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Morning walk through Washington's Capitol Circle
A reporter describes a crisp morning stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue from the treasury to the Capitol during a Senate in-session day. He encounters Julius Burrows Senator Allison Vice President Stevenson Speaker Reed and other lawmakers, notes Reed's busy desk and shorthand reliance, and observes the Senate routine with the chaplain praying and the journal read.
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