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Show THIS 18 GOOD .NEWS. THE COMMITTEE WILL PROBABLY REPORT RE-PORT A FREE SILVER BILL. Three Weeks From Today They Will Vote on the Subject The Day in Congress - Other News From the National Na-tional Capital. "Washington, Jan. 20. Three weeks from today the house committee on coinage, weights and measures will, by the terms of a resolution agreed upon this morning vote upon the question of reporting to the house a bill for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. This decision was reached harmoniously harmoni-ously and after a meeting free from dispute. The proceedings of the committee indicate that it is very likely the committee will report re-port tQ the house a bill for the free and unlimited un-limited coinage of silver. Few Changes in Democratic Kules. Washington, Jan. 20. It is known that there will be only a few changes in the rule of the fifty-third congress. The modified 1 lolman rule of the forty-eighth congress, under which legislation was permitted on appropriation bills when germane and in the line of retrenchment in expenditures, will be readopled. A rule will also be, added limiting to one hour the call of states loi Mondays for the introduction of bills, the object being to prevent filibustering on suspension days by wasting time in the introduction in-troduction and reading of long bills. It is also likely, though this is not yet absolutely decided upon, that a rule will bo framed to prevent prolonged filibustering by eusV." j tb;' house to vote on any measure when I. desires to close debate. This rule will probably prob-ably irive the rules committee authority to bring in a special order lixing the time at which debate on any specitic measure shall cease, the approval of the order by the bouse of course being necessary. A Short Session, Washington, Jan. 20. The session of the house was short and after a few bills, among them Springers free wool bill, haS been introduced the house adjourned. Blaine at Work. Washington, Jan. 20. Secretary Blaine was sufficiently recovered this morning from his slight illness yesterday to do considerable consider-able work. |