| Show DOINGS IN CONGRESS the doings of the nations solons maine dont want canadian tish other matters BT western asad prena to the KAlD benall BEN washington D C dec IS presented a petition from certain per sons of maine protesting against any arrangement with great britain by which canadian fish might be admitted free of duty mitchell from committee on pen reported favorably the bill granting a pension to the widow afi gen grairt the lil was at once passed without debate consideration of alio report of the committee on rules waa resumed pending being made that were offered by springer of ills to abolish various committees on ex in different departments and to concentrate their duties in one committee consisting of fifteen members in advocating these amendments springer stated that during the past ten years the clerks committees had been paid while as far as he could remember but two of them had made reports morrison thought much had resulted from the work done by theao two committees during the late campaign he had heard it proclaimed everywhere in the democratic speeches that the democratic party wanted to see the books now that it had an opportunity he hoped it would not close ita eyes 1 I hope you wont remarked brown of indiana you will have some books of your own in a few years herbert of alabama opposed the amendment asserting that the house should always stand ready to investigate abuses which had grown in administration of the government he did not think the republican afford to vote to abolish the committees houk of tennessee stated that the republicans would not vote to abol sh them it was true that when the republicans were in power there was little necessity for them but the prospect iro was that they would be very iseral in the future laughter after further debate the amendment was |
