Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-26
A SPECIAL SENATE SESSION
Bills on the Calendar Unobjeoted To to Be
Considered Tonight.
Thi1ty-Seven Measures of Local In
tcrest May BE Included in
Those Taken Up.

Tonight the Senate will hold q special
session devoted to the consideration OF
bills on the calendar to which there is no
objection. 1t has been plainly stipulated
that no other business shall be transacted.
1t being the plan of tho republicans to al
low no political legislation to slip through
at such a time. There is material enough
on tho calendar to keep the Senate busy
for several hours, even at q brisk pace
such as that which ex-senator Ingalls,
acquired when he was president pro tenn
pore Of the Senate.
There is an unusually large list Of bills
and resolutions awaiting action at this
time, owing to the extra session Of 1893
and the very long session Of 1894. both Of
which added great numbers of measures to
the calendar. This mornings issue of that
Interesting publication contained no less
than 319 bills on the list of general orders
and 81 bills and resolutions on the table,
making q total of 80 measures awaiting
action by the upper house. OF course.
some Of these are duplicates. but 1t is fair
to say that there are at least 800 bills on
as many different subjects that might be
passed tonight were they to meet with no
opposition. But a small proportion Of
these bills can be expected to receive
unanimous assent, however, and 30 the
probable grist is considerably reduced. It
Is not likely that there will be more than
two score or fifty bills passed this even
Ing. If that many.
Local Measures.
Thirty-seven measures of local interest
arc among those that may be called up
tonight. Many Of them are relics of the
extra session. and have been objected to
several times, so that their chances Of
passage tonight are very slender. These
bills are as follows: To amend the act in
cooperating the American University QI.
r. 1886; to establish home for infirm
coIored persons CH. R. 1856; to incorpor-
ate thes Capital Railway Company Oh R.,
STD; to extend the Columbia Railway
Company Is. 27ID; to simplify forms of
deeds Of conveyance, etc, in the District
of Columbia Is. s32): to amend the act
relating to interpretations in the District
Is. 13uO; making a judgment a lien on
all real estate Is, 1890: to amend the laws
relating to taxes and tax sales Is. 1OO3l;
to establish labor regulations in the Dis
trict Is. 1903: to amend the act to pun
ish false swearing before police trial
boards (S. 171D; to require street railway
companies to pave and repair pavements
between tracks with asphalt, etc. Is. 1870;
to increase the water supply Is. 1859; to
authorize the sale of property in George
town Is. 1235); In relation to the separate
property of women Is. 1O3O: to continue
the system of trunk sewers-the bond Is,
sue bill-(S. 2060; to erect municipal
building Is. 2215; for ths care and dis
tribution of District staiutes-now pro-
vided for in District appropriation bill
Is. Res. 119); for the removal of snow and
ice from sidewalks, etc.-a similar bill has
already passed the Senate-CS. 262p;
to amend section 553 OF the Revised Stat
utes relating to the District of Columbia
H.R. 1850; to amend the act relating to
conveyances Of land in the District (H.R.
619O: to amend the charters of certain
street railroads Is. 2545); to provide for the
striking of juries in the District-two bills
Is. 26SS and H.R. S72l: to amend the char
ter Of the District of Columbia Suburban
Railway Company Oh r. 6S16); to incorpor-
ate the East Washington Belt Line Rail-
way Company, two bills Is. 2735 and H.R.
SO5O; to amend the charter Of the Ecktng-
ton Railway Company CHR. S69S); to pro-
vide accommodations for the government
printing office Is. 1462); to revise the scale
of wages at the government printing office
(S 2422); to purchase an oil portrait of
Dolly Madison to hang in the White House
Is. 1886: to amend the laws relating to
amend the charter of the Maryland and
Washington Railway Company CHR. $685.;
to regulate the sale of milk (H.R. S23D; to
establish the National University Is. 1903;
to charge the name Of 10th street to Ex-
ecutive avenue (S Res. So; to regulate
Canal street Is. 21S9; and the bill to au-
thorize the Washington and Marlboro
Electric Railway Company to extend its
line into the District CIR. S69S).
1t ls barely possible that Mr.. Cockrell
may be so poorly satisfied with the pro-
gress on the sundry civil bill today us to
object to the night session for the consider
alton Of unobjected bills, but there will al
most surely be such a session held before
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