, 1875-12-22


abovo given.
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
The renl work of tic House is done in tho
Committees, upon whom teyolGo the special
| examination Of the rarious branches of tue
public service and the reporting or rejection
Ut schemes for legislation. Tho announce
lncnt OF tho Committees may, therefore, bo
regarded as tho working organization Of the
llosse, an.l Mr.. kEEns selections arnear to
lnvo occasionea more Of sensation aud
more disappointment aud indignation than
my previous organization for many years.
One reason fur THU is. that tbe Ho,,so is
Democratic for tho first time in lifetime
almost, whereas the old Republican House
hnd settled into very comfortable distribu-
ton Of tavors. mud a general acknowledgment
Of honor where honor WIS due. Among tbs
Democrats it was new and greedy scramble
for places, anl it was difficult for Mr..
kEnn to ,nnke up his Committees with
out seriously offending q large number
on the Democratic side. Another reason
for di:sension il to be found in the
antagonistic clements among tile Democrats,
including Union sentiment aud a Confetl-
crate sentiment, n hard-moncy sentiment and
rag-baby sentiment, n higl,.tariif sentiment
md revenne-rc{orm sentiment, IN Eastern
GcntiMtnt nntl Western aa well rs South.
ern sentiment, n subsidy sentiment and MI
nnti-s'lssidy sentiment, otc, The most nm
becoming exhibition Of spleen ca1no from tho
Eastern members, ant! WIS led by little Sioo-
fly Cox, Of New York. This was Mt once
puerilo anil nujust,- ,-puerilo because it was
an nnscclnly display Of temper, and unjust
beeause tie selection of Mr.. Kunn was a
Western triumph, and it wns not to be ex-
rectcl TINT its advantages would be resigned
in favor Of tho East. It is not surprising
TINT tho West shonld have twenty-four Chair
nsanships, while The Eastern have thirteen,
especially in view Of tho faet that the Demo-
Gratis at tho East lave not brought forward
many men Of conspicuous claims.
A1r. KEnn evidently remembered the goo,
soEvice done him by the Illinois delegation,
led by IonnlsoN, md l,ns provided commit
tee placcs for a!l tho nineteen congressman
from this State, except, perhaps, A1r. HART
WELL, Of the Eighteenth District, whose
place is not indicated III tho te!egrap1.io list.
Illinois has tho leading position Of tho House,
the Craftsmanship Of the Ways and Means
Committee, which WAS given to SIonnrsos
(D), Of the Seventeenth District. It Inns
also three othor Chairmsnships, s,-CAu1r1E1p
on Expenditures Of the Department Of JUS
tico; SPRINGER, Of Springfield, on Expcndi-
tures Of tho State Department and EDEN,
Of film Esffoor&1. wi nj ~.
CArLF1E1D Is also located on the Judiciary
Committee, and SPRINGER on Foreign A.fairs
md Education and Labor. W1KE d.,
Of tho Eleventh District, Is on tho
1sanking Committee; BuAcuAnn (R.), Of
tho Galena District, on Ways md Means;
HAnnlsoS, of Chicago, on Public Buildings
md nlSo On tho Special Centennial Commit.
tee, whore the spread-cagle speechifying is to
DC dous; Huhrnur NR.), Of tho Fourth, on
Military Affairs and also On tho Civil Ser
yicc cssSoS (R.), OF tho Fourteenth, On
lost-Othco ind also oil I,riyatu Land Claims
srAnHs (D.), of tho Sixteenth, Oh Revision
OF Laws mud also on Indian Affairs; STEVEN
HON d., Of tho Thirteenth, on District Of
COLUMBIA; BAaLEy (ndpcndent} Of Tho
TentlI, ou Invalid Pensions; IIEsnEusoN
TRY, On ueyo1utionayv pu,,sio,u ND o,.n ~
Nailways nud Cuno,.. r,nr my =, .ha
Eighth. on rerritorfeu md nlsn M Ao
c,n,,,t. : Aynvrx,x fr1 of tns N,noteu,A,.
ou A.riruI,uro nn1 n}so M lin Evuo1,,;
turcs Of tile Interior Denortment C.,,n,rT,
Qsag-baby), OF the I.asalio District,
on Mines aud Mining; and wu,r-
ING N.), Of tho Ninth, On pub.
liz Exuand;,nrax and n1.n =, A. NJ.
x;ss;n,i 1.x.e, ur r.nr,,.,, -. ~.
In. i.ru r.,oinod cn;,, 49, 80 ro',,s;..sa s.'
Mnnnf,rture. ~ ,.1,i:, T.. 49,. S"a'.ee ",a.. va
tue lust Co,,cr,.ss hu. has | ,'.an u @1"aa.a1 u.