The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-05

scout from Fond du Lac, @ bride and groom, oldsters, youngsters, city folks and farm folks.
 With mouths agape and craning necks, they listen to the machine gun batter of the guides, the chaotic chatter of the wrangling senators and congressman, and the banging of the gavels of the pre- siding officers who vainly try to keep order among the squalling members.
 The guides off a routine trav- elogue that they have memorized. It is chiefly historical and steps on no toes, past or present. But if they could talk off the record and tell what is going on undner the Dome, then their flocks really would be pop-eyed. Here's a sam- pie of the comment if The Merry -Go-Round were the guide on a Capitol tour:
 DELIRIUM TREMENS
 This, ladies and gentlemen, i the great rotunda of the capitol. It is 98 feet, 8 inches in diameter, and rises more than 183 feet to the central dome. The paintings and sculpture arrayed before you once caused Mark Twain to ex- claim, What delirium tremens of art!' and Senator Charles Sumner to complain on the senate floor tha. the rule to bar bad art from the capitol had been too often forgotten.
 You are now standing on the very spot where stood the King and Queen of England, on Con- gressman Sol Blooms private car- pet. It was here also that Con- gressman Nat Patton of Texas ad- dressed them as Cousin George and Cousin Elizabeth. To those who know Nat Patton intimately, that was not surprising. He is very relation conscious, having three relatives on the federal pay roll.
 "Now we enter Statuary hall, which served as the Representa- tives' Chamber until 1857. For seven years thereafter the hall was empty. except for 'cobwebs. apple cores, and hucksters' carts. One congressman complained about the state of the place, say- ing I look around to see where the venerable John Quincy Ad- ans trembled in his sea, and I see a hubster selling ginger bread; I look to see where Clay sat, and I find a woman selling oranges and root beer
 "N0w, folks, we pass the very
 spot where Congressman Mar
 tin Dies of Texas once stood
 when he took up a collection for the wife of the Unknown Sol-
 dier'. Martin, by the way, is about to resume his un-Ameri-
 canism investigation. He has been out romping about the
 country making speeches about what a great man he is, but now
 that Congress is winding up, he will return to start up his
 show without competition from the main circus.
 SOUP TO NUTS :.
 "On the left, folks, is the pri- vate office of Speaker Bankhead, one of the squarest shooters. He is one Democratic leader who hasn't double-crossed the Presi- dent. Take a peek inside, folks. See that thermos bottle on the table? It contains hot soup. by Mrs. Bankhead every noon for her husbands lunch.
 Directly above is the office of the famous-or infamous. depends on how you look at it-Rules committee, one of the most im- portant bodies in Congress. It was created some 30 years ago as a result of George Norris historic fight against the boss rule of Joe Cannon. But now the committee has made itself boss by usurping power 1t was never intended to have.
 "And here, ladies and gentle. men, is Che Rules Committee room. That chair Is the one soc- cunded by Gene C@=. thA utals