The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-01-09
WASHINGTON LETTER
UspsciaI Correspondence

bers Of the house Is receiving the An.
lshlng touches. 1t Is now in quite
comfortable shape. The senate ofBcs
building the contractors hope to have
ready for occupancy by March I. Sen.
ators win each have two rooms: renre-
sentatives have only one room allowed
them. Senators always have va,ed
themselves what they pleased. There
are no accommodations at present in
either the Capitol or the old SIartbv
building, which Is occupied by sen
ators not chairmen Of committees. for
the more recently elected, and MessrS
Cummins Of Iowa, Page OF Vermont
and Fletcher of Florida, who AXE
their seats this session. will have their
quarters In the new Office building
rushed to completion.
Quarters For Census Bureau,
The understanding is that when rh,
Maltby building Is vacated by senator,
the census bureau will take IT. and
quarter a large portion Of the clerks
therein. This used to be hotel and
was rented and subsequently W
chased by the government. It i, Lot
far from the ugly brick shack thai is
used by the census bureau and is Itself
dilapidated. The force Of the c,lsus
bureau Is being increased right along
as the next enumeration Of the popu-
latfOn is to be made in 1910. There is
a modified examination Of all Men and
women who secure clerkshipS in this
bureau, but as senators and reprrsen-
tatives have a goeddeal TO say as 10
who shall be selected for the tempo
rary positions the pressure for appoint
ments win 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 It 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 Will be
present from the states named below
as follows: Pennsylvania, =; New
York and Ohio, 6 each; Missouri and
Iowa, 3 each; Colorado, Illinois. Missis-
sippi and North Carolina, 3 each; Ken
lucky, louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska.
New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee and
Wisconsin, . each; Alabama, Arkansas
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, GeOr-
gia, Idaho, Maine, Michigan. Mime
sofa, Montana, Rhode Island, Texas
Vermont and Washington, each.
The Saint oaudsns Coins.
President Roosevelt has at last re-
piled to the ridicule and criticism that
were caused by the 'blOomer eagle
and other peculiarities Of design on
the recent issue Of gold coins. He al
tended an exhibition Of the works Of
Augustus Saint Gaudens at the Cor
eoran Gallery OF Art and paid eulogium
to that artists mastery Of his craft
he declared that his~wOrks will stand
IN the very forefront among the mas
terpieces Of the greatest periods and
the greatest peoples.
As 10 the gold coins, be declared
Saint Gaudens gave US for the first
time a beautiful coinage, not yet prop
erly appreciated, but up to which both
the official and the popular mind WI.
In the end grow" The president con
tended that the first few thousands Oh
these coins are more beautiful IMAM
any coins since the days Of the ''EeeAS
and that frequent comments on the
bonnet Of ''eagfe plumes on the nsure
Of Liberty illustrate curiouSly the e4.
ceedingly conventional character O
much of our criticism and the frequen'
inability to understand originality III
I'll 1t has won its place.
The Senator Puzzled EN-.
A saloonist and an antisalOOniSt nap
pened to run into the same senator VI
at the capitol the other day. Both Weie
anxious to have their views prevail Ii
the matter of liquor legislation LOT 'ne
District, and both were trying 10 e.
the senator to express his views VI
the matter.
The senator smiled and was nice "
both, and then he remarked as ne Oaue
them adieu, "You know. l have alW'!s
been a strong believer In putting uo"A
drink"
Both the anti and the anti-and are
wondering yet.
Art Above the Weather.
In one Of washington's art gaieIleo
there hangs a large canvas In an IL
posing frame The painting shows q
waterfall IN one Of the states famous
for startling natural scenery. Inc Pr.
ture has occupied it's present place LO'
several years. .-,,.
-DOes 1t belong hereT asked the vs.
itor OF the man In charge.
mo more than the others you see