The times., 1898-01-12
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

| the House portion OF 1t, appears 10 De
| unusually generous this session. Mr.
| Wheeler (Dem., Ala.) has already IN
| troduced one bill to create an addl-
| tional judge in Alabama, and now the
Judiciary Committee proposes to pro-
vide an extra judge in Texas How
! ever, this may be entirely proper, for
| the number of judges killed annually
| in these two States must be nearly as
many as can be provided by election or
appointment, and as a precautionary
| method it may be an excellent idea to
| have few stray judges who may at a
moments notice be called on to end
| the labors whose ,iifework is cut short
| by handful of buckshot BY all
means give Alabama and Texas all the
judges they want, and perhaps at some
remote age the natives will ask Tor
little law.
bill has been introduced in Con-
gress providing for the creation of
thirty assistant paymasters- This,
probably, has been done in anticipation
of the early day when the free coinage
of silver will be restored this country,
and money VIII be plentiful. Just at
this present time of prosperity there Is
scarcely enough coin in circulation To
prophet could not tell what thirty as
sistants would have TO do.
Chairman Mcmillan, of the District
committee of the Senate, yesterday
morning received a communication
from Mr.. NJ. A Ballinger. president of
the Columbia Heights Citizens Asso-
citation, requesting TO be heard on the
extensions of the lines of the Metropol-
itan Railroad Company from its pres
ent terminus at Tenth and Florida ave-
nue. to Lydecker street, and thence
westerly He says the extension of this
line is of vast Importance to the people
residing in the section represented by
the association, and is so doVe-taiied
with the loop in Mt. Pleasant, and
which is desired by both the Traction
Company and the Metropolitan COM
pany that it seemed to him the subject
should be treated as whole, ana neard
at one and the same time. He says
they do not oppose this loop extension
on the part of the Traction Company,
az the citizens did not wish to be cut
off by the extension of the Traction
Company from the proposed extension
of the Metropolitan Company. lie
therefore asked that no action be taken
bv the committee until all interests in
volved have been heard.
Mr.. Mcmillan yesterday introduced a
bill which provides that the taxes as
sessed against square No. 1S9, in this
civ and unpaid up to and including
June 80, 1896. shall be RENTED. The re-
lief asked for will accrue to the benefit
of Kate Winter.
bill was introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Mr.. German which has
for its purpose the Incorporation OF
the Wesley Heights Railway Company,
of the District. The corporation is au-
thorfZed to construct it's road and run
cars thereon for the transportation of
passengers. parcels, milk, and truck, on |
the following route: Beginning at the |
Union passenger station of the Capital |
Traction Company, thence westerly |
along Prospect avenue to or near Thir- |
ty-ninth street northwest, thence along |
such extension of Prospect avenue or |
of n street as may be made, or on pri- |
yate property westerly to the east bank |
of Foundry branch. near Arizona ave- |
nue.; thence on property to be acquired |
by the company to and into Arizona |
avenue; thence northerly and westerly |
along Arizona avenue ito and across the |
New Cut road to a point at or near |
Franklin street; thence on property to |
be acquired, or on such streets of the |
sub division of Wesley Heights as may |
be selected, to and into Loughboro road |
near Newark street: north on Lough-
boro road or Nebraska avenue to the
road,
The bill is voluminous and contains
the usual requirements concerning the
issue of bonds and stocks, and the cleo
ton of directors, etc, to be found in
ali measures incorporating companies
Of this character in the District.
1t will be twenty-one years tomorrow
since Mr.. Alonzo Stewart, present as
sistant door-keeper of the Senate, en-
tered the service of Uncle Sam in the
United States Senate, H was appoint
d a page at the age of twelve, January
Is. 1877. by Col French, then sergeant
alarms, and was subsequently, as a
protege of Senator Allison. kept in his
place Mr.. Stewart comes from Des
Moines, Iowa, which place is his legal
residence.
After four years of service, he was
made riding page. and year later, at
the age of seventeen, was given charge
of the pages on the floor; soon after
he was made assistant to Captain Bas-
sett. When the political changes
Of the Senate organization a few
years ago, Mr.. Stewart was retained by
the Democratic caucus, and assigned to
the Republican side Of the chamber as
and assistant to the late