The point raised there was the matter of time. which had never been passed upon before so far as the Chair knows. but it involved the principle of thehigher and lower rates In a bill. or the larger and smaller amounts in a bill. In the shippingbill contest it happened to be the question of time that was in controversy. The case cited by the gentleman from Illinois as to the immigration bill. which was passed on some three or four Congresses ago. is precisely on all fours with this. Now. in addition to that. several Speakers have taken a turn at it. In paragraph 6424 of Hinds Precedents. volume 5. the syllabus. to use the legal phrase. is this: Where the disagreemefit Is as to an amendment in the -nature of a substitute for the entire text of a bill the managers have the whole subject before them and may exercise a broad discretion as to details.
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