Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-29
The District Government Bill.

| 1T GOES TO A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE.
The House yesterday refused to accede to
| the Senate amendments to the bill providing
| permanent form of government for the Dis
trict of Columbia. and the Senate was thus
| notified. Subsequently In the Senate, Senator
| Spencer made motion that the Senate insist
| upon lis amendments and that a conference
| committee be appointed, which was agreed
to.
TIE BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
TODAY.
This morning the House committee on the
District of Columbia had a meeting at which
| The amended bill not being yet in type. TIE
| EVENING STAR served the very useful purpose
OF informing the committee of the correct text
| of the bill as it passed the Senate. The ma
| jority of the members of the House conf,nittee
will not insist that the House and Senate shall
respectively elect Commissioner, and thus
amendment to lodge the appointing power
with the President. There was some talk of
G2?mpiomlse com by allowing the people, of the
timent of majority of the committee was
against it however, because it was held that
1t would invite the use of corrupt means to
sioner who would not represent the tax paying
interests of the people of the District. There
was a decided sentiment in the committee
Vided for in % the House "6 bill Sto'eR to elect pfo
council. 1t was held hat the Secretary
OF the Treasury would not have the time
submitted to him by the District Commission
ers, and that the very object of the Council is
TO give the people of the District, through the
before being Submitted to the Secretary m H1 of tSe
Treasury. and to this extent, at least, give
them the opportunity to say what should be eX-
pended annually in the matter of improve
ments, sc; The committee will of course,agree
with the Senate'S proposition to abolish the
Board of Health. Indeed. there is no way it
can now be restored to the bill: because a con
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legislation in bill, where both houses have
pronounced against 1t, as in the case of this
board. 1t is expected that the House cOnferees
VII pe appointed to-day, and will consist of
Messrs Blackburn, Williams and Hendee
! The House committee also tactly agreed that
II the Senate conferee managers agree to re-
store the elective Council feature of the bill,
they will urge that the fifty per cent. feature
of the bill be applicable to the expenses OF the
District for the present fiscal year-thatis that
the government will pay half of the expenses
OF the District since July lst, 1877.
THE SENATE CoNFEREEs,
MIR. Ferry, President of the Senate pro tenn
Pore, announced this morning as the confer
ence committee upon the new District govern
| ment bill, ON behalf of the Senate, MeSsrs.
Dorsey, ingalls, and Barnum.
Decoration Day.
! PROGRAMMES OF THE MEMORIAL SERVICES
TOMORROW.
Tomorrow being Decoration day, the beau
| tiful custom of decorating the graves of the
soldiers who fell in the recent war will be OBJ
served, under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic, in the various national ceme
| teries, and in others where there are any con
siderable number of soldiers and sailors
buried.
=, At ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
the following will be the order of exercises
| National salute at sunrise and at II m, by the
| District of Columbia artillery, under command
OF Major j. T. Hanneman. The procession,
| consisting OF The committee, the invited guests
members of the G. A. R., eX-Soldiers and Sailors
and the orphan children, and which the public
are invited to join, will form at l2:l5 clock p.
| by the Marine band. The procession will then
march to the tomb of the "Unknown,' where,
hating, the band will playa dirge after which
to the cemetery, where the procession will sep
arate and proceed with the decoration of the
graves: The Marine band, during the cere-
! monies OF decoration, will render appropriate
selections. After the decoration of the graves
| the procession will again form and march 10
the amphitheater, where the following SER
Nabuco, by Verdi, Marine band Calling the
assembly to order, Dept. Com. G. f. Corson !;
Invocation. Rev. Joseph w. Parker, d. d. !:
| Chorus, Washington S3ngerbund; Original
poem, Rev: j. E. Rankin, d. D. Music, Fanta-
STA, Opera Don PasquaIe by Donizetti, Marine
band Chorus, Washington Ssengerbund; Ora
| rus, Soldiers Memorial Day." Orphans from
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home; Music,
bbamdasa bsnd OpeTma NS9irma by Beni Marine
n
| ediction, Rev. DR.. Parker.
| 4, All persons going to Arlington must enter
through the center gate on the east SIDE, but
| can leave by any other gate.
SOLDIERS HOME
The decoration ceremonies here will be un-
der direction OF Edwin M. Truell: The pro-
| under command of the Governor, Brevet Brig
| General Joseph II: Potter, and the visiting
committee OF the G. A. r., will form at the
| main entrance to the cemetery at 1880 a. M,
and march to the pavilion on the east side of
the cemetery, where the services will be held
as follows Calling the assembly to order, Com
low, past deputy chaplain Dirge-Peace to the
Memory of the Dead, Metropolitan Choir:
Poem, written for the occasion by Mrs. NJ. A.
Bright Sword OF Liberty, Choir Grafton. Com
Z: G. Royce Martial SOng-Praise of the Sol
der, Choir Benediction, Rev; Benz. Swallow
Home will proceed to decorate the graves. as.
sisted by members of the committee. during
which The following selections of sacred music
HilI Il be rendered by the choir: Mans
Troubled Soul "Pleyel's Hymn" The music,
will be by the Metropolitan choir, composed
OF Mr. A. +. IaSker, leader and organiSt;
ten0rs, Harry y. SlmOns, j. A. DuvalI, VIM.
F. Perkins, VIM. B. Atkinson, F. T. Maguire:
Bassos j. Il. Kaiser, B. F. Clark, w. K. Cohen,
ChaS, Macnicol.
AT THE CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY.
the ceremonies will be under the direction of
Geo. j. T. Wood, and the following will be the
order of exercises: Calling the assembly to
order, Com; 6. j. P; Wood Prayer, Rev. John
Chester; Soldiers Requiem, by the choir His
torical Poem, Composed by Rev. Geo. Taylor,
Dept Chaplain,) John Williams, Post Nos:
Ode to the Nations Dead, (Rev. Geo. TaylOr,)
Choir Grafton, Com. H. j. Clifford Memorial
Ode, (by Rev. q. TaylOr,) Choir BenedictiOn,
Rev: Geo. Chester. The choir win consist of
D: F. MCGOWAN, leader Miss Martha Mundel,
M Miss Lizzie Blood, organiSt Miss Alice Scharfi,
Miss Emma c. Cook. Miss Lucy ShOckey. Mr.,
W. Van D0ren, Jr., Mr.. R0bt. Zimmerman,
Mr.. VIM. Fl. King.
OTHER CEMETERIES.
At Battle Cemetery, Oak Hill, and other
cemeteries the graves will be decorated as
also the monuments in the city, without any
formal ceremonies.
The OFFICIAL STATEMENT just made to the
Secretary of the Treasury shows that during
the ten months of the current fiscal year ended
April 30th, the excess of exports over imports
of merchandise was $227 7625,441 and the excess