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Show IN FAVOB OF DUBOIS. But There is a Minority Report Other News from Washington. Washington, Feb. J In the senate this morning many memorials were presented during the morning hour for the closing of the Columbian exposition on Sunday. Mitchell from the committee on privileges and elections made a report in the case of tlic Clagett-Dubois contest for a seat in the senate from Idaho. The resolutions declare Dubois entitled to the seat. Mitchell asked that the report and resolutions resolu-tions lie on the table, and gave notice that he would call them up at a very early day. Vance gave notice of a minority report Which he stated would be presented the day after tomorrow. Palmer introduced a joint resolution to amend the constitution so is to have I'nited States senators elected by a popular vote, aud gave notice that he would at some convenient con-venient occasion address the senate oa the subject. In the Ho USA. Washington, Feb. 2. In t lie house today the consideration of the rules was resumed this morning. Burrow's amendment giving the speaker the right to count a quorum was rejected, the demand lor the yeas and nays having beeu withdrawn. Keed offend an amendment providing that whenever a nuoruin fails to votconanv uues. turn there shall be elj of the house aud the yeas and nays shall at the same time be ordered. As each member answers to his name he shall vote on the yeas and nays. Heed stated that the amendment was similar simi-lar to one offered by John Randolph Tucker some e s au'o. McMiuin opposed the amendment and inveighed uiiainst the action of Ihe last congress con-gress in locking the doors during a call of the house. Mills of Texas, said it showed adherence of the democratic party to freedom that so great a man as Tucker could not induce it to depart from the fundamental principle of representative government. He was a democrat. Applause He went back to the fundamental principles of representative government, what was the fundamental truth which underlay whole system of government, that it was a government govern-ment of force, but of consent. Applause. Its power came from tho will of the people. peo-ple. Were the people to be compelled to vote, congress had tic same right to do that as to coninel tlirir reliresell til lives til vote. Keed desired to divest the rote of all iar-tisan iar-tisan character, and as proposing a democratic demo-cratic amendment, supported by a tirst-rate democratic authority. He was sure the house would not allow itself to be lashed into a state of mind. This house is democratic thrco to one and instead of getting into a tight it should consider con-sider the rules, looking cuuuly to the good interests of the country. Heed then quoted from the remarks made by Springer and Blackburn in favor of the linker amendment when it was first offered. of-fered. Springer in retort quatos against Reed his utterauees upon that occasion In opposition to the ameudincut. Considering: Springer's Hill. WAsniNoroN', Feb. The Springor free wool hill is under consideration today by the democratic majority of the ways aud means committee. So conclusion has been reached. The discussion was entirely harmouious, but there was some differences of opinion as to the features of the new measure and Ihe artrument in support of these differences took up most of the time. There has been some discussion of the proposition to fix the rate on woolen manufactures manu-factures on a sliding scale like that proposed pro-posed in the McKinley bill, rather than at a uniform rati'. The committee will, however, before it reaches any conclusion as to whether the rate be lower than at present, obtain additional addi-tional information hearing on the question in all its phases. For this reason it is yet undetermined whether or not the wool bill will be the first tariff bill reported from the committee. Should other hills which arc of less complicated nature, such as those relating to binder twine and free lumber, be ready for action by the committee, it may be do-eided do-eided to report first some bill of a simpler nature than the wool bill and (five additional time to the preparation of this measuif . Tho wholo question is still open. Cochran Defends tho Reed Rules. TVashinoton". Feb. 2. In the debate on the rules in the house yesterday Bmirke Cochran, the Tammany member, took the floor, and his remarks, without irolng to the extent of upholding the unlimited right of the speaker to count s quorum, advocated such a rule a would permit the house to transact business when there was a quorum present and refusing to vote. He would favor closing tbe doors during every roll-Mil, roll-Mil, He would give the house, either through the speaker or upon motion of any member, power to compel any representative representa-tive here to bear that part of legislation which his presence gave and which was ac. cording to his presence, and not to his voice. Applause. The house had the right to take an absent member by force; it had a right to punish him. Was not that counting him for one purpose, and If he could be counted for tlic purpose ot punishment, pun-ishment, could he not be counted for the interest in-terest of government? Not Friendlj to silver. Washington, Feb. 9. The senate committee com-mittee on finance today decided Hint next Tuesday the Ste irt free coina'ie bill would be reported lo Ihe senate. There is little doubt as to the nature of the report for the discussion this morning showed that two democratic senators would probably join with the republican majority in recommending recommend-ing adverse action upon,th hill. A Claim Ag-ainat Chile. WaSfclMTOW, Feh. 2. The claim for in-deinnity in-deinnity from Hie Chilean ffov rnment for tbe murder of Biggin, oneof the Baltimore's sailors nt Valparaiso, was presented at tho state department today. |