Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-07
LEeIsLArIvE ASSEMBLY.

the Con mittee on Public Works and Property
Of Public Works to advertise for BIDS for furnishing
tt,set lamps and posts; laid over:
Ct public charities and corrections for the District
OF Columbia; laid over under the rules. Adjourned
itself without spesh Mr.. HuIse being sick, and
after hour and forty minutes had been spent in
adsptsd, ar sswsa sali to tse chair .1 "
MT. Moore roseto
and asked to have read what pur ported to be q re-
Teft q TIE proeesdirgs Of the House % Friday,
Stsni to the fact isst this TO 5. esse
port Of the proceedings OF the Hodse Except the
had said Fl: ssss hs duty
state printer was 70 lash members into com
paper desired to criticize The course Of member,
he shoud do 80 in his editorial columns he hsi no
proceedings Of House He was satisfied IL was
d9re ~ the publisher, and not by the I-porter
dnc districts were Called and the following intro
By MT LIc{d-BiII authorizing the erection Of gas
h, ne z K GSmmitsee s % Public Works.
street north and North Capitol street the canal and
school fund for the purpose. Rsferred to Committes
Public schools.
Mr.. Mcknight also introduced bill providing
that eight hours shall coDsti ute legal days worA
81 per day shall be the rate OF pay; also, that in
irtro all contracts between the district aad parties
also, that in default OF wages for more than one
MONTH the laborers shall be entitled to FIVE per cent
Mr.. Lloy d asked il an amendment that in case M
tractors refused to comply the workmen should have
.ne IprINiese O. cutting the contradictory throats,
mr. Moore said the introduction of bills on the
as The Law is ample now. the corporation law Of 1891
sa sor for sf labor
TIE bill was referred TO the Committee on Public
NFw
Inc iollovips were also introduced
The sale Of ali drugs in he pisttiot Of CSlnmbnag
Refined TO Committee on Health.
ne On Hsh ss shs U
este fishing dispensaries Of medicines for the poor
IN p ace OF The present spo,hecary 81 STEM Referred
~ Mr.. BssWell-Bll to require the Washington
rs 2 e reak sssi1
i Public Works Also, bill sppropristing e2s for
the Committee Rules 10 report rule in relation
Connittee on Rules. "
BY Mr.; Dsyis.BiII regulating the form Of enact
by Mr. irss S.snns and repair. Of
me . county p nnh the purpose Referred to Com
By Mr.. eolomons-Bilis creating Department Of
Public Charities and Corrections, Law Depart
pepsment Refe9red sa snscia sna finance
Beorgsnizstion of the District '' oA'
or shan Be prnts 6 ns mo-
from the committee unless specially ordered BY tie
Mr. Boswell rose to
and referred FL p. D.. poIIs
meeting at The City Hall BY The STAR He did not
es wss ais should be tropsht in be did
Of the Altering man and had some rights as well
70 the legislature to have their rights protect
CO. a1n nGs ehsse sisT ne e9ntraotors In ooneu
with Marceilu West and bis followers. ''HH'''O"
Council bill authorizing the Governor 70 autiri-
Speakers table, and referred to Committee on Ways
REPORTS
Mr.. Solomons, from the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported that Rev Q. A. Hall had kindly
Of tn. House with prayer. Also reported r, sola.
ton that the House elect one doorkeeper and one
point two pages-the pay OF this doorkeeper and ian
i,or 20 be \ per day, and the pages 81 per day
tios q Mr. Davis, the subject was laid over until
Mr. Davis, from The Committee on laws, reported
abl conferrns certain ia nIunites upon the vestry
cemetery; Read second time, and laid over. '"'
Also, BIZ authorizing the Governor to appoint
TIE MEIRoPoLIThN RAILROAD AND FIRE PAssEs.
The bin .'to cause the netrop0litan Street-rsiI-
the streets through which thes pass 10 be paved in
stcoIdsnce with their charter was taken up on its
The aDenOmsnts reported by the committee were
Mr.. Moore asked what did the bill mean, for the
track OF The road rad been paved through its entire
than refusal Of the company to furnish pases way
Mr.. Hall replied, that the charter required the
Ps.ing two feet each side OF the track, and some
Mr Moore remarked that the House lid not have
over the railroad be did not know wbetbst IL 10
9 joke, but Mr.. knight had asked il the COMPANY
MI Mcknight said The statement was a fabric..
ton Ee intr; duced the bill because the track was
n tuch col clifton that wheels had been broken By
Mr.. Hail iaid he had had wheel jerked fl on tie
Mr.. Davis criticized the grammar in tho bill, ana
n eyed lie reeormittai, that it might be made to
Ths vote % Gs passage Of the bill and
The spe afer deoaI that the bill as rejected, as
the organic act required nat io.ty Of the dele
Mr. Boswell desired 70 call attention to the ruling
Of Speaker Hulse THAI the temporary officers bill
for IL sasn OF the dele
TO.day's Proceedings.
OF Cubic ad I'm creating
ferred to Committee on Health and Charities
District Of Sol1mbis Fame rsfsrenee. d' In the
Bill IN relation 20 charities and corrections Intro
duced BY Mr.. Smith Same reference.
woRKINeMEN's MEETING IN THE NINE
or 20, Of the Union workingmen's Club of
the Nineteenth district was held at Robb's Hall
l. street, near 4th street east, On Tuesday eve
ming last, when constitution and bylaws for
the permanent organization or the club wa,
adopted, and the following officers, to serve
until the first Monday in June. 1872, were
elected: President, VIM. II. Scott; vice presi-
dent, ID. W. Landyoigt; secretary, Henry Wood
nut; treasurer, Ambrose Terriil. George Wash
ington was appointed sergeant-at-arms, and
Messrs. j. q. McKeever, Robert TerriIl, VIM.
Robb, David Green, and }. y. Ward were APP
pointed an executive committee. Messrs. WOOD
nut, Landvoigt, and Scott were selected as
delegates TO the workingmen's convention to be
held at Union League Hall on the 9Th instant.
EDITOR STAR: The Republican of this morn
ing contains the following editorial paragraph:
I'VE hear that Mr.. N. q. Ordway. the nom
resident chairman of the Republican Executive
Committee of this District, was at the Navy
Department yesterday endeavoring to dIsplace
an employe OF the navy yard who fought
bravely for the Union during five years of the
late war. This nonresident official, who uses
Capitol employees as clerks in the market house
without pay, mrtt have found that he had mis-
taken the place, as we hear that he was uncere-
moniously snubbed by the Department OFF,
Gals"
1t is probably sufi cient to say, in reference to
the total and manifestly malicious incorreetness
Of the foregoing statement, that Mr.. Ordway Is
not in town, was not here yesterday, and has
not been here during the present week and that
the fact OF his absence from the city Is doubt