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Show COSiCiKKHNIONAL . HKNATK. Washington, Aug. 2. Tin senate iiiel at HI o'clock, and call of roll showed 4!i senators (six more than a quorum) present. The resolution offered yesterday by Blair, Instructing the committee on rules to report (within four days) a rule for the incorporation of the previous question or for some method for limiting and closing a debate iu the parliameul-iary parliameul-iary procedure of tho seuate. was taken up. Blair said senators had spoken to him indicating their desire to bo heard before action should be taken iu the mailer, and who were not ready to proceed. He should, therefore, not press llie resolution this morning, but lie desired to say that lie had offered the resolution vvith no special reference to any ' pending bill, but with a feeling that there was necessity for I he proposed change. The period had arrived when, in the transaction of the country's business, the senate must have some way by way which a larger number of Important Im-portant public measures could be decided. de-cided. As it now was the whole business busi-ness of tho country was at the mercy of one or two individuals who might be opposed to a measure and the majority major-ity was practically under the control con-trol of the minority. Nobody could complain that there had been u disposition to procrastinate or to obstruct llie ordinary course of debate and decision on the tarilf bill, yet, although al-though the senate bad already spent leti days niion it, and only fifteen page had been disposed of out of a total of 12 pages in the bill, and nil tho great subjects of discussion, sugar, reciprocity eli-., were still to come. There was no reason lo suppose, therefore, that under llie existing rules the bill would be concluded con-cluded before nevt December, lie had offered the resolution w it h a V ietv of a fundamental, radical ami indefensible change in parliamentary procedure of the senate. i Morgan reminded Blair of a long lime (six or seven weeks) consumed iu tlie consideration of the education bill and said thai, tho limn had nol been wasted, for as a result of that discussion discus-sion that bill bail been defeated, just as be hoiiod the debate on the tariff bill would result in the defeat of that meas- lire. The tariff bill was then taken up, the question being upon Vest's amendment to reduce duty on decorated china lo Vi per cent ad valorem and on plain white china 40 jor cent, instead of do and 'i"t per cent in the bouse bill, and .V and a proposed bv the finance commit tee. -; he amendment was discussed pro and con at l ntth. iinlsE. Vi'Asif;rfiv. Aug 2. The house proceed'd t further consideration of jlie iseiute iiiiieinlments to the sundry civil appropriation bill. The bill was finally s-tit to the conference con-ference committee, and the house ad- h,iirrierl |