Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
EFFORTS TO HASTEN
DISTRICT BILLS FAIL
Representative Wilson's Action
Kills Unanimous Consent
Calendar Project.
HIS MOTION TO ADJOURN
CARRIED IN COMMITTEE
Public Forum. Bad Check and Fake
Auction Bills Among Those
Seriously Affected.

Representative Vinson of Georgia
threw monkey wrench into the ma
chinery Of the District committee to-
day, shortly after the committee met
for the purpose of esta blishing a
Unanimous consent" calendar, which
would be instrumental in turning out
a large number of favorable reports on
proposed District legislation Because
Representative Vinson believed that
the bills should be considered in the
committee at length, he offered a mo-
ton to adjourn within few minutes
after the committee met today. The
motion carried.
According to Chairman johnson. this
procedure knocks out any chance that
had existed for the bills to go to
unanimous consent calendar and re-
cefve a favorable report in a hurry
Chairman Johnson called attention to
the fact that many of the bills which
were blocked today by Representative
Vinson had previously been referred
20 the subcommittee of which Repre-
sentative Vinson is chairman.
Included Forum Bill.
AS has been explained previously,
Chairman johnson proposed calendar
of bills for expediting reports This
calendar would contain bills to which
no one had an objection. He sent out
a notice for a committee meeting to be
held today, and included list of thirty
bills. and on the list was the public
forum bill. to which there is strong OBJ
0f rtaf tive
Vinson and Representative Ragsdale
the bad check bill and the fake auction
bill The notice contained reference
to the committee action authorizing the
calling OF the meeting today and also
said:
Under the resolution. no bill can be
considered unless 1t be set out by num-
ber and title in the notice sent to each
of the time f1xed for the meeting:
neither can any bill be so set out by
number and title be considered at said
meeting if objection is made by any
member present.
If the meeting had progressed, 1t is
possible some of the bills could have
been in shape for favorable report.
but the expressions of opinion from
some of the committeeman after, the
adJoGrnme ent seemed to be in oppositjon
to all of the bills simply because of the
presence of few bills. such as the
forum measure and the proposed
amendment to the loan shark law.
Measures Included in List.
The list of bills included the follow
ing measures:
To close barber shops on Sunday; to
impose a special license tex on motor
vehicles; to nenovate the college
woman's dormitory at Columbia In
stitute for the Deaf. to authorize a
holiday on Columbus day; to provide
for annual assessments on real estate:
to amend the Borland act; the real
consideration bill: to regulate the
taking of cash retents on contracts
the bill for the relief of James T. Pet
ty and others: to punish the handling
Of bad checks; the Miller bill to place
the speed limits of automobiles at
higher maximum. the bill to provide
for the use of public school buildings
as community forums: TO provide for
additional methods for enforcing and
foreclosing tax sales: to prevent fraud
at public auctions. Other bills in
cluded related TO minor street matters
etc.
Representative Ninson indicated to-
day that the bills before his subcom-
mittee would probably be reported out
in regular course.