Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-18
Ohio on the House Committees.

| OlslO on INC IOSiSe Committees.
From the Boynton Gazstte.I
Ohio has many important positions,
! perhaps the most important of all in
Garfield at the head of appropriations
His responsibility in this place is not
exceeded by the personal responsibility
| of any other member of the House. II
the nation remains at peace, the reve-
nues are certain 10 fall far below the ex-
| penditureS now authorized. On the
| other hand the estimates are eleven
millions more than those submitted
last year, and thirteen millions more
! than the appropriations. One method,
! and the proper and therefore the popu-
lar one, by which the difficulty can be
remedied, lies within the province OF
Gen. Garfeld's committee, and that is
by a severe scrutiny ofand rigid econo-
my in the appropriations. If this COM
mittee has not the courage to apply
this remedy, then the problem must be
given to AIR. Dawes and his committee
on Ways and Means to solve by an in-
crease in tariff duties and the restora-
ton of internal taxation. There is no
man in the House ahO has it in his
power to serve the peopleso acceptaSly
as General Garfield, by insisting that
the machinery of the Government shall
be run with Inc least possible expense
compatible with efficiency. Ohio has
also Foster on the Committee of Ways
and Means. As "a matter of rank on the
committees of the House, Il position on
either appropriations or Ways and
Means is held TO be equal to chair
manShip. The committee of Elections
having charge of all questions Of privi-
lege affecting the admission of members
has precedence on the floor at all times
Of all other committees. On this Ohio
is represented by Mr.. Robinson, the
successor OF General Beatty. The new
committee on War Claims, to which
will go all matters pertaining to the use
or destruction OfpTiVate property in any
OF our wars, has Lawrence, of Ohio, tor
chairman. He will have the opportu-
nifty to prevent much robbing of the
Treasury, and generally to do good SER
vice in the interest Of tax payers. On
the regular committee of Claims Ohio
has Mr.. John q. Smith. As in the case
of the previous committee, this one in
wolves hard labor III the committee
room, and little to show for it on the
floor. But the work is extremely valu-
able, in spite of this. The two commit
tees can save or squander millions, a5
the members shall elect. Chic has also
Parsons on Commerce, Bundy On Pub
lie Lands, Danford on Postoifices, and
Woodwork on Manufactures. Mr.
JeWett, of Ohio, is complimented with
position on one of ;he strongest, if not
the strongest the judiciary. Dir.
Guncllel is placed well upon that i'm
pOrtant body-Military Affairs; while
Gen. Banning has received as good a
position as any assigned to the opposi-
tion--namely, a place on Foreign At
fairs. The chances are that this COM
mittee will be charged with as iGnpor-
tant matters as will fall to the lot of any
in the House. &C.. Z
Among the new members. this
committee are two gentlemen whom
the country may well welcome to mem
bership i'll the House. These arB eX-
Attorney General Hoar and Governor
Ward, OF New jersey. The committee
is decidedly conservative upon the Gu
ban question, and altogether aversA to
war, except as a last resort. 1t is a de-
cidedly ,anti-filibustering committee.
Mr.. Willard, of Vermont, is one Of its
ablest members, and would have been
ciidii ihdh ii VI hyei>, Vi cHnSy lHdHitt,
had not stood one aboveb him in the last
House. 4.- stt-
Mr.. Monroe, who occupies all envia-
deposition among his associNs, is
given a Craftsmanship in his second
term, and one for which he is eminent
ly fitted. For the rest, Ohio has Sprague.
on Revolutionary Pensions. Sherwood
on the now important committee on
l.,
tons of cheap transportation will go,
Southard on Mines and Mining, Berry
Oh coinage. Sprague on Public Build
ings and Grounds, and Sayler on Civil
is surely one of the Speakers incom-
prehensible acts.