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


1t Is to this room that the President
comes on the Hast day OF Congress, in
order that he may approve orsveto leg
~islatlon Immediately upon Its enact
n1ent and engrossment. without hnY-
ing to wait for the bills to be sent to
the White House. ove a. mile away,
Ii is richly furnished. and Is said to
be artistic. 4
The general arrangement of COM
mittee rooms on the floor above the
main floor Is the. same in each wing.
These rooms arc committee rooms for
the use of the standing committees
committee is entitled to the use of
the room of the committee as his pri-
vate office. Tho Senate and House
divide authority over the Capitol.
Tile House of Representatives con-
trolls Its own wing. and to the centre
of the %rotunda. The Senate asserts
dominion over its wing to the centre
from the north.
Perhaps after tie Senate and House
of Representatives. sightseers are al
ways more Interested In Statuary Hail
than in anything else about the Capt.
toll. 1t is located In the south wing.
and is reached by means OF the main
corridor, leading from the House to
the Senate. 1t was originally the hall
of the House of Representatives, be.
fore the completion OF the north and
south wings, but Cungress in 1854 pro-
vtded' that 1t should be set aside for
lsthe reception of statues of sons ofgthe
| different States. distinguished in vtt-
rious walks OF life. each state being
entitled to be represented by two
statues. The hall is easily the most
Interesting place around the Capitol.
The Virglnian will be struck with this
fact that his State is not represented.
a very cheap copy OF the Iioudonl
statue 9of Washington which stands
in the Capitolam Richmond lis In the
hail. but 1t was placed there by tile
national government, NOE by Virginia,
most obscuredh blythe statue of Francis
Il, Willard, the founder of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union, us
|one of the representatives of the State
of Illinois. It Is In this hall that Vir-
ginia will soon have the statue Of
Robert Il. Lee.
The foregoing has only touched upon.
the features of the Capitol, worth thou
I sands of miles of travel ito see, yet
never seen by SO many people who live
and die in Virginia, 50 close By have
not tried to describe but rather to
lcatalogue, to enumerate, some OF the
things fortswhlch6 the visitor should
look. And there are thousands of things
left unmentioned. 5
Congressional library.
Across the square to the east Of the
Capitol is the most Observation-Disclosures
In the world-tlie Congressional Lib,
rary.a IT Is not the most beautiful view
ed from the exterior, hut there is Ait
tie controversy over Its being entitled
to this place, Viewed from the inside,
To the laSman ~ appears that moth
ing las been left undone that could
BIS done by artists With unlimited
means Mt command 20 make this build.
Ing beautiful. The frescoing, costing
hundreds of thousands OF dollars, tile
%statuary, scarcely less costly, tho
magnificent furnishings. the itessellateG
Flooring of marble of many colors, tho
soft lights the trickery of shine and
shadow, all combine to createsplctures
The Visitor, looking from the es-.
sEplanadet on the west side of the Cant
toll after leaving the Congressional Ill
library, sees at the far end OF Pennsyl-
saNania9 Avenue a splendid granite build
lsingasoes pure Eireclan antchitecture,s all
most shutting off cvenaa glimpse of
II the WllitnB House, ThtsAls the Treas
hurry building. probably thai most Wis
3SSitidN OF all tho government buildings
lin Washington lftar the Canituf. md
IkG0ngresstonnlR Library. Away over
Iyonllep# on the leftsis sthesSNNnshington
lppHlment, the highest structure liz