Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-06

The House committee on rules decided at their
meeting to-day to set aside two Mondays in eac,
month for the consideration OF business in the
House relating TO the District Of Columbia Here.
tofore the District has had one day In each month
and the time thus allowed was insufficient for the,
great amount of legislation before them Most OF
the important matters which came up
in the last Congress and failed OF
action on account OF want OF time have come over
| to this Congress, together with other important
matters that have arisen At the beginning OF the
session Mr.. Hemphill and his associates on the
committee decided by resolution to ask for an
additional day, and they have urged upon the
committees on rules the necessity for It.
Mr.. Hemphlll said to q STAR reporter on hearing
OF the action OF the rules committee, that he now
felt that they would be able to get action by the
ze Ss
do more than has been done by any preceding
Congress. There are measures OF importance be-
fore the committee relating to the police, the real
estate and railroad matters. The street railroad
problem is the one now occupying their attention,
ton, that is now under consideration by the SEN
ate committee, before them after awhile.
THE KNIGHTS MEMORIAL REGARDING THE sCHoors
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Blair presented q me-
mortal from the tKnights OF Labor of the District
| Of Columbia. setting forth that an addition of
three hundred scho0l-ruomS Il required In order to
AFFORD adequate school faculties here; also urging
that legislation TO provide the additional room
sna free S9oss to Ray teachers better saa
ties here. Referred to District committee.
APPOINTMENTS IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
Mr.. Ermentrout's bill apportioning appointments
in the executive departments In this city among
the states upon the basis of population, and max
ing persons eligible for appointment who have
passed the age or forty live years, acted upon
adversely by the House committee on reform In
the civil-service Saturday. 1t was held that the
new ciyiServce rules render legislation in respect
to the age limitation unnecessary, while other
measures still before the committee embody all
necessary changes In the matter OF appointment
THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT NOT PROPER SUBJECTS
FOR EXPERIMENTS.
Mr.. Chapman, OF Michigan, introduced resolu-
ton In the House to-day stating that as persons
living outside the District Of Columbia were pre-
Senting petitions to Congress favOring prohibition
In the District ut is the sense OF the Senate and
House that the people or the District are not
proper subjects OF experiment as TO the efficiency
OF any theory without regard to their wishes, and
tnatlt would be unwlSe and unjust to enact the
law unless majority OF the people OF the District
favor IT,"
RENTED SCHOOL HOUSES IN THE DISTRICT.
In the Senate to day Mr.. Dawes submitted res
olution calling upon the Commissioners to report a
list of all buildings rented or leased in the Dis
each building. its size, the number or rooms it
Contains, the number OF pupils in each room, the
amount OF rent paid, &c. Adopted.
PROHIBITION PETITIONS.
trict were presented in the Senate to-day.
Mr.. XlLLIKEN'S BILL
Mr.. Milliken of Maine, introduced a bill in the
House to-day providing for the purchase of that
part Of square $50, bounded by Pennsylvania
avenue on the north. street on the south,
9th 81 street on the east, and by the
cost OF not more than Se75.OO0, for a site for q
new city post-oflce. II the purchase cannot be
affected by the 9Th of February, condemnation
MORE DISTRICT BILLS.
Mr.. Hemphin introduced. also, bill providing
for an additional term of the Circuit Court OF the
supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia and for
the appointment OF an additional Associate Justice
OF the supreme Court OF the District
Also a bill to increase the police force to z
lieutenants, 100 sergeants, 345 prtvates and 10
station clerks; 8 laborers and IS mounted men.
vtding for the appointment, by the President, Of
as many commissioners OF deeds throughout the
United states as he may deem necessary. with
tr1ct OF Columbia.
Two Railroad Bills Fayorably Re-
ported.
THOSE FOR THR INCORPORATION OF THE LEXINGTON
AND Tue CABLE AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Harris from the Dis
trlct committee, reported favorably the bill to
incorporate the lexington and Soldiers Home
Railway Co. OF the Dist rict, and Mr.. Riddleberger
reported favoraby the bill to incorporate the
Washington Cable and Electric Railway co. THE
provisions OF both these bills were given in last
Fridays STAR When the bills had been reported
Mr. Harris remarked that II Mr.. Rjdleberger pre-
ferred, the Washington Gable bill could take pre-
cedenre on the calendar.
MIR. RiddIeberger-''Taat was the understand
ing
Mr.. Harris replied that that fact had escaped
him for the moment.
The Cable bill was placed on the calendar ahead
of the lexington bill.
BOLD BURGLARY IN the COUNTY.
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