lulmsiness:
II S,E 49,, 80 90 - 1,,@. 40 ,,rex ~ y N-.4E -
dignity, impress and appeal4aas Moth
Ing else in Washington, not evenStle5
great shaft 5on.ti,e hanks ofhthe Potoe
mac atEsthe other sendA Of the Mall,
erected TO commemorate for, all time
the character ands achfevementsS of the
Father of His0Country.
The Interior of the Capitol is.
scarcely less impressive. The visitor.
who enters through the basement,
with Its sbewildering corridors, that
wind through forests8of columns and
pillars, beneath graceful arches.
doubts his ability to- lind sllts way.
But he soon llearnssthat almostSevcry
corridor leads to a door into the outer
world. Possibly he may care to de-
scend to the snbbasernent,s 1.-THE 4tombs
nf the Capulets," as Senator Joe
blackburn called lit, Where there 4sare,
Iscommtttee rooms, offices of employees,
and the immense heating nnd#lighting
plants of THE Capitol Ten minutes
strolltng through one 4of these wind
Ing. underground passages give the
Impression of a 8visltft to the CASTLE of
a robbersh baron ofSGcrmany4or France.
Gazing mt Sky Pictures.
It@is .onkthcs Senate and House floor
that the visitor is most Interested, AT
tho southscndtis the hall of the House,
and att the other end of the wide cor
ridof, a long walk FROM the House
Eand. is the SennleS;cllamber But the
stranger IN Observation-Disclosures goes d.
lpfectlS from ono endato tile other.ttHe
elWays has TO ston In the Rptundl.
and make his neck ache gazing ii p
ward at the WONDERFUL decorations OF
1.-The interlorFof the dome. The canopy
of the dome represents the heatilcas-
stion OF the spirit of Washington--
I,reedom seated or dis right and Vic
tory on his lief. while grouped about
are thirteen female Efigures,a emblc--
maticaof the thirteen Original States.
lon tile bannerette stretching across
1.-the picture are tile words, s1ssIIl4 sPIurl-
bus sUnum. $3.50 Around tho basebgof the
canopy are groups suggestiye OF the
I.splrt III revolution and MS resulting
EnrOgress,gS asgs llSs sisS
sI.owet down, ~ the fpleae, which
from The floor giiYyess sths impression
Hspf aIto-pillevo, but which sis il3Nl'eallty
ffesGoing,S done BIZ Hpullltlt and C,aA-
.Htagglni, repNeseltllg scenes lin TIN
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