Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-31
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
From March 4 % Aprsi ..

From March % April -.
TIE SENATE ADOPTS Mr.. HoARs RESOLUTION PRo-
POSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AM1NpNsSr.
The Senate this afternoon adopted By unani.
nous vote. Mr.. Hoars JOINT resolution proposing q
constitutional amendment TO Change the term
gress 50 that they shall cootinue until the
3oth day OF April 1850 and that Sen.
ators whose terms would otncrwiee expire
on March 1889. shall continue until Apel 50 sue.
shall be substituted for the 4th OF March
as the commencement and terminac1oo q
senators, and Representativss in Congress
Liquor Traffic in the Distrfcs.
SENATOR RIDDIIBERaeR NrRopccRs nIGH-LrcHNs1
BILL
In the Senate to-day Mr. Riddlsbefger intro.
duced the bill to regulate the sale Of
distilled and fermeuted liquors In the District
which Mr.. Ingalls, introduced, and which was
favoraoly reported from the senate District
committee, but never became law. In present.
Ing II MI. Rddleberger said II was far from his
purpose to say 1t was by request, for that was
what he nad promised not 70 say..
last session, AID is in fact, hgh-license act Il
proposes TO TX the license OF dealers 70 sell IN
quantities Of NOT less than . pint not 70 Be
OF retail bar-rooms az $1,000 per year,
and also provides that any person who violates
ns lsw sA 3 1 T ss N aps sas
loriiy OF property-owners and residents
= order to procure license; iosOids he telling Of
liquor to minors, drunkards, or on sunday. Re.
ferred to the District committee.
For the Signal Service.
THE BILL FOR PURCHASE Or THE FKRersoN PROP.
IRTY PASSED.
The House this afternoon passed the bin from
the committee on pubic buildings and grounds for
the purchase Of the Ferguson property, corner of
Path and streets for the use Of the signal once.
The sum OF $4,000 Is appropriated BY the bill
and the price to be paid for the property IL limited
70 Sia2Oo0: The rest is TO be expended in some
District I'm Congress.
THE ROCK CRH4x RAlLAoAD BIL1.
The House District committee held q long
session this morning, but the only work they
completed was the Rock Creek Railroad
biz. They amended this bill so as to make it con.
form with the bill reported In the Senate yester-
amendment providing that II ut any time the net
earnings or the road amount to more than 10 per
cent on the investment there shall be correspond;
Ing reduction IN the charge for fare. NJ. howell
was authorized to report the bill favorably TO the
House. Other reports were ready from the sub.
sEen and i was decided hod more
1ngs this week, one on Thursday and one on Fri.
day, so as to get bills ready for Monday, which Is
District day In the House.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Harris (by reQuesp In.
troduced bill TO incorporate the washington and
Highlands Street Railroad Company. Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. The same bill was intro.
duced In the House yesterday by Mr..
aae Tsyo as snis
and sushoazes them e lay down sins:
turnouts along the following route: Commencing ing
at the intersection Of Boundary street and
Maryland avenue, 18th street and Bennings road;
the District line, with the right to run public
carriages thereon, drawn by horse or other
power except steam; TO receive q rate OF fare not
on the road. j! also provides that when
the route comedies with another road the
same tracks must be used for both upon
that II the companies cannot agree the mallef
must be referred 70 the courts for settlement. II
is also provided that the tracks must be laid in
crossing roads and streets the rail-.
ne and sssa ,
streets; authorizes the road to make connection
with any street railroad company in the District,
eminent land or pubic reservation.
The capital stock shall not be less than $4,000
nor more than 100000. 1t Is required that the
ern construction. The work shall be commenced
in six months and be completed to the
city limits within three years, or the
charted be forfeited. II Ii also provided that no
person shall be elected from the cars denied the
right TO travel except fog being drunk disorderly
unclean, contageously diseased or refusing to pay
fare. Referred to the District committees.
Capitol Topics.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
The Senate committee on finance has decided to
request that 1t be relieved from the further consio
GRAFTON Of senator Fryes bill "relattng to i'm
ported liquors" and that the measure be referred
to the Judiciary committee as involving Consti.
tutionaI question. The bill provides "that the
the several states relating to the sale OF distilled
and fermented liquors within the limits OF each
stateD may apply to such liquors when they have
been imported In the same manner as when they
have been manufactured in the United States"
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CENTENNIAL.
In the Senate to-day Q memorial from the Ma
tfonal Shipping and Industrial League favor1nR
the constitutional centennial and permanent ex.
position was presented, and a similar memorial
was preSeuted BY MI. COckrel from the hQArd OF