It is not germane. and it can not be made germane on any but a purely argumentative theory that the .whole subject under discussion Is the .halfandhalf act of 1878. Now. it is argued here that because this bill changes the method In which the appropriations are paid and the proportion of the .way in which they are paid out of the Federal Treasury and the District treasury. therefore the whole act of 1878 is ingrafted on this bill in some argumentative form and is open to the Investigation of a committee. That is the. weakness of the argument of the gentleman from Illinois . ie says that at one time some immigration legislation was here and a substitute was offered to appoint a commission to investigate a subject under discussion. But his question was clearly broader than the question here. which is. How shall this money be paid?
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