, 1875-12-21
WASHINGTON.
The Standing Committees An
nounced in the
House.
Speaker Kerr's Selections Bring
Down a Shower of Male
dictions.
Cox and Wood Indulge in
Much Unparliamcntary
Language.
And PENNSYLVANIA Democrats, as Usual,
Mount Il Terry High Horse.
The West Secures the Lions
Share Of the Important
Chairmanships.
4 Promise Of Hard Money. Revenue
Reform, and Ansi-Substdy.
Bill Introduced in the Senate tc
| Increase the Efficiency Of
tho Navy.
It Contains a Provision for the En-.
couragement Of shipbuifding.
4 Promise OF Hard Money. Revenue
Reform, and Ansi-Snbstdy.
II Contains Provision for the En-
couragement Of Shipbuifding.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
HEART nCnH1S0s.

HEART NCns1S0s.
Special Utpatth to The Chitdoo Trituns.
WASHINGTON, D. t., Dec. 20.-So Republican
Speaker has ever succeeded In atirEing up half
nj much tu1nu1t over comLlltlees AZ Mr. Kerr.
The Republicans arc more thnn satisfied. and
bavo ovcry reason for congratulation. Counting
ability III debats and experience both in CON-
mitteea and on tic floor, they are fully equal,
aud IN most cascs decidedly stronger than tho
Democrats On ekct Of tho impoFtnnt commit
tces,-WayB and Mcanu. Appropriations. Dnnk-
ing and Currency. mud judiciary. Tho selection
Of Morrison. OF Illinois, il exceedingly distastc-
full. although ho is an excellent nan: but
although he haA been member Of several Con-
etesacs there wcro some old members Who did
not oven know him by sight. md there wcro
only thres or four iu tho reportcrs' gallery who
could point him out, Coz aud Fernando Wood
arc both worry angry. and deuounce tho Speaker
in Aagsh and un1ueahured terms. Thu Commit
teo ia decidedly hard money. aud at tho Same
timo ou tho question Of tariff in favor Of tariff
for revenue.
THE RANKING AND cunnExcy coYM1rrEE
Ia also strongly against Initiation, md is probably
in Iayor Of hard money.
The Pacific ltailroaa Committee c7nld not hAvo
been reelected so as to ho stropEor III favnr or
tho To1as Pacific, and many Democrats
been understood that It should 10 thus conu:.
tntcd. This curious fenturo ts occasion!nE mrcl,
remark, In yieW OF the vote of the House on
llouau'e anti-subsldy resolution.
The selection Of Proctor Knott as head Of tho
Judiciary Committee is criticised severely. md
many Democrats say 1t brings tue whole bnai-
noss OF Speakers pan1ing committees into rldi-
cule. II Mark THain. or Artenns Ward, or
Petroleum V. Naaby had been announced in
Of un6tnees OF selection. hlr. knotts fr'ends
DECLARE that be is very ablo lawyer, hut
tho fact remains TINT he vii! never take
tho 1oos, oven on the Ersvcet aud
n,ost important legal questions. that the House
nil nut break out IN general sEtcker expecting,
Of COURSE d line Of remark and joke worthy OF
a comic lln,suac. It does not make tho matter
botter to reflect that 3ayer. OF Ohio, aud sev-
cral worry prominent Enstern 1REyefs we're con-
sidored and dropped III to countoEba!auce Knott,
because it wAs deemed policy to give this COM
mitteo Ia tho South In vie" of tho Eeconstruc-
tiou measures it had suffered heretofore at tho
handa Of this Committee. Northern Democrats
aro sore. also, over tho fact that the spoakor
has seen fit to give tho South moro Chair
| 1nen, And. emitting tho Ways and Means and
| Appropriations, more important committees than
| tho North, tho South having tHenty-four Chair
men aud the North twnnsy.onc. aud OF tho tn.
po.tapt committees. tho South has thlEteen and
| tue north twelve. Alexander btophens MAS as-
| agned Craftsmanship, although lo has not yet
been sworn in a. member Of tho houss.
| TIE PEMNsyLTANiASs VERY MAD.
| 4Ao IeuHs3 s34fAu!huo nAs8 OoeH ~ %oA8AA@ssU
tonight. and the reault promises heavy wrath in
the House. They eAy that, ha they arc ono
tenth Of tue House, thcy aro entitled to 30 renre
sented on avery Important committee. bit that
ten arc on no committee Of consequence am,
arc without commlssee-room eSen, a''d
that nine prominent Com'nlstces have no
penns}lEan1ana Oh them. aad further. that Ha-
pub1ic2ns from that state arc well provided for;
| They talk loudly Tonight ot Aold!uE sotma
u3octipu 10 fepudihta the entire arrangement.
| nYl1EH E0MN1TTEEN,
Tia Committee on Military AN.i1s ia stronR
oup. Thelo are three Union officers OF pEomi
nance Oh it-DannInH. Chairman Con. Will
iams. who commanded tbs Twentieth Corps
| aud 0e1.. Hurbut, OF Illinois. Thasa are two
Confederate Geusrals--Te1y, Of Firginla, ane
Cooke, Of uoorR.a.
Tho Democratic part Of tho Committeo OF
District OF Columbia in regarded a. weak, e1
copt tho Chairman, and with the exception O.
boolye. OF Massachusetts,. tina whole Committee
on indian Affairs ID yesy poor and woal. ant
thia fact excites much talk among Democrats.
TITO Committee On Rules IL exceedingly sttoug
| That OF Commerce is u medium body.
All iii Ill, ths Dsmoctats have many rcason
to complain, and the entiltios and peraonal an
tipAthics which have bsen aroused will nut ROOF
rass away. On tho other hand, tho Republicans
ire vol satisfied and the Developments Of t
session ars l!kcly to be such a. y III bring tlsi