, 1864-12-09

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Pensions. .FostsE
CLAIMS ..;i;;:.. .Foote
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Gontlaesnf Expenses .Snraeus'
=. Ma~a4] 4IhqorT Collamcr.
Select Committees. sun,.-
9 frssG@@en @en1Iics n"alte .Hale.
Presiding 65cer. .ua1nlin.
REMAINDER or TIE COUNTRY:
Standing Committees .....-- TqnmhnI1 Tpn,rhGn
:Hser?e na,Gs, Chandler.
Agriculture sherman
Fu1tie tasGs' tta;1s .Doolittle
Private Land Cla,ms. ;Harr's
Rcvolnuons!y casms' "'tsrns9s fr,nea
Taiente. .Cowan
TcrritoEcs... Mads
4ss.ac Ea1aad tsai'Cyaa' tgl1a Lane. Of Indiana
Enrolled Bills Howe
OF the remaining Senators, elected as
friends Ct the Administration. VINO nave not
at.ained Tho honoss of cha1fnansutp' one
(Moni1) is from Nc# Englana' anu n'ne
drown, Henderson, Lane o. hansas' Mo'gan'
PomercJ, Ramsey, len EycR, van "mh'e,
and Wiley from otner parts o. the country.
There are also tour (G'onncss, HaralnE, HICKS,
and Eesrnith,} who vote With Inc ADMINS
tsation. although they DO not attend inc he"
publican caucus. Aessrs. sumner, tollatncf
and Hale are csch- provided with Two Chair.
mdnshtps.
Ne shall not be aecnsed Of any sectional
feeling against New ENGLAND, We say that
this is carrying joke rather tat. Not only Is
there numerical advantage seized by thai
portion Of the Senate IN the allotment Of
honors, hut there is a far greater advantage
in point Of power and influence, which may
be estimnted By The fact that ninc.tonths oftha
time Of each session IL devoted to business
prepared and brought forward BY the commit
tees in the New England column. If there
were any general rule OF understanding, bssed
upon seniority, merit, or even luck By v1rtue
Of which these places are awarded, We should
have less 10 say on this subject. There is no
such general rule. Mr. Ten Eyck, Of New
Jersey, is an older and far abicr member than
either Of the Senators from Rhode Island.
fct, he has never been set up" with
Craftsmanship. Mr. sprasue came into the
Senate for the first time during the present
Congress. It cannot be argued that
there was nny real necessity for
putting him on any committee, much less for
making him chairman. But he WAS not only
promoted to Craftsmanship over the heads
Of such men rs Ten Eyck, Morgan, Pomeroy.
Brown, Ramsey and others, many of whom
were Ills seniors In the Senate, hui new
committee WIS erected to make the place for
him. That act ought to have settled the
business at once By complete reconstruction
OF the committees on some Intelligent and
dcfenslble plan. 1t remains perpetual de-
mur1ef 10 the plea that the honors Of the
Senate are distributed according to either
seniority OF merit. In point Of fact there arc
hot more than Three In the New England list
Of such conspicuous ability that they would
bc chosen oil hand by phrcnologist for posi-
uons Of great honor. We refer to Messzs.
sessenaen' coliamef and Foster--thrce gen
laemen VINO give 50 much thought to their
teels1a1asc oaues 1hat they find no time to
oloW their own trumpets.
We honor New England. But she docs not
Aonos herself By grasping all the good things
wathln 1er reach. 4 fragrant Illustration Of
the propensity Which nc deprecate Is found
In The case nov agttating tue Senate. During
Tie whole OF MIR. Lincoln's present term Sen
alor Hale has been Kept at the head Of the
Naval Committee, notorfously and ayowcdlr
hostile ns lie has been to The Nayy Den.rf.
mcnt. Without arguing the points Of differ
ence between himself and Secretary We]les
We submit that the Committee and the no'
partmeut ought to have been. as a ,,pnera1
rule, in harmony, and that if there wenc M