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Show THE COINAOK COMMITTER. Miami's Motion to Limit the Hearings Defeated. Washington, Feb. 0. The chairman this morning laid before the house coinage coin-age committee a request from the chamber cham-ber of commerce of New York for a hearing on the silver bill next Thursday. Thurs-day. Tho request was granted. A vote was then taken on tho motion pending yesterday to strike out that part of Inland's resolution directing the hearings hear-ings to close Thursday next. It resulted adversely to Miami and the same fate awaited the amendments to fix F riday aud Saturday of noxt week. The motion mo-tion to hold evening sessions on Tuesday, Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursday of each week was then carried. Williams of Illinois made a motion that the chairman chair-man ask unanimous consent from the house for permission to sit during tho session of the house; carried. Mefore adjournment a protest against further silver legislation signed by 7! members of the Chicago board of trade was presented. |