The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-20
,sASHTNGTON LETTER
rsn.ciaI correspondence.l


.,tortable shape. The senate once
s~Tdipg the contractors hope to have
S-.dv for occupancy by March 4. Sen
- will each have two rooms; repre-
-.U+,tiyes have only one room allowed
San Senators always have voted
shomselves what they pleased. There
- no accommodations at present In
.,,her the Capitol or the old Maltby
N1uding. which Is occupied by sen.
tors not chairmen Of committees, for
+be more recently. elected, and Messrs.
cummins Of Iowa, Page Of Vermont
and Fletcher Of Florida, who take
+bs,r seats this session. viii have their
cnsrters in the new ONCE building
rusbed to completion
Quarters For Census Bureau.
The understanding is that when the
Nsltby building is vacated by senators
be census bureau viii take it and
ousrter a large portion Of the clerks
brein. This used to be a hotel and
vas rented and subsequently pur-
Chased by the government It is not
far from the ugly brick shack that is
used by the census bureau and is itself
dIapidated. The force Of the census
bureau is being increased right along.
as the next enumeration Of the popu-
lation is to be made In 1910. There Is
q modified examination Of all men and
women who secure clerkships IN this
bureau. but as senators and represen-
tatives have a good deal to say as to
who shall be selected for the tempo
rary positions the pressure for appoint
ments will be intense from now until
the time for getting the work well
under way.
New Men In the House
According to the unofficial list COM
piled by the clerk, seventy new faces
will be seen among the members Of
the next house when 1t meets In extra
session In March under a call from
President Taft. At the recent election
Indiana made more changes In its
house delegation than any other state,
amounting to eight, the Democrats Sc
curing eleven out Of thirteen members.
In the next house new men viii be
present from the states named below
as follows: Pennsylvania, z; New
York and Ohio, g each; Missouri and
Iowa, 5 each; Colorado, Illinois, Gissis-
sippi and North Carolina, each; Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska,
New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee and
Wisconsin, 2 each; Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, GeOr-
gia, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Montana, Rhode Island, Texas,
Vermont and Washington, / each.
The Saint Gaudsns Coins.
President Roosevelt has at last re
piled to the ridicule and criticism that
were caused by the Sbloomer eagle"
and other peculiarities Of design on
the recent issue Of gold coins BE at
tended an exhibition Of the works Of
AUGUSTUS Saint Gaudens at the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art and paid eulogium
20 that artists mastery of his craft
He declared that his works viii stand
IN the very forefront among the mas
terpieces Of the greatest periods and
the greatest peoples.
As to the gold coins, he declared
Saint Gaudens gave rs for the first
tine a beautiful coinage, not yet prop
sry appreciated, but up to which both
the Oaicial and the popular mind viii
IN the end grow" The president con-
tended that the first few thousands Of
these coins are more beautiful than
any coins since the days Of the Greeks
and that frequent comments on the
bonnet Of ''eagle plumes on the figure
Of Liberty" Illustrate curiously the ex-
ceedingly conventional character OF
much Of our criticism and the frequent
inability to understand originality I'M
I'll It has won its place.
The Senator Puzzled EN-.
A saloonist and an antisaloonist hap
pened to run into the same senator up
at the capitol the other day. Both were
anxious to have their views prevail In
the matter Of liquor legislation for the
District, and both were trying to get
the senator to express his views on
the matter.
The senator smiled and was nice 70
both, and then he remarked as he babe
them adieu, you know, have always
been strong believer In putting down
drink"
Both the anti and the anti-ani are
wondering yet
Art AbeVs the Woathsr.
In one Of Weshington's art galleries
there hangs a large canvas In an sm,
posing frame. The painting shows
waterfall in one Of the states famous
for startling natural scenery. The pic
ture has occupied its present place Tor
several years.
Does It belong herer asked the Wis
itor Of the man in charge.
no more than the others you sea"
Seems to me It should be IN The CAP
itol Of the state where this BceneEy ~
said the visitor.
ssTS -. ...a-s.s a. A. 1919 - -