Evening star., 1898-04-08

L al fAoxS,
| to pursue any lawful occupasion.
Mr. Newton askss5 ~ hs .ro,,,S y. ,.-,u,r.r
| to abolish a ucense fcr h.cSm.n
| Mr.. Ralston replied that he would un,es.
| such q license aroce from n naiice nsces-
| sity, but the proposed iIcen.a on snsur.
| ance solicitors was based on no .uch ne.
| cessity.
The clause I'm the hill re,s,,vo N the
| license on collectors wos nrnnonncaa hx,
Mr. Thomas w Buckey q. in The ,p,aras,a
| OF the few as against the MANY
| Mr.. J. Riley Deeble moved that the re.
port OF the committee he adop;ed
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motion was made by Mr.. Buckley that
| the entire matter be referred to the board
| Of direc.ors and NJ p.,..o, .,,,,.,u.,a
| ,h, az. -.
e iepoi' oe reierreo paek 10 the
| eo"''ee WIN INSTRUCTIONS 10 crop out the
| clause providing license for solicitors
| Both suggestions were onnosed hv M
| Deeble who spoke of the methods adont-
| ed by those solicitors whose offices were ON
| the sidewalk and yet who demanded from
| agents who had to nav Office rent a com.
mission for placing Insurance. such so.
| licitors he said were NOT responsihle 10
| any one in case of a loss: they were ex-
| crescenses in the body polite. and exacted
| tribute from the agents He said the reC1-
| lar agents ought to he protected from these
| parasites and IL that were done the rates
| on preferred business could be reduced
! from 35 to a. ner cen, In paIttn,ora he
| said the fee required from solicitors was
500, and the penalty fully as great as in
| M w Crrr,d.r so,d ha ,,raoa ,,.,,.
| Mr. Decide in many respects while he
| thought the point made by Mr. Ralston was
strong. ne suggested that the report he
cense tax IRON, so,ici,ors :" With cos,,S hs
| refar,sd h.cl 70 ,ha nom,ni,,aa 'e
| Mr. Ralston accented Mr. Curriden's mo-
| ton, In lieu of his own.
| IN the course OF turther remarks the
| chairman, MT Newton, spoke about the
| company paying the license fee. and Mr.,
| Buckey SAID II he would make the lam
on,S, ui .le ua.i re.o so as 10 So.npei .me
vidual. he would withdraw his objection.
| Mr. Newton said he would make the
cion T,,h NJ n,n ne g, L. :.
nosed cbanes and alsn as 90 ,na ~ ,ne aaing
Of section 3. which brought out some an.
parent differences of opinion.
| Mr.. Newton. however. made an expana-
| ~. " ~ ts ,us @ ue.als Vi .he piIi' ana aoued
on',sa ne uiu no. mah' ~ referred nack' ne-
| use .s .ne coin!nlttee hah given II already
| .horouen attehtion. He said unless the bill
| pIoVided that every man who does insur.
| 49, BUSINESS shaii pe registered ana
knoMn men II was useless. and all further
| IT, tn,snu as Wen pe abandoned:
| .;o. aesIoil ~, M Mas tneh put on the adop-
an.,o on .d,e ga Ioport Oh the committee, except
a Seeerna, ., ,;, aE'ipn ron upon which was to be
| IL. re, Gu uiitiI . tle next meeting, and II was
" !" i''''s No'e oi III 10 L.
| Committees Report AdoDtcd
| The ranort of ,ho o...
| ,aon,., -. war Nheh
| 'peu Wy 'ote Oh l." 10 III.
resoiution was adopted that the officers
| OF the board of trade and the committee
on insurance urpe unon Con.ra,s an.
to-, 20 .h. ,.'. -. o'ieiess 'iie aoop-
| A report from the con,n,,,,.o o., ,,.,,
| order was then called for and at tho no.
| quest of the chairman of the committee
MI Ellis Spear. the report of the commit
| r;es =, ra ,aSt year, when Mr. George ii. Har-
| h' was reao-
a"ippihe the National Guard.
| MT. spear then said the committee has
| oeen engaged in soliciting subscriptions for
'he more complete equipment of the Dis
trict National Guard. which. he said. as
General Harries anticipates. is likely soon
| to be ordered out This statement evoked
applause
| Mr.. Spear then went on to CIV ,ha, cam
| had already been secured Eo so ~
| guard had two Catlinp s,,ns H., ~ Ie
riages and there was NOT exen ous eeiS lo ,saa s
| for the Commanding penerai ~ eu , siass
| meet these and other de6cianc,as ,tn. ~ -
| money was being raised '"a' 'iie
4 Mr. Spear smoke OF tho roos ~ ,.
ing the police force and .,h,n;,,. ~, 30,
| loving resolution u,bich HesSu o,. 80 Tue ioi'
| The Washington boa-d -, ,s
| Impressed with tho ha,,of ~. aue peIhs
for an increaSa af penei tndt tne heed
L to- r.off
| force is ycry great aud that 80 s pohee =,
| now especialIv emnbaSizad :, a., ,s heeu is
| that the officers of the Washinytop ha.rS
| of trace and the commfttea -o,, ,i,io oo.,u ~.
| der are hereby autboriya5 o,a na,,,,S.,n,
| to urge in Congress at least ,bo incrsasa
provided in the Disirict onnronr-a,fa,, t'n.
| as reported To the Sans,o ''
|
uohc Library Committee.
| In the absence Of the chairman of the
library committees tho ra,or, It,, =
| made Loot No,,o,,,,o, - -,
| -, -' w. enioei ai'o Prihteo IN the an-
! Euai report Oh the BOARD was read by Mr..
| Weston Flint.
| The report has the following I'm rcpara
| 70 tho onening of 80 ,~.,n,rass,l,,a, -.
| - e "a 'ie e'eS'iiai i-ioiaiy
d, nish.'
| The Congressional Library has now been
removed to the noble structure prepared
| for it This library l,Lo s,,,,,.r 60, ,o,.
| iections tn o,I.a, ir,,a o,,;n. nS -, -,
| &c nrin,.r,ry q ,aSarsnca t;bror, ' -.
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