The evening times., 1896-02-20

the most impressive OF the worlds me
MORALS to heroism. The natural advan
tages OF the site are unsurpassed. The re
gion is associated with war as no Other
region of our country. and the site is dis
tinctly national.
Such Il memorial bridge, ornamented
with statues of our greatest warriors, with
| symboiical figures OF the strong qualities
that warfare brings into play, and with
representations OF the crucial events in ma
| uonal history, would be the same incOm-
| parable memorial to the greatness OF a
peaceful people aroused by war as our
| single shaft to Washington is the wOrthiest
monument to individual greatness which
human genius has yet executed. 1t is not
proposed that the establishment OF the
bridge shall now be provided for. but it
isurgcd thatitsultimate memorial character
shall be considered in the first designs and
earliest appropriations
MARRIAGES IN THE DISTRICT.
When the bill regulating marriages in
the District OF Columbia was called up, the
question was on the amendment Offered
by Senator Vest, and IL was agreed to. This
eamendment makes the marriageable age
of the female eighteen years, instead OF
twenty-one.
Mr.. Hoar offered an amendment provid-
ing that marragies could be celebrated by
any clerk of any court of record or any
justice Of the peace.
Mr.. Faulkner then offered several amend
ments which were required by the adoption
of Mr.. HOar's. One OF these provided
fine OF $500 for any person celebrating
a marriage without proper license. An
other imposed a fine on the clerk of the
clerk OF the supreme court IL he did not
follow the provisions OF this act.
An amendment was presented to section
4 providing that no marriage in invulidated
by q ceremony in which either OF the
parties thinks he is lawfully married.
Mr. PETER asked some questions which Mr.
Faulkner answered.
Mr.. Hoar offered an amendment which
provided that no foreign marriage should
he celebrated here until the minister or
consul OF the country had certified that
all the requirements OF the foreign law had
been complied with. Mr.. Faulkner thought
his amendment covered this point, but Mr..
Hoar said not.
He wanted the women or the country
guarded from fortune-hunters. He had read
merly consul at Nice, presenting some very
curious things. One case was that OF a Ger
man who married an American wife aud
lived with her for ten years. Then he mar
red another wife, and American courts
had to hold the marriage void.
THE BILL WAS PASSED.
Mr.. Faulkner was willing to cOncede all
that was dema nded by Mr.. Hoar, and |
asked that the reading re dispensed with. |
But Mr. Hoar insisted or the reading, and !
the Senate had to pretcrd to listen 10 |
tedious reading. Nobody listened to 1t, |
not even Mr.. Hoar himself. Mr.. Hoar saw !
this after five minutes, and consented to |
the stopping of the reading.
Mr.. Call wakencd up all of n sudden and |
made objection to Mr.. Hoars amendment.
After talking a few minutes he subsided,
and the bill was passed with only a min
lite or two To spare.
Mr.. Mcmillan called up the bill to build
stone wall around the Jail OF the District.
In the Senate, Mr.. wolcott from the Com
nittec on Postoffices and Post Roads,
eported favorably a bill TO reimburse W.
". Rockhili for moneys enormously paid.
rhe amount asked is S11T-5O.
Mr.. Wetmore, from the Committee on
reported favorabiy the bill grant
ng permission for the erection in the city
II statue in honor of Samuel Hahncniann.
lie also reported favorably the bill to
provide for a register of copyrights.
The Senate District Committee was noti-
led today of favorable action on the bill
associations for The Improve
nent OF the breed of horses and establish
lg n racing commission. The bill will be
cted on at the meeting of the committee