National Republican., 1881-02-03

and the section stands as in the original bill, pro
yiding for the sale of such school fund for the
tion of high school building in the rear part o.
square 446
THE CoECoRAN SQUARE SITE.
Mr.. Sanford offered an amendment to strike out
square 4i6 and to insert "such site as the Commits
SiOners may select
Mr. Cobb said Congress should not permit mar
ket-house TO go on square 4i6. There is already q
| school on the square, aad market-houSe and
| school are inconsistent on the same square. The
! amendment offered sought to put market on the
square.
| Mr.. Klotz said market had been OH the square
! for seven years and the school building is now
only in course Of erection. He said Mr.. Temple
was made q trustee of the public schools because
/ he was the heir to certain land on X street ard
/ to keep a market away from square 446 The rea-
son market was opposed on square 446 was to
enhance the value of the K-strcet market stock,
which was bought up at a nominal value by a
national bank III this city.
| Mr.. Neal said the marketmen on square 4i6 were
tenantS-at-wil-squatters they had no right there
! which the House was bound to respect.
| Mr.. Henkle advocated the amendment He
| thought the District Commissioners ought to know
where to locate school building, and it should
be left discretionary to them where TO locate the
high school. He did not think the site proposed
was central enough for school purposes.
| Mr.. Cobb said nineteen of the District school
trustees were unanimous for the selection of square
( 446 for the high school building.
The amendment was rejected.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT REJECTED.
| Mr.. Hunton offered an amendment TO strike out
the provision providing for the erection OF three
school buildings-tWo to be erected in the second
school division and one in the sixth school diyis
ion. He thought the buildings provided for would
! take more money than the District could well af-
! ford. The adoption of his amendment, Mr.. Hun
ton said, would limit the erection of school build
| ings to single high school, and postpone the
building of the others.
Mr. Claffin said he thought the streets and roads
could wait until next year better than the schools.
Mr.. Cobb said the District was paying now in
the school districts where the new ones were pro-
posed rent aggregating $4,000 year. There is not
a school building in his State as bad as these
schools. The question simply was whether COM
mon education in this District was to be fostered
or not.
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. TownShend offered an amendment provid-
ing for the building of only one school in the
ond school division, instead of two and one in the
sixth division, county. He said neither the Dis
trict Commissioners nor the District of Columbia
. Committee had asked for these schools 1t was an
pie of the District, who had no representation.
PAYMENTS VERSUS SCHOOLS.
Mr.. TownShend said there was in the District
26i school buildings owned by the city. He said
that Senators and members OF the Cabinet had had
their children partly educated by the common
schools of the District. This, he charged. was
good argument in favor of their efficiency His
amendment would save $4,000, which could be
applied to the removal of the malarial and death
breeding wooden paYements III the city. He did
not know city in Illinois to-day which had as
ample school facilities the District of Columbia
Mr.. Van Voorhis said the fact still remained
that the District was paying over $4,000 year for
miserable schooi-rooms
Mr. Aldrich denied that the District has 26i
schools. 1t had that many, including school
rooms, but did not have 264 school buildings.
The amendment of Mr. Townshcnd, after further
debate, was rejected.
THE HEALTH OFFICE
When the health department was reached Mr.
Page, of California, offered all amendment to in
crease the miscellaneous appropriation for the
Health Office from $500 TO $500 The amend
ment was adopted.
An amendment was offered to provide for two
food inspectors, instead of one. TWAS subsequently
Withdrawn. An amendment to increase the salary
of the pound-master from $1,000 TO 81 200 was
agreed to.
An amendment to fix the salary of one inspector
of plumbing al 81 800 was lost
EIGHT HOURS DAY.
Mr. Neal offered amendment that hereafter
the Commissioners of the District shall pay 81 per
day for common labor, to which Mr. Browne
offered an amendment that eight hours shall con-
stitute days work. Ruled out on a point of order
Mr.. Ford offered an amendment to appropriate
S. 600 for the relief Of invalid persons and those
Yrt,I harr,r CIR 10
no city in the country where there was as much
street begging as here. Ifthere was an appropria-
ton made the Commissioners could ascertain
whether or not the cases were mcritoriouS. Ruled
out on point of order
Mr.. Neal offered an amendment to authorize the
Treasurer of the United States as ex-offico of the
sinking fund, to sell such bonds as are authorized
to be issued. Agreed to. Also an amendment
authorizing the Treasurer of the United States as
commissioner of the sinking fund. 10 buy at any
time any of the funded debt OF the District for the
sinking fund, as may, in his opinion, be for the
best interest of the District. Agreed to.
THE LINTHICUM FUND.
Mr.. Hunton moved to strike out the appropra-
ton of $4,000 for the payment of the Linthicum
fund.
Mr.. Cobb said the loan ought to be paid. It was
drawing six per cent, and had drawn eight. The
benefciaries don't want it paid, because under the
devise the money is to be invested i'll real estate in
Georgetown which will not bring six per cent. He
thought we ought TO pay our debts when we could.
The amendment was lost.
The paragraph for s. 800 for an emergency hos
pital stricken out of the bill, it having been
represented that the Appropriations Committee did
not intend it should be in.
OTHER DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS.
The House Committee Appropriations have
not in every instance confined themselves to the
estimates submitted for expenditures to be made
within the District.
The following items have been increased over
the figures for the current year: Government
Printing Office, $500; public bildingsi the District
$3.50 flor cleaning away snow. &C.; completing
work in the Patent Office $50. 100.
The appropriation for the Congressional Library
and the Botanical Gardens isfxed at S720 less than
the amount appropriated for the current year.
THE INSANE ASYLUM.
The Secretary of the Interior forwarded a COM
munlcation to the House yesterday, in which he
strongly objects to the proposed transfer of the
management OF The Insane Asylum to the District
Commissioners, rs provided in the District bill
The Secretary states that this institution entirely
national in its character, its inmates being drawn
principally from the army and the navy, and there
fore the control and direction of its affairs should
remain with the Interior Department.
The Light Infantry Corps.
At the regular meeting of the Washington Light
Infantry Corps last evening, Colonel William G.
Moore in the chair, thirteen new members were
elected and $3.50 appropriated for the refurnishing
of the armory and decorating Masonic Hail on the
on the 10th instant
a committee from the Schuetzen Verein with an