The sun., 1910-06-05

hNecudhe nR.d utlnotnatlc helEtAona.
WAsHNoros. June l--Strnngsrs In
Washington can he spotted easily Whan
they visit the House o. RspFsantaiivos
Any man or woman discovered huFrytng
along the corridors aTmsd with an i'm
pOrtant expression and a pink OAEd may
be safely sst down AZ just arrived from
Snshom,sh. lcJdwood. New York or
some ctlc- uG.'v ng district.
/ The mos rsant expression Oosnes from
the possass.on ~ the card. and the card
comes from te hearers member og
Congress These cards are printed BY
/ tens o. thousands every session. Each
/ Representa- We haa q 1,ishel OF more a
them Il rant unusual for q member n
/ give nut 80 In me season.
It's easier % ge, card for the gallery
Of the House than 20 get a street car
ticket. The tickets are six for a quArVer.
/ The cards are si1 for the asking. but The
foxy msmbers know better than 70 look
careless when they are dealing out their
haIshel Of pink caria
When John GoOdfoEonsvota, blows into
his members COMMITTEES ruom The Repre-
sentative vsliahtly pninps up the Egna
Of Joy. asks after the boys. hopss Mra
John came tn and then, With the air n
sin.iniRg a point n confsr a tavuA Nayn
cheerily;
well. I suppose you'd like 20 80 hovvs
do business down here at waahinetcp.
eh? Nov. VT me -. ! beisve can a.
YOU up. IN TED you. .hrat ~ rna mah8
out p@rnit that viii admit you n ~
special reserved gnlisry. ThatIi ta tAa
thing. WcnthY'
Then he divsu into Bis deaE. srfraca
one n the pink cards. nlls D ~ yilitoffs
name. signs Dis Own WITH a Gounth ,nAd
hands II over WITH. . S1nils of beRnlnE
/ henevolsnoe. Five minlnse lAtw ~
important expremfon ana thc pink cars,
With Mr.. OoodTOronsv0s8 bahlnd aitN.
make their unRistakaDle debut q ~
door n the card gallery.
A. matter u faot tis cwrd gallery
/ Of the House Of Represant4iiveB 10 . d.
msion. The msmssF VINO gitm you ad-
rittance to IL in order that Ypu may -
I Congress a. work IN on tte SQUARE. n
h. had Sid boar instsAd q -soe' hs'd
hsvs beeu an Ananias - H4nM Tou
oould hear almost a. npeipf = Ccpgres-
sirnsl dst,&as u yoa Stagest ai hanas tn
I Snohomtsh.
There are siSht divisions Of che Aenise
GALLERY. The division known - the Gard
/ .rsller-y il the last plaoe 20 20 IL youwant
70 hear a debate. Tho best place 20 heAris
II oour~e devoted N the press GALLERY.
Il ~ directly above the Speakers desk
and !. open only 70 the reporters.
Merit 10 Il On one side is public gallery
ana on the other side the ladies' gallery
No cards arr required here. and next N
tho prsss seats they are the best places
gruun which % ase and hear.
You must ohooss between barring and
seeing the members who take part in
debate or seeing the Speaker. " can
aluavu he heard. but nine-tsnths Of The
talk on the hoor is inaudibls from the gal
lsriea opposite the Speaker.
/ The executive. the diplomatic and The
r,.mt.ru galleries. flor their fAmiliesl are
. ,o-af,t AZ the ends ~ the H0uss In an az
:smpt N give he occupants q view ~
10th the hoor and the Speaker The re-
anti is that in the executive and the dip-
Iornatic galleries you uan hear the Demo
cratic orators, while the members
families at the other end can catch most
Of the pearls Of Republican wisdom.
Directly opposite the Speakers desk is
the mems gallery AS most of the re-
narks ON the iioor are directed away from
this quarter il is undoubtedly an excellent
MACE for meditation and occasional
slumbsT
The doorkeepsrs have a way II rudely
iptr,ldinc uuon theas forty winks. Nou
are not supposed tn eat, sleep. read cr
write IN any of the galleries ~ Congress
during the sessions
than In the House. No one is allowed
rt thai end of the capitol - carry anv
kind II nackagp into the gallerie7 Ihe
r,,Ie vas made al the time 81 the spanish
Ar,e-ican wa whau crsuks we're many and
ercit,bla n II still enforced IN the SER
ate hut is laxly observed In the Ho,lse.
Yuu are allowed ~ carry newspaper
0ran unWrBpDed hUok into the .enate sal
lerv aud Won may ~ srsl rad or write.
perhaps even sleep, until iew minutes
before the Vice President Comef W.
After that nobody uGy rcd anythlug
except the list ~ senators with the da-
grau, of their aaata Nobody b allowed ~
write rnything. not even notes oi ths
speeches.
On speciql occasions such as the opening
of Congress or satne much edveTilsed de-
bate in the House EillegseS NAV be seen
peorlp quite openly sta wing N the psnes
~ hunaer With pplcs NJ biscuits ~ choN'-
late No such desecrati0n of the scored
precincts n the Renate - permitted.
Not 0nly must the platn uegp's dis-
criminate between the two hodiss. bf
the Represent stiv@s themselves ere az
pec4ed N treat even tho environs N ths
iIDper chamber with respect For IN
siance. the corridors ~ the House end ~
the Capitol are crowded. noisy. iull ~
ciRar smoke aud litter II - dterelt
world over IN the senate wing.
smoking u not allowed IN The public
corVidoya there Even q Representative
10 not supposed 20 cvoss tho line between
the senate wing and the main SETON ~
the Capitol Carrying lighted cigar
There are two card galleries IN th@
senate and unlike those II the House.
thew are exC~llent places foi hearing and
NeainR. The executive and the dlplo-
uatic RaIleries Of both chambers are 81
dom occupied In the last few years ~
friction bstwcen Cspitol and White house
visitors from the latter quarter are likely
20 have their sensihilities moro or Jess
rJIdelv tramDlcd IN tho eourHe N an
debate worth going ~ hear. - th"T
eeneralIy stav AWAY. Tho deserted rowH,
few though thsv are. IN tho diplomatio
gallery seem ~ Indicate Oomplets abb
senoe Of foreign interest in our legislative
me P~iinery.
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