The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06
WASHINGTON LETTFo
Especial Correspondence,

Ders OF the house is receiving the a.
ishing touches. 1t Is now IN ct.
comfortable shape. The senate So
building the contractors hope IN h.-'
ready for occupancy by March g.
ators win each have two rooms. ron
sentatives have only one room aror-a,
them Senators always have 80
themselves what they pleased Tho
are no accommodations at p-eser. =
either the Capitol or the old Nr,I,h-
building, which Is occupied bv CO..
ators not chairmen Of committees .,
the more recently elected, and NIass,s
Cummins Of Iowa, Page Of Vernon,
and Fletcher Of Florida. who tai.
their seats this session. will have that,
quarters in the new office bun5in,
rushed to completion.
Quarters For Census Bureau.
The understanding is that when N.
Maltby building is vacated by senators
the census bureau will take fl and
quarter a large portion Of the clerks
therein. This used to be a hotel and
was rented and subsequently pu-
chased by the government. 1t is M,
/ far from the ugly brick shack that Is
used By the census bureau and is itself
dilapidated. The force Of the ceusrs
bureau Is being increased right along
as the next enumeration Of the poDu.
| latiOn is to be made in 1910 There 4
a 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 tenpo.
rary positions the pressure for appoint.
ments will be intense from now uni
the time for getting the work well
under way.
New Men In the House.
According to the unofficial list CON-
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, each; Missouri and
Iowa, 3 each; Colorado, Illinois, AIiSSs-
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 Gaudens 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 %
the recent issue Of gold coins. He a.
tended an exhibition Of the works Of
Saint Gaudens at the Cor
coran 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 to the gold coins. he 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 will
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 ez-
conventional character o.
much Of our criticism and the frequent
Inability to understand originality u
tn It has won its place.
The Senator Puzzled EN-.
A salOOnist and an antisalOOniSt hap
pened to run into the same senator up
1t the capitol the other day. Both were
anxious to have their views prevail IN
he matter OF liquor legislation for the
District, and both were trying to get
he senator to express his views on
he matter.
The senator smiled and was nice TO
both, and then he remarked as he babe
hem adieu, you know, I have always
been strong believer in putting down
rink"
Both the anti and the anti-and are
yet.
Art Above the Weather.
In one Of Washington's art galleries
here hangs a large canvas in an In
)osing frame. The painting shows
waterfall in one Of the states famous
or startling natural scenery. The PIC
ure has occupied its present place IoE
several years.
docs it belong hereT asked the VS.
tor Of the man In charge.
mo more than the others you see
Seems TO me It should be in the cap
toll Of the state where this scenery Is