Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-10
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Prospect for Agreement on ths Appropria-
tion Bill Today is Good.
Provision for u Comm ission to In
vestisate the Subway Systems-
Other Matters Of Interest.

Shortly after 12 o'clock Mr.. Grout, one of
the House conferees on the District of Co
lUmbia appropriation bill, reported to the
House that no agreement had been reached,
although the prospect was favorable for
one. He asked that the House further in
sist on it's disagreement and asked for
another conference. This was granted.
Mr.. Dingley inquired II there was any
prospect Of an agreement, and Mr. Grout
| replied that the only points on which there
was disagreement were the matters of char
tiles and lighting west of Rock creek He
said that formal conference had been held
this morning. ct which 1t looked like an
agreement would be reached soon on the
question Of charities, but said that there
had been only informal discussion of the
question of lighting.
Mr.. Dingley said that it seemed to him
that the slight differences existing ought to
be settled so that the House could adjourn.
and Mr.. Grout again assured him that
there was prospect Of ali early agreement.
The Probable Agreement
1t is learned that the remarks of Mr.
Grout to the House this morning fore
shadowing an early agreement on the Dis
trict appropriation bill were predicated on
what seems to have beer practically a
formal understanding between the House
and Senate conferees. That agreement
was reached after the House oorferees had
held a conference with Representatives
Linton Hainer and others, at which these
gentlemen agreed to accept the basis of
agreement proposed by the confcrees Of
both houses. This agreement is to report
the following resolution:
And ii is hereby declared to be the
settled policy of the govern of the
United States to make no appropriation of
money or property for the purpose of
founding, maintaining aiding by pay
ment for services, expenses or otherwise
any church religious denomination or re-
llSious society, or any institution, society
or undertaking, which is wholly or in
part under sectarian or eccleSid stical con-
troll, and 1t is hereby enacted that from and
after the goth of June. 1897, no money ap-
propriated for charitable purposes shall be
paid to any church or religious denomna-
lon or to any institution or society which
is under scctarian or ecclesia stical con-
troll"
This resolution is pra ctcaIly the same
as trat introduced by Mr.. Linton last De-
cember, amending The Constitution so as
to prevent sectarian appropria tions of any
KIND. AS will be seen, the opponents of
the charitable appropria tions will probably
be satisfied with this. as its ado Dtion would
permanently prevent appropriat hDS in the
future for all sectarian or cns rSapIe pur-
poses.
The Statue to Hahnemann.
Mr.. johnson of North Dakota this morn
Ing called up In the House the joint resolu-
ton for the erection in this City of a monu-
ment to Samuel Hahnemarn, the founder
of the medical school OF homeopathy In
explanation, Mr.. Johnson said that the res
olution simply meant the presentation OF a
$4,000 monument to the city with no ex-
pense to the government except about ST.
900 for preparing the ground and the foun-
dation for the pedestal. Both the statue
and PEDESTAL he said We're givel to the
city, and the small expense was trivial in
deed.
MIR. Blue of Kansas opposed the resolu-
ton, because he thought it established
Precedent for the government to give mon
ey to any organization which might come
along and ask an appropriation to establish
monument
Mr. Daizell said that the precedent had
been established many years ago, and that
the capital city ought to be glad to furnish
place and prepare the foun iation for
monument of this kind
Mt Blue again protested that the whole
BUSINESS was bad, and that the appropria-
ton ought not be made" After some fur
ther discussion by Mr. Bingham, Mr. Blue
dld not push his opposition, and the resolu-
tion was passed under a suspension of the
rules.
Government Printing Office EMPLOYEES
Senator Gallirger today offered a reso-
luton, which was adopted without debate,
requiring the public printer to report to
the Senate the number of employees in the
printing office during the fiscal years of
1870, 1881, 1892, 1893 and 1894 who failed
to receive their annual leaves, with pay,
together with the amounts due them by
reason OF the Withholding Of their leaves.
A Subway Commission.
The House this afternoon passed, under
suspension of the rules, a resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Babcock providing for the
appointment by the Speaker of a COM
mission, consisting of three members of
the House District committee, to investi-
gate the question of general subway sys-
tenn for the city of Washington. The COM
mittee has authority to sit during the in
terim of Congress
The limit of expenses for the investga-
ton Is $1,000, which includes clerical as
sstance, and 1t is provided that a report
snail be formulated and presented at the
next session of Congress. The commission
Is authorized to compel the attendance of
witnesses, to send for persons and Sapers,
and to admins ter olths. The expenses of
the commission are to be paid cut of the
contingent fund Of the House.