Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-09
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House District Committee
Holds First Session Today.
MEETING DAY DISCUSSED
Chairman Smith Announces Sub
committees-Appropriation Bill
for Report Monday.

The District of Columbia committee o.
the House of Representatives, OF which
Samuel W. Smith Of Michigan is chair
man. held its first meeting of the session
today. The only proposition discussed
was one to change the meeting day or
the committee from Thursday to We'd
nesday or some more convenient day.
Several members are members of other
committees which also have Thursday as
their regular meeting day, and Chairman
Smith is afraid that the conflict would
Jesuit in poor attendance upon the meet
ing of the District committee, and con-
seouentIy injury to local legislation.
II ia a we'll known and demonstrated
fact If a member belongs to the Distrlct
of Columbia committee and some otner
committee which meet on the same gay
that he will invariably attend the meeting
of the other committee ana iel ehe Di'
trict go by the board.
Chairman Smith has called meeting OF
the committee for next Tuesday, Wnen IL
i; hoped to decide upon wednesday m
stead of Thursday for the regular meet
ing day.
Various subcommittee of the District
committee to handle the preliminarles OF
the several measures which may be taken
M for consideration were announced by
Chairman Smith today as follows:
II
chairman: Pearre, Guernsey, Smltn, JOHN
son Borland and Gilmore.
WAYS and ns-Representative Nye
chairman; Olcott, Coudrey, Pearre' Fish,
Lo+fermel and Cox.
Education, labor and charities-Repre-
sertatives Olcott, chairman: kann' Iou'
drey. Guernsey, Aiken and Johnson
Street railways, streets and avenues
Representatives Smith, chairman: camp
hell. WILEY, Fish, Shackleford, Cox ana
Gilmore ,,o-a
Steam acknowledgements Moore
chairman: Carey, Wiley. Fish, shackie-
ford and Borland.
Representative kanr,
chairman; Moore, carey, Amen, oo'h-
son and Ruthermell.
Louis NJ. Miller was reappolnted clera
of the committee and Miss Katherine -.
Dickey was reappointed assistant clerk
Appropriation Bill.
Owing to the congested condition at
the government printing office and the
impossibility of getting any recon-
mendation from the Commissioners In
time for today's meeting, the commit
tee will have no District business to lay
before the House next Monday, which Is
District day.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill. which was first taken up for consid-
Grafton by the appropriations SuDcommlt-
tee of which Representative Gardner Of
Michigan is chairman, will be reported to
the House next Monday. AS a result of
the compliance OF the Commissioners with
the Congress enactment that the esti-
mates for the conduct Of the local govern
ment in any fiscal year must be kept
within the probable revenues for that
year, the subcommittee has had very
little to do In the way OF cutting and par
ing, which, under ordinary conditions, is
something of job.
Consequently the subcommittee has
been able to make good time, and unless
something unforeseen occurs the full ap-
preparations committee will consider the
District bill from 10 o clock till noon Mon
day and 1t will be reported to the House
at that hour. This would mean that the
bill would easily pass before the holi-
days.