The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-21
Interesting Foreign News.
General News.
Etc, Etc, Etc.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
ME-. MARFs CREDENTIALS PRESENTED TO THE
SENATE.

ME-. MARRs CREDENTIALS PRESENTED TO THE
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20.-Mr. Blyard pre-
scented the credentials of Robert III. Mari,
Senator from Louisiana. The credentials
were read and laid on the table, which is the
usual course.
Mr. Hitchcock introduced bill transfer
ring Indian affairs to the War Department.
MIR. FERRY, OF MICHIGAN, CHOSEN PRESIDENT
OF IHE SENATE.
The following resolution was adopted:
That Thos. w. Ferry, of the, State of Michi-
gan, be the President of the Senate until
January z, 1876, and until a fresh appoint
ment shall be made.
Ga motion to insert Mr.. Thurman, in place
of Mr.. Ferry, the vote was q to *
MOTIONS MISSISSIPPI RESOLUTION LAID
OyER.
Mr.. Morton's resolution to investigate the
Mississippi election went over. After Tx
ecutive session the Senate adjourned.
APPOINTMENT.OF COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE.
Several Executive communications were re-
ceived. when the committees were announced.
The following are the chairmen and Southern
members:
Elections Harris, of Virginia, chairman;
Blackburn, House, DeBolt, Wells.
Ways and Means = Morrison, Hancock,
Thomas, Hill, Tucker.
Appropriations Randall, Blount, SINGLE
ton.
Banking and Currency-Cox, Goode; Glib
Pacific Railroad Lamar, Walker, Throck-
morton, Thomas, Phillips.
Judiciary-kn Hunton, Ashe.
Public Lands-Saylor, Mcfarland, Cause,
Morey.
Foreign Affairs Swami, Faulkner Forney.
Military Affairs = Glover, Terry, Cook,
Thornberg.
Commercial Hereford, Reagan, FELTON,.
Post Offices and Post-R Dads Clark, Wad-
dell, Clemens, Stowell, Wallace
Claims Bright, Brown, Robbins
War Claims-Eden, Miliken, Cabell, Ellis.
Caldwell.
Naval Affairs- Whitehouse, Lewis, Mills,
Hays.
Revision of Laws Durham, Douglas.
! Education and Labor - Walker, Lamar,
Faulkner, White, Nash.
District of Columbia-Buckner, Hartridge.
Public Buildings and Grounds Holman,
Wells, of Missouri; Cook, Walsh, Young.
Patents-Vance Douglass, Clarke, Smith,
Hodge
Invalid Pensions-Jenks, Wilson, Hewitt,
Yates, Purman, Rainey.
Revolutionary Decentralization, Bland,
Clark, Davis.
Indian Affairs - Scales, Boone, Hooker,
Morgan.
Coinage. Weights and Neutrality-suspicious..
OBrien, Parsons, Levy.
Territories Caldwell, franklin
Culbertson.
Agriculture Caldwell, Harris of Georgia
Davis, Rea, Smalls.
Mines and Mining-Bland Durham, Glib
son, Lynch.
Private Land Claims -Gunter, Buckner,
Parsons, Chandler, Levy.
Public Expenditures Milliken, Hatcher,
Terry Dibrell, Harralson.
Railways and Canals-Jones of Kentucky,
Stone, Schleischer, Hoge.
Mississippi Levees-EIlis, Hatcher, Morey,
Roberts, Young.
Money, Reform and Civil Service-White
house, Brown, Throckmorton, DeBolt.
Manufactures Stone, Dibrell, Williams,
Morey, Lyman.
Miitia-Cowan, Hereford, Scales, Chand.
Ter, Walsh, Dorrall.
Committee on Centennial Hopkins, Han
cock, OBrien, Rainey.
Immediately after the announcement of the
committees, the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-No Southern con
frmations to-day.
After the House of Representatives ad
iourned, Immediately upon the announce
quite general interchange of opinion among
the members in regard to the selections
Those who had been we'll provided for com
mended the Speakers Judgment or said moth
? ing; bat the prevalent expression was one o
dissatisfaction.
| The Speakers friends account for this BY
. the small number of prizes, and the prepon
I derating number of the competitors for them
Q On the other hand, there are many among tht
Democratic members who severely crltlcls'
, his selections for a considerable number o
the prominent positions as unsuitable, or a
n unfair to Congressman of extended service
. who have been passed over IN the dlstribu
. ton of charmanships and important com
h mittee places, to make room for new me-
A without legislative experience.
n OF the forty-seven chaiImanships, exclusiv
: of the Committee on Rules, of which tn
Speaker is ex.offcio chairman, twenty-fou
are given to Western States, ten to Souther
and thirteen to the Middle and Eastern States
OF the latter thirteen, six are of the thir
n rate importance, being committees OF expent
J. tures in various executive departments, ETC.
and of the chairlnanships given to the We
y tern members, four are Of the came desert!
, ton; four or five of the Southern chairman
ships are also unimportant.
# The West therefore holds the first place
n the number of chairmanships of the first ar
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