The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-02-17
NGRESSIONA
HOUSE.

the coinage committee, reported a OIL RELATIVE
to the metric system OF coinage. Referred.
1t provides for the coinage of the stella, a
metric gold coin of the value OF four dollars ;
also for the coinage of the goloid, a metric
dollar, two dollars and fractions of a dollar;
also for the coinage of the metric gold double
eagle and half eagle; also a standard value
for the mintage of ingots OF metric gold alloy;
to deposit in the Treasury and issue certif-
Gates therefor; making ingots of fine gold
and of silver of the value of one hundred
dollars each for export, etc; for the coinage
of silver dollars and fractions thereof OF the
full standard value on the metric system.
A resolution was adopted authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to furnish each
State, for the use of its agricultural college,
one set of standard weights and measures
Willis, from the educational committee,
reported a resolution asking the President for
information respecting the pending nrgotia-
tons for a change of treaty between the Us.
and China. Adopted.
The House then resumed cOnSlderat on OF
the court removal bill.
After the morning hour the House went into
committee of the whole on the revision of the
rules. Discussion ensued on Whites amend
ment preventing the ENGRAVING OF legislation
on appropriation bills.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.-Cons!deration of
Rule II having been concluded, Shallenber-
ger offered Il substitute for the whole rule,
distributing the appropriation bills among the
various committees. Rejected l2l to 81.
Mr.. Frye offered an amendment t. Rule IL,
that any time after The morning hour the
House might go into co1nmitte" OF the whole
On the bills raising the revenue or the general
appropriation bills. Adopted.
When the committee arose Whitthorn in
troduceti a bill! for il commission to examine
the rules Tor preventing collisions on Water.
Mr.. Young, chairman of the committee on
the inter-oceanic canal. reported the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolre1, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be requested to furnish the House for the
use of the committee on the iuter-oceanic
canal, such statistics as may be i'll the depart
ment on the following subjects: First. The
amount of shipping between Atlantic an Pa
cific ports of the United States, and the kind
and amount of cargoes from the coasts OF the
Pacific Ocean. Second, Entries and clear
anceS at the port OF San Francisco Tor
the last fiscal year. amount and kind OF
eargoes. and the ports to aud from which they
are carried. Third. The amount of trans
Dortation across he lsthmus, and generally its
ports Of deStina' ion and original Shipment.
Fourth. The average duration of a voyage
around the Horn between San Francisco and
New York.
The House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Mr. Blackburn
1 al W Az i"Sp A~NtSO
Rule p. relative to the reading OF bills, which
was adopted.
Mr.. White offered Il new clause to the same
rule, as follows: General appropriation bills
shall embrace nothing but appropriations for
ordinary expenses. different debts of the gov
eminent and interest on the public debt. All
other appropriations shall be made by bills
containing only the items of the appropria-
ton relative to the subject matter Of the bill.
He spoke in favor of an amendment which
would make it impossible for the apprOpria-
ton committee to legislatc on appropriation
bills.
Mr.. Congcr pointed ont the Inconsistency
which the melnbeiS from the South had
shown in voting for Rule l2O, which permit
ted legislation to be placed upon apprupria
ton bills, lnasmuch as the Constitution OF the
Confederation prevented any such legislation,
and thai Constitution was III direct opposition
to the vote Of every man from the South. As
10 the proper eXpediency of that rule, it had
become necessary for the present speaker to
ask his Southern friends to change their votes
and sustain hin in changing the old rules of
the House. He looked upon the action CT the
Speaker when he i!ac d himself at the head
Of tie whole Confederate army in the House
and compelled them to ignore the action of
their wisest and best nell aud follow him, as
he greatest triumph which any Northern man
ever sainrd over the Byigadier-Genera!s Of the
House.
Mr.. Randall said he Was not familiar with
the Confederate CONSTITUTIONS, but he SAID he
believed there was no such clause. But. as
Conrer had stated, he was proud to lead the
army of the Forty-Fourth Congress, regard
less of where they came from, i'll regard to
economy. Applause.
After further sharp-shOOting, GOOde urged
the propriety Of the rule from the point OF
safety in time of need. 1t was right to with
hold appropriations in case of bad legislation.
The rule had permitted a majority to repeal
the laws allowing the use OF troops at the
polls and allowed the raising of $3O,OOO,OOU
in one year, and put white Jurors in the box
where colored had been almost exclusively.
Mr.. Reed reminded Goode that in his emu
meration of the varied benefits which had re-
suited to the country from the rule, he had
forgotten to elucidate the greatest benefit
the extripation of the Democratic party, which
was to occur the next time that the people o.
the United States had an opp ,rtunity to pas;
upon it. (Applause.) 1t showed the people
what that party was so eager to do, and VIVA
it would do whenever it had the power, ant
the result of the erring of the Democratic
party before the country was always a grea
and interesting benefit to the people.
Mr.. Springer called the attention of TIT
House to the fact that Garfield had four year.
ago been at the head of the committee OF
appropriations, and that whcn he held tina
position $50 sections of legislation had no
been placed upon appropriation bills, and 1t
thought it a just and righteous way of legisla
ting, and the House must give up this rule.
would save millions.
Mr. White withdrew his amendment an,
allowed Speer to introduce one making it il
order to insert a less sum of money for
greater in bills. He was above a partisan
consideration. lie depicted the anarchy, re
pudiation despotism and slavery that woul
ensue if the appropriation bills failed.
q Mr.. Hawley quoted from the State constitu