Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-07
The District I'm Congress.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE
The Senate Committee on the District of
Columbia held a meeting to day, to consider
the question OF new form of government for
the District OF Columbia, the sub-conmit-
ee-consisting of Messrs. Spencer, Merri-
mon and Hitchcock-who have the bill In
charge, desiring TO ascertain the views OF
their colleagues before drafting bill. Dis
cussiOn developed lack of unanImity as TO
the character OF the bill, the principal differ
ence of opinion being as TO the advisability
OF giving tie citizens of the District the right
OF suffrage The committee was about evenly
divided, but not politically, on this subject
NO conclusion was arrived at, but the sub
committee Will nevertheless report a bill
within a few days embodying the features
foreshadowed in THE STAR of last week viz:
PROVISION will be made for the election of a
Delegate TO Congress; the health department
will be turned over to the Surgeon General;
the Improvement of streets to the engineer
corps OF the army; the police to the War de-
paTtment; and the general government will
ooIgate itself TO pay one-half the expenses
OF the District government, receiving all
taxes collected to pay the other half.
TIE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Several parties were before the omnfttee
ana preferred verbal charges against Messrs.
Beiret, Sweeney and Nichols, nominated to
be police commissioners. They were request
the names Of witnesses, when an inyestiga-
ton Will be made.
The committee has changed its regular
meeting day from Friday to Tuesday.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
In the Senate to-day, Mr.. ingalls,, from the
District Committee, reported bill to pro-
vide for the Incorporation and regulation of
insurance companies In the District of Co.
lumbia Briefly, the bill provides for an
officer who shall be charged with the execu-
tion Of the laws of the District relating to
Insurance, who shall be designated as super
fhtendent Of insurance. The bill is a substi.
tute for Sarate bills 100 and ISL, which were
reported adversely to-day.
THE DISTRICT 3.65 BOND BTLL-At two
O'Clock this afternoon the report of the con-
ference committee on the District IS bond
bill had not been brought up in the House,
and Judge Buckner was of the opinion that
1t would not come up to-day.
IT Is H1NTED that Richard II. Dana, IT,,
may decline the English mission on the
grourd that the position might be held ONLY
year, and in that case IL would not oe
worth the trouble of removing to London.
induced to accept
ter to Marshal o. Roberts, in which he saws,
in reply to that gentleman's card, If Mr.. Ro.
Derts mean TO say that he went to the head
Of the Texas Pacific railroad enterprise
under no obligation to incorporate the Mem.
phis and Ell Paso, and that he did not give
any authority TO use money and bonds to
aid In passing the Texas Pacific bill, 1T is
berts' cards." the general adds, ais the de-
NAL that he ever authorized any one to In
fuence members OF Congress by the use of
nor lords ,ss or other pecuniary considerations
mittee was that Mr.. Roberts did give this
authority, and that he did so through Col
X. c: Parsons, then marshal OF the U. S.
court at washington, and that 1t was so
used" General Fremont quotes from his
testimony before the Judiciary COMMITTEES,
and nom letter OF Col. Parsons in support
OF his statements in regard to Mr.. Roberts.