The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington City,
March IL, 1912.

One of the finest kitchens in the
United States is standing idle in the
Senate Office building.
Fire has never been lighted in the
ranges, water has never touched the
electric dish washing machine and ice
has never melted in the refrigerator.
The kitchen and the various rooms
that go with it occupy the space that
would be taken up by about twenty or
binary kitchens Nothing that modern
ingenuity could suggest as convenience
fer a cooking plant has been overlooked
in this senatorial kitchen, and it has
never been used, and probably will not
be in years.
On floor above is the senatorial
dining room, about the size of the
Presbyterian church in Marietta "a per-
fectly beautiful room absolutely lined
with marble and with most magnificent
marble columns, marble floor, marble
walls-pure, smooth. palatial.
Something to eat? Something, o
drink? Revelry in good dinners? Moth
ing doing.
The air has never been profaned with
the oder of roast beef. This room,
which king would envy, is used for
storing furniture.
This Office building is place in
which they bury senators. ''Who
enters here, leaves hope behind" said
Milton. "Who enters here is lost for
the time being" says the Senator as
he steps from the elevator.
The Office building is FIVE stories in
height but is shaped like the letter
~" That is, it has one front and
two wings. 1t is a sky. scraper lying
on its side. If it were as high as it is
long it would be something worth look
ing at. From the back end of hall to
the main entrance is over four hundred
steps-Ive stepped it. 1t will not miss
thousand feet very far. You chuck a
Senator thousand feet down a hallway
and he hardly feels like he is in the
District o. columbia. Senator Hoke
Smiths Office is not so far from the
beautiful marble rotunda of the Office
building, because Senator Smith does
not go away back when he sits down.
Senator Bacon has a suite in the build
headquarters in his committee room in
the Capitol.
But was talking about the dining
room and kitchen. They are not used
because the crowd is in the Capitol and
Scholars and others patronize the res
taurant there. This may be changed
sometime, but not soon.
The serving of any kind of intoxicat-
ing liquors in the senate restaurant is
forbidden. You cannot get glass of
wine or a glass of beer with your din
ner. Isn't that pretty bully as an ex-
ample for the Senators to set? And
yet, some years ago a Congressman
rambling in his speech stopped and
asked: "Mr Speaker, where was
at?" The temperance sentiment, the
regard for sobriety. is growing in thi;
country.
Just a line about politics Roose
velt's announcement has brought
things to a serious business basis. Tall
was at random few days ago. Thing,
We're in the air. Now the lines ar,
being formed with definiteness. 1t is
fight to death between Teddy and Taft
At the same time the Democrats car
observe the battle field and are planning
+ TO see where to place their artillery
The Republicans admit the Democrat
have the chance of life time, and they
i are in admirable trim to take advant
age of it. If they win, here's hopinl
every politician in Cobb county will
/ land good job.
Ralph Smith. of The Journal, lande,
the scoop of the season few day
ago. Ralph got onto the fact that tn,
Democrats had decided to put sugar OF
the free list When you remembe
that sugar pays $50. 0OODo0a year rev
4 enue, you can understand the value O
4 that piece of news. No other papei
n except The Journal had it. Ralph i
also the correspondent of the New Yori
Sun. He wired the story to the Sur
\ that night and no other paper had il
4 he next morning. 1t was clean, clear
geat on the Associated Press and every
other correspondent in Washington
\ Congressman said it was preposterous
VI and could not be SO. But within twelve
hours Ralph's story was verified. I'm
less the Senate kills it sugar goes or
the free list. Free sugar is the Demo
\ cratic policy
JOSIAH CARTER