The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-02-11


that the Committee on Public Expenditure.
| should inquire into the expenses of the print.
ing for the House and report ut an early day
such notifications of the rates paid az pub.
lie justice and due regard to rigid economy
in the expenditures require, and that they
have power to examiue witnesses and repori
OF any time.
The House refused to second the demand
for the previous question by vote OF "a
against So.
Mr.. Stanton wished to pass over the cleo
lion OF aPrinter for the present. The House
should first reduce the prices of printing and
prevent the patronage from being used MS a
corruption fund. lie wanted to prevent the
work from being farmsd out, and select a
man prepared to do the work.
MIR. Coifax spiritediy replied, defending
his former vote for Mr.. Defrees, he having
voted for Follett until there was no prospect
that the latter could be elected.
The question was then postponed till next
Monday.
The committees were then announced.
Ways and Means Sherman, Davis of Nd,
Phelps, Stephens, Washburne Of Me-, Mill
son, Morrill,, Crawford and Spaulding.
Commerce Washburne Of Ill.,, Jno. Coch.
rane, Elliott, Smith Of N. c., Morehead, La
mar, Nilsson and Clemens.
Military ADMINISTRATION, Curtis, Bon
ham, Burlington, Dine, McRae, Pendleton,
Lnngnecker and Boteler.
Naval Affairs Morris of Me-, Bocock,
Pottie, Winslow, Wilson, Curry, Sedgwick,
Harris OF Md, and Schwartz.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Perry, Smith of La,
Gooch, Waldron, Clark of Mo-, Case, Val
landigham and Ashley
Observation-Disclosures, Bingham, Houston,
Taylor, Nelson, Kellogg of ILL.,, Reynolds,
Robinson of X. l., and Porter.
I'm observation-disclosures, Davies, Campbell,
Boyce, Marston, Stevenson, Gartrell, Holton
and Mcknight.
Claims-Tappan,H Hoard, cClernand, EIy,
Moore, of Ala, Walton, Maynard, Hale and
Hutchins.
Public Lands-Thayer, Loyejoy, Cobb,
Covode, Davis OF Ind, Trimble, Vandever,
Windsor and Barrett.
Post Offices and Post Roads--Colfax,
woodruff, English, Adams OF KY, Alley,
Davis OF Miss, Craige Of Mo-, Helmick and
Lee.
District OF Columbia Messrs. Carter, Kill
gore, Burnett, Rice, Garrett, Conklin, PRIV.
or, Edgerson and Anderson OF XIV.
Revolutionary Claims - Briggs, Ferry,
Cox, Vance, jackson, Duell, Dejarnette,
Holman and Fenton.
Public Expenditures - Haskin, Palmer,
Edmunson, killinger, Somers, Hindman,
Wood, Clopton and Fouke.
Private Land Claims ashburne of Wis,
Clark b. Cochrane, Avery, Kenyon, Hawk
ins, Hamilton, Anderson Of Mo-, Boulgny
and Blair.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Mass, Scranton,
Mcqueen, Leake, Moore of KY, French,
Dunn, Riggs and Mclean.
Observation-Disclosures, Carey, Witty,
Stewart of Pa, Wright, Bristow, Aldrich,
Burch and 6raw.
Indian Affairs--Briggs, Burroughs, Wood
son, Farnsworth, Clark, of N. Y, Scott,
Leach, Of Mich, Edwards and Aldrich.
Militia--Tompkins, Jerome, Jenkins, Web
ster, Packer and Simmons.
Foreign Affairs - Corwin, Burlingame,
Morris, of Pa, Branch, Boyce,
Hill, Mills and Humphrey.
Revolutionary pensions--p Potter, Craig, on
N. G., Adrian, Junkin, Reagan, Rabbit,
Delano and Leach, of N. q.
Invalid pensions--Fenton, Foster, Sick
les, Florence, Stokes, Kellogg, of Mich,
Hall, Brabson and Martin of Ohio.
Roads and Canals--MaIlory, Morris, OF
Ill, Dunn, Singleton, Burroughs, Gurley,
Rust and Ferry.
Patents-MiIward, Stewart, of Nd. Burn.
ham, Niblack and Frank.
Public Buildings and Grounds - Train,
Beale, keitt, Mcpherson and Peyton.
Revisal and Unfinished Business--Logan.
Jones, Howard, Rabbit and Foster.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Kunkel, Blake, Ora
ham and Allan
Mileage - Ashmore, Vanwick, LOOMS,
ilindmnn and Robinson of HI.
Engraving Adrian, Covede and Maclay.
Expenditures in the State Department
Mclean, Stout, Barr, Love and Dawes.
Expenditures in the Treasury Department
- LOOMS, Wells, Thomas and Train.
Expenditures in tho War Department
Stewart, of Pa, Latrobe, Tompkins, Coop
er and Merrill.
Expenditures in the Navy Department
llatton, Underwood, Blair, hughes and Sher-
man.
Expenditures in the Post Off 20 Depart.
ment-palmer, Martin of Va, Moore of KY,
Landrum and Stanton.
Expenditures 10 the Public Buildings-
Brayton, Noeli, Walton, Harris of Va, and
Nelson.
joint Committee on the Library-Pettit,
Adams of Mass, and Pugh.
Joint COMMITTEES on Printing Gurley,
Haskin and Dimmick.
Joint Committee on Enrolled Blls---Da-
wilson and Thenken.
MIR. Farnsworth was, ut his own REQUEST.
excused from serving on the Committee on
Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Reagan was excused from serving on
the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions,
as on 1T he could be Of no earthly service to
his constituents.
The interests Of Texas have been disre.
garoed IN the matter of assigning her Rep
resentatises TO places on Committees.
Mr.. Hamilton, the colleague Of Reagan,
was also excused from serving on the Com.
mittee OF Private Land Claims for similar
reasons.
Dir. Hughes asked but failed TO obtain
seHs- to tntreauee a ettt to establish An al
nisionai Executive Department, TO be called
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