, 1873-03-10
WASHlMGTON.

The Senate Committees.
| Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune -
WAsu1soroS, D. c. March 8.~-The hungry
congressman, who, last night vera led to be-
lieve that their extra pay would ba withheld from
| them on legal technicality, are in jubiIon.
spirits tonight at the change Of attitude on
the part of Comptroller Taylor. The latter OIL
cial has been besieged all day bymemLers, prom
inent among whom wasB Zen Butler, tha. great
author Of the Salary bill. To be brief, The in
auence has been too great for the Comptroller.
and he has succumbal to the inevitable:
The sorgeant-at-Arms by next Monday
will receive q draft for the 81 1,6O0000
purloined under color Of law from tho Treasury.
and will Jay it over to the mercenary Rep-eseo-
tatives the first part Of next week.
The Republican Senate caucus agreed upon tie
Standing Committee this evening, aud they will
important changes arc as foI1ows: Morrill, Of
Maine, is made Chairman Of the Appropriation
Committee, in place of Cole; Wilson goes to
tho head Of the Indian Committee, rice Harlan,
while Conkling md Frehughuysen are placed on
Foreign Relations in the vacancies created by
Patterson and Harlan. . =
TO the associated Press. . .
WsH1SaroS, March 8.-John r Foley, a
well known and accomplished journalist has be-
come managing editor Of the Washington Repub-
Hca1a in place Of Mr. Shepperd, resigned:
There were hundreds OF persons at the Execu-
tive Mansion to-day seeking Interview with the
President. Man; ladies wero in the throng.
Senators, members and ex-memoers of tho
House usual, had precedence OF admission
Not few ofice-seekers presented their papers,
There is an erroneous impression regarding
the action OF the First Comptroller OF the
Treasury, relative to the pay OF members OF Con-
gress. The fact is that he deferred his decision;
until he had considered the entire Appropriation
bill. This has now been done, aud the Comp
t1oler states TINT tho payment in question will
be made, there being no lawful objection.
The following arc among some Of the appoint
ments Of Collectors Of Internal Revenue majo
in anticipation Of the ACT OF Dec. q, 1872, abol
ishing the Offices OF Assessors and Assistant As
sessora: Mark Flanagan, First District Of Mich
igan; Harvey D: Raslson, Third District Of
Michigan; Michigan James fishbacS, TsnsL Diatrict of Of
Illinois; John ConnelI, Fourth District OF Iowa;
William Il. Nixon, Sixth District of Iowa. Ed
ward Scnu. Sixteenth District OF Pennsyl5ania
John r. Bowen, Eighteenth District OF Pennsyi-
vania; E. Blaine, Ninth District Of Kentucky
The Postmaster General, today, appointed
James E. Stewart, Of Iowa, and John B. Winner,
Of Tennessee, special agents of the Poat-0ltl:e
Department, with salaries Of 1850 per annum
and 20 per diem for expenses
An adjourned meeting OF the caucus Of Re-
publican Senators Was held this afternoon, at
which the vacancies in the Chairmanships OF,
committees caused by the expirations Of tho
terms Of various Senators, were agreed to be
filed as follows Morrill, CIaiue). Chairman Ct
the Committee on Appropriations, in the place Of
Cole; Buckingham, on the Committed on In
dian Affairs, in place Of Harlan; Borenan, on
the Committee on Territories, in place Of NFa
Sprague, on the Public Lands Committee; Lewis,
on the Committee on District Of Columbia
Flanagan, on the Committee on Education and
Labor; Brownlow, on the Committee on Revo-
lurionary Claims. Mr. Howe leaves the Chair
mnnship on the Claims Committee to be Chair
man OF Committee on Library. Scott succeeds
Howe as Chairman of the Claims Committee:
The Committees on Investigations, R,:reuch-
ment, Political Disabilities, and Alleged Out:
RACES in Southern States are ali discontinued.
No changes were made in the Chalrmauships OF
the other committees. After some discussion
the Caucus laid on the table the motion elect q
new Sorgeant-at-A1ms only two Senators voting
for it. Considerable debate was dayoted to de-
termining the order OF business for the present
extra session. It WAS finally agreed to take up :
and dispose Of the report Of the Select Com
mittees on the charges affecting Senators Cald-
G1aine) Select Committee on the e7idcnce
received from the House affecting certain Sena-
tors in regard to alleged Credit Mobiliar trans
actions. 1t will be Eecollected that just previous
to adjournment, there was an understanding
that the Senate would at this extra session take
the case OF ex-senator Patterson, his friends de-
string deliberation upon tie subject.
Senator Anthony informed tho caucus that he
wished to resign his position Us President Of tho
Senate pro tempore. Senator Carpenter will be .
elected President pro tempol 9, when tho CAUCUS
Of Committees as above indicated
will be ratified in the open Senate
!: NEW foRK, March 8.-1t is reported from
Washington that the President, in tho latter
part Of March, will visit his farm near St. Louis.
It is stated that Bancroft, cur Minister to
Prussia, has resigned. -.