Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20

years ago from a totally inadequate sewer
system. and one of the
| Project for most urgent necessf-
ties Of the capital wac
oeWer ran. series of big drains
to carry off the city refuse. The Star
of February 20. 1866, gives an account
of bill upon which the local resi-
dents pinned their hopes for redemp-
ton of the capital from condition
that was recognized as dangerously un-
wholesome:
The bill reported in the House OF
Representatives by MIR. lngersoll and
referred to the District committee, to
establish a complete and uniform plan
of sewerage for this city. and to pro-
vide for such Improvement and regula-
| ton of the tideWater front and OF
canals and natural watercourses as
may be necessary for the public health
| and the general interest of the COM
| munity. contemplates the creation of a
commission to consist of five citizens
by the Secretary Of the Interior and
two by the mayor, to hold office for
two years and be styled the sewerage
commission Of the city of Washing
adopt and lay down complete and
| uniform plan of sewerage of the city
of Washington, including such i'm
| provement and regulation of the Po-
tomac river. Eastern branch, Rock
| creek, Tiber creek, the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal $50 far as the same is
| within the corporate limits of the city
of Washington). the Washington city
canal and the James Creek canal as the
said commission may deem necessary
and advisable with reference to the
public health and general interest"
President johnson vetoed the freed
mems bureau bill February -, 1856,
and thus started
Fiery Speech the trouble be-
by Senator Wade. and I conrrsss
that led to his impeachment. In The
Star of February 20. 1856, is an account
of scene in the Senate, to which the
veto message was addressed.
1.-The feverfshness about the halls of
Congress today has surpassed anything
witnessed there for some years. The
expectation that an exciting debate
would spring up on the question of the
presidential veto of the freedman's bu-
reau bill drew throngs to the Capitol;
and the halls overfiowed into the lob
bteS and passages AFTER q sort remind
ing one Of the old field days in Con-
gress when the Titans of debate took
part In the contest
THE ball was opened in the Senate
something sooner than expected. by
the Introduction during the morning by
Senator Wade of a resolution to amend
the Constitution, making the Presi-
dent of the United States Ineligible for
reelection. Mr.. Wade proceeded in
very Incorporate language to advocate
his amendment. the whole purpose of
its Introduction being evidently to en-
able him to give early vent to his bot
| tled-up wrath against the President.
BY implication-almost in so many
words-he spoke of the President as a
rebel and a traitor. He overshot the
mark sensibly by the violence and pas
sion Of his utterances. and not only got
no sympathetic response from his
friends in the galleries, but on sitting
down, ready to be congratulated by
his radical brothers, no member Of the
Senate advanced to do him honor. He
seemed, in fact, to have unmasked the
radical batteries sooner than de-
sired, and the cold shoulder given him
by his party associates showed that in
their opinion he was doing infinite mis-
chief to their side of the house."