Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-15
District i'm Congress.

THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMORIAL.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Logan presented the
memorial from the citizens committee Of the
District in favor of the bill which has been in
troduced in Congress providing for the creation
| OF school board of twenty-fou members with
specified powers an abstract of which memo
rial was printed in The STAR last Wednesday.
On motion of Mr.. Ingalls, the memorial and ex-
hibits were ordered printed and referred to the
District committee.
HITCH ON THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION
The District appropriation bill was taken up
for consideration by the House appropriation
committee this morning. The discussion lasted
foom 10 o'clock until IL, and the committee
then adjourned without taking final action. All
the provisions OF the bill had been agreed to
by the subcommittee, and it was expected that
the committee would have no trouble in dis
posing of the bill In short time. A hitch &C.
where the bill undertook to increase the sala-
ries of the District officials. This was the first
bill making specific appropriations which has
ference of opinion as to the construction OF the
new rules of the House, which prohibit legisla-
ton upon appropriation bills. It was held by
some of the members of the committee that this
prohibited their increasing salaries, or making
any other changes in the detail of the bill.
cussion of this point, and when the hour for ad-
journment arrived they had not yet come to Q
conclusion, and it was decided to take the bill
up again on Wednesday.
PETITIoNING THAT HYGIENE, ETC, BE TAUGHT
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mr.. Blair to-day presented in the Senate q
petition signed by 1853 residents of Washing
ton, urging the passage of the bill to require
that in all public schools supported in part or
in whole by the government, physiology and
the effects OF alcohol, narcotics, etc, upon the
human system. Referred to the District COM
mittee.
THE POST OFFICE SITE.
The subcommittee of the House committee
on public buildings and grounds is examining
the several proposed sites for the city post
office OF Washington. The committee will prob
ably report in favor of the erection Of a build
ing.
PROTESTS AGAINST CHANGING THE LIEN Law.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Logan presented
protests from the employing plasterers' associ-
alton, the brick manufacturers, and the fede-
ration of labor unions Of the District against
any change in the mechanics lien law. The
the attempt of sundry real estate agents to get
achange of the mechanics lien law.
THE PAY OF THE FIREMEN.
A committee OF the fire department., consist
ing of Foremen Joseph Paris, of engine COM
pany No. 1; Louis P. Lowe, OF engine company
No. 6, and Secretary Otto c. Reinecke, APP
pointed a few days ago to ask for an increase of
trict Commissioners, and was presented by
them on Saturday to the subcommittee on Dis
trict appropriations, had meeting this morn
ing at the Capitol with Mr.. Wilson, the chair
man of that committee. This gentlemen
seemed to favor an increase for all the reasons
set forth in the memorial, and as the latter had
been presented to him without the recommen-
dation of the Commissioners, he endorsed the
same, and offered 1t as a new bill before the
House this afternoon.
GOVERNMENT LABORERS' EIGHT HOUR CLAIMS.
Mr.. John Daniels, of this city, was before the
House labor committee to-day, advocating the
compensation of laborers for the time over
eight hours per day which they have given the
government since the passage of the eight hour
law.
CLAIMS UNDER THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Riddleberger intro
duced a bill to amend and extend the provi-
sions of the sundry civil act Of 1873 in relation
to contracts under the board Of public works,
SO as to cover all cases in which contractors
were paid in full or in part, and provide that
the claims of workmen, or their heirs or as
signees, shall be received and audited by the
first controller and be paid by the proper dis
bursting officer of the Treasury. The act re-
ferred to made provision for the payment of
claims under the board of public works, and the
bill introduced to-day is to settle outstanding
claims. Referred to the District committee.