, 1875-12-20
Randall Chairman Of Appropriations,
and Fernando Wood
Snubbed,
The illinois Delegation Gets Famous
Whack at the Honors.
Gossip at the Capitai.-.Snd Story
Of Three Lives.
The Anticipated Era Of Awkwardness
and Bad Manners.
THE COMMITTEES.
VLYN 1%f1 NF&NH-

WASHINGTON. b. c., lice. 19.-Hpeaker Kerr
has been revising and perfecting tho lint Of COM
iuittoes since the adjournment on Ffsday. liz
was In conference all day to-day aud until late
b our tonight With two or ttreo trusted f.iends,
niu, It midnight, the lint had not bocu entireiv
lIdshod. The following, it can be stated With
tonnrab!e certainty. is the list, 80 far It has
been absolutely detalDined up TO midnight:
COMMITTEE On Ways n,sf Ntans-M Morrison. u Il-
fknl, 1tancolrh Tucker of Virgfnia utn Tilt! H.n-
& cocs e rstas; M bistns buehato William i. Kelley,
GArEnld+ CAar!n 0t MlsaatI1u 1u1etN.
This Committee, it viii bo seen, Ia q very
strosg ons. There ia re.,son to believe that
Woud will consider his asH1 1ar1ens To the second
place degradation, and tbAt he will in consc-
quenca dpclino committeo-: ,ersice altogether.
lie has SAID az mucLL Tho Goa
mtttce ia hard money Committee.
With, possibly, two exceptions, tbs entire Com
mittea ia in favor Of HPocio resuml'tton. The
Committee will naver indorao tbe grcanback
hesesv Of substituting paper for gold in paw
Heut Of cuKtoma du,ias. Mnrrls,u r, ceived tho
Chair1nnnxheo for tbs reason tlIA the Speaker
II of the of,inton that tho Mne1 Bslppi Valley
ia entitled TO th!s Chairmans hip ae tho
h-aas Of k.orr. aua for the 4:casoo that
he managed kerr's campaign for tho Bpo1k-
eEBhip. lio presented hs malt to tho
caucus, An1 was generally fecog11i Led aa the
basi-money and thoroughly loyal man 1homas.
Of Maryland. waA at ono timo Secretary OF the
Treasury. HaAoock, .ot Texas. waa transferred
from tho Commlttoe on Appropriations as was
Gan. Garfield: The latter would no doubt hay .
been IN enbsrrsssmeut on ths Appropsia-'
tons Committee to sny now Chair
stood stood M shat H.ndaii d' id not s'' caro- ''p. to
who had boon Chairman Of tic COMMITTEES for
six venrs. 1}hine bss eeeiyed tie place TO Viii
his leadership OF tho HouEe scetns to entrtle
tim. He loads lho minority uCun the leAdiug
Co,umi.tee. T;utchard viii supply more no.
thaa auy OF tue Democratic members, wblla
Kelley is d representative Of the other side Of
thu tariff question. Tho West has seldom b4 .eu
M strongly represented on this Committee.
THE OTHERS
las two members Of sho Committee Of Approt RI
a:r.1ls. Randall Ia Chairman, With Holrua II.
WcllA Of Mtsnouri, Singleton OF Mississippi, a, I'd
Hatcher. Tho renaluing members OF this Cor l.
ln tie House. Randall ID knoxn to be lbera
with bis appropriations. and HOLMAN Ia put mex /
to handicap INN. Wells: Of stlssour, Int i
hopssd p;s ~ to-. T. become ,s. >. , Chairman Of tn
ptaco. ~hch il considered equal to Chn.rnali-
ship. OF the banking and Currency. s. 3.
Gox ID Chairman. and Payne, Of ohio: and Scott.
Wlke. Of Illinois. arc members. These three
bere hayo not been fully determined upon. Uf
Karr's rival candidates for Speaker, Cox and
Randall alone receive ChAirmauBbip, a.
though tho second placa OIL tho Ways aud
Means ID generally regarded "a tho equivalent
Of an ordinary Chairmanshir. Printing Com
Mittee Vance, Of 0hlo, now member Chair
man. Conmlttoo OH Library, ueiatcr Clymer,
peuusylvouiA. Wsddo' OF North Carolius, had
expected this appoiutmeut: Military Affairs.
Frank Hereford, Of West Virginia, Chairman
The only old member Of tho Committee IL Epla
Hlnton. Of freiuln, who commanded Conlo1-
erato regiment, Committee on Judiciary.
Proctor Knott Chairman: Committee
on Elestions. Harris, Of Virginia. Chair
man. Committee Oh Commerce, Williams,
Of Michigan. On lloyision Of Laws, SAylor Of
Ohio. Comtnittee GU Foreign Affairs, BWAnn, Of
Maryland, Chairman. HWaun ia q Conservative
on Tho Cuban Question, aud haa generally agreed
with Becretkty Fish On the foreign policy
OF the Government Committee on Pa
clio Railroads, Lamar, Chairman. War
Claims, Bright, Of Tennessee. Chairman.
Wells, Chairman OF Public Buildings aud
dIoHuda. Whithorne. Chairman Of NAyat Al
probably Chairman Of District OF Columbia. Tho
Elections Committee IL not llneliy determined.
Strong efforts nra beipg mads BY disappointed
candidates to psayent the announcement OF any
Committees but Elections, Approximations and
nulcs and Accounts. HOLMAN Will probably be
Chairman on Expenditures in thu 1utar,os De-
pa1tmanL
or Tt1a ILLINOIS 2sExpEus,
In addition to thorc named. Carter Harrison wlt
10 On Public Bnltdlnys mud on Centannial Com
mittee, Campbell Will be Oh Mines and Mining &nd
on Public Expenditures, Springer on Foreign
Relations, AMI Cautdafd on Judiciary. Illinois
~ especially prominent In assignments to impor-
tAat committees.