Evening star., 1934-05-06

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especially from the Western members.
The people may be ready, they say,
to have the tax removed from to-
bacco, but they will hardly consent
to take 1t of beer and wines. Other
members go further and favor a total
abolition of the revenue tax system.
One thing is beyond question: No ef-
fort will be spared by the Republicans
to reduce the internal revenue taxes
and an attempt to do the same with
certain articles on the tariff list will
also be made, but as Judge Taylor
says the Democrats will fillibuster on
any such bills, and the Lord Himself
is the only one who can tell what
will be done
The United Staes has no reason to
be ashamed Of its National Capitol.
There is no building in the world
which shows off to better advantage
than it, and there are few public
buildings which can compare with it
in architectural beauty. 1t is little
city in itself, having a population Of
the busiest, wittiest and brainiest men
from all parts of the United States.
Some of its citizens are aristocrats
and some are plebians; some are mil
lionaires and others paupers; some
masters. some servants-the same
classes to be found in every city are
found in this 1t abounds in queer
characters and contains the most
cosmopolitan of populations.
The chief street of this miniature
city is the main corridor leading from
the House of Representatives to the
Senate chambers. long street per-
haps twenty feet wide. through which
continually pass and repass a hurry
ing throng of anxious people. Little
shops for. the sale of photographs,
candies and newspapers are found
here and there along this street. A
telegraph Office is kept continually
busy ticking its messages and at its
ends are always to be found a crowd
Of lobbyists, politicians and strang-
ers.
The jostling. hurrying throng of
this street is a strange one. Now a
newsboy brushes against a Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, a depart
ment clerk jostles a Senator's wife.
or a gawking stranger runs full tilt
into the capacious stomach of some
noted statesman
The door of the House of Repre-
/ sentatives is the leading end Around
this. during the sessions, a dozen
men of all classes may be seen. each
with an anxious look about his eyes
and an 1-want-something -which-I-am
afrald-1-can't-get expression of coun-
tenance. Now and then one will send
IN his card to some member of Con-
gress and perhaps the member will
come out and talk to him. Perhaps
ne won't. I have often seen cards
torn to pieces and thrown upon the
floor of the House or Senate. One
OF these anxious men at the door looks
like an Indian. He wears long hair.
and has high cheek bones, and his
complexion Is like that of an un-
secured apple-butter kettle. I am
told ne is professional lobbyist and
that ne has been in Washington for
years.
The Supreme Court has its rooms
upon this Capitol highway. In what
was once the old Hall of Congress.
almost midway between the Senate
and the House sits this, the most
august body of the country. Stopping
in the hall, where a bearded gentle-
man of color sits, you push slightly
on the swinging door. Another well
dressed colored man pulls string and
opens it for you, letting it fly slowly
back without creak or sound. You
are now in a chamber of justice, and
wonderful chamber it is. 1t might
be taken from the council hall of a
king. Its fittings are of the royal
purple. The seats for visitors are
covered with warm plush that extend
around the back of the crescent
shaped room. The court is seated
upon the rostrum fenced with purple.
at the back of the crescent, their
chairs resting against Ionic columns
OF black and gray marble.
The chief justice is in the center.
His chair is under purple canopy
and mammoth American eagle Of
gold looks down upon him with fierce
eyes, holding the words In God We
Trust" in his beak. The judges have
a judicial aspect. They are all fat
and rosy, and they sit half lounging
in their chairs as though they knew
they had soft thing for the rest of
their lives and proposed to enjoy it.
They wear black gowns, look wise and
talk in quiet dignified tones. They
get $4,000 a year and hold their
office for life. In front Of the judges,
in place as large as fair-sized ball
room, sit the lawyers.
In the House.
The House of Representatives is by
no means so dignified a body as the
Supreme Court. At this moment I
see from my desk member smoking
a cigar as he writes a letter, paying
no attention to the comfort of the
ladies in the gallery just over him.
see dozen men reading newspapers
with their feet on their desks elevated
to the altitude of their heads. Erret
of Pennsylvania and Mclean of Mary
land are talking in the aisle, the lat
ter with his hands in his pockets and
his classic heaa bobbing to emphasize
his words. Amos Townsend is sitting
with his arms folded looking into the
future. Randall has his hand on his
chin and his tightly closed lips show
he Is thinking of the Speakership. w.
D. Kelley of Pennsylvania is reading
Q clipping which some one has sent