. Guide to Washington; . PEACE MONUMENT. country is worth the effort to ascend sucha height. The Senate Chamber, occupying thenorth wing, is presided over by the Vice-President of the United States. EachSenators desk bears a silver plate with the end galleries are open to the public, oneof which is set apart for women and pro-vided with convenient parlor and retiringroom. The Hall of Representatives is gener-ally the more interesting of the two legis- GUIDE TO WASHINGTON. 9 lative chambers. The Speakers desk is session of the Fifty-sixth Congress there of white marble, occupying an elevated we
. Guide to Washington; . PEACE MONUMENT. country is worth the effort to ascend sucha height. The Senate Chamber, occupying thenorth wing, is presided over by the Vice-President of the United States. EachSenators desk bears a silver plate with the end galleries are open to the public, oneof which is set apart for women and pro-vided with convenient parlor and retiringroom. The Hall of Representatives is gener-ally the more interesting of the two legis- GUIDE TO WASHINGTON. 9 lative chambers. The Speakers desk is session of the Fifty-sixth Congress there of white marble, occupying an elevated were eighty-four tilled seats and six va- position in the centre of the south side, cancies representing the forty-five states, and the desks of the representatives are The House of Representatives, during the arranged in semicircles with radiating same session, had three hundred and aisles. As in the Senate, a silver plate on sixty members, three of whom repre-. CENTENNIAL FOUNTAIN. each desk bears the name of its occupant sented the territories. The number of — Republicans on the left and Democrats Representatives is based upon tlie popu- on the right. The gallery arrangement lation of the states and territories, in- is same as in Senate. eluding Hawaii and Alaska. The Senate is composed of two mem-bers from each state. During the last ^ lO GUIDE TO WASHINGTON
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