Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08
THE HOT Sc.

The House today passed by unanimous
consent a bill to pay b. ID. Greene. surety
for George E. Ward. $3.50 for government
work done Oh the Rappahanock river, Vir-
ginia.
Immediately afterward Mr.. Catchings.
from the committee on rules, reported a
special order setting aside today for the
consideration of bills from the committee
on public buildings and grounds, and to-
morrow for business from the committee
on claims. The special order was adopted
To Investigate Judge Kicks.
Mr.. Bailey Of Texas, from the committee
on judiciary. as a matter of privilege then
presented a resolution providing for an in
vestigation by that committee of the
charges against Augustus J. Kicks. United
States judge of the district court Of north
ern Ohio. and empowering the committee
to sit at such places and times as it saw
fit. and send for persons and papers
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio criticised this res
olution for an investigation as q piece of
indecent haste. No notice had been given
Judge Kicks by the committee, he sail
1t was purely star chamber, ex parte
performance. Ii the COMMITTEES had any
evidence of the ruth uf the charges he
would have no objection to the investiga-
ton, but he submitted that a judge of the
Nouii u lIit onltSu
be treated with as much Difference as a
man charged with ieing drunk and dis,.r-
derly in g police court.
Mr Bailey in reply said il Mr.. Grosvenor
were friend Q: Judge I.icks he would
want the charges jnves tiisa ed Immediately.
III there was any taint on Judge Kicks
judicial ermine K should be removed or he
should be removed.
The resolution was agreed to without di-
vision.
Change of Reference.
The reference of Mr.. Outhwaite's bill to
facilitate and expedite legal proceedings by
the United States and other creditors
against gova-nment-aided railroad compa-
nies, their officers. stockholders and the
trustees Of their mortgages was. at his re-
quest, changed from Pacific railroads to the
committee on judiciary.
A bill to amend the Revised Statutes relat-
ing to mineral lands so as to lay down a
rule of evidence distinguishing mineral from
agricultural lands was passed
Mr.. McGann Un), from the committee on
labor, called up a resolution ipstructing the
commissioner of labor to investigate the ef-
fects of machinery on labor, wages. etc.
Il was agreed to.
The Militia Bill.
Mr.. Myer Qa.), from the committee on
militia, called Up a bill to promote the effi-
cacy Of the militia. 1t provided for an
elaborate system of national defense in
cluding in the militia all able bodied citi-
zens of the United States between the ages
of eighteen and forty-five. the organized
militia to be known as the national guard
and the unorganized the reserve militia
The morning hour expired without action
or the bill Then under the terms of the
special order the remainder of the day was
devoted to bills reported from the commit
tee on public buildings and grounds.
The House accordingly went into COM
mittee of the whole. The bill appropriating
100000 for a public building at Newport,
KY, was first called up. Mr.. Hutchison
Texas) and others opposed public building
appropriations for small cities on the ground
that they were simply grabs" at the pub
lie pork barrel, but when Mr. Pigott
(Conn) made the point of no quorum on
the motion to lay the bill 0he appropriation
having been reduced from $luO.OU to $75-
O0O) aside with a favorable recommendation,
there were appeals to him from all over the
House to withdraw 1t. He finally did so,
and the motion was carried, 11I-149