Evening star., 1901-12-18
Joint Resolution as to Juries Passes
the House,
PROBABLY NO STREET EXTENSIONS
District Has No Money to Pay for
the Land.
CAPTAIN HOWGATE'S BOND

The first business of the House today
was the receipt from the Senate of the
joint resolution agreed to by that body
yesterday to allow the terms Of the petit
and grand jurors of the District of Column
bia throughout the usual time, notwith-
standing the new code of laws which goes
into effect on the 1st of January.
Mr.. Jenkins of Wisconsin obtained unani-
nous consent to take the resolution from
the table for immediate consideration.
Mr.. Underwood OF Alabama demanded an
explanation before he would withhold his
objection.
Mr.. Jenkins explained that unless the res
olution was adopted the District would be
without juries during the month of Janu-
ary.
Mr.. Jenkins also made an endeavor to
have an additional amendment to the code
Incorporated in the resolution. providing
that the records of the twenty more re-
tlring justices o. the peace shall be deliv-
cred to the Supreme Court of the District
on the 1st of January. Mr. Underwood,
however, said he should have objected in
the first instance if he had known of this
amendment, whereupon Mr.. Jenkins with
drew it, and the resolution as it passed the
Senate was agreed to.
As to Street Extension.
duced a, bill for the extension of 18th street
to the Walbridge subdivision of Ingleside
This is the same bill that was introduced
in the House a few days ago by Mr. Pearre.
Quite number of bills for street extern
sion have been introduced during the pres
ent session of Congress- but there is q very
strong impression among many of those
who are interested in the framing of Dis
trict legislation that in all probability the
do for nf.ti-
cally no street extension whatever, except
in any case that may involve either a nom
1nal or no expense.
The heavy drafts made on the treasury
OF the District of Columbia by street eX-
tensions already provided for involving
the condemnation and purchase of proper
ty are such that there is a strong disin-
clnation to add any additional expense of
that character at present. So far as hay-
ing the District of Columbia pay this en-
tire expense is concerned, it is recognized
that such effort would meet the objection
of the absolute impoSsibility of the Dis
trict treasury providing funds to pay for
land. There are quite a number of promi-
nCnt legislators who believe that for some
time Congress should not undertake to pur-
chase land for street extensions unless, as
has been said, the cost is entirely nominal
but that policy should be adopted under
which extensions will be made when neces-
sary land is donated free of any cost for
that purpose. For these reasons the sew
efal DlllS winch nave been introduced in the
present Congress are not likely, it is under
stood, to receive favorable considerations
and in fact, they may not even be taken up
by committees to which they have been re-
ferred.
HOwgate's Bond.
Mr.. Mcmillan has introduced in the SEN
ate bill providing that the heirs of Will
lam b. Moses be relieved from any expense
involved because Of the bond OF the late
Mr. Moses given for $4,000 in the case of
Capt. Howgate, one of whose suretes Mr.
Moses was. This bill has been before sew
eral Congresses and was considered in the
last session.
Senator Gallinger has introduced a bill
for the purchase of portrait of Dolly
Madison by Mr. E. F. Andrews of the Cor
coran Art School.
1t is desired to place this portrait in the
White House.
Senate District Committee.
The Senate committee on the District of
Columbia, which was completed late yester-
day afternoon by the announcement by the
democratic caucus of democratic senators
who would go on the committees, will con-
sist of Senator Mcmillan, chairman; SEN
Stewart, Dillingham;, Foster of Washington
Wellington, Martin, Dolliver, Heitfeld, Clark
of Montana, Foster of Louisiana. The new
members on this committee are Foster of
Washington, Heitfeld of Idaho, Clark of
Montana and Foster of louisiana Mr..
Foster of Washington is a republican, the
other new members being democrats