Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-09
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From the Baltimore Gazette
ABOUT THE ETOr-sp r,O,,,----


From the Baltimore Gszette7
ABOUT THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
In regard to the organization of the
committees of the House. / learn that
the chief difficulty lies in the seIee.
tlOn OF chairman of the Wavs and
Means. 1t is confidently stated an
over town this morning. thai Kelly
OF Pennsylvania, has been Ditcbs6
upon, ana sure OF success. But, Der
cohtfa, the better opinion seems to be
tnaL Mr. Garfield is prominently in
the Speakers eyes as the proper man
70 heal the dissensiOns between the
revenue Reformers" and the Simon
pure FrotectlOnists. predict the lat
ter's appointment. The Committee
on Appropriations with the sneak
Dawes at It's head), the Foreign At
fairs Committee Banks. chairman)
and the Reconstruction COMMITTEES,
presided over so gracefully BY Ben
Butler all Massachusetts men /.
VIII not, Of course, be essentially dis
turbed. The Military COMMITTEES
must needs have a new chairman.
the doughty Logan having been
transferred to the Senate. 1 am un-
able TO say on whose shoulders the
epaulet viii be placed; so dreadfuIIv
rlddled has this committee been bv
the people that nothing can be in
terred from its former cOmDosition
As to the Committee on Elections N
very important One), it may be re-
marked that It's chairman, Paine, Of
Wisconsin, has been elected to stav at
nome; so has Churchill, of New York.
and the remembered and
hOnOred John Cessna (he who figured
so conspicuOusly in the famous Cres- /
well-Earle raid upon the Treasury. /
or course these men are out of the
question. The very next on the
present list is the Honorable ROderjel- !
Random Butler, Of Tennessee. row
extensively known. Whv not put /
him according to custOm) at the head |
Of this important committed Unless /
ne shall prefer to succeed BENJAMIN.
d Missouri, (alsO shelved by the peO- /
d MS dlstrict), as chairman Of the
committee on Invalid Pensions, his /
)Verslaugh should land doubtless wiIl) j
BE- resented as a personal affront!
But a very important committee (so
----e EANog4AL LEIEALULYs nee
'district," is eOncerned) remains to
De considered. 1 mean the Commit
zee on Territories. It has suffered
lWiuly by the recent freshet (or as
iome call it, the great tavalanehel that.
however, is to come in 1872. More
lyer, it viii hereafter be charged with
ne more important affairs Connected
With our dearest territorial. private
md personal interests. It was in the
asst Congress, composed of the fol-
owing members, all Radicals 0eav-
ng out the two Democratic man-
'ersl: McCullOm, of Illinois; Ward.
4 New York; Tafe, Of Nebraska:
Dyer, Of Missouri; Pomerov. Of I
oWaj Moore, of Ohio: DnvalI
4 West Virginia; and Buckley. Of
Alabama. Now every one of these
ascals has been defeated bv the peo-
'le, with the single exception of the
legro Buckley. II is not asked by
ny one that Mr.. Blaine shall appoint
ne remaining Democratic member.
3aekley, therefore, stands without
lngle rival. He is entitled BY cour-
esy Of the Radical party and the
usage in such cases" to the chair
nanship Of The Committee on Terri
Orjes. win Mr.. Blaine look his 's fell
oW man and brother" ia the eye?