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l result therefrom and quoting from remarks made by MT. Garfield and others to support his opinion.
 Mr. Singleton of Mississippi, former niemtef of the Appropriations committee, bore testimony t6 the Statement that the committee was overburdened with labor and he asked the members to no longer Sit as dummies and listen to what legislation the members of that committee brought in, but to vote for the revision of the rules end dis tribute the work and responsibilities of the House
 MT. Gibson, of West Virginia, said that under the present rules nine tenths of the constituency of the country were practically disfranchised in the House, while two or three men set themselves up or were set up as the only men who could be trusted on account of their capacity or their honesty. He favored distribution of the appropriation bills and asserted that history had shown that nearly every scandal of modern times had been found in the belly of an appropria- tion bill. Later MT. Gibson said that while Mir. Randall has had charge of appropriation bills he had controlled legislation.
 MT. Randall at once replied: 'Not in the least. But am glad to say thst the Demo crats voted almost unanimously as I did"
 Mir. Gibson-''It is not a question of how the gentleman voted or how he did not"
 Mr. Randall-''I thought it was"
 MT. Gibson-'IJ is because the gentleman
  personal feature in this discussion that he is discussed Qaughter) We want to amend the rules for the public good, not to help or hurt the gentleman from Penn sylvania. There is not q member of this House but knows that millions of money and thousands of acres of the public land have been given to private corporations to enable them to lay tax on the traffic of the coun try where one dollar has been expended ir free navi igation. The voice of the railroad is heard not only in the press, but in these halls, and every attempt to secure free navi- gation is attacked and the committee making the attempt is charged by innuendo with steals. I challenge the Appropriations com mittee to compare their bills with the river and harbor bills and see which have the most jobs in them.
 Mr. Reed, of Maine, spoke in favor of the proposed revision. For the last three Congresses the representatives of the people of the United States had been in irons. They had been allowed to transact no public busi- Eess except at the dictation and by the per mission of @ small coterie of gentlemen who, while they possessed individually more wis dom than the rest of the members, did not possess all the wisdom of this world. He gave description of the method pursued by the Appropriations committee in drafting the various bills, stating that each bill reported to a sub-com- mittee for preparation and that the other members of the committee gave it but a cursory examination. Thus the Committee on Appropriations did the very thing which they thought the House could not be trusted to do-namely. the parcelling out of the bills to the various committees.
 MT. Morrison gave notice that he would endeavor to close debate on the motion to- morrow afternoon.
 The House then at D. n adjourned un- til tomorrow.
 General Robert Toombs Bead.
 ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 15.-A telegra m from Washington, Ga., says General Robert Toombs died at his home at o'clock this