Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-01
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Recent Action in Congress on District
Matters.

The House bill to regulate the height of
buildings in the District of Columbia, which
the Senate passed with certain amendments,
was laid before the House today by the
Speaker. and on motion of Mr.. Babcock
the amendments We're disagreed to and a
conference requested.
The Speaker also laid before the House a
bill to regulate the sale in the District Of
Columbia of virus, serums, toxins, etc.
which was passed by the House. Mr. Bah
cock moving that the House bill for this
purpose be laid on the table and the Senate
bill considered In it's place. This bill had
been favorably reported from the House
District committee at its last session.
On motion of Mr.. Cannon the House COM
mittee on the District of Columbia was dis
charged from further. consideration of SEN
ate joint resolution $50, making an appro-
priation of $4,000 for temporary repairs to
Aqueduct bridge. and the resolution was
agreed to by the House after a brief ex-
PLANTATION by Mr.. Cannon. in which he said
the chief of engineers of the War Depart
ment had recommended the appropriation
as necessary.
Two House bills for the erection of statues
in this city to Brig. Gen. Count Casimir
Pulaski and tos.BaTpne Won Steuben were
consolidated and passed. Mr.. Brick of In
Bartholdt of Missouri secured unanimous
consent to add the second to 1t as an
amendment. Both bills had been favorably
acted on by tile library committee. and
each appropriated $4,000 for that purpose.
Propositions for statues to these patriots
have already been discussed in the Senate
and no doubt is expressed on the part of
members of the Senate that this bill will
be promptly passed sarly in the next ses-
sion. These statues are to be erected in
this city, and while, the sites are to be Sc
lected by a commission there are many adj
vocates in the Senate of placing the two
statues on the northeast and the northwest
corners of Lafayette Square, as the statues
of Lafayette and Rochambeau now have
sites on the other, corners.
Mr.. Stewart offNeW Jersey today secured
the passage blythe House of Senate bill
J5S7 refundng 50 0O0ta Anna Eliza Isabella
Won Hemert of this city. This amount of
money was assessed against the property
of the beneficiary of the bill for the extern
sion of Columbia road. The other benefit as
seSSmentS were contested in court and were
decided in favor of the contestants. Mrs.
Won Hemert was the only onewho paid the
assessment and the only way in which she
could be reimbursed was through an act
of Congress. This point was brought out
in discussion made by Mr.. Sulzer and eX-
planned by Mr.. Stewart and Mr.. Cowherd.
Mr.. Roberts of Massachusetts asked
unanimous consent in the House today for
immediate consideration of House bill 31OS
to provide home for aged and infrm col
ored people in the District Of Columbia.
Before the request had been decided con-
siderable discussion was had the bill.
1t was opposed vigorously by Mr.. Cannon
on the ground that 1t would simply collect
aged and infirm colored people from every
state In the Union in the District who
would at once become charge upon the
general government, instead of being cared
for by the states when the Speaker put
the request for unanimous consent Mr..
Loud of California made an objection, and
the bill went over.
Mr. Rixey secured the passage by the
House of Senate bill authorizing the strik-
ing off medals for the Washington Monu-
ment Association Of Alexandria. Va.