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Overcrowding At The Capitol
By the end of the 1920s, the Capitol was bursting at its seams. "There is one well-known official using a women's lavatory for his office," the Capital Times reported in 1928, "while his stenographer occupies a bathroom just around the corner."
Back then, legislators only met for a few months each spring. As soon as they left, state employees spread out into empty Capitol offices and meeting rooms. As each new session approached, the civil servants crammed themselves back into unventilated storerooms, basement alcoves, and even restrooms. |