Show CONGRESS bj VT V t lh detate Wini feb 13 introduced e bill abolishing the salt duties introduced a bill extending the time for the completion of the texas pacific raci fic davis said he would have dovec to take up the motion t reconsider the vote appointing a special committee on the inter canal if gordon had been in his eat today to day barras ready to co the matter any hour after the morning consideration was of the military warrant bill and favored it davie from the committee on judiciary reported on the house revolution reo lution for the appointment of a joint commit tta to investigate the present system of al ariee feea and emoluments emo lumenta allond to officers of the states and to ac rtin if any exist calendar morrill from the committee on education and labor reported bill to incorporate the national education association placed on the calendar mcdonald Hc Donald argued all public lands within the terms of their enabling acts were to be exempted from natate taxation for fire from eal should be eoa as opened to ale and that the per cent on these was due t the i lie held that a action ct ion on military crip wag a sale within the meaning of the acts referred to lands were given as a bonus to those who had served the in place of so much money thurman made some remarks on the bill he was not prepared to oppose or advocate it but sought information blaino offered a aaning the president for any information he may hare in hii in regard to the fale statistics imposed upon the halifax commission adopted after the executive session adjourned until monday stephen from the coinage coal cittee reported bill relative to the metric system of coinage referred it provides for tho coinage of the stell a metric gold coin of tho value of four dollars for the coinage of cofoid metric dollar two dollars and fractions of dollar also the coinage of metric gold double eagles eagles and half eagles also of standard value for mintage of ingols ingots of metric gold alloy its deposit m the treasury and to issue certin cates therefore for making ingols ingots of fine gold and of silver of the value of each for export etc for the coinage of silver dollars and of fractions thereof of full standard value on the metric system offered an amendment to the first class of rule 21 relative to the reading of bills adopted vahit jirred a a new clause to the same rule the following general appropriation bills hll embrace nothing but appropriations for ordinary expense of the different f tb guv eminent and interest on tar public debt all other appropriation iball be fiade by bills only items of appropriation relative to th subject matter of the lull lie in divor f an annj meat which would make it im ble for the appropriation coaz aitt t legislate on appropriation kills conger pointe out tha which froiM had shown in toting fr the famous ral legit laton to b placed upon the bills inasmuch th f th confederacy uch legislation that the was i direct opposition t the ate of every man fraai u t the propriety and expediency e that rule it had becony for the present to alc hit friends too hango their views and sustain him in changing the old rules of the house lie looked upon the action of the speaker when h placed himself at tbt head of th whole confederate army in th house and compelled them to igar th action of their wisest and best men and follow him as the gravest tri which northern man ear gained over a brigadier general of the house bandall was not familiar with the but he said thre was no such clause as Coner had stated he was proud to efad tho army of tho congress regardless ot where they came from to economy applause after further goode urged ahn propriety of a rule from the point of abety in time of need it was right to withhold appropriations m cae of bad legislation the rule had permitted the majority to the laws allowine the use of troops at the polls and al lowed the baving of thirty millions in ono year and put white in the box where colored ones had been almost exclusively beed reminded goode that in hi enumeration of the varied benefits which had resulted to tho country from the rule he md forgotten to enumerate the benefit the extirpation of the democratic party which wa to occur the next time that the people of he states had an opportunity to pass upon it applause it showed the people what that party was so eager to do and what it would do whenever it had the power and the result of tho erring of the democratic party alm country waa always a great and interesting beabe fit lo 10 the people springer called bouto houto to the fact that gargeu had a few years ago been at the had of the committee appropriation and that when he held that position one hundred and fifty octlona cc tlona of legislation had been upon appropriation pria tion bill there had acter been a time when legislation had not been placed upon appropriation bills and he thought it a duct and oi way of legislating tho senate in executive session confirmed 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