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Show THE NEW RULES. Other News From the National Capital-Ill Capital-Ill Congress. Wasimnutox, Jan. 21. There, was a meeting meet-ing of the full house committee on rules this morning at tho rooms of Speaker Crisp. The majority of the members drafted a code of rules substantially the same us those of the Fiftieth congress, with three changes. Due change is a return to the rules in rogue prior to the Forty-ninth congress, con-gress, under which legislation on appropriation appro-priation bills Is permitted when in the interest, of retrenchment of expenditure. ex-penditure. Another change limits the time for the ease of states for the introduction of bills on suspension Monday's to one hour. The third change gives to the report from the committee on rules axing a time for the consideration of the voting on any measure. meas-ure. Parliamentary status is now accord to the motion to suspend the rules. The purpose of this amendment is to check dilatory "motions. "mo-tions. The minority report will bo made by the republican members urtring the adoption adop-tion of the rules of the last congress. In the House. in the house Cab hing's reported the new code of rules and has given notice he will ask its consideration Monday. Bland introduced his bill for the free coin age. of gold and silver and it was referred to his committee. Tlie house then took a half hour recess. In tl Senate. WahhinOTON, D. C, Jan. 21. San-ford San-ford today addressed the senate in ad-vocaey ad-vocaey of his bill to issue a hundred million of dollars in national notes and loan it on farm lands. Springer's free Wool Billi WAsmxeirox, Jan. 21. Springer's free wool bill was introduced yesterday. It is similar to the one made public heretofore, except as respects the waste and shoddy wool section, and a new section providing that goods in bond Jan. I. 1998, the dale the bill goes into effect, may be taken out of the custom bouse on payment of the new duties, the same us imported subseq uent to that date. The waste section is: "The articles arti-cles mentioned in paragraph 8Wol said act, and likewise all muugo shoddies, garnetted or corded waste, or other waste products composed wholly or in part of wool, and which have been improved or advanced beyond be-yond its orlirinal condition as waste, by the use of machinery nr the application of labor, or of both, Ihall, on or after the llrst day of January, IMt:t, be subjected to duty at 3fi per eeut oil wtlor nt. I'everSpleic net Oiinrnnl ine. Wamiikoton, Jan. 31. Secretary Rusk has Issued a notice to all interested that splenetic or southern fever exists amoiu; the cattle in an area which Includes nearly all eif the territory lying south of and Inelud. Ing the stales of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas. Texas and Indian territory. From February 15th until December 1st of this year no cattle are to be transported from this area to any portion of the country north or west of it except by rail for immediate im-mediate slaughter, and when so transported certain regulations are to be observed. Cattle, however, which will have been in a certain area described at least ninety days may be shipped to Colorado. Wyoming ami Montana for grazing purposes, under state regulations. Mills is Mill Sulky. Washington", Jan. 31. Representative Mills has written a letter to Speaker Crisp, resigning his position as chairman of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. com-merce. Mills, In resigning, says he is simply following the outlines of action indicated in a former letter to the speaker, declining second place on the committee on ways and meant. He 1 willing, he aayi, to serve in the ranks, hut does not desire a chairmanship. chairman-ship. Kl rounds Criticises the Supreme Court. W ashington, Jan. 31 The justices of the supreme court were mildly astonished yes-lerday yes-lerday when ex-Senator Edmunds, acting as counsel, criticised lie court and stated his opiuion thai it was entirely wrong in its decision de-cision iu the celebrated original package rase from Iowa. The principle laid down in that ease was one dautrerous to the peace and security of the people of the individual states, and with great ditlidenee he urged tlie court to go back to the true doctrine iu this case while there was yet time. Kevemie Murine Vessels Wunte-il. Washington, Jan. 31. The secretary of the treasury submitted estimates of $175,000 for the construction and equipment of a revenue steamer for service nt San Francisco mid in Alaskan waters; $1.MI,000 for one for Pugct Sound; 100.000 fot another for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence river; and v,o,ooo for a steamer tor boarding service al San Francisco. |