Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-27
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
MR.. DoSovAN's EXTRA PAY.

MR. DoSovAN's EXTRA PAT.
The Commissioners have favorably reported
Senate bill 1913 for the relief of Daniel Donovan.
This is the bill to pay Mr.. Donovan, who is q
clerk In the District government, for extra
services rendered.
THE LIQUOR LICENSE BILL.
In response to a request from Senator Nc
MILAN the Commissioners today forwarded a
draft OF bill covering the subject of licensing
the sale of intoxicants in the District of Column
pla. with few minor changes this is q copy
OF the bill introduced at the last session. The
commissioners ere not unit in reporting this
BILL Commissioner Douglass has ideas of his
own relating to the traffic of liquor, which are
not shared BY the other Commissioners. so
that to carry out his ideas he has submitted u
Dill OF his own in the shape of a minority
report which he asks to have intro
duced. One Of the features of this
later bill is section relating to the licensing
0, ciups. commissioner Douglass thinks that
all cinbs which have bar attached and get
proht from the sale of liquors should be placed
upon the same footing as a regular saloon
Keeper: On this point. especially, the other
commissioners did not agree. In main taining
ms position on this section Commissioner
douglass urges the necessary legislation for the
purpose OF preventing the establishing of clubs
Tor the purpose of getting around the liquor
law; he has strong hopes that the license fee
at least Will be raised, and thinks that while
such thing would drive many men out OF the
business it would be a great temptation for
them to establish club houses instead and
thereby defeat the purpose of the law.
AGAINST THE SUBURBAN RAILWAY BILL.
At the early beard meeting this morning the
Commissioners took up for final consideration
and report Senate bill 7O9 to incorporate the
District OF Columbia Suburban Railway Com
pany. Later they sent their report to Con-
Sress, In which they stated that they had care
iuIiy considered the bill aud listened to all who
came before them il the matter, and are OF inc
opinion that this bill Should not pass They
'hink mat a bill chartering railway over the
"iue eAteht OF country proposed should wait
until the subject OF extension of city streets
ana the Improvement OF the parks reaches
more nearly some definite plan before the
territory sought is surrendered to such use.
DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL DISCUSSED.
Inc commissioners had a conference this
morning with the subcommittee on appropria-
tons for the District OF Columbia. They dis
cussod the pending appropriation bill about an
hour and then adjourned to meet again Friday.
PROPOSED GIFT OF HAY SCALES.
Several months ago Mr.. W. II. Wylie re-
quested permission Of tho Commissioners to
buy and set new hay scale in front of the
Maryland House on 7th street above Flor
Ida avenue, the same to become the property
OF the District after two years. The attorney
Tor the District, in an opinion rendered today,
holds that these scales can only be accepted by
the District as gift, to fall under the provis-
ions OF existing law from the time
they are accepted, because it is only iii that way
that the public can be protected against frauds
and errors in commercial transactions such as
the law contemplates. Mr. Frank Adrich, the
sealer OF weights and measures, referring to
the request OF Mr.. Wyiie. says that it would be
accent lo for
which tie old scales q little farther down It'll
street is rented