The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-09-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington City,


Washington City,
September %. 1913.
The other day visitor stepped
INTO one of the elevators in the
Capitol and as he was being carried
inward asked:
What building is ths?"
This, said the elevator man SOL
ennlyl lis the. Capitol of the United
States of America"
How anybody could get into the
most noted of all the buildings in
this country and not know where
h. was at was too much for the
cid elevator man.
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Uncle Sam has gone home. | mean
Len Baldwin's Uncle Sam, who is I'M
cie Sam. also, to the rest of us here
ahouts
Down about Columbus everybody
hlows Uncle Sam Baldwin. He trav-
els for the Columbus Ledger and
during the summer wanted to take
holiday So, Senator Hoke Smith
save him a place here to receive
IRE visitors in the Presidents room
a. the Capitol, which he did most
Al sdmirably until "a few days ago when
81, returned to his pTosaic task down
n. in Georgia.
And do you know / never knew he
vas Len Baldwin,s uncle until one
DAY | introduced him to DR.. Wikle
and Uncle Sam mentioned the. fact
whereupon DIR. Wikle paid a pretty
compliment to Mrs. Baldwin, who is
So popular as Len. and he and Uncle
Sam were friends on the spot. I'd
better mention that Uncle Sans job
has already been given to a, South
Georgian, else this office would be
flooded with communications on the
subject.
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The Presidents room is one Of the
show places of the Capitol. 1t is
across the corridor from the Senate
Chamber and adjoins the Marble
Room in which the Senators receive
their visitors. On the ceiling and
walls are some wonderful paintings
and its furnishings are very elegant.
The President occupies the room
when he calls at the Capitol to con
fer with the Senators. Wilson has
been there about half dozen times
since he was inaugurated
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Senator Bacon has something to
Rick about. He misses his trip to
Europe this year
1t has been a custom with Sena-
tor Bacon every year between SEES
sions to r'nu{ over to Europe and re-
euperate from his arduous labors.
This year he has had to cancel his
steamer reservations as this session
OF Congress is not expected to end
until il encounters a collision with
the regular session in December.
Senator Bacon is in good health but
little rest would be welcomed by
him. as well as it would by AL the
others. He will be seventy four
years old on the 10Th of October but
he doesn't look it.
The Senate has been in continu-
Gus session since last December and
as the sessions wiz overlap it means
for Senator Bacorsat least a year and
half of unir corrupted labor of a
most eXactin' fsort 1t is doubtful
if there wi'Ybe an adjournment be-
fore next lAimmer
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ThisJ keeping everlastingly at it
does Aot worry Senator Hoke Smith
He is one of the most wonderful
Gees of human machinery ever con-
structed and his idea of good time
is to work from eight A NJ until
midnight. The Senator did intend
70 run down TO Atlanta last week
with Mrs. Smith but had to cut
1t out The currency bill came over
from the House, the Tariff bill is
still in conference, and with Senator
Kern away Senator Smith has been
acting as floor leader in the Senate.
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Secretary Bryan who has been lee
surfing to splice out his income, has
finished bis engagements for the pres
emit. He says he has cleared nearly
seven thousand dollars, But it has
been dearly earned.
When Bryan dominated the Balti-
more convention and by the sheer
power of his personality defeated the
= combined forces arrayed against VIII
son. he stood out as the colossal fig