Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-23
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Ssscill Dispatch 10 the Neig Fork Tribune.
WAhHINdroN, Dec. 2l.-rhe excitement over
the appointment OF tho Committees and disap-
polntment Of the members continues quite un-
absted among those who remain in the city. An
ANALYSIS OF tho list tends rather to increase than
to abate discomfort. 1t is found that out of SO
working committees of the House, which, i'll
their full cycle, en- brace the entire business OF
the country, the Southern or late Slave State
have 20 of their chalrmanships, embracing such
important committees as those on Elections Ju
dietary Commerce, Pacific Kailroad, Post-olfce,
Naval Affairs, Railways and Canals, Foreign At
fairs Claims Revision of the Laws, Education
aud Labor, District OF Columbia, Patents and
many others. New England, with ten Demo-
cratic members, does not receive chairman
ehip of any kind whatever, big or lit
lie. New York receives two, those OF the
Banking and Currency and Civil Ser
yce Committees. New Jersey receives nothing.
Pennsylvania receives those OF Appropriations
and Invalid Pensions, and yet New England and
tie three States just named have well nigh M
large population AZ the Is late Slave States,
with far larger proportion OF old and expe-
rienced Democratic members. The fact that
about the same population that gets four CHAIR
manships in the North and East get ~ in the
South, puts great many teeth on edge among
the Northern Democracy and 1t ID about as bad
for the West and North West, where only seven
clailmanships in all are given to OHIO, Indiana,
Illinois. Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota.
Nebraska, Kansas, Nevada, California and Ore.
sAss sss Aa Hs fa egs dge4 sr6st sS6
people not being represented at the head OF any
committee.
The Southern States have about one third of
iiie population of the whole country, to-day; and
they got two thirds of the chairmanships, and II
ID very hard 10 make Northern and Western
Democrats, contentel with such dispensation
Gen. Banks, elected by the Democratic party
M an independent, is grossly sighted. lie wat
iur several years Chairman of Foreign Affairs
and the second session OF the Mild Congress
after he had vigorously supported MIR. Greeley,
4 Republican House, by vote. continued him IL
lla clairnanship. Now he il not only deposet
from his chairinanship, but s subordinated OF
the Committee to Charles James Faulkner oil
West Virginia, of whom nothing more need bt
said in tins connection Mr.. Chttenden of New
iorh ID another independent who ID most con
spicuously snubbed Indeed the Independent
members, whose course aided the Democracy
less kindly treated by that party than they
have been by the Republicans whom they hurt
1t is no exaggeration to say that the discon
tent with the committee assignments is wide
spread, general, and bitter among large clas
Of Northern Democrats Among Republican,
thore ia very little feeling, as they conside
themselves outsiders, with no rights whicl
Democrats are disposed to respect. In general
however, leading Republicans have been fairl
treated, though it is thought that Mr. Kassol
has ground for complaint i'll not being retained
ON the Ways and Means or the Appropriation
Committee, on both of which he has had man
years experience.