Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-14
AMONG THE LAW MAKERS.
Temperance Advocates Urge Constitu-
ticnal Amendment.

A joint meeting Of the Senate committee on
education and labor and the House committee
on the alcoholic liquor traffic was held today
in the Senate reception room to hear reore-
sentatives of various temperance and proh-
bition organizations in favor Of the
adoption of the joint resolution propos-
ing a prohibition amendment to the
Constitution. The hearing was under the
direction of the national prohibitory amend
ment committee for congressional work, Of
which Ada NJ. Bittenbender is chairman and
which includes within its membership the gen.
eral officers of several national prohibition So
cieties of the United States the general Off
GERS of the national executive committee of the
prohibition party and the national W.C.TU.
superintendent of legislation and petitions.
The committee appeared at this time In fur
therance OF the ''plan OF canvass" in support
of the proposed amendment The speakers
were Ada NJ. Bittenbender, W. Jennings Demo-
rest OF New York. president of the anti-nuis-
ance league; Geo. T. Nyver, lecturer; George
May Powell, Philadelphia, president arbitra-
ton council; DR.. C. \. Whitney of Washington.
representing the LO.G.T.; John Lloyd Thomas
OF New York, secretary of the national prohibi-
ton COMMITTEE. and Mrs. Lydia ii. Tilton,
Washington legal secretary of the Non-partisan
Womans Temperance Union. The last speaker
was Louis Schade. editor of the Washington
JEFFERsoSs LETTERS AND PAPERS.
Senator Eyarts, chairman of the committee
on library. today reported bill from that COM
mittee appropriating $4,000 to purchase the
manuscript papers and correspondence of
Thomas Jefferson In the possession Of his de-
scendants.
THE BALTIMORE PUBLIC BUILDING.
favorable report was made to the Senate
today by the committee on public buildings and
grounds upon the House bill directing the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to sell the old United
States building at Baltimore.
PREFERENCE TO UNION SOLDIERS.
The Senate committee on the Judiciary
through Mr.. Evarts, today reported back the
bill Ito insure preference in the appointment
employment and retention therein in the pub
lie service of the United States to veterans of
the late war;" with a request that it be sent
Tor consideration to the committee to examine
the several branches of the civil service.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
It is said the additions made to the river and
harbor bill by the Senate committee on COM
merce aggregate nearly s4,000.0O0. The bill
will be reported to the Senate next week.
A NEW YORK APPRAISERS WAREHOUSE
The Senate committee on public buildings
and grounds today agreed to report favorably
the House bill for the amendment of the act of
1889, providing for the cree ZION of appraisers
warehouses in New York city, by striking out
the requirement that they shall be erected in
the immediate vicinity of each other 1t is
the desire, explained to the committee
to build them about three squares apart
TOWN SITES IN ALASKA.
Representative Payson of Illinois today re-
ported to the House. from the committee on
public lands, a substitute for the Senate bill
for the ac QUESTION of land for town sites and
commercial purposes in Alaska.
THE NATIONAL ELECTION BILL
John l. Davenport, United States supervisor
OF elections, was with the House
caucus committee for some time today
giving them the benfits of his
experience in the execution of the election
laws to aid in the formation OF the national
election bill The committee has so far pro-
crossed that Messrs. Lodge and Rowell we're
this afternoon arranging the sections and add
ing the finishing touches to the bill which will
be printed in season for the of the caucus
Monday night, if it is regarded as necessary,
to submit to that body the small details of the
measure which has already received its ap-
proval in principle and outline.