Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1905 — The Government’s Music. [ARTICLE]

The Government’s Music.

A certain congressman who takes an interest in musical matters presented a bill advocuting a larger appropriation for the care of the music in the Congressional library. He spoke briefly on the subject, and after the session a fellow congressman approached him confidentially. “I say,” he said in a low voice, “I like that bill of yours. But, tell me, what sort of music does the government have over there in the library! Is it a band or just a hand organ?”— Harper’s Weekly.