Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-06

This broad, smooth roadway gullJle5i
Of vehicles Of any sort? Well, tina
represents the congressman fear o
his constituents.
Representative McCreedie VI
Washington. plump, ruddy-faced
and inst at that moment perspiring
freely. pnused in his gaspy walB
through the subway leading to the
House ONCE building from the Cap
ftoI and leaned against one Of the
iron posts for breath. The posts
separate the sidewalk Of the subway
from the sixteen or eighteen-fool
roadway.
"Over on the senate side, where
there is no fear Of an economically
inclined constituency" continued
Judge McCreedie as he resumed his
waIk "they have automobiles to take
the senators to and from their or
fees and the Capitol. They make
the trip in comfort, with speed, ana
IN a style BETTING the dignity OF
their oflce. But there are no autos
for u.s.. ! suppose that one reason
they think we do not need automo-
biles through our subway Is that we
are younger men, as a rule, than the
senator's, and being spryer, can walk
oh. walking does US good, OF course,
but every time make the trip
either way I feel like getting mp in
the House and demanding an auto
from the appropriations committee.
I'VE would have had autos long
ago II we were not towards. But
there isn't one man in a hundred in
the House that would dare to vote
for a bill providing automobiles for
this subway Every member would
be dead sure that the vote would
bob up to plague him at the next
campaign. It would be a fine slogan
for the opposing candidate 70 cry:
'Ah. ha, Congressman Smith is too
lazy TO walk from his Office to the
Capitol a distance of two blocks.
Out home here he isn't too good to
walk, but as soon as he gets to
Washington he begins to ride around
In automobiles at the peoples eX |
pense.
"That may sound ridiculous to the |
ordinary citizen, but 1t is not at all /
oyerdrawn. Many a congressman |
has lost his official head with less
said against him"
The pieces Of pie and the glasses
OF milk are growing smaller in the
House restaurant at the Capitol.
This discouraging fact has been
gradually dawning upon the con
gressmen for some time, and unless
the shrinkage stops at once, the
Iucky individual who is just now
conducting the eating house will
find himself facing an Investigation.
This piece Of pumpkin pie, made
OF squash, is just oDe-quarter
used to buy here two years ago.
remarked one Of the western repre-
sentatives as he surveyed the little
three-cornered slab. considering
the fact that the restaurant man gets
his rent, his heat and light free,
do not think that he ought to sting
as quite so hard. He charges TWEEN
ty-nye cents for a turkey or chicken ,
sandwich, twenty-five cents for a
bowl Of soup, fifty cents for a piece
OF fish no larger than the palm Of ,
your hand and when you buy a ,
steak, you are expected to mortgage
your home 10 pay for It.
Senator McCumber was over here ,
the other day and had a steak When :
he received his bill he did a little =
dguTing on the menu card and an. !
nouneed that II the whole of an or. :
iinary steer was sold at the rate /,
that steak brought, the animal ,
aetted $4,000 Now l call that going :
5ome."
Over In tba sanato raet.,,-ant b
where The same scale of prices pre- !
rail, the senators have compelled the ,
ut manager to place a mo f.,
ipping' line on the menu cards. ;
Consequently the cards are very hard =,
o get nowadays, and II a guest in
lists upon having one before he or :
iers, the waiter snatches II and bur :
es II under the tablecloth before the :
ieXt customer sits down. The sign a
ln the cards does not prevent the r
Walters from grabbing all the tips ,
hey can get. nor does It keep them
rom neglecting a patron the next :
lay II he has forgotten to come /
ACROSS" on the previous visit. ,
Sailors OF the navy will be de- r
flAfNN VI Ahb oOultb VI LltlI ulObL ] =
'herished souvenirs, II the wreck Of ;
he Maine is removed from Havana >
larbOr. A bill 10 raise the wreck OF :
o blow II up has passed the House =
nd rs pending In the senate A great ,
mass OF tangled and battered steel, ;
attending perhaps 10 feet above the
urtaee, marks the resting place of Z
he Maine. When American war /
hips visit the harbor Il Is this mon :
lment 70 one OF the great disasters !,
4 the navy and the tomb of scores /,
u their comrades whose bodies we're /,
ever recovered that interests them !
nore than any OF the sights ashore. !
! favorite pastime for the sailors Is !
o visit the wreck In small boats and :
nth hammer and chisel get chips Of :
teel TO be carried away as memen- !
oea. With feet in the harbor Il !
8 not unusual TO hear and see ,
'oLen sturdy young men In white
enirs.
Reasons given for removing the ,
ihine are that the wreck is a men
.ee 10 navigation and that IL Is the
lnty OF the United States 10 recover
ne bodies OF the men who lost their !
Yes IN the government service. The !
,pAniards have contended ever since i
ne blowing up OF the Maine that ,
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