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Show The speaker announced that the regular order was tbe consideration of the Mississippi levee bill. Tho amendment of Sparke, striking out tbe clauee authorizing a commission commis-sion to take into consideration plans and estimates for tbe protection of tbe alluvial lands ol the Mississippi, was rejected yeas 93, nays 128, An amendment waa adopted striking strik-ing out the clauBe which giveB com-miaaionera com-miaaionera a life tenure of office. Several amendments to strike out all provision of the bill relating lo alluvial land, were reiected. Robertson withdrew bis amendment appropriating $387,000 lor strengthening strength-ening the leveea of the Mississippi. The bill then passed yeas 155, naya 73. The report of the committee on elections in tbo Florida contested cafe was submitted iu favor of Jesse J. Finlay and adverse to Horace Biahee. The minority submitted dissenting views. Bolh roports wore recommitted. recom-mitted. The house then wont iuto commit-lee commit-lee of the whola on the army appropriation appro-priation bill. The number of aids da cmip to which a general of the army ehali ba entitled was increased from three to four. Wbyte ofiered a3 an amendment to tbe bill substantially the bill known as "tho army reorganization bill." Hale roao to a point ot order agaiuut-tbe agaiuut-tbe amendment. Tbe chairman could only look to the operation of the amendment during dur-ing the year that tbe appropriation bill covered and if there waa anything in the bill which might result in an increase of expenditureB during the coming year it must clearly bo ruled out of order. There was a proposition proposi-tion in tho amendment which allowed officers to retire with tbreo yeara' pay ond that clearly brought it in antagonism an-tagonism to rule 120. The point of order was antagonized by Sayler and others. The chairman stated that the amendment did come within the Bpiritof tbe rule, while it wus doubtless doubt-less new legislation. Still, it was in the direction of a reduction of tx-penditurea tx-penditurea and therefore he overruled the point of order. Banning favored tbo amendments. He moved that the committee rise in order that the amendment might bs printed. This was opposed by G.ir-field G.ir-field and other republicans, whe wished to bnve a vole taken at oncu, but waa agreed to ayes 10G, naya 27. Adjourned. |