| Show Riddle Why to Wash 96 Senators and Only 2200 I to Clean Congressmen I I I Special to Tho The Telegram WASHINGTON April 4 The The Battle of ot the Baths or A uA Tempest In Tubs Tubs t be an appropriate U title Utie lie to apply to toa toa a hot discussion ston that ensued in the house toa today It rt really was hot t it lasted not lot by any mean means a a. cold or oven even a tepid debate It seems scorns that without out any small boy Saturday night fuss about it the government government govern govern- ment ha has boon been providing baths for tor con COil n and senators in Iii the capitol building for some seasons The Tho matter would not have bare caused any unusual ripple except for Cor the lie recent arrivals arrivals ar- ar rivals of or Representatives James Bryan Brjan and Albert Johnson of or the tho sovereign state tate of or Washington When hen they thley ar arrived or or- rived lived at theirs desks and were told by a page pase that their bath was road ready Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son demurred and said he had had a a. awash wa wash h before leaving Hoquiam his postoffice postoffice post- post office address adress Bryan Brjan stood aghast at the thc Information and wanted anted to know If It tho they subjected recruits to the same samo treatment in congress con con- gress grels ress that the they did new new arrivals at a a. awell awell well wen known institution at Walla Walla In his native nativo habitat I Instead of ot water a 1 lot Jot of or talk flowed and some soma one started stalled an agitation against this national extravagance Then a Q greater great great- er sensation camo came when it was dl discovered covered that tha t while tho the munificent sum of 2200 ZOO was approprIated to wash 13 lawmakers lawmaker in tho the lower house that was set OCt OCta ci a aside y yearly arh for th tie tho ablutions of or the six ninety grave Ve and potent seniors In tn Inthe the tie upper division This resulted in somo some splash in Ip the tile house On every corner the question Js is being belm discussed as 18 to why it costs more to 10 bathe a a. L senator than n a representative re omo say sav that it was found that about 2500 was wa needed extra for bathing Sena Senator Sen Sen- a ator tor OHio Ja James of or Ma Marion ra i ion t Kv kr One stor story Is to the effect t th that t tho the naval al appropriatiOns appropriations ap ap- ap ns committee got their Idea Mea as us asto asto to the tho dimensions lon of the new and unnamed unnamed un un- un- un named battleship SO ZD now building at the New York navy yard after viewing Sen Senator ator Jamo dl disporting In his tub Others assert that the tIme senate plunges are the testing grounds or pools for tor arriving at some JIne Immunity conclusions Ions and that not Infrequently a additional expense Is Iii accrued by the tha purchase of or large larg quantities of at whitewash h Time whole matter Is Ie still stilt In ip abeyance and official Washington awaits the tho news as ni to whether there will In the tIle future futuro bo I congressional free freo baths or not Ilot |
